Thomas Parent/Teacher Conferences
Information and Sign-Up Details 2/3/24
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences ~ Thursday & Friday, February 15th & 16, 2024
Dear TMS Parents and Guardians,
TMS will host in-person Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday, February 15th, 2024, and Friday, February 16th, 2024 at Thomas Middle School.
We will use the PTC WIZARD platform for families to sign up for conferences. You can log into the PTC WIZARD site by clicking here and entering your child's login information which was sent via email to parents from D25.
Individual teacher conferences are available. In addition, a select number of families received a request for a Team Conference for the student and parent to meet with multiple teachers at the same time.
Goal Of Conferences: TMS staff strives to communicate, connect, celebrate success, and problem-solve with parents and students.
Key Conference Information:
- Middle School Conferences are different than Elementary School Conferences. Due to the large number of students at TMS and the time given for conferences, not all students can be provided with a conference. Student grade information can be found in PowerSchool and parents can request to meet with teachers or the team at any point in the school year. Please reach out the your child's team leader if you have any questions.
- TMS Conferences focus on supporting struggling students and students who would benefit from having parents and teachers work together with the student to discuss concerns and plans for support.
- Conferences are in-person.
- Middle school students are expected to attend conferences with their parent(s).
- Each conference is 7 minutes long.
- Conference times slots are booked in 10-minute increments, but conferences are only 7 minutes long. The 3 minutes in between is for students and parents to travel to each teacher's location.
Sign Up Time Line:
- A select number of families were sent a request for a Team Conference for the student and parent to meet with multiple teachers at the same time. These families are currently signing up for Team Conferences.
- TODAY, 2/3/24 @ 8 AM - Conference sign-ups open up for everyone.
- A parent email was sent on 2/2/24 from D25 with the conference platform PTC Wizard login information for each TMS student along with an email from TMS with specific conference sign-up instructions on navigating the PTC Wizard platform.
- On Monday, 2/12/24 @ 8 AM - The online conference sign-up will CLOSE. Please reach out to your child's teacher directly if you miss the sign-up deadline and wish to schedule a conference. The classroom teacher is the only person who can schedule a conference for you after the sign-up deadline.
Team Leaders:
- Alpha - Arin Damico, email: adamico@sd25.org
- Beta - Maureen McDermott, email: mmcdermott@sd25.org
- Delta - Kate Renno, email: krenno@sd25.org
- Gamma - Jodi Cyr, email: jcyr@sd25.org
- Epsilon - Greg Stocco, email: gstocco@sd25.org
- Zeta - Anthony Kuch, email: akuch@sd25.org
We value the home-school connection and look forward to meeting with parents and students.
Thank you,
~ Lori, Greg, & Nick
How Do I sign up?
Step 1 - All Parents - How to Create Your New PTC Wizard Account - Directions LINK:
Create Parent Login - PTC Wizard link: https://app.ptcwizard.com/ptc1632250518. This link will direct you to the registration page, where you can create your account and add your child's Student ID.
You will need your child’s Student ID in order to create an account. Student ID’s will be sent out to all families on February 2, 2024. You could also ask your child for their Student ID.
PTC Wizard will allow 2 parents/guardians to sign up individually for conferences if needed, or just one parent can go in and complete the signup process.
Step 2 - Once your PTC Wizard Parent Account is created, please review the demo video on how to sign up for conferences for your child. Watch this Brief Demo Video
TMS Office Information
Address: 1430 N. Belmont Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Phone: 847-398-4260
Fax: 847-394-6843