Union DaVinci Magnet School. Texarkana Arkansas School District Line Ferry Road. Principal Thelma M. Forte

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1 Union DaVinci Magnet School Texarkana Arkansas School District 1701 Line Ferry Road Principal Thelma M. Forte Campus Parent Involvement Coordinator: Herise Williams Guidance Counselor: Beverly J. Webb VIPS President: Michael Little Vice President: Sherry Thomason Parent Representative: Victoria Crosby Student Representative: Mason Embry School Status: Focus School Title One School Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage 95%

2 1. List various communication strategies used in your school to provide additional information to parents and to increase parental involvement in supporting classroom instruction. Parents are given information to help them create home connect accounts to monitor their child's reading and writing skills. Parents are given CCSS parent leaflets to help them understand the new required reading standards. Parents are given a comparison table to help them understand how the skills are taught over a long period of time before they are assessed for mastery. August 19, 2014 Back To School Parent Meeting Union Staff Parents are given refrigerator lists to help them identify skills which should be reinforced at home to ensure their child is successful in the areas of literacy and mathematics. Every teacher sends a take home folder home with the students. The take home folder contains information about student performance, weekly skills, Accelerated Reading goals, individual student reading and writing goals, the student of the week, materials needed for performance based assignments, and information about authentic field trip experiences for students. Union Staff August May Parents are given report cards every nine weeks, and they attend parent teacher conferences on the fourth week of every nine weeks. The parent report cards and progress reports are parent and teacher friendly. Teachers provide explanations of the report cards, and they utilize grade level check lists to identify skills that are mastered and skills that should be reinforced at home. August 2014-May 2015 Parents are given electronic passwords to help them track their child's daily grades. Aug Darla Thompson Teachers send home hard copies of class newsletters weekly.. Union Staff August 2014-May Parents receive information about important events through news paper articles, television shows, information posted on the community teach television station, and through special radio broadcasts.. Union Staff August 2014-May 2015.Contact Person: Herise Williams: Campus Parent Coordinator and Beverly Webb counselor 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. Parents attended the "report to the public" on August 15 th at 6:00 p.m. to receive additional information about test scores and the school improvement status. Thelma Forte Parents can attend meetings to discuss academic opportunities, school culture, and student/parent support services. These meetings will occur at 3:00 p.m. to meet the needs of parents who have busy schedules and this is the most convenient time for the meeting to occur. Union Staff Karen Sullards.. Union Staff August 2014-May 2015.

3 Parents will have an opportunity to attend college awareness days with their child. Students and parents will attend college sessions two times during the school year to increase parent awareness about college entrance requirements.november May 2015 Southern Ar. Univ Parents will have opportunities to attend the annual Benchmark Awareness session to increase their knowledge of the Benchmark testing process. Parents also attend conferences to help teachers develop AIP plans. Conference dates have been scheduled twice a year. They are scheduled for the first nine weeks and the last nine weeks September 2014 and April Parents serve as community mentors to fourth grade students to help them prepare for the Benchmark Exam. Parents assisted with Red Ribbon Week, and they also recognize students for excellent behavior through the Scholar Dollar program. Parents help students with the annual fourth grade graduation ceremony which recognizes students, parents, and community volunteers. Michael Little Jan 2014 May 2015: The last Wednesday of every month January-May) 3. How will your school provide information to parents about volunteer opportunities (must include state mandated parent training)? Parents are given informational packets about volunteer opportunities four times during the school year. Union Staff Aug All parents are required to complete the Volunteers in Public Schools registration form, and they all complete background checks. April 19-May 30, 2015 Rose Ann Herrington The parent coordinator for the district provides training sessions for volunteers to make sure parents are aware of district and state requirements for volunteers. Aug. 17, 2014-May 2015 D. Youngblood The Union staff will work with the middle school to give students the support they need to become successful middle school students. Parents will receive information to assist with course selection. M. Hillier May, 2015 Parents are recruited by school officials, community stake holders, and their own children. Parent involvement is one of the most important support groups at Union CAMS. Thelma Forte and Union Staff Aug May 30, How will your school work with parents to create a School-Parent-Compact? The School-Parent-Compact is developed during parental involvement sessions before school starts. Parents work with the staff to help us design a compact that represents the needs of parents and students. Many parents bring their children to serve as student representatives in the development process.. Sept May 30, 2015.

4 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? Parents attend an annual evaluation of the campus-wide Title I program. They are exposed to the amount of money we are allocated to implement Title I programs. Parents utilize the report card that is located on NORMES to analyze the effectiveness of Title I programs. Their input is utilized to help the staff identify programs that are meeting the academic needs of the students while providing support for parents. Parental input is utilized to write the ACSIP plan and to allocate Title I money. 6. How will your school provide resources for parents? Parents have access to a mobile computer lab which is located in the school cafeteria. The mobile lab is utilized to check grades, progress monitor Accelerated Reading, and to track individual student reading and mathematics goals. Sept May 30, 2015 Lavenia Harris Parents have an opportunity to utilize the school library before and after school hours to improve student achievement.. Sept May 30, 2015 D. Silkey and Katie Jones Union has hired a parent involvement coordinator and she is responsible for parent outreach programs. She implements special activities like the Back To School Full Service Open House, Accelerated Reading Night, Benchmark Awareness Night, School performances and programs, and Nine Weeks Awards ceremonies.. Sept May 30, Parents are given informational packets at the beginning of the school year. The packets tell parents how to access their child's grades on line, and they are given a list of things they can do to help their child experience academic success. Parents are also given parent folders with information that identifies every service Union provides for parents and students. Darla Thompson Sept May 30, 2015 Funding has been set aside to purchase books to assist parents with ADD and ADHD students. Parents also have an opportunity to attend parent meeting to help them create structured environments that mirror the environments we establish at school. Parents are also given opportunities to check out books that focus on brainbased research, high yield strategies, and homework tips. These materials are located in the parent center that is housed inside the media center. Bev. Webb Sept May 30, How will your school engage parents in the evaluation of your parental involvement efforts?

5 7. Parents participate in an annual review of Title I Programs and Parent Support Programs. Teachers, parents, students, and community stake-holders examine test data and they examine test data before they complete a needs analysis. Aug Union Staff The committee has the opportunity to identify additional services that should be secured to assist parents and students. The concerns are turned in to the building level principal and a committee meets to review the concerns to earmark funds to meet parent and student needs. Aug Parents and students complete satisfaction surveys and this data is utilized to determine if the Title I plan is meeting the needs of parents and students. Adjustments are made according to the results of the surveys. A parent volunteer log is kept to document the number of volunteer hours on our campus. Sign in sheets are utilized to track the number of parents who attend parent teacher conferences. Teachers, students, and parents have identified extra incentives like bouncy houses, school programs, and Make and Take nights to increase parent involvement. Rose Ann Herrington How will your school use the parent interest surveys to select, plan and implement parental involvement activities that will be offered throughout the year? Parents are surveyed and interviewed to properly identify topics that are of interest to parents. The staff uses the results of the survey to plan parent activities during the school year which are designed to improve student achievement. Aug -May 30, 2015 Union Staff Parents submit suggestions during the school year, and these suggestions are used to implement programs to meet their needs. Parents complete surveys at the end of the school year to indicate if the parent programs met their needs. Aug. 19 until May 30,2015 Rose Ann Herrington Herise Williams Parents are given information about college readiness through their participation in the College Bound program. They are also given opportunities to tour the area vocational center with the students to identify courses that are taught in high school for college credit. Parents are given assistance when their child completes their course selection sheets to enter the middle school. The number of students selecting Pre-AP courses in middle school is the indicator that is utilized to determine if this program is successful. October 2002 and May 14, 2015 M. Hillier R. Guevara

6 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.) The first parent review of Title I programs was held on August 2014 The second review of Title I programs was held on Sept The plan will be reviewed in the spring, and parents will determine this date. Thelma Forte Herise Williams