GENERAL SUGGESTIONS TO PARENTS
1. Know and support the school’s rules and regulations regarding discipline.
2. Get to know your child’s teacher.
3. Please make an appointment with your child’s teacher about his/her academic performance and behavior at school.
4. Encourage a positive attitude toward learning. Show your child that you value his/her education.
5. Provide a variety of reading material, books, magazines, and newspapers. Read aloud together.
6. Make homework a top priority.
7. Show your child that you are interested in what he/she does at school.
8. Attend school events such as meetings, open houses, assemblies, etc.
9. Look at papers, artwork brought home and show your appreciation.
10. Praise your child for success.
11. Take note of your child’s behavior at home and in public.
12. Stress the importance of good discipline with your child.
13. Be a good role model for your child. Children learn by watching adults, especially their parents.
14. Encourage your child to show respect to others.
15. Do not allow your child to bring dangerous or distracting articles to school, such as knives, water guns, toys, radios, jewelry, etc.
16. Place names on all articles of outer clothing – coats, gloves, hats, caps, sweaters, etc. The school maintains a lost and found box. Please feel free to investigate if your child loses or misplaces something.
17. Be sure your child eats properly. Poor nutrition can cause poor learning and poor discipline. Be sure their snack is healthy.
18. Be sure your child has plenty of sleep each night.
19. If there is something that you want to know about school, if something has happened at school that worries you or your child, if there is a misunderstanding, or if you need more information for any reason, make an appointment with your child’s teacher or the principal.
20. Keep teachers informed of events that might affect your child’s performance or behavior – a family illness, divorce, the death of a pet, etc.
21. If discipline problems are recurring, it could be a sign of something more serious, such as a physical problem, learning disability, substance abuse, etc. In some cases, it may be necessary for parents to take the child to a physician or to seek other professional help.
22. Never talk negatively about a teacher or school administrator in front of your child or within listening distance. This will only undermine their authority and can lead to discipline problems. If your child feels you do not support the teacher or school, he/she will feel the same way.
23. Encourage your child to come home immediately after school is dismissed.
24. Instruct your child never to converse with a stranger, never to accept a gift from a stranger and never to go near nor get into a car with a stranger.
25. It is in the best interest of elementary students that home and school work together for the child’s education. We will be in close contact with parents concerning the progress of their children in school.
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