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School-Family-Community Partnership Success Stories
Brake for Books!
In an effort to help children maintain their current reading levels over the summer, staff members at Conway Elementary School, with the help of longtime local business Frechette Tire Company, took books on the road, bringing them to children. The response was extremely positive, according to Conway El. Principal Brian Hastings, who made the maiden voyage along with several members of the school's staff. Read more...
Amherst St School Goes Parental!
Having children for only 6 ½ hours a day was great in order to let teachers put their strategies to work in the classroom, but certainly not enough time to really help children meet with success. The answer? Parental involvement! Thankfully, we connected with NH State PIRC in 2006 to assist us with this effort…and what a difference it made! Read more...
Research Project Shows Student Gains
At the end of the school year students whose parents received home visits significantly outperformed comparison students on Name Writing, Beginning Sounds, and Upper Case Alphabet. While not statistically significant, these students also performed better than comparison students on Rhyme Awareness and Nursery Rhymes. Read more...