Title 1 Parent Involvement Policy
Desert Hills High School
A strong partnership between the school and home is essential if a quality educational program is to be provided to all students. Desert Hills High School is dedicated to the philosophy that parent involvement is integral to the success of each student. For this reason, parents are actively recruited as our partners for success. The parent involvement policy is developed during the Title I advisory meeting, with parents, for the following year.
Parents have the right to be involved in all stages of planning, review and improvement of the parent involvement plan, and school staff and administrators work to ensure that parents are fully informed and involved in the process. In the fall of each school year, a Title 1/Targeted Assistance meeting is held to introduce parents to Desert Hills High School and its Targeted Assistance program, which provides remedial services to students. Parents are informed of this meeting, as well as other opportunities to be involved in school planning, and are encouraged and invited to attend.
Title I Parent Involvement Statement
The faculty, staff, and administrators at Desert Hills High School recognize the necessity and value of parent involvement to enable our school to provide opportunities for students served to acquire the knowledge and skills contained in the state’s challenging content. In order to ensure collaborative partnerships between parents and schools, Desert Hills High School is committed to pursuing the following goals in ways that recognize and respect the diversity and differing needs of families.
• Involving parents as partners in the development and implementation of the Title I instructional programs
• Establishing effective two-way communication with all parents, through the use of the Snapgrades online grading program, and other forms of communication
• Developing strategies and programs which enable parents to participate actively in their child’s education
• Providing support and coordination for school staff and parents to implement and sustain appropriate parent involvement at all grade levels, and technical assistance from the administration in planning and implementing effective parental involvement activities
• Utilizing community resources to enrich the educational environment and promote family and student success, to provide capacity building for strong parental involvement
• Supporting parents in their roles as the child’s first and most important teacher.
The overall goal of Desert Hills High School’s Title I and Parent Involvement program is to promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional and academic growth of children.
