What is a School-Parent Compact?
Activities to Build Partnerships
A school-Parent Compact for achievement is an
agreement that parents, students and teachers
develop together. It explains how parents and
teachers will work together to make sure all our
students reach grade-level standards.
Russell Elementary work with parents and
students to ensure a solid partnership between
home and school. To do this we are
implementing activities such as:
Sneak a Peek-Meet and greet -July 07/30/2015
Effective Compacts:
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Focus on Student learning skills.
Describe how teachers will help
students develop those skills using highquality instruction.
Share strategies parents can use at
home.
Explain how teachers and parents will
communicate about student progress.
Describe opportunities for parents to
volunteer, observe, and participate in
the classroom.
Russell Elementary
School
Open House 08/20/2015
PTA School Activities 2015-2016
Parent-Teacher Social 09/03/2015
Annual Title I Parent Informational Meeting
09/17/2015
Pick the Right Book 10/13/2015
International-Literacy Night 11/19/2015
STEM-Science Fair 01/29/2016
Title I
School - Parent Compact
2015-2016
Revised 03/04/2015
Title I Parent Input Meeting 03/10/2016
Jointly Developed
The parents, students and staff of Russell
Elementary School developed this School-Parent
Compact for achievement. Teachers suggested
home learning strategies, parents added ideas to
make help them learn. Meetings are held each
year to review the compact and make changes
based on student needs.
Parents are welcome to contribute comments
at any time
If you would like to volunteer, participate and/or
observe in the classroom, please contact: Sonia
Arroyo , Sonia.Arroyo@cobbk12.org or 770-4375937 Ext. 246
Communication about Student Learning
Russell Elementary School is committed to
frequent two-way communication with families
about children’s learning. Some of the ways you
can expect us to reach you are:
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Daily Communication Folder
Weekly Friday Folders
Phone calls
Quarterly student progress reports.
Parent-Teacher Conference in October.
School webpage
Facebook
Email and text messages updates
Teacher Blog
Russell Elementary School
3920 South Hurt Road
Smyrna, GA 30082
Phone: 770-437-5937
Teachers -Parents -Students
Together for Success
Our Goals for Student Achievement
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Cobb County District Goals
Vary learning experiences to increase
success in college and career paths.
Differentiate resources for students
based on needs.
Develop stakeholder involvement to
promote student success.
Recruit, hire, support, and retain
employees for the highest level of
excellence.
Russell Elementary
School Goals
Russell administrators and teachers
have studied our student performance data to
decide on the most important areas of
improvement for our school.
Goal #1: At Russell Elementary School, all
students will improve by 2-4 % points in math,
reading, ELA/writing, social studies, and science.
Goal #2: In an effort to close the achievement
gap, our Economically Disadvantage students ,
English Language Learners students
and
Students with Disabilities will improve by 2-4% in
math, reading, writing, social studies and
science.
Focus Area
All Teachers will utilize the Workshop Model
( which consists of a clear opening, student work
time, and closing) for each lesson in writing and
math while integrating science and social
studies.
Parent’s and Family’s responsibilities
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Teacher’s responsibilities
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Provide quality teaching and leadership to
my students and their families.
Communicate frequently with families and
tutors about my students’ academic
progress and show them how they can help.
Provide rigorous assignments to complete
at home with parent support.
Provide web-based materials for parents
and students on reading, math and science
on the Russell web page.
Provide Parent learning Workshops during
the school year.
Hold an annual Parent-Teacher Conference
and send quarterly student progress reports
Make sure that your child attends school
regularly, is on time, and is prepared to learn.
Know what skills our child is learning in
classes each day.
Work with my child at home to reinforce skills
learned in school by utilizing the online
resources that are available.
Read with or to our child for 20 minutes each
day. Get a Library Card for our child, and
encourage our child to bring reading materials
from the library into the home.
Attend at least one school-based parent
workshop during the school year.
Attend Parent-Teacher Conference and
communicate frequently with our child’s
teacher, through notes/ emails about how
well our child is doing or asking when I have
any concern about my child’s academic
achievement.
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Student’s Responsibilities
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Come to school on time and be ready to
learn doing my best.
Pay attention to my teachers and family and
ask questions when I need help.
Complete my homework
assignments/projects on time in a legible
way.
Ask my family to read to me or with me for
20 minutes each day.
Welcome help from my family on my
homework and worksheets.
Give my parents all notices and information
received by me from my school every day.