Skate Night!

When: December 14th at 6:00-8:00 pm

Where: The Griffin Skat Inn, 2489 N Expy, Griffin, GA 30223

In addition to skating we will have math/reading activities that the whole family can take home and enjoy over the Christmas break! If you have any questions please contact whitley.fowler@gscs.org.

Have you scheduled a conference with your child's teacher?

Do you know what your child needs to work on at home to improve academic skills?

Have you attended a parent engagement event at your child's school?

Is your child a senior this year? If so, have you talked with your child's school about ways they can help with planning college and career readiness?

Have you started to set goals for the new year? Have you reviewed progress toward this year's goals?

Do you know your child's MAP scores and how you can use the parent report to help your child at home?

Is your child a 5th or 8th grader? Are you aware of transition events to help your child move to middle and high school?

Do you have an upcoming kindergartener? Look for more information to get your child ready for next year coming this spring!

Annual Title 1 Meeting

• Date of Meeting: August 31, 2023

  What was covered: In this meeting, we discussed the topics below

  
  

  • Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  • Intent and Purpose of Title 1
  • Title 1 Funding
  • Programs/Supports in place to help your students
  • Academic Standards expected of all students
  • Parent Resources Centers
  • District and School Parent and Family Engagement Policies
  • School-Parent Compact
  • If you were unable to attend and have questions, please contact me at whitley.fowler@gscs.org

  
  

  Link to Powerpoint with the information from the meeting: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j6gp4QjPGQLKCWK8HnmZwvRAsT2bQsb6HNYS_eqmWG4/edit?usp=sharing

Literacy Night

Date of Meeting: September 28th, 2023

What was covered: In this meeting, we discussed the topics below

• Lexile Scores
• How Dramatic Play and puppets can be used with reading to help with retention
• Literacy Presentation
• Supports in place to help your students
• Academic Standards expected of all students
• If you were unable to attend and have questions, please contact me at whitley.fowler@gscs.org

Student Led Conferences!

When: October 27th, 4:30-6:00 pm

Where: In person in Teacher's Classrooms

Join us for student led conferences! At these conferences students will share their academic journey with their parents.

If you have any questions, please email Ms. Fowler or call the school at 770-229-3750

Math Night

Date of Meeting: November 16th, 2023

What was covered: In this meeting, we discussed the topics below:

• Math Strategies
• We did activities with parent's and students to go over the current math standards being taught in the classroom.
• If you were unable to attend and have questions, please contact me at whitley.fowler@gscs.org

Ways to set up a parent teacher conference:

• Email the teacher you would like to have a conference with.
• Call the school at (770) 229-3750
• Message the teacher over the PBIS Website/App.

The goal of the parent-teacher conferences is to help form a partnership between school and home to promote academic success for all students!

Getting Ready for the Conference

• Review work samples, report cards, progress reports or other items sent home by the teacher
• Review school policies and the handbook
• Talk with your child about why you are having the conference and what you hope to learn at the conference. Get your child's input as to strengths, weaknesses, and areas of concern.
• Determine a list of questions to ask your child's teacher:

Questions to ask your child's teacher: (These questions are general and should work at all grade levels.)

• What are my child's academic strengths and weaknesses?
• Do you have any concerns about my child's progress so far this year?
• Is my child performing at grade level? If not, in what subjects does my child need extra help?
• What measures are in place to help my child research mastery on grade-level standards?
• What can I do at home to make sure my child reaches mastery on grade-level or course-level standards?
• What is my child's Lexile Level? Why is this important?
• How can I support literacy at home?
• If my child reachers grade-level expectations quickly, what is being done to extend and accelerate learning for my child?
• What are the top five skills my child needs to be successful this year? How can I help make sure that my child has these skills?
• What questions should I ask my child about school and learning each day?
• How will you communicate with me? How would you like me to communicate with you?
• What can I do at home to support you in the classroom?
• How is my child adjusting socially and emotionally this year?

At the conference:

• Listen to the teacher's comments
• Ask questions about your child's progress
• Look for positive points that you can build on to help your child succeed
• Get your perspective as a parent
• Get clarification on anything you don't understand
• Ask teacher to help you develop specific goals and actions for your child if needed

After the conference:

• Talk with your child about what you and the teacher discussed
• Talk about any plans or goals for improvement you might have
• Talk to your child about building on strengths and improving weaknesses
• Keep in touch with the teacher on a regular basis to find out about progress your child is making

Researchers have found that student success in the classroom is most heavily influenced by a parents’ ability to:

1. Encourage learning and education
2. Set high – but not unrealistic – educational standards and goals
3. Become involved in school and community activities

Researchers have also found that students who do benefit from strong parental involvement have:

• Higher overall achievement, regardless of socioeconomic, ethnic or racial background.
• A higher completion level on homework.
• A higher level of self-esteem in all aspects of life.
• Better social behavior and lower probability that they will get into trouble outside of school.
• Greater comfort navigating different cultural environments between home and school.
• Less likelihood of being placed in special education courses.
• Less probability of dropping out of high school.

We encourage you to get involved at Beaverbrook Elementary and to take advantage of resources available to you as a parent of a student in a Title I school. Each month, you will receive a newsletter with helpful information to help you to help your child become more academically successful! Together as partners in your child's education, we can do great things!

• What are the Georgia Standards of Excellence?

The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) provide a consistent framework to prepare students for success in college and/or the 21st century workplace. For more information go to https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards

• How are Georgia Standards of Excellence used in educating my child(ren)?
  

The Georgia Standards of Excellence are an expected achievement level indicator at each grade level or in each subject by which progress and mastery of academic concepts are measured. Each standard notes the expected grade or course level tasks that students should be able to demonstrate to show mastery. Standards in grades K-5 build on previous grades and also indicate new concepts introduced at each grade level. For students in grade 3-5 the End-of-Grade Milestones are used to measure progress towards mastery on grade level standards. Middle school standards outline mastery in subject areas and mastery is measured on the End-of-Grade Milestones.For high students, standards are specific to the course content and are measured using the End-of-Course Milestones.

If you would like to be more involved at Beaverbrook we have several things you can do!

• Contact Ms. Fowler at whitley.fowler@gscs.org to become involved in our Parent Engagement Events.
• Get on our volunteer list, to do so you can either email whitley.fowler@gscs.org or call the office at (770) 229 - 3750.
• Join our PTO! To do so contact whitley.fowler@gscs.org

A School-Parent Compact is a jointly developed agreement with parents. The compact outlines how the entire school staff, parents, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and how they will work together as partners to make sure all students reach grade-level standards.

We have a compact especially for students in Grades K-2 and another compact for students in Grades 3-5. These compacts may be accessed at any time by visiting the Parent Resources page of our school's website.

3rd-5th Grade Compact

Kindergarten-2nd Grade Compact

This is a policy that describes how Beaverbrook Elementary will provide opportunities to improve family engagement to support student learning. Beaverbrook Elementary, in meaningful consultation with parents, jointly developed with and agreed on with, a written policy that includes relevant activities and actions that support effective parent and family engagement and strengthen student achievement.

This policy may be accessed at any time by visiting the Parent Resources page of our school's website.

Beaverbrook Guidebook and Policy

School website: https://www.beaverbrookelementary.education/o/bes/page/parent-and-family-engagement

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