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!

It is time to start planning for the 2024-2025 school year. As partners in your child's/children's education, we need you input, ideas, and suggestions. Have your voice heard! Attend a Title I Input Meeting.

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jtf-tmyy-bka

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

Skate Night!

Date of Event: 14th at 6:00-8:00 pm at The Griffin Skat Inn, 2489 N Expy, Griffin, GA 30223

In addition to skating we had math/reading activities that the whole family was able to take home and enjoy over the Christmas break! If you have any questions please contact 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.

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.

Our school parent resource center is located in our school's media center. It is open on regular school days from 7:45 am to 3:00 pm, and no appointment is necessary. We have fun games available for checkout to help your child improve their reading and math skills. We also have interactive storytelling kits and helpful brochures! All of these resources are free for you and your child to use!

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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• 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

• 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.

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!