School-Family Compact

A School-Family Compact is an agreement that parents, students, and teachers jointly develop. It explains how parents and teachers will work together to improve student academic achievement.

· Link to goals of the School Plan.

· Focus on student learning skills.

· Share strategies and responsibility of helping students meet or exceed state, district, and school academic goals.

· Explain how teachers and parents will communicate about student progress.

· Describe opportunities for parents to volunteer and participate in the school.

The faculty & staff of Holcomb Bridge Middle School worked together with parents and students. The School-Family Compact is developed through collected input on the Parent Input Survey (last collected March 2024). Information is also gathered throughout the year: school-wide surveys, Annual Family Engagement Survey, emails from teachers, parent conferences and HBMS Parent University Workshops.

The School-Family Compact is updated every year to include parents, students, teachers, and staff members’ input. Comments and suggestions are always welcome any time of the year from parents, students, teachers, and staff.

1. Increase the percentage of all students scoring proficient or distinguished on Reading Milestones.

2. Increase the percentage of all students scoring proficient or distinguished on Math Milestones.

For measurable outcomes and to review the Strategic Plan 2027 visit https://www.fultonschools.org/strategicplan

Increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations on Georgia Milestones Assessment System in Mathematics English/Language Arts (ELA), Reading.

· By May 2025, HBMS will increase the percentage of students in grades 6-8 performing on or above grade level in reading by at least 5%, as measured by the Georgia Milestones indicator.

· By May 2025, HBMS will increase the percentage of students in grades 6-8 performing on or above grade level in math, by at least 5%, as measured by the Georgia Milestones.

Focus Areas:

· Math: A complete understanding of Math solutions. Relationships between numbers, mathematical problem solving, and understanding all mathematical symbols.

• Grade 6: Write, interpret, and use expressions, equations, and inequalities.
• Grade 7: Develop an understanding of operations with rational numbers and work with expressions and linear equations.
• Grade 8: Formulate and reason about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with linear equations and systems of linear equations.

· ELA and Reading: To use critical reading strategies for students to be able to read a variety of texts with comprehension and understanding of vocabulary.

• Grade 6: Determine how theme is conveyed and explore nuance of plot/characterization.
• Grade 7: Cite multiple pieces of text evidence and analyze connotative meanings/tone.
• Grade 8: Analyze text with strongest and most appropriate evidence and evaluate arguments and reasoning.

Host Parent University Academic Parent Workshops throughout the year, at various times that will provide parents with strategies and activities to help their child at home with academic skills.

Encourage parents to visit the Parent Resource Room. Make Math, ELA/Reading resources available to sign out. Parents can take home materials or will be provided online resources (i.e., MackinVia, eBooks, iReady, Infinite Campus Parent Portal) to help their children at home.

Provide access to Extended Learning, Working Lunch, Learning Commons/Independent Reading to students in the areas of Math, ELA/Reading. Provide online Math and Reading resources that offer activities as well as strategies that parents and students can use at home.

Provide timely communications regarding current grades and progress in all courses.

Attend Parent University Academic Parent Workshops throughout the year, at various times to learn strategies and activities to help my child at home with academic skills.

Utilize resources from the Parent Resource Room. to use at home to help in the areas of Math and ELA/Reading. (Information of websites/Apps such as, iReady, eBooks, online resources, Holcomb Bridge’s website, pamphlets, Infinite Campus Parent Portal will be provided by the district and supported by the school).

To the extent possible, support student participation in Extended Learning, Working Lunch, Learning Commons/Independent Reading in support of standards mastery. Make time at home to monitor and support student progress in online resources such as iReady and independent reading.

Maintain and monior my Infinite Campus Parent Portal account and respond to teacher communications regarding academic progress.

Encourage my family to attend Parent University Academic Parent Workshops throughout the year in order to support me with strategies and activities to support my academic skills at home.

Encourage my family to visit the Parent Resource Room to sign out Math, ELA/Reading resources that we can use together at home to support my academic skills.

When invited I will attend Extended Learning and/or working lunch to improve my academic achievement. I will be open to showing my progress on online academic resources such as iReady and commit to independent reading at home.

I will share each report card with my parents and discuss strengths and needs for improvement with my parents and teachers. I will monitor and maintain my Infinite Campus Student Portal account to monitor my own progress.

Holcomb Bridge is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about student’s learning. Some are:

• Weekly school newsletters: Hawk Talk is published every Friday during the school year
• School website
• E-mails, fliers, phone calls and text messages via Blackboard Messenger
• Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress, progress reports (every 4.5 weeks), report cards (every 9 weeks), teacher e-mails, conferences as needed.
• Infinite Campus Parent Portal
• Academic Parent Workshops
• Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, and PTA Facebook
• Parent -Teacher Conferences

Parents are encouraged to contact teachers directly as needed. A staff directory is published online. For support with questions about your child's education, contact the school office at 470-254-5285 so we can direct you to the best person to answer your questions.

Our school will host school activities to build home-school partnerships to support student learning throughout the year. Some of our planned events include:

Please note that event dates and times are subject to change.

Open House/Back to School Bash - August 1, 2024

Annual Title I Meeting - September 12, 2024

Curriculum Night - September 12, 2024

Parent University: ESOL Services - September 25, 2024

Parent University: Technology Tools - October 8, 2024

Parent University: Student Support Team - February 6, 2025

Parent University: Assessment - March 13, 2025

Parent University: Transition to High School for 8th grade parents - Spring 2024

Rising 6th Grade Parent Night - March 2024 (date TBD)

Annual Input Meeting (planning for FY26) - March 20, 2025

Our parent resource room has computers available for parent use to check Infinite Campus Parent Portal accounts, utilize email to communicate with teachers, and monitor student academic progress. Academic resources are available for checkout to support student learning at home.

Hours: Monday - Friday (8:30 AM - 3:30 PM)

or By Appointment

Contact:
Maria Baron (bilingual English/Spanish)

470-254-8427

Parents and students will sign off in Infinite Campus that they have received and read the School-Family Compact for 2024-25. This will occur within Infinite Campus. When using a smartphone, check your settings to allow PDF documents.

Please sign off prior to November 1.

How to View/Print Documents

Step 1: Open Campus Student/Parent Portal.

Step 2: At the Campus portal landing page, click Documents in the left menu.

Step 3: Look for the document you need to approve or sign (School-Family Compact). It will be noted with "Needs Attention".

Step4: Click on the arrow to open and complete all fields that require information.

Step 5: Click in the signature box and select SIGN or DECLINE

Step 5a: Sign - By completing the Sign and Submit, you agree as outlined on the form. Your signature and date will appear on the form.

Step 5b: Decline - By declining, you are NOT agreeing to the request as described on the form. The word DECLINED will appear with the date. If you have declined and pressed the SUBMIT button, please confirm your selection.

Note: If you have multiple students, you must complete a separate form for each student

Jennifer Cassidy, Principal

cassidyj@fultonschools.org

Kenneth Greene, Assistant Principal

GreeneK@fultonschools.org

Kim Kapella, Assistant Principal

KapellaK@fultonschools.org

Maria Baron, Bilingual Parent Liaison

BaronM@fultonschools.org or 470-254-8427

Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/holcombbridgems
Location: 2700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-5280
Twitter: @HolcombBridgeMS