- Minutes from these meetings will be reviewed by the School to determine areas of need during school year and consider changes to the parent/family engagement budget.

### Building School and Parent/Family Capacity

Reeves the schools' and parents' capacity for strong parent/family engagement, in order to ensure effective Reeves the schools' and parents' capacity for strong parent/family engagement, in order to ensure effective High School engagement of parents/families and to support a partnership among our school, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement by providing information for the following topics in a parent-friendly format, to the extent practicable, and in a language that parents/families can understand:

- ● School Parent/Family Engagement Plan
- ● Title I Parent Orientation Meetings at each school including the requirements of Part A
- ● School-Parent-Student Compacts (Section 1116(a), (b), ESSA) jointly developed with parents/families
- ● Parent/Family Volunteer Programs
- ● Pupil Progression and how to monitor their child's progress through Student Progress Center
- ● Family Resource Center (FRC)
- ● Student Handbooks including Parents' Right to Know with the following information:
- a. how parents/families can request information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's classroom teachers or paraprofessionals
- b. how parents/families will be provided information related to their child's academic achievement if the student has been assigned a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements for more than 4 weeks
- ● Level of achievement in each academic assessment required by state and federal laws
- ● Easy-to-understand annual School Report Card
- ● or local policies on student participation in statewide assessments, including their rights to opt-out ● or local policies on student participation in statewide assessments, including their rights to opt-out

Reeves High School will provide assistance to parents in understanding state and district academic information connected to their student's learning and progress, as well as information regarding the Title I program. Reeves High School will provide activi ties and/or workshops for parents to gain knowledge about the state-adopted standards and the achievement standards, as well as the required assessments for Louisiana students including alternative forms of assessment. Look for school notices with dates and times.

Reeves High School will help students transition from one level to the next by Pre-K visits Kindergarten class and Elementary building in a planned learning experience, send out flyers for incoming Kindergarteners to visit and experience classroom settings. Teachers collaboratively share what a day in the life of a Kindergartener will be like for those students. Kindergarten teacher shares a simple learning activity with the students to expose them to the Kindergarten environment. : Elementary to Middle School Preparing students for the transition by team teaching in middle school, open house to familiarize students with grade-level transitions. Middle to High School Offer high school courses in middle school to alleviate the high school coursework, middle school/high schools share a joint building and facilities. No special distinction is made in master schedule. teachers' responsibilities may include teaching h igh school and middle school classes. Using the 5-year plan, school counselor will advise students of the role of academic credits as they move from 8th grade into 9th grade. High School to Post-secondary education/work Community speakers to inform students about outside opportunities Early enrollment with universities, Dual enrollment with college and technical schools, Preparatory college classes, Career Day Field Trips to area industry, Offer ACT Prep, Dual enrollment, Work Keys Jumpstart, certification courses to get ready for college and career

To ensure that information related to district, school, and parent/family programs, meetings, and activities is available to all parents/families in an understandable and uniform format, our school will send home a calendar of events with information for parents/families at the end of every six week period . Parent/family notifications and resources will be sent home in parents ' native language, where applicable. The school will also utilize telephone calling systems, websites, local news media, and other school message systems to post information for parents/families.

Reeves High School has established an Action Team for Partnerships Committee comprised of parent/family representative to provide advice on all matters related to parent/family engagement. Community leaders and business partners will be invited to serve on this committee. The ATP Team Leader and two parents will be asked to represent our school at the District ATP

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