How can parents be involved in their child's education?
- Volunteer your time at the school and your child's extracurricular activities
- Attend the MMESC’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) meetings
- Keep in touch with the school
- Vote in school board elections
- Become an advocate for better education in your community
- Make parent-teacher conferences a priority
- Visit your child's classroom
- Attend Parent-Teacher Association meetings
- Help organize or work at school fundraising activities
- Help to plan and chaperone field trips
- Discuss your child's progress with teachers
- Read together with your children at home
- Establish a regular, daily routine for studying and homework
- Help your children with their homework and check it every night
- Keep tabs on your child's after-school activities and make sure they are supervised
- Limit the amount of time your children watch TV, play video games and use the computer
- Talk to you children about their school day and listen intently
- Express high expectations of your children
- Be a role model to you children and demonstrate to your children that you value learning, self-discipline and hard work
- Contact the Migrant Education Program office close to where you live
- Bring your children to school on time
- Be sure that the children eat well. This includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
