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Title 1A Newsletters
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Spring 2013
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Student-Parent Compact
A school policy has been developed jointly with the parents/guardians of students participating in Title IA programs at Lisbon Community School. It includes a “Student-Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement.
Parent/Guardians will be responsible for supporting their children by:
• Monitoring their childrens' attendance
• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments
• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers or classroom aides (ed techs, volunteers) when needed
• Talking with their children about the school day
• Reading to or with their children
• Monitoring and limiting their childrens' time with television and video games
• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips
• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children
• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities
• Encouraging their children to think mathematically at home
• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments
• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers or classroom aides (ed techs, volunteers) when needed
• Talking with their children about the school day
• Reading to or with their children
• Monitoring and limiting their childrens' time with television and video games
• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips
• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children
• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities
• Encouraging their children to think mathematically at home
School/Teachers will be responsible for supporting their students' learning by:
• Having high expectations for all students
• Setting goals with students (making learning targets clear)
• Celebrating students’ successes
• Involving parents in school decisions and encouraging parent volunteers
• Providing quality instruction in a supportive learning environment
• Respecting and recognizing students as individuals with different learning styles and needs
• Giving students the time they need in order to learn
• Using the most recent and successful methods of instruction
• Setting goals with students (making learning targets clear)
• Celebrating students’ successes
• Involving parents in school decisions and encouraging parent volunteers
• Providing quality instruction in a supportive learning environment
• Respecting and recognizing students as individuals with different learning styles and needs
• Giving students the time they need in order to learn
• Using the most recent and successful methods of instruction
Students will be responsible for supporting their own learning by:
• Attending school regularly
• Coming to school ready to learn
• Respecting all teachers, staff members, and classmates
• Listening during instruction
• Being actively involved in their learning
• Doing their best with schoolwork and homework
• Coming to school ready to learn
• Respecting all teachers, staff members, and classmates
• Listening during instruction
• Being actively involved in their learning
• Doing their best with schoolwork and homework
Lisbon Community School
33 Mill Street
Lisbon, ME 04250
(207) 353-4132
33 Mill Street
Lisbon, ME 04250
(207) 353-4132
