The Plan The Promise 2024-2025

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other  Title I information are available on our school’s website at https://schools.gcpsk12.org/ShilohMS under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Engagement Center

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review.  Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

Shiloh Middle School believes that two-way communication is necessary for student success.

Parents can help improve two-way communication by keeping all phone numbers and emails updated.  If you would like to email a Shiloh MS staff directly, please visit our directory found on our website.  Parents can request a meeting at any time.

Empathy: Cultural competence, staff and student wellbeing, educator diversity.

Equity: Multi-tiered system of supports, opportunity and access, equitable resource allocation.

Effectiveness: Results-Based evaluation system, talent management, educational return on investment.

Excellence: Preferred education destination, post-secondary and workforce readiness, world-class communication and engagement.  

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

Shiloh Middle is committed to these top priorities:

1. Provide high-quality for all our students that includes small groups and ongoing monitoring of academic progress.
2. Continue our efforts to build a well-established social emotional learning program for students and staff.
3. Build our parents’ capacity to support their children’s academic achievement.
4. Prioritize continuous improvement using data from parental, student, and staff surveys. 

Students will use balanced mathematics and literacy strategies to deepen their understanding of content knowledge and actively use academic vocabulary to show their understanding of the Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS).

It is a plan that describes how our school will provide opportunities to improve family engagement that will support student learning at school and at home. All students and their families are invited and encouraged to fully participate in the opportunities described in this plan. The school will provide information and as many opportunities as possible for the participation of all family members. 

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

• Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan
• Specific skills students will learn during the year
• Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning
• Ways to extend learning at home
• Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress
• Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom
• Jointly-developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year during parent-teacher conferences, building parent capacity activities and other times as appropriate.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

• Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.
• Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, eCLASS, and on our school website.
• Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.
• Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.
• Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.
• Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand. Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.
• Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

Shiloh Middle will…                                        

• Host literacy workshops focused on the use of various reading materials and strategies to increase student reading comprehension.
• Create parent support groups with a focus on how to support social emotional learning at home.
• Assist parents with identifying resources focused on building their student’s vocabulary and reading comprehension.

As Students, we will…                                            

• Prioritize learning English Language Arts strategies provided by our teachers.
• Use online school and community resources provided to us to improve our learning.
• Use the strategies taught to us in school when completing assignments at home.

As Families, we will…                                             

• Participate in family workshops that help us support at home learning.
• Communicate with the school when additional assistance is needed.
• Create opportunities for my child to use learned reading and writing skills.