2015 – 2016
Bilquist Elementary School
Parent Involvement Plan
1. Describe key strategies to increase meaningful parental involvement designed to enhance home-school
partnerships and improve student learning.
At Bilquist Elementary School, we believe that family involvement in education has a tremendously positive effect
on student achievement and is an important strategy in reducing achievement gaps. Parental involvement is critical in
facilitating children’s development and achievement and in preventing and remedying educational and developmental
problems. That’s why Bilquist provides a number of school events where parents can participate in learning about
the school, curriculum, methods of instruction, content standards, spend time learning side-by-side with their child
and also just spend time with their child in the school environment. These special events include:
FALL
Open House/Back to
School Night
ELD Night
PTA Family Movie Night
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Title 1 Night
WINTER
PTA Spaghetti Dinner
PTA Family Movie Night
Café y Platica – Spanish Speaking
Parent Information meetings
SPRING________
PTA – Family Dance
Spring Title 1 Night
PTA Family Movie Night
Café y Platica – Spanish Speaking
Parent Information meetings
These events are designed to inform parents on how their children are being taught, to teach parents strategies that
will help them support their child’s learning at home, and are opportunities for students to share and perform what
they’ve learned in class for their families. They also provide quality time for students and their families to spend
together.
This year we are focusing on creating inclusive learning environments for each student, along with meeting the needs
of the more than 50% of our students who are impacted by poverty as well as servicing the 25% of families with
students in our ELD program.
Regular and clear communication is important to student success. Information is provided for Bilquist parents about
standards and how those standards relate to the curriculum, learning objectives, methods of assessment, school
programs, discipline codes, and student progress. Sharing information with Bilquist parents is accomplished through
Parent/Teacher Conferences, Open House, school and class newsletters, the Parent/Student Handbook (which
accompanies the annual school calendar), school and District websites, email, and direct telephone communication.
Translations and interpreters are available as needed to ensure non-English speaking parents are fully informed. The
Principal’s letter, in our monthly newsletter (The Bilquist Banner), as well as other key information are translated into
Spanish on a regular basis. Bilquist has also added two additional Spanish speaking employees for the 2015-2016
school year.
At Bilquist Elementary School, providing opportunities for parents to volunteer in the school and classroom is
encouraged. Parents and community members are welcome to volunteer as tutors, classroom assistants, and curriculum
resources. They are also frequently recruited to assist with production work and chaperoning field trips. Bilquist’s
PTA is a strong advocate for parental involvement, and is a chief organizer of school events, assemblies, fundraisers
and other school related activities.
The PTA is very supportive of the staff and school by assisting with classroom supplies, books for our library, materials
for students and organizing volunteers for various events. Childcare is provided at PTA meetings to encourage parent
participation. Opportunities for parent advocacy include being a member of our school Site Council/School Wide
Planning Team where parent members can give input on curriculum, instruction, professional development and budget
issues.
We support our parents and students by working collaboratively with many public and private agencies that provide
family support services. These relationships include partnerships with public health and human services agencies,
including the North Clackamas Family Support Center, Medical Teams International Dental Van and Metropolitan
Family Services. Bilquist also partners with local businesses, institutions of higher education, youth-serving
organizations (Stand for Children, Meyer Memorial Trust, Junior Achievement). Linking families to services and
community organizations strengthens home environments and student learning. These partnerships create shared
responsibility for the well being of our children, families, and schools by all members of the community.
Bilquist strongly believes in providing a welcoming and friendly environment encouraging all parents to come to
school, participate in school events/committees and to volunteer their time. One of our goals is to have all
communication with parents to be in multiple languages along with signs around the school.
2. Briefly describe the process used to develop and implement the Parent Compact
The Compact for Learning formalizes and supports the relationship between family members and the teacher by
outlining the basic needs for learning in the home setting, including a quiet place to do their homework and spending
quality time with their student reading, writing, listening or just talking. This year’s compact was developed by
asking parents, staff and students for input on what was important to them and should be a part of our compact. This
was done in May of 2015. The Compact is discussed with parents and then signed during conferences in November
of 2015.
3. Describe the process used to meet with parents of students who have not met academic standards.
Students not meeting benchmarks or who are performing below grade level in reading and math, are first identified
in early fall, then they are progress monitored throughout the school year using the Star Assessment Tool.
Grade level intervention teams develop supplemental instructional plans for groups or individual students, which are
continuously discussed upon the review of frequent formative assessment data. Parents are notified if the school
team determines their child should receive additional instructional support. Supplemental instruction can include
increased time and/or intensity with a specific improvement program and eventually after-school interventions in
Reading, Writing or Mathematics.
Reviewed by School Wide Planning Team
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