10/24/2016 AR ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT) 1529 MISSION BLVD FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479-444-3075 School Parent Involvement Policy This form was adapted from, A Toolkit for Title I Parent Involvement. Ferguson, C. (2009). A Toolkit for Title I Parental Involvement. Austin, TX: SEDL.

Hint District Fayetteville School Improvement Status Needs Improvement Grade Levels K-4 Parent Involvement Coordinator Synetra Morris- 479-444-3075 Are you Title I Schoolwide?

g Yes c d e f b No c d e f g c N/A d e f g Percent of free and reduced lunch 20% Parent Involvement Committee Members (Select "Repeat" to open more entry fields to add addtional team members) Enter committee members First Name Synetra Last Name Morris Position Assistant Principal / Parental Involvement Facilitator Enter committee members First Name Kristen Last Name Scott Position Principal Enter committee members First Name Cheryl Last Name Murphy Position Teacher Rep

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Enter committee members First Name Erin Last Name Crawley Position PTO President 1. List various communication strategies used in your school to provide additional information to parents and to increase parental involvement in supporting classroom instruction. The school distributes a monthly newsletter to parents that is developed with participation of the PTO, principal, and staff. It includes school news, a calendar of school activities, and parenting tips related to school achievement. Monthly (Aug.-May) - Kristen Scott, Erin Crawley, and Lorrie Elliott. The school has a school parental involvement website with classroom Web sites for each teacher. Weekly newsletters and pertinent information will be available on classroom Web sites. Ongoing-Classroom teachers, Kristen Scott, Synetra Morris The school will send parents a parent-friendly letter that explains their child's test results and standardized test scores. First Nine Weeks of School - Kristen Scott and classroom teachers Each classroom teacher sends home a folder containing student papers, parent-teacher communication, and homework each week. Weekly - Classroom teachers The school provides to parents in grades K-4 report cards (4 times a year) every nine weeks with information regarding their child's academic progress and study habits/citizenship. There is a conference the 1st and 3rd nine weeks to go over the report card and other information - (Oct. 22, 23, 26 and Mar. 31, April 1, 4) The school provides to parents in grades 3-4 an academic progress report halfway through each nine week grading period. Halfway through each nine weeks - Grades 3-4 teachers The school provides a published list of school supplies needed by each student for the school year. May - Kristen Scott The school offers a school directory with phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail addresses of students that can be purchsed through the PTO. Michele Senlikci, Sonja Barnett-parents The school uses Agendas/Planners for 2nd-4th grade students to provide parents and students with information on assignments, student information, tests, and events. Daily - Classroom teachers The school provides PTO meetings to communicate about committees, fund raisers, and other school events and activities. Twice a year 8/24 and 4/25 - Kristen Scott, PTO Exec. Board The school provides assemblies to reinforce our schoolwide positive behavior plan (BLAST), show grade level music programs, and PTO sponsored programs. Monthly - Synetra Morris, Adrianne Hapgood, PTO volunteers The school provides special services reports to parents from GT teachers, Speech teachers, Special Education teachers, Section 504 designee and ESL teacher. Meetings are scheduled as needed - Jeanne King, Elizabeth Williams, Jenny Shreve, Jessican Early, Adriane Hapgood, Yasenia Dodds, Kimberly Purdy. The school has a marquee located in the front of the building that lists the upcoming events for the month. Ongoing Melanie Garner, parent The Root PTO provides a website with agendas, minutes,committees, and a school calendar. Ongoing - Michele Senlikci, parent

2. List the proposed parent meeting, conferences and activities regularly throughout this year and the dates providing flexible meeting times that you have planned to increase parental involvement and build staff and parent capacity to engage in these types of efforts. (Must include the 2 state mandated parent/teacher conferences each year.) Parents have access to a Parent Information Center that provides brochures and information to help with various areas such as homework, reading, nutrition, etc. Ongoing - Synetra Morris The district honors selected volunteers from each school with a volunteer appreciation banquet. April - Kristen Scott, PTO, Faculty

The school provides to parents in grades K-4 report cards (4 times a year) every nine weeks with information regarding their child's academic progress and study habits/citizenship. There is a conference the 1st and 3rd nine weeks to go over

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the report card and other information - (Oct. 22, 23, 26 and Mar. 31, April 1, 4) - Classroom teachers PTO meetings are held the twice a year to report on committees and activities. Kristen Scott, PTO Executive Board The school has a Book Fair to give students the opportunity to buy books. Parent volunteers help with each classroom as they come to the library to browse and make purchases. - Emilie Jacobus, faculty The school has a Field Day at the end of the school year for students in grade K-4. On each grade level day, there are games and activities for student participation. May - Liz Rusher and Brooke Kersey, Parents Students participate in a home reading incentive program (Book Hogs) introduced by the U of A Athletic Department. Spring - Emilie Jacobus, Faculty, U of A Athletics A Health Fair is held in the fall to screen students for vision, dental, and hearing. Parent volunteers help in this process by taking each class to and from each designated place. Sept. 2015- District nurses, volunteers, Kristen Scott The school holds a United Way drive to encourage students and parents to give and participate. Incentives are given for the classrooms that collect the most money. Synetra Morris, parent volunteers The school holds a Food Drive to benefit families in need. Incentives are given for the classrooms that collect the most food. Fall - Jennifer Lavender, student council, parent volunteers The school holds a fall, winter and spring classroom parties. Homeroom mothers organize the parties with the help of parents from each classroom. Kristen Scott, Homeroom mothers, Classroom teachers The school holds a Curriculum Night to provide information about the curriculum. Sign in sheets are out for parents to volunteer to help teachers with volunteering, Root Post Office, and other teacher needs. Aug. 24 2015 - Classroom teachers The school has a Watch Dog program for dads, granddads, uncles,and any other male role models of the students to volunteer for the day to help the office and teachers. It gives them an opportunity to see their child in the classroom and to be a male role model in the school. Thom Hapgood- grandparent The school has designated landscape upkeep and planting days to help keep the schoolyard looking nice. Parents, students, and teachers volunteer to help on a Saturday morning as needed. Amy Partak-Lee, parent The school provides music programs and art shows throughout the year. Parents help with the costumes and the backdrop of the stage and displaying the art in a gallery Four times a year - Adrianne Hapgood, parent volunteers. Twice a year, Cathy Vonhatten, parent volunteers The school has a Multi-Cultural Fair that includes exhibits from U of A students and Root parents and relatives. The event culminates with a potluck supper with multi-cultural food and entertainment. Jennifer Mayo and Sevin Gallo, parents The school has a Meet the Teacher night to allow students and parents to meet their teacher. PTO has booths set up for membership drive, t-shirt purchases, and directory purchases. Erin Crawley, parent The school has a Root Run. This event brings together the city wide community to participate in a 5K run and Fun Run. Erin Crawley and Lori Massey, Courtney Gilbert, parents The school has a Noodle Night to promote community between parents, teachers, and students. -PTO 3. How will your school provide information to parents about volunteer opportunities (must include state mandated parent training)? The district offers professional development for teachers as required designed to enhance the understanding of effective parental involvement strategies. district ongoing The school provides a list of volunteer opportunities during Meet Your Teacher, Curriculum Nights, and through the school newsletter. Beginning of school - Kristen Scott Principal Erin Crawley PTO The second grade teachers provide an opportunity for parents to help the second graders sort and deliver the mail for the school post office. A brief training is given to help the volunteers guide the students through the process. Spring semester, 2nd grade teachers Watchdog Dads provides an opportunity for dads, granddads, uncles, or other male role models of the students to volunteer at school for the day to help the office, teachers, and other staff. Ongoing - Thom Hapgood,Grand parent The Principal and PTO Newsletter provides information to parents about volunteer opportunities. Monthly - Kristen Scott, Erin Crawley 4. How will your school work with parents to create a School-Parent-Compact? A representative group of parents (K-4) will meet in the spring and the fall to review and discuss the implementation of

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the School-Parent Compact to both add input and to discuss how they can support school wide implementation. Interested parents may contact Spencer Pineda at 479-445-3075 5. How will your school provide opportunities for parents to be involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of the school wide school improvement plan, and the Annual Title I Meeting to engage them in the decision-making processes regarding the school's Title I, Part A Program? A representative group of parents (K-4) will meet in the spring and the fall to review and discuss the implementation of the ACSIP (School Improvement Plan) to both add input and to discuss how they can support school wide implementation. Interested parents may contact Spencer Pineda at 479-445-3075 6. How will your school provide resources for parents? The principal will designate a certified staff member to serve as a parent facilitator. Ongoing - Kristen Scott, Syentra Morris The district policy handbook includes a parental involvement section that defines the process for resolving parental concerns, including how to define a problem, whom to approach first, and how to develop solutions. Ongoing - District The school has a parent information center located in the front hall.

Ongoing - Synetra Morris

The school will purchase parenting books, magazines, and other informative materials as funds are available. Parents will be given the opportunity to borrow the materials for review. Ongoing - Kristen Scott, Synetra Morris The school's Family Care Committee provides food, clothing, rent, etc. to families in need. Ongoing - Jennifer Lavender Counselor, Melanie Garner and Betsey Martin, parents PTO Membership offers opportunities for leadership, teamwork, collaboration, and networking with other parents- Erin Crawley and PTO Executive Board The Ozark Guidance Center offers Root a part time counselor that meets with students and parents as needed. Ongoing - Keely Pfeiffer, Jennifer Lavender 7. How will your school engage parents in the evaluation of your parental involvement efforts? The PTO Executive Committee assists in evaluating the PI plan twice a year. Fall and Spring - Erin Crawley; Nicky Anderson 8. How will your school use the parent interest surveys to select, plan and implement parental involvement activities that will be offered throughout the year? The school will utilize the needs assessment at the beginning of the school year to plan parental involvement programming for the year. August - Kristen Scott The school will evaluate the activities that were suggested by the parents at the end of the year as part of the annual parental involvement plan evaluation and survey. May - Kristen Scott, Synetra Morris, Faculty The school will utilize the PTO to select, plan and execute PI activities. and PTO

Ongoing - Kristen Scott, Synetra Morris, faculty,

9. When will your school plan the Annual Title I Meeting that must be conducted separately? (It CANNOT be held in conjunction with any other meetings or activities.) Root is not a Title 1 school. *After completion of this form, the school should print and submit to district for review and approval. Once approved, the school is required to post their School Parent Plan on their website.

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