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Parent Involvement Policy

The staff at our school site, with the support of state and federal programs such as Title I and School Improvement, seeks to involve parents in an effective home-school partnership in order to provide the best possible education for our students. These parent involvement activities are integrated into the school master plan for academic accountability. Elements of this policy include the following:

Regular Communication With Parents:
In order to build consistent and effective communication between the home and the school and to train teachers and administrators to communicate effectively and in a timely manner with parents, regular communication will include but are not limited to:

School Assemblies (Parents Invited)
Special Event/Reminder Notices
Purpose Specific Communications
Twice Yearly Parent Conferences
Required Positive Parent contacts - Grades 7-12
Interim progress reports for students who are working below grade level standards

Extra Curricular Activities - Grades 7-12
Regular School Newsletters
Annual School Calendar
Family Fall Festival
Teacher Welcome Letters - Grades 7-12
Quarterly Report Cards

Title I Parent Meetings: Annual Title I Meetings will be held to inform parents of the school's participation in the program and to explain its requirements and parent's right to be involved. Parents are encouraged to help organize, plan, and review, the Title I programs for improvement purposes. Regular School Site Council meetings provide opportunities for parents to formulate suggestions that the school site will consider.

Parent Trainings: These are opportunities to help parents develop skills to use at home that support their children's academic efforts & social development. They provide parents with techniques and strategies that they may utilize to improve their children's academic success and to assist their children in learning at home. A Parent Needs Assessment Survey is conducted at the first Parent Night and some of these activities may include:

Senior College Nights - Grades 7-12
FAFSA Nights - Grades 7-12
Helping With Homework
District Standards & Assessment
Math Skills/Games - Grades K-6
Science Fair Kick-Off - Grades K-6

Interscholastic Sports Dinners - Grades 7-12
Reading Skills/Games - Grades K-6
Writing Skills
Community Resources
Homework

Parent Support:
Homework - As per board policy, homework is assigned each school night and serves a number of purposes: to practice and extend classroom learning, to develop responsibility and work habits, and to provide parents an opportunity to interact with their children and their education. Parents can support the school and their child's success by helping with homework in the following ways:

Help your child get organized. Remind him/her to bring home the necessary materials: binder, pencils, paper
Agree upon a regular study time and stick to it.
See that your child has a regular, suitable study place, with good light, plenty of room, and no distractions (TV, Phone, Family Noise, Etc.)
Ask to see what your child has done each night and that it is returned to the teacher. Show interest in what he or she does at school.
Contact the teacher if your child has difficulty understanding an assignment. Our goal is to help your child reach grade level standards and beyond.

Citizenship and Student Behavior
Students are to display good citizenship in the cafeteria, on the playground, on the bus, and in the classroom. Staff and parents should work together to help children understand the meaning and importance of good citizenship and how to be a Polite Child. Specific rights, rules and responsibilities regarding student behavior are detailed on the Student Rights and Responsibilities page of the Student/Parent Handbook. Each student is provided with a copy of this handbook at the beginning of each school year.

Parent Visitations
A wonderful way to show your child you are interested in his/her life at school is to visit the classroom, and the school welcomes any parent who wishes to help or simply observe. The following visitation guidelines will help minimize disruption of the class.

Schedule your visit with the classroom teacher and school office in advance.
Leave younger children at home.
The day you visit, stop by the office to sign in as a visitor and receive a visitor's badge.
When in the classroom, do not engage the teacher in conversation that would prevent her/him from supervising and interacting with the students.
Before leaving campus, please check out through the office.

Parent Participation
Parents are urged to involve themselves in one or more school or district committees. These committees meet to plan for student activities and academic programs, to discuss parent and staff concerns, to approve categorical program budgets, and to enhance parent understanding and skills. Notices about meetings and of the activities listed below will be sent home regularly. Parents wishing to participate may contact the school office to volunteer or can normally just show up at the announced time and place.

PTSA - Plans student activities and raises funds for the "extras" needed at the school sites.
School Site Council - Determines school improvement goals and prioritizes budget expenditures for some categorical programs.

Other opportunities for participation include: