Promote Student Achievement

Morgan County Schools Promote Student Achievement Title I Children: Information for Parents  Attend school regularly Morgan County Schools 247 Harrison Avenue  Complete homework Berkeley Springs, WV 25411  Follow school rules Superintendent  Participate in learning David Banks activities Assistant Superintendent Parents: Kristen Tuttle  Sign assignment notebook Title I Director  Read with your child Kandy Kulus

 Check backpacks daily Board Members  Contact teachers with David Ambrose, President concerns Aaron Close, Vice-President

 Attend Parent/Teacher Pete Gordon Conferences John Rowland Laura Smith  Be involved with school activities

Talk about school  www.morganschools.net Every Child Every Day http://wvde.state.wv.us/ WHAT IS TITLE 1? Resource Center Math Tips Located at the Title 1 is a federally funded program Morgan County Board of Education  Show math in real life designed to provide extra support in Office the areas of reading, language arts, 247 Harrison Ave.  Car trips to do mental math and math to help students succeed Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 about lengths of time – 30 and be successful in the classroom. Open Monday minutes or 3 hours to answer “Are We There Yet?” etc. Title I provides a Reading Specialist from or Contracted Service Person to work 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Cook to show measuring - with students in their classroom or on Meghan Powell, Parent Facilitator sandwiches in circles – an individual basis outside of the [email protected] triangles, etc. classroom to improve their educational opportunities. Resource Center Materials  Show a positive attitude toward math Title 1 Schools, Teachers, and  Sight-Word Centers  Make Math Fun To Learn! Parent Facilitators  Books on CD and CD players Paw Paw Elementary Reading Tips Myra Cockrum, Reading Specialist  Grade Level Readers Becky Pracht, Parent Facilitator  Read aloud with your child 304-947-7425  Hot Dots Reading and Math [email protected]  Use animated Flash Cards or Computer Drills to learn new  Number Puzzles words Pleasant View Elementary Margee Hill, Reading Specialist  Versatiles  Be patient when learning new Kim Golden, Parent Facilitator words 304-258-2606 Other Local Resources  Use the dictionary to learn the [email protected] Starting Points: Play Group - meaning of new words Back Pack – Community Kitchen Widmyer Elementary Call: Audrey Morris  Sound out unfamiliar words - Kim Didawick, Reading Specialist 304-258-5600 re-read showing more feeling Jessica Hansel, Reading Specialist [email protected]  Write words - grocery lists - Margee Hill, Reading Specialist Adult preparation for GED thank you notes – cards, etc. Ashley Rudolph, Reading Specialist Call 304-676-5991 Dawn Beal, Parent Facilitator Morgan County Partnership  Do wordplay during car and bus 301-331-8400 Parent-Child Academy trips (jam goes on toast as well Call: 304-258-7807 as stuck in traffic) etc.