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What is a School-Parent Compact?

A School-Parent Compact is a written commitment describing how all members of a school community (parents, staff, and students) agree to share responsibility for student learning. This compact helps bridge the learning connection between school and home.
Effective Compacts:
Link to goals of the school improvement plan
Focus on student learning skills
Share strategies that staff, parents and students can use to improve student learning
Share strategies parents can use at home
Explain how teachers and parents will communicate about student progress
Describe opportunities for parents to observe, and participate in the classroom

Communication About Student Learning
Discovery High School is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about student learning. Some of the ways we can foster effective communication include:
Phone conferences, Parent/Teacher Conferences, Teacher websites, email, progress reports
and utilization of the GCPS Parent Portal.

Discovery High School Parent Center
Parents are welcome to visit our Parent Center,
Room 1.1.138 - Hall 100
Monday - Friday, 1130 AM - 2:30 PM
Cintia Varela, Title I Clerk
Email: Cintia_Varela@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Phyllis Owen, Associate Principal: 678 226-4250
Computers are available for parent use
to explore academic resources.

Activities to Build Partnerships
Discovery High School is committed to providing opportunities for parents to engage in parent workshops, volunteering, observations, and parent-teacher conferences.. Please contact our school to learn more about these opportunities.
Title I Planning Meeting: 08/11/16 - 6 PM
Annual Title I Parent Meetings
09/07/16 - 8 AM & 5:30 PM
Parent Workshop: Digital Resources Building Literacy 9/14/16 6 PM
Dates and times of all events may also be found on Discovery High School’s website and on the Title I Calendar of Events.

Why we exist, our core business… Discovery High School promotes a spirit of innovation by creating a challenging yet supportive environment in which students and staff are encouraged to take intellectual risks, pursue creative interests, explore diverse career paths, contribute to the community and economy.

Discovery High School
School-Parent Compact
2016—2017

DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL

TITAN UP!

1335 Old Norcross Road
Lawrenceville, GA, 30046
(678)226-4250
www.discoveryhighschool.net

Revised 09/09/2016

The school, the parents, students, and other stakeholders were involved
In the joint-development of this School-Parent Compact.

GCPS, 2016

Discovery High School
School-Parent Compact

Teachers, Parents, and Students - Working Together to Achieve Success

Dear Family,
This compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement at Discovery High School This compact also describes how the school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help students achieve the State’s high academic standards.
To understand how working together can benefit your child, it is necessary to understand our district and school’s goals for student academic achievement.

Goals of Gwinnett County Public Schools:
Language Arts: All students will graduate as analytical readers, writers, and communicators of language.
Math: Students are not only expected to become proficient in appropriate computational skills, but also to be actively involved in constructing and applying mathematical ideas.
Science: Students will develop a strong content understanding in the earth, life, and physical sciences as well as develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Social Studies: Students will develop a strong understanding of themselves and their role and responsibility in society by discovering the heritage of their nation within a global context.

Goals of Discovery High School
Annual Goal #1 - Discovery High School will pursue 100% CCRPI Content Mastery with students in all subgroups scoring at the Proficient or Exemplary levels on the Georgia Milestones EOC assessments.
Annual Goal #2 - At Discovery High School 72% of first time test takers on the 2016-2017 Gateway will “Meet or Exceed” the standard in Science and 80% will “Meet or Exceed” the standard in Social Studies.

The Academic Focus
Writing constructed and extended responses
across the curriculum.

Teachers, students, and parents worked jointly to develop ideas that will support student success. It is important for us to work as a team to help your child meet the district and school goals.

At Discovery High School, we will….
Conduct workshops to teach parents strategies for writing constructed and extended responses, with emphasis on citing evidence in text, so that they are able to practice with students at home.
Teach parents to locate practice exercises on eCLASS and other web-based academic resources, that can be used at home to improve students’ writing of constructed and extended responses, citing evidence in text..
Post educational links and resources on teachers’ web pages that parents can use to help students practice writing content specific constructed and extended responses at home.
As students of Discovery High School we will…
Attend workshops with my parent or work with my parent at home to use writing strategies taught during parent workshops.
Utilize eCLASS and other educational resources on a daily basis to practice citing text when writing constructed and extended responses, and discuss my responses with my parent.
Visit teachers’ web pages to locate content specific exercises, to use as practice for writing constructed and extended responses, specifically linked to Social Studies and Science.

As parents of Discovery High School, we will….
Attend workshops to learn strategies for writing constructed and extended responses, with emphasis on citing evidence in text, to practice with my student at home.
Work with my student to locate and use exercises from eCLASS and other educational resources each day, to practice writing responses supported by evidence in text.
Visit teachers’ web pages to locate content specific exercises, to use with my student as practice for writing constructed and extended responses, specifically linked to Social Studies and Science.

Teachers, Parents, and Students -
Working Together to Achieve Success
The teachers, parents, and students of Discovery High School developed the School-Parent Compact.
All parents are invited to be involved in the joint development and revision of the School-Parent Compact. The Compact is written and reviewed annually with input and feedback from parents, teachers, business partners and other stakeholders at the Title I Planning Meeting and document review opportunities. Parents and community may revisit all documents on the Discovery High School website as well as ask for copies at the school.
This compact is signed and distributed at the beginning of the school year and to new families at registration. It is revisited during parent meetings/workshops and Parent Conference Nights (fall and spring).

At Discovery High School we will provide all
students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment.