Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides financial assistance to states and school districts to meet the needs of academically at-risk students. The goal of Title I is to provide extra instructional services, resources and activities that support students who are identified as those who would benefit from Title I services the most in order to meet the state’s challenging performance standards in mathematics, reading, and writing.

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Title I Instructional Lead Teacher

Email: lpatterson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/14
Location: 200 Seaboard Avenue, Hiram, GA, United States
Phone: 770-443-3392

Mrs. Yoma Shelton

yshelton@paulding.k12.ga.us

Ms. Cathy Robinson

crobinson@paulding.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Staci Gillespie

sgillespie@paulding.k12.ga.us

When schools engage families in ways that improve learning and support parent involvement at home and school, students make greater gains. When schools build partnerships with families that respond to parent concerns, honor their contributions, and share decision-making responsibilities, they are able to sustain connections that are aimed at improving student achievement.

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This spring, parents and guardians of students in PCSD Title I schools worked with district staff to develop the PCSD 2018-2019 Title I Parent & Family Engagement Plan. This plan establishes the district's expectations for quality family engagement, and guides the strategies and resources that will build school-parent partnerships. It describes the district's commitment to partner with families in the education of their children, and to strengthen the ability of schools to implement activities that support children in achieving academic success.

“When schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more.”

Hiram Elementary School

Parent and Family Events

2019-2020

PTA meeting ~ September 12, 2019 6:00 p.m.

Back to School Night ~ Grade Level Parent Meetings ~ September 12, 2019 6:00 p.m.

Teachers will share grade level expectations, academic curriculum, strategies, assessments data specific to your child, student goals, helpful resources and more.

English Language Learners (ELL) Parent Meeting – September 12, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Parents of English Language Learners (ELL) are invited to review your child’s ACCESS score reports and meet with the ELL teacher.

Annual Title I Part A Parent Involvement Meeting ~ October 11, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.

All parents are invited to the Annual Title I Parent involvement meeting, where information on what it means to be a Title I school will be shared. Invitations will be sent home, posted in the school’s newsletter, and on the school’s website.

Parent-Teacher and Student Conferences ~ October 14 – October 18, 2019

Scheduled update on your child’s progress and partner with teachers to support student academic success

PTA Meeting ~ December 12, 2019 6:00 p.m.

Family Reading Night ~ December 12, 2019

Learn strategies to help your child and do reading activities with your child

Back to School Night ~ Grade Level Parent Meetings ~ January 23, 2020

Teachers will share assessments data specific to your child, student goals, helpful resources and more.

PTA Meeting ~ March 5, 2020 6:00 p.m.

Family Math Night ~ March 5, 2020

Families and their children will apply math learned in the classroom to real world math activities.

Parent-Teacher and Student Conferences ~ March 16 – March 20, 2020

Scheduled update on your child’s progress and partner with teachers to support student academic success

News You Can Use Parent Meeting~ May 20, 2020

Parents are invited to review and provide input in developing: the Hiram Elementary School and PCSD Parent and Family Engagement Plans, Title I Parent and Family Engagement Budget, Family-School Compact and the School-wide School Improvement Plan. Invitations will be sent home, posted in the school’s newsletter, and on the school’s website.

Volunteering your time can make a big difference at your school.

Join the PTA.

The PTA is always looking for parent volunteers.

Attend school board meetings.

You will have the opportunity to provide your input as well as get an inside view on how the school board makes decisions that affect your community’s schools.

Share your time and talents.

Teachers often need parent volunteers to help with small-group activities, reading to children.

Organize a workplace tour.

Do you work for a company that would be an interesting place for a field trip? Suggest a class visit to your office.

Start a cleanup crew.

Are crushed soda cans and scrap paper the primary decor on campus? Why not designate one Saturday in the spring “School Cleanup Day”?

Nurture your green thumb.

Have you noticed that the school grounds could use some work? Talk to the principal or PTA about gathering a group of parents to plant trees or flowers in a few spots around the school.

Volunteer at the school library.

Most schools, short on funds to hire librarians, rely on parent help to keep the library open for students. Offer to check out or shelve books, assist students, or donate money to buy books for the library.

Every time you read to your child you are improving their learning advantage.

http://www.readaloud.org/ReadAloud_parenthandout.pdf

Audio books are a wonderful way to expose your child to complex language, expressive reading, and fantastic stories. Listening to audio books also gives kids the valuable and enjoyable experience of using their own imaginations to visualize the people and places they’re hearing about.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/listen-and-learn-audio-books

Cloud Library is our main e-collection. It contains over 6,000 e-books and e-audiobooks. This collection is updated monthly, and is available for anyone with a library card that starts with 21057 and your library PIN. Apps are available for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire (later versions only), Windows, and more!

http://www.wgrls.org/digital/cloudlibrary/

Parent-teacher relationships are most effective when participants have frequent and open communication with each other and demonstrate mutual respect for each other’s role in a child’s life. When families are positively involved in their child’s education, the child will flourish.

Save the Date

Fall Parent Teacher Conferences: October 15-19, 2018

Spring Parent Teacher Conferences: March 25-29, 2019

Click here for information about free email accounts. Stay in touch with your child's teacher with email.

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PROMOTING EXCELLENCE

The Technical College System of Georgia consists of 22 technical colleges with one university system technical division and 85 satellite campuses. The system provides a broad range of career opportunities through a variety of certificate, diploma, and associate degree programs; continuing education programs; and economic development programs.

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Paulding County School District is very excited to have the opportunity to offer the Microsoft Office 2016 suite to all Paulding county students for FREE.

http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/studentoffice365

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Fast, affordable home Internet service. 9.95 a month plus tax *

* If your child receives free or reduced price school lunches, you may qualify.

We know that many students and their families would like to have Internet service at home so they can do homework, search jobs, communicate with others and much more. We also believe the Internet can be an important part of your child’s education.

If you have at least one child receiving free school lunches, your family may qualify for this fast, affordable home Internet service for the new school year. Internet Essentials costs just $9.95 per month (plus tax). For participating families, there are no price increases, activation fees or equipment rental fees.

In addition, you can buy a low cost computer for just $149.99 (plus tax) and receive free Internet training — online, in print and in classroom.

If you think this might be right for your family, it’s easy to get started. Call Comcast toll free at 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376) to see if you qualify, enroll and get connected. Or for more information, you can go to InternetEssentials.com.

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Dell 4 Education student discount program offers special promotions and premium service and support to students, staff, and their families on their personal computer purchases. This program is available to you and your students because of the district’s partnership with Dell.

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