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Read our latest parent newsletter as well as previous editions.
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Newsletter in English here
Parents are welcome and encouraged to volunteer in their child’s classroom. Volunteer opportunities range from organizing materials at home to listening to students read. This is a wonderful way to spend time with your child at school, learn more about your child’s classroom and the school, and to give back to the school. If you are interested in volunteering, please talk to your child’s classroom teacher or the parent volunteer and outreach specialist. Volunteers are also welcome to help in the library.
The Parent Volunteer & Outreach Specialist Program offers ongoing coordination of the volunteer program. The goal of the program is to increase volunteerism and community support of the school in service of improved student achievement. A parent volunteer and outreach specialist coordinates with teachers and parents to identify activities that volunteers can do to support the school. For more information, contact 965-8994.
1) Volunteering (Leadership Opportunities and Committees)
School Site Council
School Site Council (SSC) is a state-mandated committee of parents, teachers, and the principal whose primary purpose is to plan, monitor, and evaluate the activities and expenditures for Consolidated Application programs at the school to improve student achievement: (1) Review student achievement data, (2) develop a comprehensive school plan, (3) conduct ongoing review of program effectiveness, (4) annually revise plan based on progress, and (5) recommend a plan to the school board. Nominations and elections take place each fall.
English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
The English Learner Advisory Council (ELAC) is a state-mandated committee that supports the efforts of the school, district, and state in improving the quality of the education of students whose primary language is other than English. The committee, which consists of parents and teachers, has four state-mandated duties:
- Monitor the programs and services provided for English Learners at the school and provide input to the School Site Council.
- Provide input into the development and implementation of the school’s needs assessment.
- Administer, review, and provide input on the school’s annual language census
- Increase parents’ awareness of the importance of regular school attendance.
In addition, the committee is focused on finding ways that the school can support English learner parents at home to assure academic success for their children. ELAC meets for one hour each month.
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