Encouragement
Ways to Encourage Student Success
6 Ways to Encourage Student Success
1. Be a good role model. Students learn as much from how you act as they do from what you say.
2. Treat children with respect, and they will take your words and example to heart.
3. Celebrate every child's success with sincere efforts. Be generous with your words of praise.
4. Have patience. Accept that children make mistakes, are inconsistent, and act thoughtlessly - this is part of being a child.
5. Share your enthusiasm for the value of education and the fun of learning.
6. Set high but realistic expectations for students' work and behavior.
In short, the habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) Greek Philosopher
Parent Involvement
We’re going to help you help your child.
“Get involved with our school because statistics prove that doing so will be good for your child.”
Often parents are working under a misperception that once their child is in middle school, they should pull back. In fact, research has shown that this is not the case at all. But parents should expect that the ways that they will get involved will be different at the middle school.
For instance, grades and test scores rise for middle school children when parents are involved in their education. Discipline problems decline at home and school, attendance improves, and children with involved parents are more likely to graduate and go on to higher education. Programs designed with strong parent involvement produce students who perform better than otherwise identical programs that do not involve parents as thoroughly, or that do not involve them at all. Children whose parents help them at home and stay in touch with the school score higher than children of similar aptitude and family background whose parents are not involved. Schools where children are failing improve dramatically when parents are called in to help.
The bottom line is to support and assist the PAC with your time and or talents. Fill out our volunteer form and let us know about you and what your special talents or interest are and we will find the perfect task for you. You will find great joy and most importantly your children will love you for it! Lend a hand!
Homework
Homework Tips
PRAISE…
Have a PLACE for your son/daughter to do their homework. It should be a central area (i.e.-kitchen if you are making dinner) and not a bedroom away from your supervision where they perhaps have a TV, computer, telephone, CD player etc. to distract from successfully completing their task.
2. Establish a ROUTINE, an established time when homework is to be done. Young people need a break after school to unwind starting about 5 might be good (before dinner). This routine time should be kept even on "no homework days". Use the time like a study hall at home where they could read for the time, do research on the computer on a topic of interest, write you a letter explaining things covered in class during the day.
3. Have a positive ATTITUDE toward school as the parent. Even if you yourself didn't have a positive experience toward school, you as the parent must foster a positive attitude so kids pick up positive vibes from you. If your son/daughter thinks YOU do not value school and the homework that goes with it, they will easily see this and develop negative attitudes.
4. Have INVOLVEMENT in your son or daughter's studies. Don't DO the homework, but check on their progress, ask if they need help AND ask to see the completed assignments when they say they have finished. monitor your son or daughter's task progress. Show you value what they have completed by reviewing their work.
5. SELF RELIANCE and SUPPORT your son or daughter. Homework is the responsibility of your son/daughter to come home with their materials and assignments. Teach them self- reliance to suffer the consequences from their teacher AND from you if they don't complete the daily assignment. Support your son/daughter. If they are having difficulties with the assignments by offering help and by contact their teacher to ask for suggestions if they are having difficulty with the math or the reading materials
6. ESTABLISH CONSEQUENCES for failure of your son/daughter to follow through to complete their homework or to be responsible for coming home with materials to complete the assignments. Far too often excuses are used as to why they couldn't do their homework because they had football practice! School should be the top priority over extracurricular activities.