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Dolby Elementary

Men at Work! Learning with Legos at Dolby Elementary was a fun way to help dads understand and support their children’s math learning at home. The school’s Garden Club promotes science and health learning and healthy eating. Lake Charles, LA Loree Smith (District Coordinator of Federal Programs), Amy Hymel, Missy Bushnell (Principal), Julie Ortego (ATP Co-Chairperson), John […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Hawthorne Elementary

Hawthorne launched Hawthorne Family and Community Partnership University in the form of a series of cultural- and language-based coffee chats to build bridges between school and home for student success. Hawthorne Elementary is in its third year of partnership with Seattle Children’s Hospital— Science Adventure Lab—to bring inquiry-based scientific processes and critical thinking skills to science […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

John W. Moore Intermediate School

Moore Intermediate School’s ATP demonstrated that its Action Plan for Partnerships is a flexible document that can be “tweaked” and improved each year to engage more and different families for student success in school. The Moore Lions Club is a group for at-risk male students that teaches, models, and gives its members opportunities to practice essential […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Ochoa Middle School

The Action Team for Partnership (ATP) worked with Second Harvest to distribute bags of food to attendees at the school’s Parent Information Nights, which are held three times a year. The web-based Parent Portal at Ochoa is one tool that helps all parents monitor their students’ grades and progress. Pasco, WA Linda Williams (ATP Co-chair), Jacqueline […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Patterson Park Public Charter School

Innovative Volunteer Engagement at Patterson Park Public Charter School (PPPCS) asks families to serve 20 hours of volunteer time per year using their varied skills and talents. TRIBES is a process for promoting a safe and caring school environment to improve the school climate, improve student behavior, and increase student success. Baltimore, MD Top row: […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School’s ATP conducted a School Planner Scavenger Hunt with all sixth graders and their families. The school’s Summer Used Book Exchange aimed to encourage students’ reading for pleasure and helped put books of interest in students’ hands who may not have had them during the summer. Blaine, MN Front Row: Tiffany Cich, Jennifer Johnson, Carrie […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Vista Elementary School

Parent Focus Groups were developed to help the Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) at Vista Elementary better understand families’ needs and wishes. Vista Elementary’s ATP hosted a successful family night, Launching into STEM Night, at which students, families, and community partners worked together to engineer functioning catapults. Kennewick, WA Front Row: Raquel Martinez, Meghan Paeschke (Co-Chair), Jennifer Behrends (Principal), […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Westgate Elementary

Westgate Elementary School’s Focus on Math aimed to provide families with simple, but useful, strategies to enjoy standards-based math activities with their own child at home. The ATP partnered with the Refugee Liaison to coordinate an outreach event designed to help families understand the standardized tests that their children would take. Kennewick, WA Focus on Math The […]

25 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Oliver Wolcott Technical (OWT) High School

The Family Engagement Team at Wolcott Technical High School put its plan for an Art Show into action to showcase the school’s talented students and staff. As part of a focus on the Healthy School, the ATP at Wolcott conducted a fun and affordable student-staff-family engagement activity at City Climb, a wall climbing gym. Torrington, CT Left to right: […]

24 Jan 2015, 2015 Partnership School Awards, Partnership School Awards | Comments

Jessie D. Clifton Elementary

The Parent Literacy Center at Jessie D. Clifton Elementary offers parents opportunities to build skills to prepare for work and for postsecondary education, and to support their children’s learning. The school’s Fall Festival Math Day aimed to increase parents’ understanding of and comfort with the district’s new math curriculum (Eureka Math). Lake Charles, LA From left to […]