Community Learning CenterSunderland Elementary School Sunderland, Maryland In October, 1997, students and parents at Sunderland Elementary School in Calvert County, Maryland, came to the school’s learning center in the evening. The purpose was to involve parents in their child’s education. Both parents and children came to a computer lab to increase their skills in math and reading, to select educational, fun games to take home, and to select books to read. Often families read together, after which the child will take the challenge of an Accelerated Reader test on the computer. More... Erma Morris, chair of the School-Family-Community Committee of Partnership Schools (410) 257-1501 Type 6 | Elementary Grades | Achievement in Other Academic Areas |
Homework HotlineValley View Parent-Teacher Co-Op School Cleveland, Ohio How do we encourage positive connections between families and schools? Parents, teachers, and the school administration at Valley View Parent Teacher Co-Op School are working to achieve communication through their "Homework Hotline." This automated phone system provides the following services for families, students, and the school: 1) parents may alert the school when their child will be absent; 2) parents and children may call the system to find out daily homework assignments; 3) the computer prints out the total number of phone calls made to inquire about school information. More... Rita Vitanza, Lead Teacher Type 2 | Elementary Grades | Achievement in Other Academic Areas |
Parent/Child Monthly ProjectsGorgeous" George Washington Elementary School Baltimore, Maryland One of the practices that we use to encourage parental involvement in children’s learning is to require a monthly curriculum-based project. According to our School Improvement Plan (SIP), it is our goal to have families receive monthly critical thinking skills’ activities that require parent and child interaction. More... Felicia Gray, Action Team Chair (410) 396-1445 Type 4 | Elementary Grades | Achievement in Other Academic Areas |
Striving for Excellence with Junior Achievement and CrestarMt. Washington Elementary School Baltimore, Maryland Detra Gray is seen taking a walk to the Mt. Washington market with her daughter Olivia and Olivia’s classmate, Amber. They return with the ingredients for making lemonade. The teacher, teacher’s assistant, and other parent volunteers are now busy guiding excited kindergartners along an assembly line as the class prepares lemonade to sell to other classes. As a volunteer consultant for the Junior Achievement Elementary School Program, Detra Gray is teaching these youngsters about the roles individuals play in the economy as workers and consumers. More... Jacqueline Waters-Scofield, Principal (410) 396-6354 Type 6 | Elementary Grades | Achievement in Other Academic Areas |
Summer Learning FairKathleen G. Goodwin Elementary School Old Saybrook, Connecticut How can you help parents keep children meaningfully engaged in a variety of learning and recreational activities during the summer months? The Home/School Forum of Kathleen E. Goodwin Elementary School's P.T.O. sponsored an evening to answer this question. We invited organizations within the community to come to the school one evening to provide parents with information about their summer programs. More... John E. Walsh,Ph.D, Principal (860) 395-3165 Type 6 | Elementary Grades | Achievement in Other Academic Areas |