Family and Community Engagement Plan
Family and Community Engagement
Plan
The Rush Strong School faculty
and staff recognizes that the involvement of our families and
community members is an integral part of our school's success. Rush
Strong School will use the following strategies to communicate to
and involve parents and community partners in school's vision and
mission:
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The administration conducts a Title 1
school informational meeting at the beginning of the year to
discuss parental rights, expenditures of funds, and opportunities
to be involves with RSS.
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Our "One Call" phone system will be
utilized to leave a 60 second message on one parent or guardian
phone per student.
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We utilize our updated website found at
http://rss.jc-schools.net/. This site contains all faculty email
addresses for easy access. It also contains
articles highlighting school activities and student work.
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Administration sends home a weekly
school calendar and informative
flyer.
·
Parent/School/Student Compacts are
utilized at RSS to outline responsibilities for each stakeholder in
the process of achieving student success.
·
Parent-Teacher Conferences are held in
the fall and spring semesters.
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A marquee in the front of the school is
used to remind families of important upcoming
events.
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Home visits are conducted through
collaboration with our Family Resource
Center. Our pre-k teachers conduct two
home visits a year per student as a pre-k
initiative
·
RSS will maintain a Facebook page as
another outlet for information.
·
School counselor provides a referral
form for parents for referrals to additional service providers when
needs arise.
·
School counselor provides a list of
community resources to families.
·
Families are given timely reports on
progress with report cards every 9 weeks and mid-terms between each
9 week reporting period.
·
Student academic progress viewable to
parents and families through the Aspen student
portal.
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RSS will train volunteers on
appropriate discipline and FERPA policies along with health and
safety measures.
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Volunteers are used in a variety of
ways such as, but not limited to: one-on-one and small group
tutoring, chaperoning field trips, classroom assistance, and lunch
room duty.
·
RSS hosts family literacy events in the
fall and spring to encourage students and families to embrace
reading and learning outside the classroom. Dinner will be provided
at these events.
·
RSS holds an Open House at the
beginning of each year in order for students and parents to meet
and greet faculty.
·
PTO sponsors and runs a fall festival
during which time students and families have refreshments, play
games, and win prizes.
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RSS has established a parent as a
member of the school leadership team.
·
RSS community partnerships include
Second Harvest Food Bank and local churches to help meet our
student's non-academic needs.
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Student planners containing
handbooks with school rules and procedures
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Open-door policy for parent and
family concerns through phone, email, or team
meetings.
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Before- and after-school tutoring
is available to targeted students based on individual
deficits
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Rush Strong School School has developed
an attendance intervention plan to decrease chronic absenteeism.
Families are involved in the creation of attendance
contracts.
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All students in grades 6-8 are issued
personal laptops for school and home use.