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Title I - West Hanover School - Parent Compact

 

West Hanover Elementary School - Parent Compact 2025-2026

Title I School

 

The School Parent Compact will describe that the school-parent compact will be jointly developed with parents and family members and the compact outlines how parents, the entire school staff, and students will share in the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and the parents will build and develop partnerships to help children achieve the State’s high standards (ESSA, Section 1116(d)).

School Responsibilities

Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State’s student academic achievement as follows:

  • An approved curriculum that aligns with state standards
  • Research-based instructional programs
  • Highly qualified teachers to implement the curriculum
  • Hold parent-teacher conferences during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement. Conferences will be held in November and March
  • Provide parents with frequent reports on their child’s progress. Report cards will be available three times per year at the end of each trimester.
  • Provide parents/guardians reasonable access to staff. Staff members will be available via e-mail, by phone, or scheduled meetings. Contact information for each school is available on the District Website, http://www.cdschools.org.
  • Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities as described in the school handbook following the guidelines set forth in the district’s Health and Safety Plan. CENTRAL DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT Directors of Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Parent Responsibilities
We, as parents, may support our children’s learning in the following ways:

  • Monitoring attendance (in the school building or virtually depending on parent choice and/or school closures)
  • Making sure that homework is completed
  • Monitoring amount of television watched
  • Volunteering in my child’s classroom when possible
  • Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my child’s education
  • Promoting positive use of my child’s extracurricular time
  • Staying informed about my child’s education and communicating with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district either received by my child or by mail and responding, as appropriate
  • Serving, to the extent possible, on parent discussion groups
  • Attending school-sponsored workshops 

Student Responsibilities I, as a student, will share the responsibility to improve my academic achievement and achieve the State’s high standards. Specifically, I will:

  • Do my homework every day and ask for help when I need to
  • Read every day outside of school time
  • Give my parents/guardians all notices and information received from my school every day
  • Treat virtual learning the same as learning done in the school classroom (whether by parent choice or school closures)