Carolyn Brown, Parent Center Coordinator

To promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional and academic growth of children.

The East Carroll Parish School Board embraces the concepts that all children can learn and that parents are their children's first and most important teachers. It is the Parental Involvement Center's goal to train parents to help their children succeed thus, enhancing academic achievement. We also realize that the family is a unit with the common goal of success in mind. To foster this belief, the center has a structure Family literacy Program which offers services tailored to meet the needs of individual parents for personal growth.

Monthly Training Sessions for Parents - Consultants conduct training for:

• Parenting
• Career Awareness
• Nutrition
• Drug Awareness
• Curricula & Testing

Parents as Reading Partners Club

Parents/Guardians and students sign an agreement to share in 20 minutes of reading activities each day.

Summer Reading Programs

Students and parents participate in a web of reading activities that help enhance reading and also helps to bridge the gap that occurs between May and August.

Activities include:

• Storytelling by parents and other members of the community
• Oral Presentations (Read & Share)

Educational Assistance for Pre Kindergarten Students

• Home visits for Pre Kindergarten students who were unable to enroll in parish Preschool (Target 5)

Homework Assistance to help students who are failing

• Home visits are scheduled to help parents find a variety of methods to assist their children with homework.
• Extended hours for students who need assistance in homework

Available Resources - Parents are invited/brought to the center to use:

• Computers available for Word Processing (Word Perfect/COREL, Microsoft Word) for typing homework, reports, essays, etc.
• Other Applications: Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Publisher
• Take-home Computers with educational software
• Take-home Video Cassette Players/Educational Cassettes
• Word Processing Programs
• Encyclopedias
• Subject related worksheets