WAKEFIELD-MARENISCO SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE

SCHOOL PROGRAM

 

The Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education believes that durable and significant learning by a student is more likely to occur when there is an effective partnership between the school and the student’s parents/guardians.  Such a partnership means a mutual belief in and commitment to significant educational goals for a student, a plan for the means to accomplish those goals, cooperation on developing and implementing solutions to problems that may be encountered, and continuing communication regarding the progress in accomplishing the goals.  To the end, parents should be meaningfully involved in

 

  1. Developing and implementing appropriate strategies for helping their child achieve the learning objectives that lead to accomplishing the learning outcomes;
  2. Providing a school and home environment which encourages learning and augments, at home, the learning experiences provided by the school;
  3. Establishing the learning outcomes for their child with the goal of developing a responsible adult member of society.

 

The Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education is committed to communicating to parents at a level and in a language they can understand.

 

The Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education through this policy directs the establishment of a parent involvement plan by which a school-parent partnership can be established and provided to the parent of each child in the district.  The plan must encompass parent participation, through meetings and other forms of communication.  The Parental Involvement Plan shall be distributed to all parents and students through publication in the Student Handbook or other suitable means.

 

The Superintendent shall direct the development of a Parent Involvement Plan for the district, which may include:

  1. Parent Advisory Committee meetings
  2. Ways to encourage continued positive partnerships involvement throughout the community by staff and administrators.
  3. Ways to encourage parents to serve as chaperones for class field trips and other school activities
  4. Provide opportunities for discussion between parents, administrators, and staff to address problems and find solutions for students having difficulties, either academically or socially.

 

 

 

 

Relations with Parents

 

The Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education needs parents to assume and exercise responsibility for their children’s behavior, including the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of maturity, but are still supported by the parent.  During the school hours, the Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education, through its designated administrators, recognized the responsibility to monitor students’ behavior and, as with academic matter, the importance of cooperation between the school and the parents in matter relating to conduct.

 

For the benefit of the child, the Wakefield-Marenisco School District Board of Education encourages parents to support their child’s career in school by:

 

Supporting the teachers and the schools in maintaining discipline and a safe and orderly learning environment

 

            Requiring their child to observe all school rules and regulations

 

Supporting or enforcing consequences for their child’s willful misbehavior in school

 

Sending their children to school with proper attention to his/her health, personal cleanliness, and dress

 

Maintaining an active interest in their child’s daily work, monitoring and making it possible for him/her to complete assigned homework by providing a quiet place and suitable conditions for study

 

Reading all communications from the school, signing, and returning them promptly when required

 

Cooperating with the school in attending conferences set up for the exchange of information of their child’s progress in school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adopted by the Wakefield-Marenisco District School Board of Education on December 13th, 2004

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