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Jennifer McFerran
Breaking Bread and Making Soup with 6th Grade Families
November 22, 2024
Aleutians East Borough School District Families of Sand Point 6th graders are invited for lunch once a month. Teacher Jennifer…
Strengthening Family-School Partnerships
November 22, 2024
We hear again and again one simple step teachers can take to strengthen family-school partnerships is to share something positive…
Working with Families to Address Chronic Absenteeism
November 22, 2024
It makes sense: children learn more effectively when they attend school regularly. Chronic absenteeism is recognized as missing 10% or…
Leaning on Community Partners to Help Families Support Mental Health – Juneau City School District
November 1, 2024
Mental health remains a significant concern for students, families, and schools. Recently, Kax̱dig̱oowu Héen Elementary School in Juneau took a…
Helping families help their child
November 1, 2024
We know students thrive when families and schools work together. Schools can help families be effective partners by sharing tips…
Making the most of your parent teacher conferences
November 1, 2024
Do you have parent-teacher conferences coming up? No doubt you and your teachers are getting prepared. How might you help…
Family Engagement is Not a Goal, It’s a Strategy – Craig City School District
October 8, 2024
Dr. Karen Mapp, one of the leading researchers on Family Engagement, is often quoted as saying, “Family engagement is not…
The value of visits – Nome School District
September 4, 2024
Living and teaching in rural Alaska is not without its challenges, and home visits can be easier to accomplish there…
A Place of Aspirations
May 8, 2024
Stone Soup Group hosted a parent conference in Anchorage on March 21-22, 2024 bringing together 65 parents, students, and professionals…
Strategic Investments in Family Engagement Training – Lower Kuskokwim School District
May 2, 2024
Early this spring we shared that the Lower Kuskokwim School District trained five site administrators in the art of hosting…
Juneau Community STEAM Event – Juneau School District
March 21, 2024
In February the Juneau School District partnered with the Juneau STEAM Coalition to host a free Science, Technology, Engineering, Art…
Family Reading Resource library – Yakutat School District
March 4, 2024
Yakutat is like many small towns; the community's only library is in the school building. The school started opening the…
Love Around Reading (and planning awesome family nights) – Northwest Arctic Borough School District
February 29, 2024
In February, the Ambler School hosted a Love Around Reading family night aimed at showcasing the joy of reading and…
Community Dialogues – Lower Kuskokwim School District
January 26, 2024
Five LKSD site administrators and some of their advisory school board (ASB) members participated in a two-day training to learn…
Inviting and Including — Aleutians East Borough School District
November 28, 2023
Aleutians East Borough School District is working on involving community members in our schools. Everything we do, we do better…
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