Parent and Family Engagement

At Rehoboth Road Middle School, we are encouraging students and staff to be present at least 95% of the time. That means only missing 1 or less days per month. Research has shown that students who attend school regularly achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance.

Please visit our School Parent Resource Center at Rehoboth Road Middle School. It is located in our main office and offers parents and families support and resources they can use to assist and encourage their child. It contains lots of important information and resources about Title I and Parent and Family Engagement. These resources are available to foster open lines of communication between our school, community, and our families.

What can the Parent Center do for me?

· Build Parent Capacity

· Workshops that can improve support at home

· Community Resources

· Help Me Communicate with Teachers

· Build Community Involvement

The center is open during school hours. Please feel free to contact me or the school anytime. The Rehoboth Road Middle School phone number is 770 229-3727.

Did you know that the Griffin-Spalding County School System also has a Parent Resource Center? Find hands on activities, books and brochures for your student in our District Parent Resource Center. The center is designed to provide educational resources for parents to help your student succeed academically. Parents can also find computers with internet access at the center. The best part is resources are FREE! You can find the Parent Resource Center located in the Parent Services Building, Room 121 on 234 E. Taylor Street, Griffin, GA 30224. If you would like more information or want to make an appointment, please contact Jensen Vandiver at jensen.vandiver@gscs.org.

• Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America's disadvantage and high-need students.

• Requires that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.

• Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students' progress toward those high standards.

• Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time

• ESSA can be found on the U.S. Department of Education website at http://www.ed.gov/essa?src-rn

The Family-School Partnership​ Program believes that parents, schools, families, and communities working together can create meaningful partnerships that ultimately lead to significant gains across the board in student achievement.​​​​​​​​​​​​

All Title I schools in GSCS are school-wide programs. This means that school staff work to improve instruction in an effort to increase student achievement, for all students, particularly those students who are low achieving or performing below grade level expectations. In a school-wide Title I program all students can benefit from extra support or services to meet their educational goals. Title I schools in GSCS are responsible for the following actions:

• Involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of Title I programs, including the parent and family engagement policy.
• Develop jointly, with parents, a school-parent-student compact focused on academic achievement.
• Inform parents in an understandable language and format.
• Offer parent meetings at various times and in various formats.
• Provide information to parents about state standards, curriculum, and assessments and how parents can monitor student progress.
• Build parent capacity by coordinating and integrating parent programs and activities with other federal , state, and local programs.

Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) are defined as school districts, county offices of education, and district-funded charter schools that are responsible for the following actions:

• Plan and implement educational programs, activates, and procedures aa required under Title I that engages parents.
• Reserve 1% of Title I funds for parent and family engagement activities if the LEA receives more than $500,000.
• Develop a family and parent engagement policy with the participation of parents..
• Conduct an annual evaluation of the parent and family engagement policy and implement changes based upon the findings of the evaluation.
• Build parent capacity by providing literacy and technology trainings for parents
• Build capacity of school staff by providing resources to assist staff in communicating with parents to promote student success
• Provide full opportunities for participation of parents with limited English proficiency, disabilities, of migratory children and when appropriate , in a language and format that they can understand

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