Family Engagement

 

School-Parent/Family Compact

Kindergarten

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

05/06/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them achieve their academic goals.   A Parent Forum is held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

       SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

 

·         To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

        WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

 

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ ability to ask and answer text questions.

·         Our efforts will focus on students recognizing numbers 0-20 and counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

·         Our efforts will focus on students recognizing high-frequency sight words.

·          Our efforts will focus on students’ ability to express opinions or preferences about a topic or book in writing and drawing.

·         Our efforts will focus on letters and sound identification

 

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

 

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent communication with families about children’s learning.  

· Parents are given a formal report documenting student progress throughout the year and updated I-Ready scores.

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

· Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress and Title I compacts.

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.asp

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool. So parents can view their child’s current grade by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or by e-mail to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website posting, newsletter, Bright Arrow call outs an emails.

 

ACTIVITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS:

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy and Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy,  Family Engagement Facilitator                        (912) 395-3325 Ext. 1003

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to:

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

The Kindergarten classroom will work with students and their families to support students’ success in reading and math.  We will help parents understand what their child is learning by:

A. Teachers will send home appropriate reading material for parents and students to read.  The teacher will also provide materials to parents so they can ask guiding questions about what they read.

B. Each week teachers will provide parents and students with two new Fry Words and weekly activities to support word recognition.

C. Teachers will provide activities to help parents work with their child on identifying numbers to 0-20

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

We, as parents, will:

 

White Bluff parents joined staff in developing ideas for families to support students’ success in reading and math.  Families may have other ideas to add to this list.

A. Parents will read with their child and ask their child questions about the text.

B. Using the two new Fry Words, parents will make them the “focus words” of the week plus continue to review previous words with their child.

C. Parents will use teacher-provided activities weekly to help their child identify numbers up to 100 and count by 1’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

 

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

I, the student, will:

 

White Bluff students joined staff and parents in developing ideas for their school success and soaring in math and reading. Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

A. Students will read with their parents and answer guiding questions.

B. Students will use the Fry Word list to increase their word recognition and improve their reading fluency.

C. Students will identify their numbers to 0-20 and count to 100 by  1’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!

School-Parent/Family Compact

1^st Grade

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

 05/06/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them to achieve their academic goals.   A Parent Forum is held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

 

·         To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

 

          WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

 

·         Our efforts will focus on students recognizing a minimum of 100 high-frequency words.

·         Our efforts will focus on students writing a narrative with proper sequencing.

·         Our efforts will focus on students' reading for fluency.

·         Our efforts will focus on students developing strategies for understanding addition, and subtraction.

·         Our efforts will focus on students developing an understanding of whole number relationships and place value.

·         Our efforts will focus on students using technology.

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

· Parents are given formal reports documenting student progress and updated I Ready and Amira scores

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

·  Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress and Title I Compacts.

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.aspx

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool. Parents can view their child’s current grade by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or by e-mail to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of  important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website posting, newsletters, bright arrow call outs and emails

 

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS:

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy  & Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent  Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy,  Family Engagement Facilitator                            (912) 395.3325 ext.  1003                

 

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

 The 1st-grade classroom will work with students and their families to support student’s success in reading and math.  Some of our key connections with families will be:

A. To provide grade-level reading material and a set of guiding questions to check for understanding.

B. To provide high frequency words lists and activities to support parents' efforts at home.

C. To provide activities for parents to work on addition facts to 20...

Students will practice reading and math skills using I Ready and Amira

 

 

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

We, as parents, will:

 

White Bluff parents joined staff in developing ideas for families to support students’ success in reading and math.  Families may have other ideas to add to this list.

White Bluff parents will join staff in developing ideas for families to support students’ success in reading and math.  Families may have other ideas to add to this list.

A. Parents and students will read together and answer questions provided by the teacher to check for understanding.

B. Parents will practice Fry word lists and activities on a nightly basis.

C. Parents will use provided resources to work with their child to work on addition facts up to 20.

D. Parents will allow students to practice reading and using Amira and I Ready

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff students joined staff and parents in developing ideas for their school success and soaring in math and reading.  Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

A. Students will read out loud and answer questions about the text.

B. Students will practice and read high-frequency words.

C. Students will use provided activities to practice addition facts up to 20.

D. Students will read 2 Amira stories a day and complete 45 minutes a week on reading and math

 

 

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!

School-Parent/Family Compact

2^nd Grade

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

05/06/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them to achieve their academic goals.   A Parent Forum is held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

 

·          To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

 

          WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

 

·         Our efforts will focus on students answering who/what/where/when/why questions.

·         Our efforts will focus on students distinguishing long/short vowels, suffixes, common prefixes, and irregular spellings.

·         Our efforts will focus on students writing  5 complete paragraph sentences.

·         Our efforts will focus on meeting grade-level reading and math benchmarks.

·         Our efforts will focus on students extending an understanding of addition and subtraction facts with problem-solving.

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

· Parents are given a formal report throughout the year, documenting student progress; including updated Amira and I ready scores.

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

· Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress and Title I Compacts.

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.aspx.

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool weekly so parents can view their child’s current grade by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or e-mail, or at class Dojo to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website postings, newsletters, Bright-Arrow callouts and emails.

 

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy  & Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent  Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities.

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom, please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy, Family Engagement Facilitator

912 395 3325 Ext 11003  

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to:

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

A. To provide appropriate reading materials and a reading log to support reading at home.

B. To provide resources to parents to increase student success with math fluency.

C. To send home weekly skill sheets/HW for parents and students to use as practice.

 

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

We, as parents, will:

 

A. Parents will have their child read to them a minimum of 15 minutes daily and document on the reading log. 

B. Parents and students will use the provided resources to work on math fluency.

C. Parents will help their child reinforce weekly skills using the skill sheets /HW provided by the teacher.

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff students joined staff and parents in developing ideas for their school success and soaring in math and reading.  Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

A. Students will read to their parents 15 minutes daily.

B. Student will use provided math materials to work on math fluency

C. Students will use the skill sheets/HW to incorporate skills in their conversations at home.

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!

School-Parent/Family Compact

3rd Grade

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

 05/06/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them achieve their academic goals.   Each year, a Parent Forum is held to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

·         To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

 

  WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

·         Our efforts will focus on students being able to cite text evidence for assertions.. Fluently maneuvered through language and mathematical content.

·         Our efforts will focus on students recognizing non-literal language.

·         Our efforts will focus on students having the ability to read for fluency and comprehension.

·         Our efforts will focus on students who can develop an understanding of multiplication and division within 100.

·         Our efforts will focus on students' ability to compare fractions

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

 

· Parents are given a formal report documenting student progress throughout the year and I Ready scores.

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

·  Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress. and Title I Compacts

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.aspx.

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool. So parents can view their child’s current grades by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or by e-mail to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website postings, newsletters, Bright Arrow callouts, and emails.

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS:

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy  & Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent  Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

 

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy  Title I Family Engagement Facilitator

          (912) 395.3325

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to:

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

A. Teachers will provide a Georgia Milestones Assessment System  Information.

B. Teachers will use leveled reading passages with multiple-choice and constructed response questions.

C. Teachers will provide students with multiplication, fact resources, and division

 

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

We, as parents, will:

 

A. Parents will attend a Georgia Milestones Assessment System Parental Workshop.

B. Parents will support students to read passages and answer questions.

C. Parents are encouraged to use provided resources and to help students with math skills.

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

I, the student, will:

 

A.       Students will practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts at least 3 times a week.

B.       Students will demonstrate comprehension by reading passages answering multiple-choice, and paraphrasing what they read in constructed response questions.

C.       Students will review multiplication facts and strategies with parents.

 

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!

School-Parent/Family Compact

4^th Grade

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

05/6/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them to achieve their academic goals.   A Parent Forum is held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

 

 

 

·         To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

 

 

  WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

 

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ writing complete and detailed constructed responses.

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ reading successfully at the appropriate Lexile level.

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ developing an understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication, dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends, and place value understanding to multi-digit whole numbers.

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ understanding of fraction and decimal fractions.

·         The student Lexile benchmark requirement is 770

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

 

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent communication with families about children’s learning.  

· Parents are given a formal report documenting student progress  through out the year  and updated I Ready scores.

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

· Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress and Title I compacts.

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.asp

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool. So parents can view their child’s current grade by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their  picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or by e-mail to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website posting, newsletter, Bright Arrow call outs an emails.

 

ACTIVITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS:

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy  & Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent  Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

 

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy, Family Engagement Facilitator

                                                                              (912) 395.3325          

 

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to:

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

 

The 4th-grade classroom will work with students and their families to support students’ success in reading, writing, and math.  Some of our key connections with families will be:

A. To provide reading and math visual models to assist students  and parents with developing constructed responses.

B. To ensure students take home or have access to appropriate Lexile level books they will read for 20 minutes each night and provide parents the resources to question their child about what they read.  Reading log will also be sent home and should be completed nightly.

C. To provide students with opportunities to practice daily skills in reading, writing and math

 

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

We, as parents, will:

 

 

 White Bluff parents joined staff in developing ideas for families to support students’ success in reading, writing and math.  Families may have other ideas to add to this list. 

A. Parents will use provided reading and math visual models to assist their child with constructed responses homework.

B. Nightly, parents will have their child read for 20 minutes and answer question about what they read. Record information in Reading log.

C. Parents will work with their child 25 minutes each night using the provided daily skill opportunities in reading, writing, and math.

 

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

I, the student, will:

 

White Bluff students joined staff and parents in developing ideas for their school success and soaring in math and reading.  Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

A. Students will use provided Lexile leveled readers to read 20 minutes per night. Record in Reading Log, (paper or electronic)

B. Students will read for 20 minutes each night.

C. Students will practice daily skills in reading, writing, and math.

D. Students will have 45 minutes each week in reading and math I Ready.

 

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!

School-Parent/Family Compact

5^th Grade

White Bluff Elementary School

School Year 2024 - 2025

05/06/2024

 

White Bluff Elementary School students participating in the Title I, Part A program, and their families, agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement as well as describes how the school and parents/families will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

 

JOINTLY DEVELOPED

 

The White Bluff Elementary staff, student body, and parent/guardian community developed this Family/Parent—School Compact for Achievement.  Teachers suggested home learning strategies, an Annual Survey was conducted to gain parent feedback, and students told us what would help them to achieve their academic goals.   A Parent Forum is held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student needs. As a community, we are dedicated to creating an environment where all children can and will achieve at high standards, through rigorous and relevant learning experiences.

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to contribute comments at any time.

 

To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is first important to understand the District’s and school’s goals for student academic achievement. 

 

SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM’S GOALS:

 

·         To Ensure all students are college and career-ready

 

·          To provide a supportive learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning

 

·          To maximize family and community engagement that contributes to the advancement of student success

 

·           To build professional capacity in order to achieve a premier student-focused workforce

 

 

·            The school and district learning goals will have an impact on student performance in their current grade level as well as moving forward to the next grade.

 

 

 

  WHITE BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOALS:

 

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ ability to use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing , and inferencing.

·         Our efforts will focus on independent reading.

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ Fluency with adding and subtracting fractions and understanding multiplication and division.

·         Our efforts will focus on students’ ability to add and subtract fractions and understand multiplication and division.

·         I Ready Benchmark

 

 

COMMUNICATION ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING:

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

 

 

White Bluff Elementary School is committed to frequent communication with families about children’s learning.  

· Parents are given a formal report documenting student progress throughout the year and updated I-Ready scores.

· Students are assessed in all academic areas throughout the year and their assessment results will be shared with parents.

· Parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the teacher to know their child’s ongoing progress.

· Teachers will invite parents to parent-teacher conferences to discuss their child’s school progress and Title I compacts.

· Parents are encouraged to visit the school website at http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wbes/default.asp

· Teachers will update student grades in PowerSchool. So parents can view their child’s current grade by using the website www.parents.sccpss.com.  Parents must take their picture ID to the front office to receive their login and password information.

· Parents can contact the teacher or administrator by phone, in person, or by e-mail to discuss learning goals or concerns.

· The school will inform families of important information, dates, and events through flyers sent home in student communication folders, website posting, newsletter, Bright Arrow call outs an emails.

 

ACTIVITIES TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS:

White Bluff Elementary School offers ongoing events and programs to build partnerships with families.  

 

 

Building Partnerships

Parent & Teacher Conferences

Family Literacy  & Math Night

Eagles’ Nest Parent  Workshops

Annual Title I Parent Forum

And much more ...

 

 

Parents can reach out to the Family Engagement Facilitator if they would like to volunteer, observe, or participate in school activities

VISTA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to volunteer during our scheduled events or in your child’s classroom please contact 

Mrs. Brenda D. Kennedy, Title I Family Engagement  Facilitator                       (912) 395.3325 ext. 1003

 

 

To help your child meet the district and school goals, the school, you, and your child will work together to:

 

SCHOOL/TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

White Bluff Elementary School will:

 

The 5th-grade classroom will work with students and their families to support students’ success in reading and math.  Some of our key connections with families will be:

A. The teacher will provide practice materials for all subject areas. . 

B. The teacher will provide resources and materials to parents so they can work with their child at home on adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing fractions and for all subject areas.

C. The teacher will ensure students take 20-30 minutes home appropriate grade level Lexile reading material.

 

PARENT/FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

We, as parents, will:

 

 

White Bluff parents joined staff in developing ideas for families to support students’ success in reading and math.  Families may have other ideas to add to this list.

A. Parents will use resources like, flashcards, timed tests, and drills, to work with their child on basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 4 times a week in an effort to support students' work in the classroom on word problems.

B. Parents will on a weekly basis use resources and materials provided by the teacher to support their child as they develop an understanding of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.

C. Parents will monitor their child's reading for 20—30 minutes a night.

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

I, the student, will:

 

White Bluff students joined staff and parents in developing ideas for their school success and soaring in math and reading.  Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

A. Students will use teacher-provided materials for all subject areas. 

B. Students will practice basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions using the materials provided by their teacher and for all subject areas

Students will read for  15—20 minutes each night.                                                                                                                      

 

 

As a sign of your commitment to working together to help your child succeed, please sign the SIGNATURES PAGE provided with this compact and return it to your child’s teacher. Thank you!