Department of Education of the City of New York

PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL

Timothy M. Gannon, Principal

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT

Port Richmond High School and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (participating children), agree that this Compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share that responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the State’s high standards.

This School-Parent Compact is in effect during school year 2007-08.

PART I – REQUIRED SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT PROVISIONS

Port Richmond High School will:

• provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards as follows:

Each student will have a full program as mandated by New York State Department of Education. Students will be assigned to Small learning communities and have support personnel assigned to them based on their chosen community.

• hold parent-teacher conferences (at least bi-annually in schools) during which this Compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement.  Specifically, those conferences will be held:

Parent teacher conferences are held twice annually.

• provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress.  Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows:

Student report cards are distributed 6 times a year and student promotion in doubt letters are sent home a minimum of twice a year.

• provide parents reasonable access to staff.  Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows:

Teachers are available for parents at two parent teacher conferences each year. Teachers are also available to meet with parents during professional time on a daily basis with an appointment.

• provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities, as follows:

The PTA hosts a number of events each year that allow parents the opportunity to be involved directly in school activities. 

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:

• supporting my child’s learning by making education a priority in our home by:

Ø      making sure my child is on time and prepared everyday for school;

Ø      monitoring attendance;

Ø      talking with my child about his/her school activities everyday;

Ø      scheduling daily homework time;

Ø      providing an environment conducive for study;

Ø      making sure that homework is completed;

Ø      monitoring the amount of television my children watch;

• participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my children’s education;
• promoting positive use of my child’s extracurricular time;
• participating in school activities on a regular basis;
• staying informed about my child’s education and communicating with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district received by my child or by mail and responding, as appropriate;
• reading together with my child every day;
• providing my child with a library card;
• communicating positive values and character traits, such as respect, hard work and responsibility;
• respecting the cultural differences of others;
• helping my child accept consequences for negative behavior;
• being aware of and following the rules and regulations of the school and district;
• supporting the school discipline policy;
• express high expectations and offer praise and encouragement or achievement;

PART II OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

We, as students, will share the responsibility to improve our academic achievement and achieve the State’s high standards.  Specifically, we will:

(Describe the ways in which students will support their academic achievement, such as:

• come to school ready to do our best and be the best;
• come to school with all the necessary tools of learning-pens, pencils, books, etc.
• listen and follow directions;
• participate in class discussions and activities;
• be honest and respect the rights of others;
• follow the school’s/class’ rules of conduct;
• follow the school’s dress code;
• ask for help when we don’t understand;
• do our homework every day and ask for help when we need to;
• study for test and assignments;
• read at least 30 minutes every day outside of school time;
• read at home with our parents;
• get adequate rest every night;
• use the library to get information and to find books that we enjoy reading;
• give to our parents or to the adult who is responsible for our welfare, all notices and information we receive at school every day.)

Port Richmond High School will:

• involve parents in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s parental involvement policy, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way;

• involve parents in the joint development of any school-wide program plan, in an organized, ongoing, and timely way;

• hold an annual meeting to inform parents of the school’s participation in Title I Part A programs, and to explain the Title I Part A requirements, and the right of parents to be involved in Title I Part A programs.  The school will convene the meeting at a convenient time to parents, and will offer a flexible number of additional parental involvement meetings, such as in the morning or evening so that as many parents as possible are able to attend.  The school will invite to this meeting all parents of children participating in Title I Part A programs and will encourage them to attend;

• provide information to parents of participating students in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon the request of parents with disabilities, and to the extent practical, in a language that parents can understand;

• provide to parents of participating children information in a timely manner about Title I, Part A programs that includes a description and explanation of the school’s curriculum, the forms of academic assessment used to measure children’s progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.

• at the request of parents, provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions, and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children.  The school will respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible;

• provide to parents an individual student report about the performance of their child on the State assessment in least English language arts and mathematics; and

• provide each parent timely notice when their child has been assigned or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified within the meaning of the term in section 200.56 of the Title I Final Regulation (67 Fed. Reg.  71710, December 2, 2002).

To help build and develop a partnership with parents to help their children achieve the State’s high academic standards, Port Richmond High School will:

• recommend to the local educational agency (LEA), the names of parents of participating children of Title I, Part A programs who are interested in serving on the State’s Committee of Practitioners and School Support Teams;

• work with the LEA in addressing problems, if any, in implementing parental involvement activities in Section 1118- Parental Involvement of Title I, Part A.

• work with the LEA to ensure that a copy of the SEA’s written complaint procedures for resolving in issue of violations(s) of a Federal statute or regulation of Title I, Part A programs in provided to parents of students and to appropriate private school officials or representatives.

(NOTE:  The NCLB law does not require school personnel and parents to sign the School-Parent Compact.  However, if the school and parents feel signing the School-Parent Compact will be helpful, signatures may be encouraged.)