EAST POINSETT COUNTY LEPANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARENTAL/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN/ TITLE I
East Poinsett County Lepanto Elementary School understands the importance of involving parents and the
community as a whole in promoting higher student achievement and general good will between the school
and those it serves. Therefore, EPC Lepanto Elementary School shall strive to develop and maintain the
capacity for meaningful and productive parental and community involvement that will result in
partnerships that are mutually beneficial to the school, students, parents, and the community. To achieve
such ends, the school shall work to
1. Involve parents and the community in the development of the long range planning of the district; The
Policies will be developed jointly, agreed on, and distributed to parents. This is done at the annual
parental involvement meeting with parents and school personnel
2. Offer a flexible number of meetings, such as in the morning or in the evening. Funds may be used to
provide transportation, child care, or home visits, as the services relate to parental involvement.
3. Involve parents in an organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement
of Title I programs, including the planning, review, and improvement of the school parental
involvement policy and the joint development of the schoolwide plan.
4. Provide parents of participating children: timely information about Title I programs, a description and
explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure
student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet. If requested by parents,
opportunities for regular meetings to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate in
decisions relating to the education of their children, and to respond to any such suggestions as soon as
practicably possible. If the schoolwide plan is unsatisfactory to the parents of participating children,
submit parent comments when the school makes the plan available to the district.
5. East Poinsett County Lepanto Elementary School shall jointly develop with parents of served children
a school-parent compact that outlines how:
Parents, the entire staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic
achievement and the means by which the school and parents will build and develop a partnership
to help children achieve the state’s high standards.
The school will provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective
learning environment that enables the children served to meet the state’s academic achievement
standards.
Each parent will be responsible for supporting their children’s leaning; and participating as
appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children and positive extracurricular
time.
The compact will also address the importance of communication between teachers and parents on an
on-going basis through:
Parent-teacher conference, twice a year, during which the compact will be discussed as it relates to
the individual child’s achievement.
Frequent reports to parents on their child’s progress. Grades and attendance will be available 24-7
through our online grade book.
Reasonable access to staff, opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and
observation of classroom activites.
6. Have a coordinated involvement program where the involvement activities of the school enhance the
involvement strategies of other programs such as Pre-K, Everyday Math, ELLA, ELF, Comprehensive
Literacy and Smart Start.
7. Explain to parents and the community the State’s content and achievement standards, State and local
student assessments and how the school’s curriculum is aligned with the assessments and how parents
can work with the school to improve their child’s academic achievement.
8. Provide parents with the materials and training they need to be better able to help their child achieve.
The school has parent resource centers to foster parental involvement and we provide literacy nights
and technology training to parents. We also have training available “Partners in AchievementStrengthening the Future” in December.
9. Educate school staff, with the assistance of parents, in ways to work and communicate with parents
and to know how to implement parent involvement programs that will promote positive partnerships
between the school and parents. This is done during our parental involvement in-service.
10. Keep parents informed about parental involvement programs, meetings, and other activities they could
be involved in. Such communication shall be, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can
understand. We mail newsletters, use alert-now phone system, announce on website, and send notes
home.
11. Provide reasonable support for other parental involvement activities as parents may reasonably request.
To help promote an understanding of each party’s role in improving student learning, the EPC Lepanto
Elementary School shall develop a compact that outlines the responsibilities of parents, students, and the
school staff in raising student academic achievement and in building the partnerships that will enable
students to meet the State’s academic standards.
The EPC Lepanto Elementary School shall convene an annual meeting, or several meetings at varying
times if necessary to adequately reach parents of participating students, to inform parents of the school’s
participation in Title I, its requirements regarding parental involvement, and the parents right to be
involved in the education of their child.
The EPC Lepanto Elementary School shall, at least annually, involve parents in reviewing the school’s
Title I program and parental involvement policy in order to help ensure their continued improvement.