Parent Center

Parent and family centers are critical and essential resources in schools to engage
parents as partners in their children’s education. An effective parent and family center
serves as a parent classroom – a place where parents can learn about curriculum,
community resources, communicating with teachers and school personnel, and ways to
support their children’s learning at home. Parents can also learn about the importance of
the social and emotional well-being of their children as well as strategies and resources
to support their development. The knowledge and skills that parents acquire at the parent
and family center prepares them to be successful in their roles as their children’s first
and life-long teachers and advocates.

An important function of a parent and family center is to serve as an information
hub to connect parents and families to community resources. When community
organizations collaborate with schools and share their knowledge and expertise with
parents, parents can use the information and share it with others. Using and sharing the
information with other families prepares parents to assume leadership roles at home,
school, and in the larger community.

 

Our Parent/Community Representative is Ulises Morales, Ext. 5920