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Title 1 Parent Policy
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has many important parts. One is that of Parent Involvement. As a parent, you play an important role in your child's education. The NCLB act seeks to provide every student with a high quality education. It states that students are to be challenged to meet high standards, taught by highly qualified teachers using proven teaching methods and be able to learn in a safe, drug-free environment.

Parents have the right to know about their individual school's performance by viewing the district and state report cards. The schools must have an accountability system. We have set high standards of what students should know and be able to do. The state has set specific standards for reading, math and science. The standards-based assessments are the NJASK  and HSPA tests. The tests are administered each spring to measure progress and achievement.

Parents receive letters about their right to know about each teacher's qualifications. In New Jersey a teacher receives a certificate for teaching and also must obtain the status of Highly Qualified. Parents may review the curriculum by accessing the Toms River Regional Schools web page, http://www.trschools.com and clicking on Curriculum.

The NCLB act also states that your child has a right to attend a safe school. As you visit our schools you will see that we have security procedures in place.

Get involved in your child's education. Attend meetings and share your thoughts, concerns and ideas. Help your child complete homework and make sure that he understands how important it is to do well in school. We suggest you become a member of the PTO, join a Family Involvement Workshop, or contact us for specific activities at our school. Throughout the year the school will have opportunities for you to be involved. There will be exhilarating activities in the arts and sport activities. Classrooms will offer interesting activities to which you will be invited. There are also committees. Please contact your school.

If you have any questions about NCLB, you can visit this US Department of Education's web site: http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov, or call your school.

NCLB Current Year

NCLB Sample Documents

2012-2013 Progress Targets Action Plans

Safety and the Internet

Visit the District CyberSafety eBoard:
www.cybersafety.tomsriver.site.eboard.com
 

Links for Parents to Explore

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
URL: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
 

  • I-Safe
    Founded in 1998, i-SAFE Inc. is the leader in Internet safety education. Available in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Department of Defense schools located across the world, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to educate and empower youth to make their Internet experiences safe and responsible. The goal is to educate students on how to avoid dangerous, inappropriate, or unlawful online behavior. i-SAFE accomplishes this through dynamic K-12 curriculum and community outreach programs to parents, law enforcement, and community leaders. It is the only Internet safety foundation to combine these elements. I-Learn online is an Internet safety program for educators and parents which provides videos that cover the rules of the road for navigating the information superhighway. Registration is required but the videos are free.
  • National PTA
    This web site deals with the issues that parents deal with every day--talking with your children, encouraging your children, being involved in the school, supporting and helping your child at home with schoolwork.
  • The Future of Children
    The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being, with special emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation, translating existing knowledge into effective programs and policies, and promoting constructive institutional change. Sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
  • Literacy Center
    The National Research Council's study "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children" states that children who are exposed to reading at an early age make the symbol/language connection and are more likely to be reading at the appropriate age level by the end of third grade. The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to teaching reading. As a pre and early reading curriculum, it assumes that each online lesson will be supported by appropriate offline instruction, either at home or in school.

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