Van Dyke parents feel comfortable visiting their children s schools. With that in mind, the district hopes more parents will do just that beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.
Parents play an extremely important role in the education of their children.
One way to fill that role is to be involved in school as a volunteer or helper and the schools benefit, too. Parents in those volunteer organizations are very involved in working with the athletic program and band program, raising money for scholarships, and just being great support people for the staff and the students. Lincoln s annual all-night party for graduating seniors, held the evening of commencement, is organized and conducted entirely by parent volunteers. Van Dyke parents have always been very supportive. While we are technically still enjoying summer vacation, this issue of Focus on Excellence is typically the edition in which the Van Dyke Public Schools provide all the information parents need to know to begin the new school year.