Parent & Family Engagement Program
The Parental and Family Program of the Bessemer City School System is federally funded. It is designed to provide parents and families with meaningful experiences that they can use to help their children. Also, it gives parents/families opportunities to build and strengthen the partnership between the home and school.
Components
• Annual Meetings
• Parent Advisory Work Session Committees
• Parent Workshops/ Seminars
• Mini-Conference on Adolescence
• Parent Resource Center
• Leapfrog
• ACT Prep Booklets
Goals
• To increase communication between parents, families and teachers.
• To provide programs that strengthen parenting skills and help parents to provide educational assistance to their children.
• To promote two-way communication between the school and the family.
• To provide parents/families with knowledge and techniques designed to assist children in learning.
Objectives
• To establish a positive working relationship between parents and the school.
• To keep parents/families informed of the issues that affect and impact their children's educational development.
• To make parents/families aware of the resources and services available in the school, central office, community, and Parent Resource Center.
• To provide training for parents via workshops, which will enable them to assist their children with homework and reinforce skills taught in school.
Activities
Annual Meetings
Parent and Family Engagement meetings are held in the fall and spring of each school year. Information is provided on the expenditures of the Federal Programs.
Parent Work Sessions
Parent/Family work sessions are held twice a year. School-Home Compacts and Policy Statements are reviewed. Topics are selected by parents and teacher representatives and presented in workshops that are held at each school and the Bessemer Board (Parent Resource Center)
Workshops
Parent workshops are held monthly at each school on various topics selected by the Parent Involvement Specialist and the Parent Advisory Committee Members.
Mini-Conference
Each year, A conference is held for parents of students entering middle and high school. It is designed to empower parents as their children's most influential resource for academic success during the middle and high school years.
Resources
Parent Resource Center
The Parental Engagement Program (PEP) provides a well-stocked resource center with pamphlets, books, tapes, games, puzzles, flashcards, workbooks, and reinforcement materials for parents to borrow and keep at home with their children.
A math series that contains everything students and parents need to reinforce math skills. It is available for K-8, and we have Algebra and Geometry for grades 9-12.
(Pre K-8 & up)
Parents may check out materials to help their children in reading, phonics, spelling, math, science, and social studies.
(Grades 9-12)
The ACT Book (Reading, Language, Math, Science, and Social Studies).
Superintendent
Dr. Dana Arreola
Director of Federal Programs
Brenda Rumley
Parent Resource Coordinator
Kimbley Gaston
Board Members
• District 1………. Anthony Williams
• District 2………. Terry Dawson
• District 3………. Renna` Soles Scott, Board President
• District 4………. Samuel Morris
• District 5………. Margie Varner, Board Vice-President
• District 6………. Remeka Thompson
• District 7………. Lee "Coach" Jones
The Bessemer Board of Education complies with Federal Civil Rights regulations and the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, and age.