The Family Center conducted a survey to determine those activities that families would most enjoy. In November, we had our first event for Grove Avenue families family bowling on a Saturday. The local bowling alley worked with the Family Center coordinator to offer a reasonable price for bowling and lunch. More than fifty family members participated, and for some it was the first time bowling. We captured the fun on camera, and we will display the pictures in the Community Room and in other prominent areas of the school to encourage participation in future events.
Parents are their children's first teachers.
They deserve respect and deference and have a right to full partnership with the school. It is the hope of the Grove Avenue School community to be able to provide as many school-based services as families need, while remaining attentive to the need to balance family support with family involvement. Families have so many strengths to offer, and it is up to the school to find ways for those strengths to be utilized. We know that serious discipline problems have declined considerably, and now when students act out in frustration and anger about family problems, we are able to offer support for their emotional needs. However, we needed a better measure of our progress.