Hold a new parents breakfast to welcome families to the school community. If parents can not attend a specific school meeting create a form that parents can request and complete and return with their concerns and questions. Create welcome banners to hang outside the main entrance at school. Encourage your local newspaper or community newsletters to recognize students and teachers of the month in each publication. Start a parenting program that focuses specifically on adolescent development and how to parent teens.
Parents can function as homework tutors for older children during the breakfast period.
Coordinate volunteering activities with the school curriculum i.e, if the curriculum is focusing on drugs and alcohol abuse prevention, have volunteers coordinate an anti-drug festival, an alcohol free dance etc. Create volunteer coupon books that volunteers can turn in to provide services. Be creative in creating assignments, times, and days for providing services. Hold town hall meetings with the principal and parents of a local school to discuss school policies, the curriculum, assessment procedures etc. Make each town meeting grade specific.