Thank you to our parents, children, and community who turned out in mass for the Parent Information Station sessions at 9 locations throughout our community.  We are still counting, but we had well over 1,000 parents and students across the district to attend these sessions.  Information was provided on attendance, graduation requirements, promotion information, as well as applications for free and reduced lunch, and school backpacks.  A major emphasis of the presentation was the importance of parent involvement.  Research from the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) & Harvard Family Research Project 2010, indicates when parents are involved, children have higher grades, test scores, and graduation rates, better school attendance, increased motivation and better self-esteem.  In addition, the data verifies that regardless of the family socioeconomic status, family participation in education doubles the academic success of all students.  Parental and community involvement is very vital because it contributes to students’ attitudes about the importance of education.

The Parent Information Stations proved to be a great beginning for the “Graduate One” initiative. A special thanks to the many, many people who planned and worked to make this happen. With all of us working together, Flagler County will have ALL students graduating. We can meet 100% Graduation and continue to be an A+ school district.

Graduate One webpage coming soon!  It will include all the information shared at the Back To School Information Stations.