Henry Highland Garnet School for Success
P.S. 175
School‑Parent Compact 2011‑2012
Henry Highland Garnet School for Success, and the parents of the students, participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title 1, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for unproved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State's high standards. This school‑parent compact is in effect during school year 2011‑12.
Required school‑Parent Compact Provisions
School Responsibilities
Henry Highland Garnet School for Success will:
1. Provide high‑quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State's student academic achievement standards as follows: Our highly qualified teachers will provide high‑quality curriculum and instruction to our students in a supportive and effective learning environment. Students will be provided with rigorous and challenging curriculum and instruction. Support is widely available at our school before school, after school, on weekends, and on holidays. The After School Program is opened daily until 5:30 pm.
2. Hold parent‑teacher conferences twice a year during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child's achievement. Specifically, those conferences will be held;
- Tuesday, November 9 , 2011 Afternoon & Evening
- Tuesday, March 15 , 2012 Afternoon & Evening
3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their children's progress. Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows: Report cards are issues to parents three times a year. They are distributed during Parent/Teacher Conferences and upon scheduled date.
4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff.. Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows: Staff will be available to parents during Open School and on schedule appointments through the Guidance Counselor.
5. Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child's class, and to observe classroom activities, as follows: Parents may see their child’s teacher to schedule one to one meetings, observations and set up volunteering schedules. Volunteering information is provided during PA meetings and through calls from the Parent Coordinator. Parents may also inquire from the Parent Coordinator’s office.
6. Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the school's parental involvement policy, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.
7. Involve parents in the joint development of any Schoolwide Program plan (for SWP schools), in an organized, ongoing, and timely way.
8. Hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school's participation in Title 1, Part A programs, and to explain the Title 1, Part A requirements, and the right of parents to be involved in Title 1, Part A programs. The school will convene the meeting at a convenient time to parents, and will offer a flexible number of additional parental involvement meetings, such as in the morning or evening, so that as many parents as possible are able to attend. The school will invite to this meeting all parents of children participating in Title 1, Part A programs (participating students), and will encourage them to attend.
9. Provide information to parents of participating students in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon the request of parents with disabilities, and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents can understand.
11. Provide to parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title 1, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school's curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children’s progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
12. On the request of parents, provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions, and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children. The school will respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.
13. Provide to each parent an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State assessment in at least math, language arts and reading.
14. Provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title 1.
Parent Responsibilities
We, as parents, will support our children's learning in the following ways:
· Monitoring attendance.
· Making sure that homework is completed.
· Monitoring amount of television their children watch.
· Volunteering in my child’s classroom.
· Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my children’s education.
· Promoting positive use of my child’s extracurricular time.
· Staying informed about my child's education and communicating with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district either received by my child, mail or school phone messenger and responding, as appropriate.
· Serving, to the extent possible, on policy advisory groups, such as the Title 1, Part A parent representative on the school's School Improvement Team, the Title I Policy Advisory Committee, the District wide Policy Advisory Council, the State's Committee of Practitioners, the School Support Team or other school advisory or policy groups.
· Ensuring that students arrive at school on time.
· Ensuring that my child’s hygiene is taken care of.
· Monitoring my child’s nutritional diet.
· Updating all contact information.
· Providing all necessary school supplies when possible.
· I have reviewed the discipline code with my child and will reinforce it at home.
· Willingness to learn new technology-based programs that support student learning.