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Opportunities for Participation

Prosperity Heights Elementary School encourages you as parents to become a part of your child’s learning experience.

We follow the research-based, comprehensive approach to parent involvement (the Joyce Epstein model) which includes:

PARENTING
Parenting brochures available
Parenting tips in newsletters
Parent/Teacher/Guardian Group (PTG)
Family Support Team
The Family Project (Spanish speaking group)
Nursing advice available
Social Worker advice available
Parent Resource Room
Parent attendance at workshops

DECISION MAKING
Site Council meetings
PTG* meetings
Parent surveys
Principal’s “open door” policy

LEARNING AT HOME
Daily reading homework
Daily Everyday Math homework
Help with classroom projects
Homework help telephone hotline 224-1111
Personal  homework help available at Sunray Library
Learning links on web site

VOLUNTEERING

Field trip chaperone
Fundraising help
Parent attendance at concerts
Parent attendance at athletic events
PTG* member
Site Council member
Listen to students read
Parent attendance at celebrations

COMMUNICATING

School web site (www.prosperity.spps.org)
Monthly calendars
Monthly newsletters
Classroom newsletters
Telephone calls
Home visits
Outdoor message sign
Parent Information bulletin board
Hmong/Spanish interpreters/translators
Parent/Teacher conferences
School/Home responsibility compact
Parent classroom visits

COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY

Junior Achievement program
Chess Club
Senior volunteers who work with students
Student teachers from surrounding colleges work with students
Parent Information Fair at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in January
Open House including community representatives
Site Council