Two DCPS schools recognized as Family Friendly Certified in Kentucky – The Owensboro Times

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Burns Elementary College and Nation Heights Elementary College are among the many first 5 faculties acknowledged as “Household Pleasant Licensed” by the Kentucky Collaborative for Households and Colleges and the Kentucky Division of Training.

“Colleges reaching Household Pleasant standing have demonstrated a dedication to embracing households as equal companions in scholar schooling. Burns Elementary and Nation Heights Elementary are vibrant spots within the Commonwealth,” mentioned Brigitte Blom, president and CEO of the Prichard Committee for Educational Excellence. “They’ve constructed the capability of college management to know and implement more practical household engagement finest practices.”

Burns Elementary College was acknowledged for implementing residence visits as a part of their relationship-building course of. Judges famous: “The fairness element of two-way communication permits college students to have a voice. They will select a trusted grownup to enhance communication between faculty and residential, giving college students a way of empowerment and (strengthening) partnerships with their faculty.” 

Evaluators famous Nation Heights Elementary College’s use of the books “Surprise” and “We’re All Wonders” to “introduce ideas that maintain real-life values: kindness, resilience, and the significance of household.” Additionally acknowledged was CHES’s implementation of the “Golden Fork” program, an concept that was developed by college students and designed to showcase and reward constructive behaviors.

As a part of the state-wide Household Pleasant Colleges Studying Community, a peer studying group of 60 Kentucky faculties, these faculties have been working to enhance how the varsity companions successfully with households and neighborhood companions. By means of the certification course of, BES and CHES created groups consisting of households, classroom academics and the principal of the varsity. The workforce used a self-assessment instrument to guage what the varsity was doing nicely, areas in which there’s room to enhance relationships with households, and methods by which faculties developed and applied new practices to enhance their Household Pleasant rating.