Hollis F. Price Early Middlecollege High School

Hollis F. Price Early MiddleCollege High School

LeMoyne-Owen College

Title IParent Informational Booklet

2017-2018

Ms. Sandra Barnes, Principal

Ms. Aleta Watkins Maclin, Professional Learning Coach

807 Walker Ave.

Memphis, TN 38126

(901) 435-1765 – main office

(901) 435-1779 – fax

Hollis F. Price Middle College High School

Administration

Sandra L. Barnes - Principal

William Johnson– Assistant Principal

Faculty

Calvin Brown – Lifetime Wellness

Chamron Gaddy- Economics/Facing History

Diana Gentry-Howard – English I/Librarian/Media Specialist

Keith Harris – World History/U. S. History

Shonkilah Malone-Johnson – English IV/ AVID Elective

Christable Nyaberi- Algebra II/ Pre-Calculus

Mary Roberts – Spanish I & II

April Smith- Unified Geometry/Applied Mathematical Concepts

Harriet Smith- English II & III

Ensa Mathews– Biology/ Anatomy & Physiology

Jennifer Simmons– Chemistry/ACT Prep/Study Lab

Amber Speight –Algebra I/ Calculus

Professional Learning Coach

Aleta W. Maclin

Professional School Counselor

Chandra M. Boddie

Support Staff

Nikki Hardy– Financial Secretary

Elex Harris – In School Suspension

Alicia Taylor – General Office Secretary

Contact Information

Office – 901.435.1765

Fax- 901.435.1779

807 Walker Avenue

Office: 901.435.1765 Memphis, Tennessee 38126 Fax: 901.435.1779

August 22, 2017

DearHollisF.PriceMiddleCollege Community:

Each year the State of Tennessee releases a report on the progress of schools. The progress of schools is determined by achieving certain targets, these targets are: test participation and performance measured across subgroups of students (grouped by such categories as race, language proficiency, and disability). In addition, schools must meet graduation rate and attendance targets.

Hollis F. Price is a Title I school which qualifies us to receive federal funds; Title I requires schools create a positive and supportive learning environment that results in high levels of achievement for all students. Funds are available for academic programs and strategies, additional teachers and other personnel, staff development materials and supplies, technology, and parent training.

You will receive notices and information throughout the school year to keep you informed about the progress of your child and the status of the school in making progress toward helping all children meet high academic standards. I urge you to examine the results and look closely at the progress our school is making. Most importantly, I encourage you to join me in addressing our challenges and applauding the great work students and staffare doing in classrooms throughout the district. We also look forward to your attendance at school meetings when we will discuss the development, revision, and implementation of our Schoolwide Improvement Plan.

Our school is filled with outstanding teachers, administrators, and support staff, who regularly update their skills and participate in training to help them meet the needs of all students.

You are an important partner in our effort to provide the best education possible for your child. Please call the school and contact our Professional Learning Coach, Aleta Maclin, or myself if you have any questions or would like additional information.

Professionally,

Sandra L. Barnes

Sandra L. Barnes,

Principal

807 Walker Avenue

Office: 901.435.1765 Memphis, Tennessee 38126 Fax: 901.435.1779

August 22, 2017

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Our parents and community stakeholders play a vital role in the success of this school, and we thank you for being our partners in your child’s education. Because of this, we have developed a Family Engagement Plan for our school. This policy explains how we plan to work with parents to review and improve parent programs and describes how you can participate in planning these programs. We value your involvement and urge you to take the time to read this policy, and wish the best to every student and family throughout the 2017-2018 school year.

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at (901) 435-1769.

Sincerely,

Aleta W. Maclin

Aleta W. Maclin,

Professional Learning Coach

Mission … Vision … Belief

Statements

Mission

Our mission is to provide our students, through collaborative efforts, a seamless integration between high school and college that will be enriched with opportunities to excel in a rigorous academic environment, immersed with technology integration, and to provide a climate that will lead to greater student creativity, use of higher order thinking skills, concern for others, and social maturation, so that students progress toward achieving their individual goals as productive contributors in the 21st century.

Vision

Hollis F. Price Middle College High School will be one that is emulated across the nation as a school that motivates learners and transforms them into creative leaders of tomorrow. Our school will be a school where all students are provided with learning opportunities that encourage change, innovation, self-discovery, and creativity.

Beliefs

We believe that every member of our learning community has value and worth and has the right to be respected.
We believe that students have varied learning styles and levels, and should have the opportunity to reach their potential in an environment that supports those variances.
We believe that students’ achievement should be monitored and evaluated to ensure their success.
We believe that faculty, parents, students, and members of the community should collaboratively engage in the decision-making process of the school.
We believe that in a unique setting where students and teachers are supported in teaching and learning, any student can excel.
We believe in the credo of LeMoyne-Owen College: Believe You Can!

DID

YOU KNOW?

Hollis F. Price Middle College High School is a federally funded school-wide Title I school. Title I requires that schools create a positive and supportive learning environment that results in high levels of achievement for all students. Funds are available for academic programs and strategies, additional teachers and other personnel, staff development, materials, supplies, technology, and parent training.

We look forward to working with you and your child to make this a rewarding year.

Shelby County Schools does not discriminate in its programs or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap/disability, sex, or age

Every Student Succeeds Act(ESSA)

ESSA Highlights

President Obama signs the Every Student Succeeds Act into law on December 10, 2015.

ESSA includes provisions that will help to ensure success for students and schools. Below are just a few. The law:

Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America's disadvantaged and high-need students.
Requires—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.
Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students' progress toward those high standards.
Helps to support and grow local innovations—including evidence-based and place-based interventions developed by local leaders and educators—consistent with ourInvesting in InnovationandPromise Neighborhoods
Sustains and expands this administration's historic investments in increasing access to high-qualitypreschool.
Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest-performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress, and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.

Puntos clave de ESSA

ESSA incluye disposiciones que ayudarán a asegurar el éxito de los estudiantes y las escuelas. A continuación se muestran algunos. La ley:

Promueve la equidad mediante la protección crítica de los estudiantes desfavorecidos y de alta necesidad en Estados Unidos.
Requiere por primera vez que a todos los estudiantes en Estados Unidos se les enseñe según altas normas académicas para que estén preparados para el éxito en la universidad y el trabajo.
Asegura que los educadores, familias, estudiantes y comunidades reciban información vital de evaluaciones estatales anuales que midan el progreso de los estudiantes hacia esa meta.
Apoya y estimula la innovación local, incluido intervenciones según la evidencia y el sitio, desarrolladaspor los líderes y educadores locales, y consistentes con nuestras iniciativasInversión en la InnovaciónyVecindarios Promesa.
Sostiene y amplía las inversiones históricas de la Administración para aumentar el acceso alpreescolarde la alta calidad.
Mantiene la expectativa de que habrá que responsabilizarse y tomar acción para lograr un cambio positivo en las escuelas de más bajo rendimiento, donde grupos de estudiantes no progresan y las tasas de graduación son bajas durante largos períodos de tiempo.

Every Student Succeeds Act(ESSA)

Parents’ Right-To-Know

All parents have the right to request the following:

A teacher’s professional qualifications, which includes: state qualifications, licensure, certification, waivers
A teacher’s baccalaureate and /or graduate degree, fields of endorsement, previous teaching experience
A paraprofessional’s qualifications
An assurance that their child’s name, address, and telephone listing not be released to military recruiters

All parents will receive information on the following:

Their child’s level of achievement in each of the state academic assessments
Their option to request a transfer to another school within the district if their child is the victim of a violent crime at school
Their right to timely notification that their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not highly qualified

NINGUN NINO SE QUEDA ATRAS

Derecho De los Padres de Familia a saber

Todos los padres tienen derecho a solicitar lo siguiente:

Las calificaciones profesionales de un maestro, que incluye: Calificaciones del Estado, Licenciatura, certificación, Renuncia a derecho
El Bachillerato a Titulo de graduación del maestro, campos de especialidad, experiencia previa
La calificaciones del profesional
Garantía que los datos de su hijo como nombre, dirección, numero de teléfono, no se entregan a los reclutadores militares

Todos los padres recibirán información sobre lo siguiente:

El nivel de rendimiento de su hijo en cada una de las evaluaciones académicas del estado
Su opción de solicitar un traslado a otra escuela del distrito si su hijo/a es victima de un crimen violento en la escuela
Su derecho a aviso con tiempo anticipado que su hijo/a ha sido asignado o ha estado bajo la enseñanza durante cuatro semanas consecutivas o más, de un maestro que no está altamente cualificado

Shelby County Schools does not discriminate in its programs or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap/disability, sex, or age

Hollis F. Price Middle College High School

Family Engagement Plan

2017-2018

Revised April 18, 2017

The purpose of Hollis Price Middle College High School’s Engagement Plan is to develop a strong partnership between home, school, and community that encourages academic achievement. We believe that the school and home should share in promoting success in our students. This plan has been jointlywritten by the staff, parents, and students of Hollis F. Price Middle College High School. This plan establishes the expectations for parental involvement in order to promote high achievement for every student.

TITLE I INVOLVEMENT

The faculty, staff, and administration at HollisPriceMiddleCollegeHigh School will provide collaboration between home and school. This will result in our parents becoming knowledgeable and participating in the development and implementation of the school’s program, we are committing to do the following:

Convene an annual meeting to explain the school’s participation in the Title I Program along with rights.
Provide flexible number of meetings for our parents to attend during the morning, afternoon, or evening.
Provide students with a variety of assessments to measure progress and to attain proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
Involve parents inan organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of programs for parent involvement.
Provide parents with timely information about programs under parent involvement through emails, ParentLink, flyers, teacher websites, school website, and newsletters.
Implement an organized parent group that provides parents with opportunities for regular meetings, if requested, to formulate suggestions, to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children and respond to and suggestions as soon as practicable and possible.
Involve parents in the planning of students’ four year academic plan.
Make parents aware of Title I and our participation and provide parents with opportunities for regular meetings, if requested, to formulate suggestions, to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children and responds to suggestions as soon as practicable and possible.
Conduct parent surveys to determine parent needs, interests, talents, and hobbies.
Communicate information through monthly calendars, newsletters, and websites.
Organize meetings to provide parents a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency level students are expected to meet.
Conduct End-of-Course workshops to assist parents in helping students prepare for test taking and interpreting test results.
Parental input in the development and implementation of the School Improvement Plan and Title I Action Plan.
Ensure that a school-parent compact is jointly developed with parents, agreed on with parents, distributed to parents, and the plan is being implemented.
Parents will serve on Family Engagement Planning Committee and the document created will be presented to parents for input and approval before distribution to other parents and the community.

Total involvement of parents is encouraged at Hollis F. PriceMiddleCollegeHigh School. Parents’ responsibilities include the following:

Attend scheduled parent-teacher conferences, parent meetings, and school programs.
Parents have been invited to an Annual Title I Meeting to inform them of Title I requirements, the school’s participation in Title I and the rights of parents to be involved in the school.
Serve on Leadership Council and become active members of an organized parent group.
Participate in Family Nights (Literacy, Mathematics, and Science)
Serve as tutors, volunteers as mentors, and chaperone school functions.
Use their talent/resources to enhance the instructional programs.
Respond to memos, surveys, and questionnaires expressing ideas and concerns.

Shelby County Schools does not discriminate in its programs or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap/disability, sex, or age

Hollis F. PriceMiddleCollegeHigh School

Home-School Compact

2017-2018

Revised April 18, 2017

The mission of Hollis F. PriceMiddleCollegeHigh School is to aid students in reaching their maximum potential through effective teaching that promotes ideas that are meaningful, engaging and connected to world experiences, students’ lives, and their communities. The following compact was jointly developed between parents, students, staff, and the school which outlines how parents/school/staff, and students will share responsibility for improving student academic achievement and how the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high standards.

(Our signatures below will indicate our support of HollisF.PriceMiddleCollege mission statement).

Student Name: (print) ______

PARENT/GUARIDAN AGREEMENT

I want my child to achieve. Therefore, I will be responsible for supporting my child’s learning by doing the following:

See that my child is punctual and attends school regularly.

Establish a time for homework, review it regularly, and monitor homework completion.

Provide a quite well lighted place for study.

Encourage and support my child’s academic and extra-curricular efforts that teach social skills to promote positive interactions with all.

Ensure my child has a library card, read with my child, and let my child see me read.

SupportHollisF. Price Middle College High School’s efforts to maintain discipline by adhering to the school and district’s discipline policy.

Encourage my child to read, limit television watching and social media activities.

Volunteer at my child’s school, participating as appropriate, in decisions relating to my child’s education.

Signature ______Date:______

STUDENT AGREEMENT

It is important that I work to the best of my ability. Therefore, I shall strive to do the following:

Attend school regularly and arrive on time.

Come to school with all necessary materials and tools for learning.

Observe regular study hours.

Complete and return all class work and homework assignments in a timely manner.

Conform to the student code of conduct as outlined in The Shelby County Schools policy.

Contribute to the learning environment in a positive manner.

Take advantage of opportunities available to help me be successful.

Signature ______Date:______

Shelby County Schools does not discriminate in its programs or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, handicap/disability, sex, or age

Hollis F. PriceMiddleCollegeHigh School

Home-School Compact

2017-2018

Revised April 18, 2017

TEACHER AGREEMENT

It is important that students achieve. Therefore, I shall strive to do the following:

Provide meaningful homework assignments for all students.

Address the importance of communication with parents, including frequent progress reports.

Provide necessary assistance to parents so that they can help with assignments.

Encourage students and parents by providing information about students’ progress.

Encourage parents to visit and/or observe their child’s classroom on a regular basis.

Use special activities in the classroom to make learning enjoyable and meet the need of individual students.

Actively participate in professional development activities that will ensure student achievement.

Discuss the school-parent compact as it relates to student achievement.

Signature ______Date:______

SCHOOL’S RESPONSIBILITY

I support this form of parental involvement. Therefore, I shall strive to do the following:

Provide assistance to parents in understanding topics such as: state’s academic content standards, how to monitor a child’s progress, and how to work with educators to improve the achievement of their children, and the requirements of parent involvement.

Provide reasonable support for parent involvement activities as parents request.

Hold parent/teacher conferences as it relates to the individual child’s achievement. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the children to meet the State’s student academic achievement standards.