Family & Community
Parent and Caregiver Involvement: A Key to Student Success
At RMMS, we believe that the involvement and support of parents and caregivers are essential to delivering a tailored educational experience that meets each student's unique needs. A true partnership between home and school ensures that every student has the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
We encourage active participation from parents and caregivers in various school activities, including conferences, workshops, and program development. Your engagement is invaluable in shaping and enriching your child's educational journey.
Parent/Caregiver Responsibilities
To improve literacy and math skills as a parent/caregiver your responsibility will be to:
- Read at home as much as you can
- Talk about new words with your child
- Support your child's math learning by using the math resources
- Help your child learn their math facts at home
To support an environment in which students are prepared, healthy, and happy, the parent/caregiver responsibilities are to:
- Provide opportunities for your child to experience reading and oral language development every day at home with family.
- Be sure that your child is in school every day on time (8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.)
- Plan for your child to stay the full day and communicate dismissal changes to the office and your child before 2:20 p.m.
- Attend all goal setting and parent conferences; complete all school forms.
- Ensure that the school always has current telephone numbers and emergency contacts.
- Monitor the appropriateness and the amount of time your children interact with electronic media
- Provide the time, space and support for your child to complete homework
- Inform the school/teacher of any unusual events happening in your child's life that may affect school life.
- Encourage your child to get plenty of exercise and enough sleep.
To increase overall student success and improve communication, the parent/caregivers' responsibility will be to:
- Provide communication regarding your family and your child's needs.
- Attend at least one community-building event.
- Supply timely and clear communication to the school regarding any updated information regarding your child.
- Read communications that are sent home, on the website, or any other social media.
- Take the initiative to contact your child's teacher regarding any wonders or questions about your child's learning experiences.
- Play an active role in supporting the success of the school community by reading communications, attending school events, and giving of your time, as able.
RMMS Parent Caregiver Organization (PCO)
Our Parent Caregiver Organization (PCO) plays a vital role in this partnership. Working closely with teachers and administrators, the PCO supports, supplements, and enhances the educational experiences of all RMMS students.
Together, we can create a collaborative environment that fosters growth, learning, and success for each student.
For more information on the current board and PCO activities please visit our RMMS PCO Facebook page.