This event will be held in August. IDEA Title III Title IV Perkins JAG Bond Other Effectiveness Results: Parent Family Engagement Activity 2: Are You Smarter than a 2nd Grader? Activity will last 1 hour with focus on Math. This event will take place on Oct. 2. Flyers will be sent home to 2nd grade families. Teachers will work with parents to review current grade level curriculum expectations, math standards, skills, strategies and solve given problems together. Parents will receive grade level appropriate resources to take home for reinforcement of skills. Goal(s): 1, 2, 4, 5 Budgets used to support this activity: Title I GFF Title II LA4 IDEA Title III Title IV Perkins JAG Bond Money Other Items Needed: Cardstock Paper Effectiveness Measure: Parent Surveys Exit ticket surveys Attendance Numbers Effectiveness Results: Parent Family Engagement Activity 3: STEM Night for grades 1-5 Parent/families are invited to attend STEM Night to learn ways they can teach math/science with their child through a variety of different ways, such as estimation, measurement, etc. This event will be held in November. Parents will receive specific activities that can be completed at home to increase student achievement and progress. Parenting tips resources will be shared and discussed at the meeting. Goal(s): 1, 4, 5 Budgets used to support this activity: Title I GFF Title II LA4 IDEA III Title IV Perkins JAG Bond Money Other Items Needed: Paper Stipends Cardstock Rubber bands Paper clips Aluminum foil Paper cups Cotton balls Soil String Batteries Crayons Pipe Cleaners Craft Sticks Modeling Dough Effectiveness Measure: Parent Survey Exit ticket surveys Attendance Numbers Effectiveness Results:
Glue Sticks Sentence Strips Magnets Parent Family Engagement Activity 4: Literacy Night for grades 1-5 Parent/families are invited to attend Literacy Night to learn ways they can support their child with literacy strategies such as citing evidence, bag and tag, RACE. DIBELS data will be distributed and explained to parents. This event will be held in February. Parents will receive specific activities that can be completed at home to increase student achievement and progress. Parenting tips resources will be shared and discussed at the meeting. Goal(s): 2 Budgets used to support this activity: Title I GFF II LA4 IDEA Title III IV Perkins JAG Bond Money Other Items Needed: Scholastic Literacy Kits Paper Cardstock Stipends Ink Effectiveness Measure: Parent Surveys Exit ticket surveys Attendance Numbers Effectiveness Results: Parent Family Engagement Activity 5: Special Person’s Day for grades 1-5 This will be held in March. This event will focus on Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS), which is a strategy to promote positive expectations. We will be teaching parents the FISH philosophy (Be There, Make Someone’s Day, Have a Positive Attitude, and Have Fun) and how it applies to our day-to-day routines and procedures. Faculty/staff will teach and model the expectations and distribute the school wide fish slip and allow parent s to purchase items form the fish slip store. Goal(s): 3 Budgets used to support this activity: I GFF II LA4 IDEA Title III Title IV Perkins JAG Bond Money Other Needed: Paper Cardstock Effectiveness Measure: Parent Surveys Exit ticket surveys Attendance Numbers Effectiveness Results:
Strategies for Assisting Students in the Transition from One School to the Next: Transition Activities for Incoming and Outgoing Students: Conduct a parent/family information meeting at the end of the school year to introduce parents and students to expectations of the upcoming grade via Bump Day to be held in May. Abney Early Childhood students come to tour the campus at the end of every school year. Daily tours are conducted on an as-needed basis for new families to familiarize them with our campus and answer any questions they may have. Collaboration between the principals of Abney Early Childhood, Abney Elementary, and the Special Education Coordinator and teachers of Abney Elementary take place quarterly to ensure a smooth transition for all special education students. Collaboration between the principals of Elementary, St. Tammany Jr. High, and the Special Education Coordinator and teachers of both schools take place at the end of the school year to ensure a smooth transition for all special education students. Transition Meetings are held with schools within our District that are transitioning special education students to our school. This collaboration meeting includes the current special education teacher, the receiving special education teacher, principals from both schools, as well as the parent of the student. 5th Grade students complete a school tour and informational meeting of St. Tammany Junior High in May to familiarize themselves with their new campus. Parents are invited on this tour to get answers to questions. Goal(s): 1,2,3,4,5 Budgets used to support this activity: Title I GFF Title II LA4 IDEA Title III Title IV Perkins JAG Bond Money Other Items Needed: Effectiveness Measure: Reflection Effectiveness Results: