The Plan/The Promise

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other Title I information are available on our school’s website at https://www.gcpsk12.org/mckendreees under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Center. All Title I Family and Community Engagement documents will be disseminated to students through Parent Square at the start of the 2024-2025 school year. As new families enroll their children, they will be educated on how to access and sign all Title I documents, and a school representative will review the contents with them.

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review.  Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

McKendree Elementary is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about student learning. Some of the ways we can foster effective communication include: 

• Email and ParentSquare
• Daily/Weekly Agenda notes 
• Phone Calls/Phone Conferences 
• Parent/Teacher Conferences 
• Parent Portal, MyPaymentsPlus, and eCLASS

If you need interpretation and/or translation services, please contact: Sharon Chen, 678-226-2271

Language Arts: All students will graduate as analytical readers, writers, and communicators of language.

Math: Students are expected to demonstrate proficiency through a deep understanding of numeracy with the ability to compute with fluency, think critically, and communicate their mathematical reasoning effectively.

Science: Students will develop a strong content understanding in the Earth, life, and physical sciences as well as develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

Social Studies: Students will develop a strong understanding of themselves and their role and responsibility in society by discovering the heritage of their nation within a global context.

 

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

In the 2024 – 2054 school year, students in grades K – 5 at McKendree Elementary will demonstrate growth in the areas of literacy and mathematics as measured by an increase in the percentage of students scoring in the proficient and distinguished categories on local and state assessments.

Skills to Support School Goals:

• Literacy – Reading fluently in order to comprehend texts

• Math – Math fluency and problem-solving  

It is a plan that describes how our school will provide opportunities to improve family engagement that will support student learning at school and at home. All students and their families are invited and encouraged to fully participate in the opportunities described in this plan. The school will provide information and as many opportunities as possible for the participation of all family members.

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

• Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan
• Specific skills students will learn during the year
• Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning
• Ways to extend learning at home
• Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress
• Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom
• Jointly-developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year; McKendree Elementary will review our School-Family compact at the beginning of the school year via Parent Square. We will also review it periodically throughout the school year at parent-teacher conferences, parent workshops and on MyPaymentsPlus and eCLASS. Copies of the compact are also available to review on our school website.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

• Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.

• Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, eCLASS, and on our school website.

• Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.

• Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.

• Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.

• Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand. Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.

Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

McKendree Elementary will…

 

• Offer monthly parent workshops that share strategies that staff, families and students can use to improve student learning by working on skills that students and parents need to be successful.
• Offer literacy workshops that share strategies that staff, families and students can use to improve student learning by working on fluency and comprehension. 
• Offer math workshops that provide parents with strategies to support their students in the area of problem solving. 
• Conduct a parent workshop for the parents of rising Kindergarten students in the spring proceeding Kindergarten registration in May
• Share strategies families can use at home for Mathematics and Reading achievement.  

Please ensure all activities engage families in the education of their children.

 Courtney Bernardo                 8/05/2024

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Principal’s Signature                  Date

As Students, we will…

 

• Read every night to myself or with a buddy to practice reading on-level texts with accuracy, understanding, and fluency. 
• Work with my family on activities to help me achieve my reading comprehension goal
• Learn my math facts to support my math problem solving skills 
• Utilize eCLASS to support my learning at home

As Families, we will…

 

• Support literacy goals for reading nightly and attending parent workshops to learn reading comprehension and fluency strategies. 
• Support math goals by attending parent workshops to learn math problem solving strategies and games to use with my child at home. 
• Utilize the Parent Portal and other online resources, including eCLASS to support my child in reading and math at home.