Tips and Tools for Student Success Education Partnership Summit
The Federal Way Public Schools Family and Community Partnership Office, along with parent leaders, staff members and community partners, will host an event for families from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. August 22 at Todd Beamer High School.
The district, along with representatives from community organizations and surrounding school districts, will present a variety of family and student-centered workshops including:
- Learning styles and homework strategies
- Making math practice fun at home
- Preparing your student for college success
- Getting your child ready for kindergarten
- Understanding standards-based education in FWPS
- English Language Learner support: what every parent should know
- Wraparound special partner supports for students
Students will participate in a panel discussion of how adults can help them succeed. There will also be information about mentoring programs, tutoring programs, donated school supplies and accessing grades online. Interpreters and childcare for ages four and up will be provided.
Special thanks to the]Community Center for Education Results, which has provided $5,000 to the FWPS Family Community Partnership Office in support of this program.
For more information, contact Trise Moore, Director of Family and Community Partnerships at (253) 945-2273 or tmoore@fwps.org.
Updated: August 8, 2011