What is the role of a Base Pair parent?
Parental involvement is fundamental to academic success in any venue, but is particularly relevant to Base Pair activities. Parents must recognize, and support, the academic and behavioral challenges offered by participation in Base Pair. The level of academic performance demanded and facilitated by Mr. Jeff Stokes, the lead teacher at Murrah High School, is extremely rigorous, and often requires a substantial investment of a students time in development of independent projects. Many of these will require access to World Wide Web databases and/or information sources available through the Rowland Medical Library at the Medical Center. The understanding and support, by parents, of the time requirement for student participation in Base Pair is essential. Transportation and attendance issues related to activities at the Medical Center, allocation of a students time between Base Pair activities and other curricular and extra-curricular studies, including after-school jobs, may require speci
