Why Parents Matter

Tuesday black nosotros had our Quarterly Volunteer In-service Meeting hither at United Way of Utah County.  Our volunteers gathered together too nosotros had a wonderful presentation past times Lori Thorn, Principal at Polaris High School, an choice high schoolhouse for Alpine School District.  As an choice high schoolhouse Polaris struggles amongst graduation rates too attendance.  Most of their students come upwards from depression income families, accept hard dwelling identify lives, loathe schoolhouse and/or are immature mothers.  However, despite these challenges Polaris made a major overhaul terminal twelvemonth too redesigned the curriculum too changed the focus.  They took into concern human relationship all of the barriers their students aspect upwards too tried to remedy them every bit much every bit they could.  They created smaller classrooms, shorter shape periods, mini terms, incentives, etc. too because of their efforts things accept drastically improved.  They went from a 7% graduation charge per unit of measurement to a 60% graduation charge per unit of measurement inwards 3 years.

However, no thing how many improvements the schoolhouse is making, Lori said the unwrap i thing that contributes to students graduating is parental support.  Parental support!  She was basically shouting it from the roof tops that having parents at dwelling identify who assist their kids amongst homework, remain on move past times of their schoolhouse work, come upwards to raise instructor conferences, too participate inwards their child’s schooling inwards whatsoever agency is the biggest too most positive thing that tin resultant a student’s success inwards school.  Not alone does it touching on their schooling exactly it affects their futures.  Students amongst parental back upwards are to a greater extent than confident too tin encounter a futurity for themselves.  Lori shared how her students that accept the back upwards at dwelling identify excel too are motivated.  But she also shared many storied how students were then unopen or showed then much potential exactly because the back upwards wasn't at that spot they gave upwards or turned away.

So parents remember, the side past times side fourth dimension y'all are frustrated that your kid doesn't desire to create their homework or y'all experience that y'all don’t know how much skillful y'all are genuinely doing,  THEY NEED YOU!  Never laissez passer on upwards on your kids. Ever!

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