Parent Involvement is a Crucial Key Ingredient in our Buffaloes Success
Here at Fox Tech High School, we are committed to providing our students with tools they will need to be successful in college and the future. We have set high expectation on our students and we challenge them to do their best. We believe that they can do all things that they set their minds on. We would love for our parents to join us in our dedications to providing our students with the necessary support and tools needed to make this happen.
As our kids get older and advance to high school, we know that talking to them about their school life can become more difficult as parents. With younger children, we may have been required to sign off on report cards and progress reports, attend more parent-teacher conferences, or simply drive our kids to school. But when our students reach high school, we know connecting with them over school can become challenging.
But there may be some good news for schools where parent involvement is high, and the benefits for children are encouraging. When parents are involved in children’s schools and education, children have higher grades and standardized test scores, improved behavior at home and school, and better social skills and adaptation to school.
We know that when we hear that we need to be more involved in our child’s school, the first reaction is sometimes a sense of guilt that we aren’t more active in the local Parent-Teacher Organization. If that motivates you to invest your time and energy into your local parent group, then you will certainly reap the benefits of that level of involvement in your child’s education. But according to Joyce Pollard of the Southwest Educational Development Library, the most valuable way you can become involved in your child’s education is to provide a rich learning environment in your home to support your child’s academic achievement. Other parent involvement activities that benefit children’s educational development are to communicate with the teacher and school; discuss school activities with your child; and, monitor and supervise his/her out of school activities.
The links listed below will assist you in accomplishing some of the parent involvement activities:
