2020 // Browsing posts in 2020
Delmae Heights Elementary School
Florence, SC Read to Lead Delmae Heights is a school where children read, read, read! They also are guided to build personal qualities to take responsibility for learning and to persevere in advancing reading skills. Read to Lead encouraged students’ reading skills and character development. Students at each grade level who completed their reading logs […]
James McGee Elementary School
Pasco, WA Family Egg Drop McGee Elementary is strengthening partnership activities that support student learning. The Family Egg Drop was added to STEM night to guide student and parent interactions at home that are, then, shared with others at school. Students and parents researched and brainstormed ways to design “containers” to protect a raw egg […]
Hawthorne Elementary School
Seattle, WA Hawthorne’s Hangout Hawthorne’s FEAT (Family Engagement Action Team—partnership team) has worked for several years to increase connections to ensure that parents with different racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds feel welcome at school, take leadership roles, and have opportunities to share their ideas and concerns. This year, the school planned to continue a series […]
Orchard Elementary School
Richland, WA Orchard Owls Are Wise to Read Last year, Orchard Elementary conducted a summer reading series at the clubhouse of a local apartment complex for families with low incomes. This gave many parents who had not come to meetings and events at school a comfortable place to meet teachers, strengthen partnerships, talk with other […]
St. Peter’s Child Care Center
Cleveland, OH [Ribbon]Reach results for student success in school[/ribbon] Conscious Discipline Workshop When schools implement Conscious Discipline, all teachers help students know their school’s expectations for good behavior. Teachers work to respond in consistent ways to improve students’ behavior in their classrooms. Teachers know that students’ good behavior contributes to a peaceful and calm climate […]
Stephens Elementary School
Little Rock, AR Rumble in the Jungle The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP), teachers, and administrators identified some “rumblings” or challenges that needed to be solved to increase student learning and good behavior, improve family engagement, and strengthen the school’s welcoming climate. Students felt some rumblings as they worked to solve social and emotional challenges […]
The Music Settlement Preschool
Cleveland, OH STEM at The Settlement It is never too early to introduce students to STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and math. At The Cleveland Music School Settlement (TMS), the Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) and teachers regularly introduce preschool and kindergarten students to early STEM skills. They wanted to alert family and community partners the […]
Tremont Montessori
Cleveland, OH ZOOM to the Zoo After school doors closed, programs of school, family, and community partnerships took new forms. At Tremont Montessori, one teacher planned a “field trip” for a science lesson on zoo animals with students, teachers, and parents. They traveled by ZOOM from Cleveland to the San Diego Zoo. Parents were invited […]
Little Rock School District
Little Rock, AR Telling Our Stories of Promising Practices Little Rock School District continues to strengthen family and community engagement at the district level and in its schools. LRSD Leaders for Partnerships guide three Cluster Leaders who facilitate three groups of schools’ Action Teams for Partnerships (ATPs) in the Central-East, Southwest, and West sections of […]
Cuyahoga UPK/Starting Point
Cleveland, OH UPK at Your Service Service learning usually enables students in middle and high schools to identify and solve problems in their communities and learn that their contributions are valued. Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) leaders adapted service learning for preschool students and families. The project aimed to strengthen parents’ leadership skills and students’ confidence and […]
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