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August/September
- Respect (for self and others)
October - Responsibility -
(school property/self) November - Honesty December - Safety (playground, in
school, bus, at home)
January - Forgiveness February - Self-Discipline March - Pride (self, others) April - Courage May - Citizenship
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Parental
Involvement
"When schools, families, and
community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do
better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more."
That's the conclusion of a recent report from the Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory. The report, a synthesis of research on parent
involvement over the past decade, goes on to find that, regardless of
family income or background, "students with involved parents are more
likely to:
- Earn higher grades and test scores,
and enroll in higher-level programs;
- Be promoted, pass their classes, and
earn credits;
- Attend school regularly;
- Have better social skills, show
improved behavior, and adapt well to school; and
- Graduate and go on to postsecondary
education" (Henderson & Mapp, 2002).
But if parents have a central role in
influencing their children's progress in school, research has shown that
schools in turn have an important part to play in determining levels of
parent involvement (Epstein, 2001). Working to include parents is
particularly important as students grow older, and in schools with high
concentrations of poor and minority students (Rutherford et al., 1997).
Report from the Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory
http://www.edweek.org/rc/issues/parent-involvement/
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