ASU Prep Digital recently hosted its first virtual open house for current students and families. Led by the entire ASU Prep Digital team of more than 100 staff members, this virtual open house was a fitting display of how technology can bring together a school community.
More than 100 families pre-registered and received a link to the teachers’ Zoom rooms, making the experience smooth and efficient. Principal Dr. Robert Striebel and the administration team welcomed families and remained in the main webinar room throughout the event to give families the opportunity to meet the administrative team, ask questions, and provide any feedback.
The open house was designed for attendees to spend 10-15 minutes in a Zoom room with each of their student’s teachers. Families learned about exciting course updates, new curriculum, upcoming ASU guest speakers, an ACT test prep program, and were also introduced to new courses rolled out this year, including Fashion Design, Culinary Arts, and Principles of Engineering.
Inaugural success
The event concluded with an exit ticket survey that communicated stellar ratings from families. Dr. Striebel shared the positive feedback from the survey with the staff. “I really wanted to congratulate and celebrate the efforts of our team.” Dr. Striebel was proud to have in attendance the entire staff of nearly 100 members spanning the country in different time zones.
Building community
Dr. Striebel emphasized the importance of these events, especially for new families. “We have families and staff from all over, even internationally. So, we take this type of initiative to make sure that families know that this is a great place to learn and grow and that the entire team is always accessible.”
Dr. Striebel mentioned ASU Prep Digital’s commitment to staying connected with families. “We offer welcome calls and a welcome letter to every single family. That call really goes a long way but a lot of the feedback that we did see come from this open house was that they appreciated meeting the teacher ‘in person’ and seeing their faces.” Other consistent feedback complimented the event’s organized format and the benefit of receiving a course overview from each teacher.
This successful event is just one example of how ASU Prep Digital is dedicated to creating an accessible, engaging learning environment for students and their families. ASU Prep Digital plans to make this an annual event and host another virtual open house at the beginning of each school year.
