Title I Family-School Compact

Vision: Loch Lomond is a diverse community of lifetime learners who are committed to working together in order to ensure excellence.

Mission: At Loch Lomond Elementary, we will motivate, respect and believe in every learner who enters our school. We will encourage and inspire lifelong learning. We will effectively communicate with our students, parents, and colleagues. We will provide constructive feedback using various forms of data collection in order to facilitate optimal learning for every student.

Student Agreement:

We will … (bulleted list from the compact)

• Set goals.
• Ask for help when needed.
• Be polite, respectful, and work well with others.
• Complete assignments at home and at school.
• Deliver and return materials between home and school.

Family/Parent Agreement:

• We will … (bulleted list from the compact)
• Ensure children get to school on time.
• Talk to children about what is going on in school.
• Use the ParentVUE app as needed.
• Support children with reading and math at home.
• Communicate with teachers.
• Teachers/Staff Agreement:

We will …

• Create a safe, caring, healthy learning environment that fosters improved student learning.
• Understand the diverse backgrounds of students.
• Inform parents of student progress and needs along with suggestions for support at home.
• Help students achieve high standards of performance.

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.

Loch Lomond 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 6, 2023
• January 26, 2024

Middle Schools and High Schools       

• Touch base days will be scheduled by schools

Last Day of Grading Periods

• November 3, 2023
• January 26, 2024
• April 8, 2024
• June 7, 2024 

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events (additional events may be added)

• Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting: October 17, 2023
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Carnival Night – January 25, 2024
• Title I Family Engagement Meeting: SOL Night – March 12, 2024
• Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: May 31, 2024