Town Meeting/School-wide Share

A school gathering celebration

Town Meeting is a whole school gathering that develops community and provides a forum to celebrate student learning in progress.

The Town Meeting gives students the opportunity to present their learning-in-progress to the larger school community in a creative, interesting and artful way. There are individual, small group, or whole class presentations. One will observe students operating microphones and other presentation equipment, and behaving as a respectful audience. Through Town Meetings, students gain confidence performing and presenting. HOT Schools encourage parents, community and board of education members to attend.

The emphasis of a Town Meeting is on the learning process rather than a polished performance, formal costumes, or elaborate set design. Town Meetings are not intended to showcase a final product.

All components of a Town Meeting link directly to student growth. Addressing a student's social, emotional and intellectual growth is an important part of the learning process that is nurtured and celebrated at Town Meeting.

(How to be a good audience member!)

Welcome to our school-wide celebration.
We come together each week to share our learning, celebrate our successes, and become a community by getting to know each other better.
We share works in progress, individual and class projects.
Sometimes we have rehearsed what we will share at this gathering, and sometimes it's spontaneous.
It is always fun and we always learn something from our friends, teachers and the artists who visit our school.

Please help us to learn from each other by:

Turning off your cell phone
Listening attentively to every share
Showing your appreciation for our work appropriately

Thank you.

HOT Schools Quote

“I think being a HOT student helps me learn more. I know more and feel better about myself.”

Grade 5 student, Martin Elementary School, Manchester

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