Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

A caring and collaborative learning community of critical thinkers and mindful leaders.

Mission

Enterprise Elementary is a caring and collaborative learning community of critical thinkers and mindful leaders by:

• operating under a four-house system, four houses-one family, modeling the character traits of hope, kindness, strength, and perseverance.
• providing daily opportunities for academic conversation and productive struggle.
• providing leadership opportunities
• creating daily engaging lessons where we problem solve together.
• providing a safe learning environment where we take risks and own our learning

Student Agreement

I will …  

• Attend school daily
• Respect teachers and peers
• Work hard daily
• Set goals

Family/Parent Agreement

We will …

• Talk daily with student about day at school
• Make sure they come to school daily
• Check ParentVue and email regularly
• Attend school events
• Communicate with school and teachers

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will …

• Provide a safe and caring learning environment for all
• Build relationships with students and families
• Communicate regularly with student and families about progress

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

Enterprise Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

• Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
• Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
• Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
• Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
• Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
• Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

• Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
• Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
• Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

• Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
• Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
• Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
• Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
• Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
• Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
• Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

• Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Elementary Schools

• November 4, 2024
• January 22, 2025

Middle Schools and High Schools   

• Touch base days will be scheduled by schools

Last Day of Grading Periods

• October 31. 2024
• January 17, 2025
• March 27, 2025
• June 12, 2025 

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events 

• Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting & Picnic: Friday, October 10, 2024  @ 5:30-7:00 PM 
• Title I Literacy is Sweet Family Engagement Meeting:   Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00PM (tentative)
• SOL Family Night Grades 3-5:  Thursday, February 27, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00PM Game Night Grades K-2:  Thursday, March 20,2025 @ 5:30-7:00PM 
• “Summer Thrive”: Thursday, May 22, 2024 @ 8:00-9:00AM