Title I Department • Richland County School District One • Columbia, S.C.

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Parents' involvement in their children's education helps those children learn more, have a good attitude about learning, earn better grades and test scores, complete homework, and attend school regularly. And that can lead to long-lasting school success.

Please take the time to view or download the linked documents at top right, all of which can help you help your child succeed. Print out the monthly activity calendars, which provide a whole school year's worth of activities – a different one every single day – for you to do and practice with your child. The other six downloads below the calendars are newsletters and bulletins covering everything from parenting tips, learning games and reading exercises that can help you help your child learn, grow and become a better student and person.

The Parent Involvement Policy describes the Richland One school district's welcoming stance toward parents taking an active role in the education of their children. The sample compact provided is exactly that – an agreement between the students, parents and school community to provide the opportunity for academic success and personal growth.

OPEN to ALL parents of Pre K students
Come join us to share ideas and learn about Community Resources
Special Guest Cheryle Reed, Richland County Dept. of Social Services
1310 Lyon Street-Room C13
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
For more information on our Pre K 101 Series
please contact Yvonne Keitt Parent Support Group Facilitator at 231-6726

The Parent Advisory Council Board is a member of the National Coalition of Title I/Chapter One Parents. We invite all parents of students who attend a Richland One Title I school to attend our bi-monthly meetings. Click here to view our PAC Meeting Schedule (pdf).

The next Family Book Club meetings are:

March 30, 2010
Location: Lyon Street Teleconference Center
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
All families will receive a copy of the April book club selection

OR

March 29, 2010
Location: Lower Richland High School Room H123
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
All families will receive a copy of the April book club selection

For more information, please contact Deborah Green-Wilson at (803) 231-6820.

The next PAC meeting is:
March 10, 2010
John P. Thomas Elementary School
6001 Weston Avenue
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m
*PAC Board meets at 5 p.m. at site of PAC meeting.

Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Information
According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), students receiving free or reduced lunch who attend Title I schools that have not made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for three consecutive years (referred to as schools in continuing school improvement, corrective action or restructuring) are offered Supplemental Educational Services (SES) such as tutoring in grades Kindergarten – 5. Burton-Pack, Carver-Lyon, Hyatt Park, John P. Thomas and Watkins-Nance elementary schools will offer SES this school year, 2009-2010.

Organizations are approved by the South Carolina Department of Education to provide the tutoring services to help increase the academic success of eligible children. There will be NO COST to the parents for these services; however a parent or his/her designee must provide transportation to and from the tutoring service. There are only a limited number of spaces available and all students may not be served. If the district is not able to provide extra help for everyone who requests it, a fair and equitable process will be used to make sure that students in greatest need receive services first. Participation in a supplemental service program is kept confidential.

Parent Fairs will be held at every school so providers can talk with you about the available options and to answer any questions. We strongly recommend you attend the parent fair at your school due to the number of choices. Students of parents unable to attend the parent fair may still participate in the program. Scheduled Parent Fairs will be held from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the following sites:

Burton-Pack Elementary School-Monday, September 28, 2009
John P. Thomas Elementary School-Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Hyatt Park Elementary School-Thursday, October 1, 2009
Carver-Lyon Elementary School-Monday, October 5, 2009
Watkins-Nance Elementary School-Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A packet will be sent to every student at the above listed schools the week of September 21, 2009. The packet will include an application form, descriptions of the approved programs, commonly asked questions about supplemental services, and a flyer about the parent fair at your school.

For further information about SES, please call Linda Gillespie at 231-6816 or Beverly Pender at 231-6817.