TITLE I NEWSLETTER

It's been a great start of the school year. The teachers and staff is hard at work teaching, assessing, and examining data to ensure student learning. Our students are engaged in learning during the school day and busy with their activities, athletics or other interests. Our parents are hard at work supporting their children while they learn and grow. We use our newsletter as one of the ways we maintain communication between school and home. It contains a variety of information for our parents and families.

Here are three ways.

1. Build enthusiasm. Make school a topic you discuss regularly. Ask, "What are you learning at school?

2. Stay informed. Keep in touch with teachers can encourage students to do well in class.

3. Limit technology. Homework will be easier if your child isn't tempted by video games, the Internet, or the TV.

East Clarendon Middle High School believes that parent involvement is of the utmost important in a child's education. The parent liaison will be providing opportunities for more parent involvement and accessibility of the school program to parent.

Our 1st Title Parent Workshop for 2023 school year!

Become Involved in Your Child’s Education Support extra-curricular school activities

-Attend parent-teacher conferences

-Check homework every night-Read together

-Talk to your children

-Listen to them, too-Express high expectation for children-

Support and build self confidence in your children

-Discuss your children’s progress with their teacher

-Volunteer at your child’s school

-Participate on a parent committee or organization

-Keep your child’s teacher informed about events in your child’s life which may affect his/her performance at school

-Communicate with your child’s teacher regularly by phone, email or notes.

Volunteering your time can make a big difference at East Clarendon Middle High School.

Join the SIC.

The School Improvement Council is always looking for parent volunteers.

Attend school board meetings.

You will have the opportunity to provide your input as well as get an inside view on how the school board makes decisions that affect your community’s schools.

Share your time and talents.

Teachers often need parent volunteers to help with small-group activities.

Organize a workplace tour.

Do you work for a company that would be an interesting place for a field trip? Suggest a class visit to your office.

Nurture your green thumb.

Have you noticed that the school grounds could use some work? Talk to the principal or PTA about gathering a group of parents to plant trees or flowers in a few spots around the school.

The school-parent compact is an agreement that the principal, teachers, parents, and students develop together and signed. It explains how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the way in which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the State's high standards.

Parents have the opportunity to provide comments on the Title I plan. We welcome your comments and suggestions. If you would like to participate on the school’s Title I planning team or make comments on the plan, please contact the principal at 843- 659-2187.

As a parent of a student enrolled at East Clarendon Middle High School, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers and instructional assistants who instruct your child. Federal law allows you to ask for the following information about your child's classroom teachers and requires the District to give you this information in a timely manner:

• whether the teacher is certified to teach the subjects and/or grade levels the teacher is teaching,
• whether the teacher's certificate is a waiver or substandard certificate,
• the teacher's academic major, graduate degrees, if any, and
• the teacher's certification area.

If you want to receive this information, please call the Personnel Department at 803-435-2286.

My name is Mrs. Margaret M. Demery and I am the Title I Parent Liaison of East Clarendon Middle High School. My purpose is to ensure that parents and guardians have access to as much information as possible to enhance their student success in school.

I look forward to communicating with you and it will be my pleasure serving all of you this school year.

Email: margaret.demery@clarendoncsd.org
Location: 1171 Pope Street, Turbeville, SC, USA
Phone: 843-657-2752