Della Davidson Elementary School’s Parent and Community Involvement and Engagement Plan (2025-2026)

The mission of the Parental Involvement Policy is to enable and encourage all parents to participate as informed partners with school personnel in implementing the Title I school and home programs in an effort to improve student academic achievement and school performance.

Della Davidson Elementary School will:

1. Convene an annual parent/community meeting at a convenient time each year.
2. Hold parent/community meetings in which we will provide information regarding Title I Part A programs, the school curriculum, academic assessments, student progress, and the proficiency requirements students are expected to meet in order to progress from grade to grade. Through regular meetings and yearly surveys, parents will have an opportunity to make suggestions and to participate in decisions relating to the education of their children.

   • Open House
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	July 29, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Introduction of school and staff to students and their families
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • Fall Parent Meeting
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	August 11, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Face-to-face meeting
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • English Learner (EL) Parent Meeting
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	EL Teachers, School Administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	September 18, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	District Meeting
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • Data Conferences with Parents
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, School Administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	October 13 to November 21, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Face-to-face meeting during the school day
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • Spring Parent Meeting
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, Staff, PTO
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	April 2026
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Rising 2nd Grade Night
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • MTSS
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, School Administrators, Interventionists
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing (every 8 weeks)
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Scheduled meetings to discuss progress
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance

1. Della Davidson Elementary School will:
   1. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students to meet Mississippi’s academic achievement standards as follows:
      • Della will provide curriculum based on the Mississippi College and Career Standards and provide differentiated instruction delivered by a certified, high quality staff. Helpful hints and activities to assist learning at home will be provided throughout the year. Teachers receive continuous professional development training provided by district staff and consultants. Our teachers provide the best instruction possible utilizing research-based instructional strategies.
   2. Hold parent-teacher conferences during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual student’s academic achievement.
      • Every parent will be invited to attend face-to-face conferences with their child’s teacher during the school year. During these conferences, student progress, academic achievement level on universal screeners, and classroom behavior will be discussed. Teachers contact parents at the end of every quarter if the student is not on track for promotion.
   3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress.
      • The Annual Parent Meeting will take place at Della Davidson within the first 6 weeks of school. Parents are provided frequent academic achievement reports including Progress Reports each nine weeks, STAR reading reports, Mastery View benchmark assessment reports, iReady Diagnostic reports, and standard scores in Powerschool. Academic reports and standardized assessment dates, as well as regular and on-going information, will be announced in parent newsletters, social media, and on both the school and district website. During MTSS meetings, student progress is discussed. These meetings happen once a quarter. Parents are also contacted by teachers at the end of every quarter if the student is not on track for promotion to discuss progress.
   4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff.
      • Parents may request a conference or a meeting with the teacher by either calling the school at 662-236-4870, by writing a note in your child’s folder, sending an e-mail message to the teacher, or texting the teacher through Schoolstatus.
   5. Provide parents opportunities to volunteer in their child’s school and to participate in school activities.
      • Parents are welcomed to volunteer in our school. Volunteer opportunities will be established by the teacher and communicated to the office. Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) provides many opportunities throughout the year for parents to volunteer to assist in the school, also.
2. Parents will support student learning in the following ways:
   1. Monitoring attendance
   2. Making sure that homework is complete
   3. Participating, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my children’s education
   4. Promoting positive use of children’s extra-curricular time
   5. Staying informed about children’s education and communicating with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or the school district, either received by children or by mail, and responding as appropriate
   6. Serving to the extent possible, on school and/or district policy advisory groups
3. Students will share the responsibility to improve academic achievement in the following ways:
   1. Do my homework every day and ask for help when I need to
   2. Read at least 20 minutes every day outside of school time
   3. Give to my parents, or the adult who is responsible for me, all notices and information received by me from my school every day.
   4. Track my data in my data folder and set goals
   5. Meet my Accelerated Reading goal each nine-week period

Della Davidson Elementary School will:

1. Foster parental involvement and community engagement by providing information regarding Title I requirements, curriculum standards, and student achievement within the school and district. School Name will provide materials and training as applicable. Trainings will focus on helping parents to prepare and assist their children for learning at school and at home. Trainings will also focus on building community partnerships. To the extent practical, information regarding parent trainings, meetings, and activities will be provided in a language parents and community members can understand.

   • Open House
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators, PTO
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	July 29, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Advertise event through a variety of ways/prepare data
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • Parent Conferences
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	October to November 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Email from teachers to sign up for a time slot
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • Parent Conferences for Struggling Learners
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Contact parents individually, prepare data
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • English Learner (EL) Parent Night
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	EL Teachers
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	September 18, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Advertise event through a variety of ways, prepare data
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

   • MTSS
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators, interventionists
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing (every 8 weeks)
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Scheduled meetings to discuss progress
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance

2. Educate teachers, administrators, and other staff concerning the value of parent and community contributions. The school will also train staff how to work with parents as equal partners and build community partnerships.

   • Professional Development
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Administrators, instructional coaches
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	July 28 to August 1, 2025
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Staff meetings and group meetings in PLC teams
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Employee attendance, employee feedback on Employee Satisfaction Surveys

   • Monthly Faculty Meetings
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	School employees, school administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing (monthly)
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Monthly faculty meetings
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Employee attendance, employee feedback on Employee Satisfaction Surveys

   • Grade-level or Subject-area PLC Meetings
     People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators
     Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing (twice weekly)
     Steps (How will it be done?)	Meetings held after school
     Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	PLC agenda and minutes

Della Davidson Elementary School will provide full opportunities for parental involvement for parents of children who are homeless, limited English proficient, have disabilities, or migratory status. Information provided to parents will, to the extent practical, be offered in a language they can understand.

• English Learner (EL) Parent Meetings
  People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers
  Timeline (When will it be done?)	Fall 2025
  Steps (How will it be done?)	Teachers will contact and support EL parents in understanding their child’s learning processes, EL teacher will explain LSP
  Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	Attendance and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

• Parent Communication
  People Responsible (Who will be doing it?)	Teachers, school administrators
  Timeline (When will it be done?)	Ongoing (as needed)
  Steps (How will it be done?)	Communication using School Status as needed in home language as identified by families
  Accountability and Evaluations (How will success be measured?)	School Status communications logs and parent feedback on Studer Parent Satisfaction Surveys

Parent Involvement Statement of Adoption

This Parental Involvement Plan has been developed jointly with, and agreed upon by parents of children attending Della Davidson Elementary School.

Effective Date of Plan

The Parental Involvement Plan was developed in September 2025.

Distribution on the Parent Involvement Plan

Della Davidson Elementary will make this Parent Involvement Plan available to all parents and community members upon completion on the DDES website. Updates to the plan will be made as needed and will remain available.

Parents, Staff, and Community Members who Participated in the Development of the Plan

• Lindsey Hughes - Parent
• Patches Calhoun - Principal
• Carlee Harrison - Assistant Principal
• Nancy Maxwell - Counselor