Parental Involvement Policy/Plan
The faculty and staff at Spring Hill School promotes and encourages Parental Involvement to assist in meeting student needs in all phases of the educational process. This plan/policy has been jointly developed with parents to establish the expectations for parent involvement described as below. Ongoing opportunities for such involvement will arise throughout the school year for interested parties to participate and/or be informed. The Parent Involvement Plan will be reviewed annually and revised as necessary. We appreciate any suggestions that you may have to better our Parental Involvement and Communication processes.
PART ONE
Communication:
Back to School Night, held at the beginning of school, gives parents the opportunity to meet their child’s teacher(s), learn about the curriculum used in the classroom, forms of assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet based on TCAP requirements.
Mid six weeks academic/behavioral progress reports will be sent home to inform parents of progress, or lack of, before final report cards are sent home.
Monthly Parent Newsletters will be sent home to inform parents of special student recognition’s and upcoming events/activities that are taken place.
The school web site will be kept up to date with current school news informing parents of activities, cafeteria menus, classroom news, and much more.
Published news articles, in our local papers, will keep parents informed of successes and upcoming activities.
A scheduled Parent/Teacher Conference will be held annually and upon parent request for communication between parent and teacher on student progress. The school-parent compact is jointly discussed as it relates to the child’s current achievement. Provisions will be made to provide flexible scheduling opportunities for parents who have possible conflicts to arise.
A School-Parent compact will be distributed to each child annually to outline the commitment and learning expectations for all key stakeholders.
A student/parent handbook is designed and published annually to provide information concerning school policies and procedures, academic guidelines, notification of our written school level parent involvement plan, current school calendar, and extracurricular schedule of events.
PART TWO
B. Parental Involvement:
Our PTO, Parent-Teacher Organization, meets monthly to strengthen our partnership in developing a stronger educational facility for all students.
We promote parent volunteers with activities such as Fall Festival, Book Fairs, Music Programs, Extracurricular Activities, Beta Clubs, etc.
We invite parents/grandparents to join us for breakfast and /or lunch on a daily basis or for special dinners such as Thanksgiving, Grandparents Day, etc.
Parents are invited into classrooms for informal settings such as birthday parties or special holiday parties and for formal settings to read stories or discuss careers.
Parents are encouraged to actively participate with school personnel in an annual meeting to review/revise the school policy, parental involvement plan, school-parent compact, participation in the Schoolwide Title I program, and interpretation of TCAP results.
Parents are given opportunities through scheduled events to receive training and/or learning materials to work with their children to improve academic achievement.
A transition plan involving orientation is implemented for parents and students to assist in the adjustment of pre-school to kindergarten and middle school to the high school level.