Title I Plan/Promise 2024-2025

 

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other  Title I information are available on our school’s website at gcpsk12.org/SweetwaterMS under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Engagement Center.

 

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review.  Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

 

All documents and communications are provided to families in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese (when possible), and are presented in a family-friendly format. Flyers and emails are sent to parents to notify them of upcoming meetings and events. Sweetwater also utilizes ParentSquare and Instagram to post upcoming meetings and workshops. Finally, our electronic marquee also advertises upcoming events.

To schedule a conference or a classroom visit, parents must contact the grade-level clerk. The grade-level clerk will schedule the meeting and notify the parents of the date and time.

6th Grade – Mrs. Obu – 770-806-7811

7th Grade – Mrs.  Irrizary– 770-806-7809

8th Grade – Miss Tomlin – 678-380-7228  

 

Empathy: Cultural competence, staff and student wellbeing, educator diversity.

Equity: Multi-tiered system of supports, opportunity and access, equitable resource allocation.

Effectiveness: Results-Based evaluation system, talent management, educational return on investment.

Excellence: Preferred education destination, post-secondary and workforce readiness, world-class communication and engagement.  

 

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

We will provide all students with a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

Equity 2.A- Multi-Tiered System of Supports: To provide tiered support in Language Arts and Mathematics to ensure that all students are successful.

Targeted Foundational Skills: Students will use exploratory, critical, and analytical reading strategies in all core content areas, at all grade levels. Students will write, interpret, and use expressions, equations, and inequalities, and develop and understanding of statistical thinking

 

It is a plan that describes how our school will provide opportunities to improve family engagement that will support student learning at school and at home. All students and their families are invited and encouraged to fully participate in the opportunities described in this plan. The school will provide information and as many opportunities as possible for the participation of all family members. 

 

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

• Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan
• Specific skills students will learn during the year
• Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning
• Ways to extend learning at home
• Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress
• Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom
• Jointly-developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year – The School- Family Promise

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

• Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.
• Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, eCLASS, and on our school website.
• Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.
• Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.
• Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.
• Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand.  Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.
• Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

 

Sweetwater Middle School will...

• Host Intervention workshops focused on the use of various reading material and exploratory, critical, and analytical reading strategies along with student Lexiles to improve students' reading comprehension.
• Assist parents in selecting and using Parent Center resources and online resources that focus on building students reading comprehension and reading stamina.
• Provide parents with training on using Imagine Learning

 

 Chekquita Johnson                   8/27/2024

 

As Students, we will…

• Use various types of reading material, and exploratory, critical, and analytical reading strategies to improve comprehension.
• Use Patriot Time for additional instruction for remediation and enrichment across all academics, to include LLI/Wilson interventions.
• Attend the Literacy Bootcamps and Interventions that are provided by teachers to improve literacy

As Families, we will…

• Attend workshops to learn how to use various exploratory, critical, and analytical reading strategies to improve reading comprehension.
• Use various resources to help improve reading comprehension and reading stamina.
• Use resources such as Imagine learning to improve language acquisition for ELL students