MES School Parent Compact 2024-2025

 Revised: (06/13/2024)

What is a School-Parent Compact?

Our annual school-parent compact offers ways that we can work together to help our students succeed. This compact provides strategies to help connect learning at school and at home.

Effective Compacts:

• Link to academic achievement goals

• Focus on student learning

• Share strategies that staff, parents, and students can use

• Explain how teachers and parents will communicate about student progress

• Describe opportunities for parents to observe, volunteer, and participate in the classroom

Jointly Developed

The parents, students, and staff worked together and shared ideas to develop the school-parent compact. Quarterly Parent-Teacher Academic Meetings and Title I Committee meetings are held each year to review and revise the compact based on the school’s academic achievement goals and students’ needs.

Parents are welcome to provide feed-back at any time. All feedback will be collected and reviewed during the annual revision meeting with parents.

 

Building Partnerships

There are many opportunities at our school for parents to volunteer and play a role in their child’s education. (See our parent & family engagement plan event appendix or the Annual Title I Parent & Family Engagement Calendar.)  Please consider joining the faculty, staff, and fellow parents through some of the following events and programs:

  • Academic Family Nights 

  • Heritage Day/Ag Day

  • Grandparents and Family Day

  • Christmas Dinners

  •  Parent Workshops: day/night time meetings to increase parent capacity on varied topics


Communication about Student Learning

Metter Elementary is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to reach you are:

  • Class DOJO

  • Daily Communication Agendas

  • Weekly communication/homework folders

  • Current grades available through Infinite Campus Student Information System

  •  Parent-teacher conferences in Fall and Spring

  •  Frequent progress checks and report cards once per quarter

  • School website, app and Facebook

  •  You may contact your child’s teacher at any time. Please call the school at (912) 685-5050 or email the teacher directly.  Emails can be found on the school website.

https://www.metter.org/o/mes

Student Achievement


District Goal

  • 90% of students will graduate on time

  • 100% of Students will be career or college ready

  • CCSD will increase the percentage of students reading on Lexile by 3% as measured by the FY25 Georgia Milestones ELA assessments in grades 3-11.

School Goals and Focus Areas

  • At MES, we will foster a passionate and inclusive environment where every student is empowered to reach their fullest potential. We are dedicated to nurturing a love for literacy and numeracy, encouraging continuous growth, and celebrating achievements. 

  • 80% of MES students will show moderate and/or high growth in the area of Reading from fall to spring benchmark as measured by Beacon

Teachers

  • Will model instruction and provide parents with reading materials and strategies by grade level during parent workshops, newsletters, parent/teacher academic meetings (up to 3 per year) and on the school website

  • Will share with parents and students a portfolio containing the student reading level and tips/resources on how to choose the right book

  •  Will send home to parents math goals and materials to help parents understand problem solving

  •  Will host academic math and reading nights to provide hands on experiences and share strategies with parents

Parents

  • Will practice grade level reading strategies for comprehension and fluency building with my child using the materials sent home daily in the communication folders.

  • Will read with my child at least 20 minutes each day

  • Will use application problems and other strategies to help my child make real world/math concept connections

  • Will practice math facts with my child at least 3 times per week

  •  Will use school website resources by grade level and attend parent workshops and academic nights to learn tips and strategies to practice with their child/children

Students`

  • Will keep a reading log of weekly readings

  • Will read at least 20 minutes each day

  • Will practice math facts for fluency (repetitive practice) using manipulatives or online resources

  • Will find ways of using math concepts at home – use Google Classroom videos, resources, and collaboration blogs to practice and communicate understanding