Parent & Family Engagement

Our mission in Parent and Family Engagement is to engage, educate, and empower families, the community, and school staff with resources and partnerships that foster the academic and personal growth of ALL students.

Be sure to look for our PFE Newsletter at the end of each six weeks and subscribe to our newsletter for family resources, support, and information to help your family throughout the 2024-2025 school year.

Chapel Hill Families - We would love to hear from you! Please share your thoughts and ideas on the best way for us to get valuable information to you. This will help us improve the support we offer our community and families.

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Family Engagement is defined by National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement as:

• Family engagement is shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to reaching out to engage families in meaningful ways.
• Families are committed to actively supporting their children's learning and development.
• Family engagement is continuous across a child's life and entails enduring commitment but changing parent roles as children mature into young adulthood.
• Effective family engagement cuts across and reinforces learning in the multiple settings where children learn at home, in prekindergarten programs, in school, in after-school program, in faith-based institutions, and in the community.

While Family Circle of Care completes the finishing touches on the Chapel Hill Clinic, they have brought the mobile unit to campus to start seeing our Chapel Hill patients! Dr. Khotwanaeya Mwamba, Pediatrician, is ready to see our students.

Call (903) 535-9041 to schedule an appointment for a well child check, sick visit, vaccinations or back to school physical today.

The clinic will be fully open by August 15th to serve all children and adults in the Chapel Hill community.

You can go to https://www.tylercircleofcare.org/for-patients/services/school-based-care-program/ for more information!

Beginning in their freshman year of high school, every Chapel Hill student is eligible to be a part of our TJC Promise Program.

Pursuing a degree in higher education can seem like a daunting task, but what if it didn't have to seem like that? Our proud partnership with TJC has given our CHISD students a wonderful opportunity - $0 in tuition, $0 in fees! A college education awaits all of our Chapel Hill students.

The TJC Promise provides every high school freshman the opportunity to earn up to two years of college education at TJC. The TJC Promise is a bold promise for deserving Bulldogs!

For more information about the TJC Promise Requirements, testimonials, and frequently asked questions, please click on the links below.

The University of Texas at Tyler is seeking participants for the Parent-Powered Literacy Project, which aims to promote early childhood literacy in East Texas. This initiative, conducted in partnership with the Chapel Hill Independent School District and the UT Tyler K-16 Literacy Center, is designed to enhance parent capacity for nurturing early language and literacy development in children from birth to age four.

The project is free to the first 25 participants who register by Monday, Sept. 3, 2024.

Participants will be involved in the program through May 31, 2025.

Please click the buttons below for more information or contact CHISD Parent & Family Engagement Coordinator, Crystal Binning, if you have questions.

Email Mrs. Binning at binningc@chapelhillilsd.org.

Calling all dads, grandads, uncles, and father figures of Chapel Hill ISD students. WE NEED YOU! Volunteer on one of our campus as a Watch DOG and make an impact in the lives of our students.

Our Watch D.O.G.S. program is available at Jackson, Wise, and Kissam campuses! Contact your campus' Watch D.O.G.S. program liaison to get involved!

Books Beginning at Birth is a statewide program that provides young children from birth to age 4 and their families access to books and resources to support the development of early literacy skills and foster a love of reading.

All families can access an open library of hundreds of high-quality digital children’s books accompanied by videos and at-home literacy activities.

With a focus on young children residing in Texas Opportunity Zones, families may receive three FREE print books sent to their homes twice a year.

It's always fun to find free activities to do with your family, that doesn’t cost any money, helps create memories, and fills the gaps in our days. Spending money on experiences is fun, but sometimes, you need free activities to do.

Enjoy the ideas below that will allow you to spend more time with those you love!

1. Go on a hike
2. Find a new playground or park
3. Put together a puzzle (make your own puzzle)
4. Go to the library
5. Complete a craft
6. Read a book at home
7. Invite a friend over
8. Watch a movie with the whole family
9. Ride a bike
10. Find a free activity in your town
11. Go on a picnic
12. Play a board game
13. Cook together
14. Handwrite a letter to a family member and then mail it
15. Create an obstacle course at home
16. Start a garden
17. Build a fort
18. Go on a scavenger hunt
19. Have a dance party
20. Play charades
21. Play musical chairs
22. Check out the stars at night
23. Learn magic tricks
24. Camp in your backyard
25. Do puzzles

Below you will find several buttons to click on and get connected to resources that are great tools during times of need. If you ever need help finding a resource, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. Chapel Hill is a family-oriented district, and we want to help make sure our community members have what you need!

Crystal Binning

Parent & Family Engagement Coordinator

Email: binningc@chapelhillisd.org

Phone: (903) 566-2441, ext. 1964

Location: 11134 County Road 2249, Tyler, Tx 75707

Website: https://www.chapelhillisd.org/page/parent-and-family-engagement-connection