SCHOOL SUCCESS
Things have changed since today’s parents were in school. School-age children, even kindergarteners, are expected to learn more at earlier ages today than even a decade or two ago. A lot is expected of parents too! Research has proven that parental involvement in school is one key to children's school success, but becoming more involved isn’t always straight-forward when you consider how busy both parents and teachers are these days, not to mention changing curriculum and new technology.
Our Family-School Connection Program is designed to meet the needs of families with a variety of supports for parent involvement in their children’s education.
Play-a-Day / Dinner & Discovery
A series of family literacy workshops, offered in the evening over a 6-7 week period. The program includes a family meal, a guided, interactive literacy-based play activity, a circle time with reading aloud and a music/movement activity, and time with parents to review how play promotes learning. At the end of each session, each child takes home a book to keep and parents receive take-home literacy activities to do with their children between sessions.
Home Visits
Home Visits are provided by our school-based Family Liaisons to provide parents with new tools and ideas they can use to encourage learning at home. Liaisons bring learning games and activities to the home and leave behind materials and resources that parents can use on an ongoing basis.
Parent Resource Centers
PRC's located within each elementary school in the Cleveland Hts-University Hts area, have books and DVDs on a variety of parenting topics, as well as literacy and math activity packets that parents can use to support their child’s learning at home. The Resource Centers also serve as a place for parents and caregivers to gather, get to know, and support one another, and talk with our Family Liaisons who can also be helpful in sharing information about school and community resources.
Kindergarten Kickoff
Help your child get a jumpstart on Kindergarten! Join us for fun-filled activities for your child that will help ease the transition to kindergarten! |
