Pasco School District
Pasco, WA
The newest chairpersons from Pasco School District’s Action Teams for Partnership (ATPs) received a primer on effective leadership last August during the annual ATP Chair Retreat. More...
Liz Flynn, School & Family Partnerships District Coordinators
509-546-2683 or 509-543-6714 lflynn@psd1.Organization; llandon@psd1.Organization
District-Level Leadership
Saint Paul Public Schools
St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Public School District partnered with the local library, Mayor’s Office, and United Way to help get 4,500 children ready for kindergarten. As part of the new Blast Off to Kindergarten program, a team of city officials developed and distributed 5,000 information-filled backpacks to families whose children were scheduled to enter kindergarten in the fall. More...
Joe Munnich, Family & Community Involvement Coordinator
651-767-8109 joe.munnich@spps.Organization
District-Level Leadership
Naperville Community Unit School District 203
Naperville, IL
Administrators from the Naperville School District helped budding entrepreneurs visualize their future during a conference last year. The district’s Business Partnership Forum on Entrepreneurship brought 65 students and 55 small business owners together to discuss finance, marketing, and what it takes to turn the business plan of their dreams into a reality. More...
Nina M. Menis, Director of Community Relations
630-420-6475 nmenis@naperville203.org
District-Level Leadership
North Penn School District
Landsale, PA
Visiting a community mosque helped officials from the North Penn School District encourage more involvement from Muslim parents. During a forum at the religious center, school staff reached out to more than 50 members of Lansdale’s Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, and Islamic communities. More...
Linda Abram, Parent and Community Involvement Specialist
215-853-1091 abramla@npenn.org
District-Level Leadership
St. Charles Parish Public Schools
Luling, LA
Administrators in the St. Charles Parish School District used a contentious scene from a popular romantic comedy to spur administrators to think creatively about solving their parent-involvement conundrum. During their Connecting Parent Involvement to School Improvement seminar, 80 teachers and administrators worked on effective ways to connect parents with their schools. More...
Terry L. Matherne, Director of Federal PrograMiddle Grades
985-785-3163 tmatherne@stcharles.k12.la.us
District-Level Leadership
Middletown Public Schools
Middletown, CT
Monthly mega-meetings helped officials from Middletown Public Schools bring together members of a complex community network to move toward a common goal last year. Through the District Parent Partnership Advisory Committee, parents, teachers, administrators, students, and other organizational leaders worked on topics of interest to them, while keeping in sight the overall goal of increasing students’ academic achievement. More...
Donna Marino, District Parent Resource Coordinator
860-638-1462 marinod@mps1.org
District-Level Leadership
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Virginia Beach, VA
A refresher course on social graces helped employees of Virginia Beach City Public Schools reach out to parents who felt unwelcome in their schools. The district’s First Impression Training gave more than 500 district employees gentle reminders about telephone and e-mail etiquette, as well as tips for working with unhappy or distressed parents who have concerns about their children. More...
Melissa T. McQuarrie, Director of Community Relations
757-263-1700 Melissa.mcquarrie@vbschools.com
District-Level Leadership
Lowndes County School District
Valdosta, GA
Parents from schools in Lowndes County were invited to Lunch & Learn at their workplaces, as the district undertook its Helping Your Child Succeed initiative. Fifty parents took the opportunity to get a closer look at how important they are to their children’s educational success, and how they can stay involved, even as their children go to middle and high school. More...
LaVerne H. Rome, District Parent Involvement Coordinator
229-245-2250 lrome@lowndes.k12.ga.us
District-Level Leadership
Buffalo Public Schools
Buffalo, NY
Student dance performances from around the globe brought parents and school administrators together during Buffalo School District’s Multilingual Communities of the Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating Our Diversity conference. More...
Faye Walton, Parent Involvement Coordinator
716-816-4535 fwalton@buffaloschools.org
District-Level Leadership
Pasco School District
Pasco, WA
As part of their One-Year Plan Support for schools’ ATPs, district leaders sent all school teams a short document outlining the basic elements of a solid One-Year Action Plan for Partnerships. More...
Liz Flynn, School & Family Partnership District Coordinator
509-546-2683 lflynn@psd1.org
District-Level Leadership
The School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Officials from the School District of Philadelphia showered their parent volunteers with appreciation and information at an all-day celebration last fall. During Parent Appreciation Day, more than 400 parents celebrated their volunteer efforts and learned ways to get even more involved. More...
Quibila A. Divine, Assistant Director
215-400-6443 qadivine@phila.k12.pa.us
District-Level Leadership
LAUSD4
Los Angeles, CA
Boisterous middle school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District got important attention last year when the Los Angeles Unified School District #4 implemented a program that helped parents curb troubling behavior in their children. The 10-week workshop, called Parent Project by school officials, helped put 60 at-risk students back on the right track. More...
William A. Masis, Ombudsperson, Coordinator
323-932-2274 william.masis@lausd.net
District-Level Leadership
Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth, TX
The promise of luxurious shopping sprees and fancy lunches helped spur 1,200 volunteer superstars from the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) toward greater involvement in their children’s schools. District leaders celebrated the achievements of their 100+ hour volunteers by awarding them prizes at the Parent Volunteer Recognition ceremony. More...
Dave Guzman, Director, Parent Engagement
817-871-2454 dave.guzman@fwisd.org
District-Level Leadership
Naperville Community Unit School District 203
Naperville, IL
Fifty leaders from the Naperville School District put their heads together at a Parent/Principal Networking Session to solve some tough problems facing students from minority groups. More...
Nina M. Menis, Director of Community Relations
630-420-6475 nmenis@naperville203.org
District-Level Leadership
LAUSD 2
North Hollywood, CA
A series of workshops to assist parents of under-achieving students helped boost test scores in the Los Angeles Unified School District last year. The Parents Supporting Academic Achievement program also empowered parents, reduced teachers’ frustrations, and won praise from many corners of Local School District 2. More...
Charlotte Castagnola, Program Associate, Parents as Learning Partners
818-755-5385 charlotte.castagnola@lausd.net
District-Level Leadership
Boise School District
Boise, ID
A virtual army of tutors descended on students in the Boise School District last year to help battle declining test scores. As part of the district’s new Project Tutor program, 60 volunteer tutors partnered with 200 Boise students to help raise their grades and their test-taking confidence levels. More...
Ruth Calnon, Federal PrograMiddle Grades Consultant
208-854-4161 ruth.calnon@boiseschools.org
District-Level Leadership
Tacoma School District #10
Tacoma, WA
More than 150 businesses in Tacoma opened their doors to middle school students to prove that math is important. Show Me the Math encouraged students to visit many different businesses in their community to see how mathematics is used outside the classroom. More...
Kate Frazier, School, Family, Community Liaison
253-571-1347 kfrazie@tacoma.k12.wa.us
District-Level Leadership
Howard County Public School System
Columbia, MD
Leadership was the name of the game during Howard County Public School’s Village Empowerment Seminars last year. Parents from across the county attended three sessions to learn strategies to influence student success. More...
Jean West Lewis, Family and Community Outreach Specialist
410-313-6794 lewis@hcpss.org
District-Level Leadership
Tucker County Schools
Parsons, WV
Representatives from supplementary school services in the Tucker County Schools took time to refine their planning process, and ensure that all the agencies were working toward the same mission—helping all students learn. The small district’s Title I Planning Summit called on school administrators, parents, teachers, and officials from nine programs—such as Reading First and 21st Century Learning Centers—to align priorities so that they could manage limited school resources to achieve maximum results. More...
Bob Dunkerley, Director of Federal PrograMiddle Grades
304-478-2771 rdunkerl@access.k12.wv.us
District-Level Leadership
Miami-Dade County Publi Schools
Miami, FL
More than 1,300 parents of children in the Miami Dade County Public School System enjoyed a free day at the zoo with their families, were recognized for their involvement and rewarded for their good works in local schools. More...
Anne Thompson, Director, Office of Parental Involvement
305-995-1801 athompson@dadeschools.net
District-Level Leadership