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What are the Parent Involvement
Guidelines?
- Eighteen (18) hours of volunteer time is
required per family. If a family has children in more than one
magnet school, the hours must be split equally among each school. For
example, 2 schools, 9 hours each; 3 schools, 6 hours
each.
- The student's parents and
grandparents or guardians should complete hours. Extended family is
approved on a case-by-case basis, beginning with immediate
caregivers. The easiest way to provide this list is to include
those family members on your student's dismissal form. The minimum
age of the person completing these involvement hours is
21.
- A minimum of half the required
hours (for each school) should be completed during the first
semester of school.
- All hours must be completed
AND recorded by
4:00 p.m. on April 28, 2017.
- All hours served must be
recorded on a "Record of Volunteer Hours" form and signed by a
school staff member. Other forms accepted at the discretion of Parent
Volunteer Coordinator Sandy Knox.
- HCDE staff members who have a child or
children at a magnet school must also complete the 18 involvement
hours.
What qualifies for Parent Involvement
Time?
Time that assists the school,
teachers, and classes qualifies to earn parent involvement hours.
These items include:
- Completing tasks in a
teacher/parent workroom
- Completing assigned tasks at
home with specific instructions, depending on
availability
- Assisting a teacher in the
classroom
- Acting as a monitor in hallways,
cafeteria, car line, etc.
- Chaperoning field trips (limit
of 9 hours at each school per family)
- Attending parent
classes
- Serving on the PTA
board
- Working on PTA
events
- Working athletic
events
- Saturday/Sunday
workdays
- Organizing special events
(performances, auctions, candy sales, etc.)
- Working to improve school
building and grounds
- Bringing food or drink for
events (limit of 1/3 of total hours at each school, homemade items
only)
What does not qualify
as involvement time?
Time that is spent with only your
child, at school or away from school, is good parenting time and
not considered involvement time for the school. These items will not
satisfy the parent involvement commitment:
- reading with your
child
- helping your child with
homework
- visiting your child for
lunch
- watching your child in a
performance
- volunteering with groups like
Girl Scouts
- attending parent/teacher
conferences
- visiting your child's
classroom
Visit the
Lakeside Parent Room to learn what you can do at Lakeside
Academy!
If
you have any questions or concerns regarding the Parent Involvement
Guidelines, please contact Parent Volunteer Coordinator Sandy Knox
at 423-855-2663 or knox_sandy@hcde.org.
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