Parental Involvement:
We conduct one-on-one conferences with parents in October and March to share progress, celebrations and concerns about their child’s school work and behavior and suggest learning activities for them to do at home.
Throughout the school year, parents will have the opportunity to participate in various events such as after school enrichment, Muffins for Mom, Donuts for Dad, Watchdog Pizza Night, Math and Science Night, International Night, Sock Hop and various other events.
Our school sends weekly communication to parents that provides educational activities, upcoming events and other vital family-school communication. All teachers have websites available to parents and community members that includes helpful links, classroom newsletters, daily schedules, and teacher contact information.
We have a viable PTSA and School Accountability Committee that meets monthly. We discuss site based budgeting, staffing, calendars, events, fundraising and the goals for the year.
Our parent liaison is now a full-time position and continues to focus on supporting parents as they work with their child to make academic growth throughout the school year.
Shared Leadership Plan:
Our school leadership team continues to focus on building leadership capacity within our building, by focusing on improved instructional practices. Teachers are participating in frequent professional development and are often leading staff development sessions. As needed and requested, teachers are also receiving PD from experts in the field. We continue to focus on implementing highly effective and rigorous learning that implements higher level questioning, challenging tasks aligned to CCAP, transforming the student experience, growth producing feedback, formative assessment and increasing student engagement. Reading and math interventions have been realigned to core instruction, ensuring a true double dose of reading and math.