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Parent Checklist for Success

Strive to strengthen your child's academic progress and citizenship by setting lifelong learning goals! 

Academics

Support academics, especially reading, with age-appropriate home activities.

  • Ensure that your child has a consistent time and place to do homework.
  • Ensure that your child has access to materials needed to complete assignments.
  • Discuss school work regularly with your child. 
  • Attend workshops on how to help your child at home.
  • Visit the local library and encourage your child to check out books of interest.
  • Read to/with your child on a daily basis.
  • Set an example by reading in your home and discussing what. you've read with your child. 
  • Ask your child to explain his/her math homework.
  • Emphasize the importance of education and doing one's best in school.
  • Assure your child attends school regularly and on time. 

Citizenship

Teach and reinforce positive behaviors, such as respect for self and others, hard work, and responsibility.

  • Ensure that your child has a regular routine. 
  • Encourage your child to accept responsibility for his/her actions.
  • Ensure that your child is in attendance and on time to school each day.
  • Monitor and promote your child's participation in extracurricular and after-school activities.
  • Monitor your child's television viewing, gaming, and social media.
  • Reinforce the school's behavior expectations. 
  • Keep your child home if they are not feeling well. 
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Setting Goals

  • Express the belief in your child's ability to be successful.
  • Encourage your child to set short- and long-term educational goals. 
  • Celebrate academic accomplishments!

School-to-Home Communication

  • Communicate regularly with your child's teacher(s) in person, by telephone, through email, or in writing. Don't let concerns or struggles go on for too long. Reach out to your child's school and/or teacher.
  • Prepare for and attend parent-teacher conferences and/or other individualized student meetings, such as Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) or Academic Improvement Plan meetings.
  • Attend open houses, science fairs, plays and musical performances, field trips, sporting events, curriculum nights, and other school-related activities. 
  • Visit the website of your child's school and/or check your child's academic progress on Skyward.