School Year: 2024-2025

School: Traphill Elementary School

Date Submitted: August 21, 2024

Policy Involvement

Describe your plan to involve parents in the development of this policy and how you intend to document their participation and feedback.

Traphill Elementary Schools Title I Parent and Family Engagement Plan is created based on feedback from stakeholders. Our TES School Improvement Team, our Parent Advisory Committee, and our PTO President review the plan, revise and edit the plan, and discuss avenues to share the plan with all stakeholders. Parent Advisory Meetings take place face-to-face, with occasional phone conferences when some can't attend. TES has four parents who serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and one parent who is our PTO President, and all are invited to attend School Leadership Team/Title I meetings. These meetings are held after school hours with the exception of the beginning of year meeting, which was held on August 19, 2024.

At the beginning of the school year, Traphill Elementary School held our Back to School Event on August 22nd. It was held school-wide and in-person. Families were given information packets which consisted of our Student Handbook/Calendar, our Title I Parent/Student/School Compact, and other vital documents which will be stored in Title I Crate, which is Wilkes County's storage program. Family attendance was documented at Open House meetings with sign-in sheets for each grade.

All hard copies of communication regarding TES Title I will be offered in a language and format easily understandable to all stakeholders.

Every SIT/Title I meeting is documented with an agenda, sign-in sheet, and minutes. This information is available to parents through a guest log-in.

Shared Responsibility for High Student Academic Achievement

Describe your plan to develop your school compact and gain meaningful collaboration with families.

At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the school compact was reviewed to ensure fit to the current culture of Traphill Elementary School. The school compact was discussed at the first Title I meeting and communicated with all parents attending Back to School Night on August 22, 2024. Teachers will in addition discuss the school compact agreements and expectations during quarterly conferences with families. We have scheduled three Curriculum Nights to inform parents of the standards we are expected to teach in North Carolina and to give them ideas, resources, and instructions to enable them to reinforce their student's mastery of the standards. One of these nights will focus on ELA and music, another on math and art, and another on science and physical education.

The input of parents is valued at Traphill Elementary, and as such the school has an open-door policy throughout the year which enables parents to communicate concerns, ask questions, and collaborate with staff regarding the success of their students. TES holds parent/teacher/student conferences at least three times per year and more often at parent requests. These conferences will be documented with sign-in sheets and topics discussed.

Building Capacity for Involvement

Describe how your school will provide programs to assist parents in building capacity to be involved in their child's education.

We invite all parents to multiple events throughout the school year. During these events, we review current progress, solicit feedback, discuss curriculum and school happenings, provide connections with outside organizations and connections with our PTO, and provide opportunities for parents to learn how best to help their children with school-related issues. This year, these events will take place on:

August 22nd – Back to School Night/Open House

September 30th – PTO/ELA Night

December 9th – PTO/Math Night/Art Show

March 3rd – PTO/PE Night

We have planned additional events to take place at varying times of the day throughout the year in order to give all parents an equal opportunity to attend with their students. Regardless of their work/life schedule, all parents will have the opportunity to partner in their child's education, show support for the school, and build relationships with staff members.

August 6, 2024 – North District "Midnight Madness"

September 6, 2024 – Grandparent's Day Celebration

September 13, 2024 – Back to School Dance

October 25, 2024 – BooooookPalooza

October 29, 2024 – Terrific Kids

November 8, 2024 – Veterans Breakfast and Appreciation

November 22, 2024 – Glow Dance

December 13, 2024 – Polar Express Event

January 10, 2025 – Soup-er BINGO

January 28, 2025 – Terrific Kids

February 7, 2025 – Cookies and Cards

March 25, 2025 – Terrific Kids

May 10, 2025 – 5K and Fun Run

May 28, 2025 – Kinder-4th Awards

May 29, 2025 – Field Day

May 30, 2025 – 5th Grade Awards

In addition to these, we will host Red Ribbon Week, Field Trips, a Career Fair, and several after-school clubs for which parents/family members can volunteer. Our school supports March of Dimes, Relay for Life, and this year will be adding Jump Rope for Heart.

Accessibility

Describe how you plan to make all of these programs accessible to all of the parents at your school.

These events are communicated through our school calendar and are well-advertised on Remind, Facebook, Instagram, and Traphill's school website. These events are also posted on our school sign and information about the events is directly communicated through weekly updates in School Messenger, through newsletters, and via our phone/email/SIMS system. We have an assigned interpreter to provide services at events and for communications as needed.

Funding

Describe how your Title I Parent and Family Engagement funds will be used to support these efforts.

Title I parenting funds are going to be used for resources that allow for clear communication between school and home. Other items slated for this fund are supplies for the Curriculum Nights, books and materials for the One School-One Book reads, and items to promote a more positive, friendly atmosphere for Traphill Elementary students, parents, and community visitors. We will do repeats of our most successful parent/family involvement activities based on data from the previous school year and will try some new activities decided upon by our SIT/Title I/Parent Advisory Council.

This document was jointly developed and approved with input from our Parent Advisory Council. Every meeting with our parents is documented with an agenda, sign-in sheet, and minutes of the meeting. For a copy of any of the documentation mentioned in this plan, please contact Carol Cleary and/or Brooke Brown at 336-651-7061.