Talk:Open house (school)

What is open house?

i got a call from school where my kids have just got admission in 1st grade that today the scholl is celebrating "open house". school is just new one they are starting from grade 1 to grade 5. is it opening ceremoney? or open house event as explained in wikipedia.

Michigan appears to be "different"

Does anyone know the prevalence of this?

They are especially popular in parts of the country where graduation of high school is considered to be an extraordinary accomplishment, as opposed to an minor, trivial accomplishment. In areas where the completion of high school is not considered extraordinary, many graduates celebrate with a handshake and a dinner at home with their parents.

The reasoning makes sense, but where I live (Michigan), I haven't seen an obvious relationship between students' academic ambitions and whether they have an open house. Plus, despite the fact that earning advanced degrees is a greater accomplishment, I've found college or grad school open houses to be rare. David@sickmiller.com (talk) 03:01, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have lived in 5 states: NC, SC, TX, PA and MI...I had never heard of a graduation open house until I moved to MI at 43 years of age. My son graduates this week and this expectation was a shock to us. In talking with my friends around the US and the world, it seems to be prevalent only in the Midwest. Not sure if there is research done out there for this practice. People in MI were equally shocked that it was a "foreign' idea to us.

I'm from the Midwest (not Michigan), and I've never heard of this. Seems to be Michiganders only. Anywhere else the end-of-the-year event described would be called a "graduation party", which is what the picture showed as well. Un school 15:04, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I talked to a native Michigander I know yesterday. Her understanding of Open House was the same as the rest of the country. She asked why I was asking, and I told her about this discussion. She thought it was nuts--she has never heard of "Open House" being anything other than an even, at the school, at the beginning of the year. Un school 16:04, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a native Michigander and Open Houses (meaning high school graduation parties) are huge here. The Michigander you talked to must not get out much. They were popular twenty years ago when I graduated and are still just as popular today. Every grad has one on a weekend from late May to early July and you usually get invited to several on the same day. You're expected to bring a card (usually with money in it to help pay for college) but at least you get free food. Most are held at homes, especially if you live in the countryside and have a yard, but some people do them at parks or rent a hall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C48:407F:F800:B1F4:E497:3C57:18A1 (talk) 12:42, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Open Day/Open House common in most parts of Europe

This is something that is common in most every single European country, and not specifically English speaking ones. This is usually an event where potential students come to visit Universities or some form of Secondary Upper School. I can only speak as a witness for Sweden myself, but in my experience every Secondary Upper School and University I know of has had one or more Open House Event(s) every year. 83.226.169.120 (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SCHOOL'S open house for parents

suggestion 14.192.136.130 (talk) 01:53, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]