1. August 2016 – 1st 9 Weeks Parent Meeting Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 6pm.

2. Title 1 – Parent Meeting Agenda
Welcome 
School-Parent Compact
Parental Advisory Committee
Parental Involvement Plans
Survey Results
Questions/Comments

3. School-Parent Compact
Sent out 8/3/16
Suggestions?
Changes?
Wording?
Additions?

4. Parental Advisory Committee
County Meeting dates:
9/13: 9am
11/15: 5pm
2/9: 5pm
4/20: 9am
LCES meeting dates:
8/18: 11:30am, 8/19: 2pm, or 8/23: 6pm
9/29: 6pm or 9/30: 2pm
10/04 6pm
11/15: 6pm or 11/17: 11:30am
01/12: 6pm
4/13: 11:30am or 4/20 6pm
5/12: 2pm
Parent Volunteers who will represent LCES parents and attend county Parent Advisory Committee Meetings and our school Parental Involvement and/or Title 1 meetings.

5. Parental Involvement Plan
Tentative Planned Events
Back to School Bash (held 7/30 – comments?)
Title 1 Meetings (8/23, 9/29, 11/15, 12/06, - 2nd semester to be determined by committee)
Cultural Awareness Night: 9/29: 6pm
Curriculum Showcases (reading, math, science, writing)
Literacy through the Arts (School Gallery)
Poetry Picnics/Award Ceremonies
Suggestions?

6. Suggestions from Survey sent out 8/3/16
Activities on weekends and after school
Cookouts
Reading and math nights
School/Parent get togethers
Festival
Play day
Mother-Son Ball & Father-Daughter Ball
Practice packets
Summer school
Tutors/coaches
After school program for all struggling students
Student Agendas
Book fairs
Student read to parent night

7. Suggestions from 8/18 meeting
Parent/Child reading station at school events (set up with books coordinated to event)
Saturday Event: Going Green - Environmental (spring)
Each hall with environmental topic (recycling, plant growth, etc.)
Pages created from each hall to combine for “LCES school book” about topic
School play
Scavenger Hunt with math included
Parent/student “Olympic” competition

8. Suggestions from 8/18 meeting con.
Art club/class with parent student paint project together
Talent show
Teacher
Student
Student Packet for Christmas & Summer break (1 page front and back for each week with all subjects)
Required upon return with parent and student signatures
Prizes for completion (toys donated by parents, gator tickets)

9. Suggestions from 8/18 meeting con.
Cultural Night – speakers to share in native language, student translates
School publicity to Desoto Times (parent volunteered)

10. Suggestions from 8/19 meeting
Field Day Additions (incorporate “Olympics”):
Father/Daughter events
Mother/Son events
Sack race
Balancing egg on spoon
Passing water balloon under chin
Hungry hippo “skateboard/bowl”
3-legged race
Minute to win it games
Photo props
Trivia Booths

11. Stay Connected – Join Remind

12. Thoughts??? Questions??? Comments?
Parental input
Suggestions?
Parental participation
See you at our next scheduled Title 1 fun meeting – 9/29!