Community relations Parental By alan DeSSoff e know that parental involvement in elementary schools pays off in improved achievement of students and quality of their schools. But whether school-parent partnerships are initiated by administrators at the district level or by parents, agree that it takes commitment from district leaders as well as creative thinking and hands-on staff management to make partnerships work well. and according to a report by the Safe and responsive Schools project, increased parent involvement can lead to home environments that are more conducive to learning and improve communication and consistency between home and the school. Schools can promote parent involvement in learning in part through teaching better child-rearing skills and stressing learning at home. and parental notification systems, such as Stn alert now, can help keep parents in the loop on emergency and important school matters. W The North Penn School District hosted a Community Day to reach out to parents in the North Penn Mosque, which some children (above) in the district attended with their parents. 16 May 2009 District Administration
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