Free Books For Read Across America Day
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, invites your school to apply for FREE books for Read Across...
Nominations Open for 2017-2018 Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching
Nominations are now open for the 2017-18 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teacher. This award provides a wonderful opportunity for...
Parent Guides to K-8 Report Cards
Confused by your child's report card? We can help with that! The District has created Parent Report Card Guides for Kindergarten through...
DonorsChoose Alert for Teachers: Get a 2x Match on Family Engagement Event Projects!
Update: To ensure that we're able to support as many family engagement events as possible with gift cards for parents who attend, we're...
Building Trust Between Schools and Families
Why is building trust important? It’s an easy question to answer—trust is essential in any relationship—but it’s much harder to answer...
How to Have Successful Parent-Teacher Conferences
Research shows that student achievement increases when parents, students, and teachers work as a team. A parent-teacher conference is an...
Barry Elementary: Crafting a Meaningful Volunteer Experience
Very often when people are eager to volunteer in a School District of Philadelphia school they feel overwhelmed and confused. They ask,...
Family School Partnership Award Winner: Bodine High School
Focus on FACE will highlight each of our Family School Partnership Award Winners over the next 3 months. First up is Bodine High School...
What do Philadelphia "Back to School Nights" Look Like to an Out-of-Towner?
This article was written by Jessica Maharaj, an AmeriCorps VISTA in the Office of Family and Community Engagement. Jessica is from...
Checklist: Is Your School “Family-Friendly” and Welcoming to All?
The following article is taken from PTO Today and is written by Joy Underhill. For the full article, go to https://www.ptotoday.com/pto-t...
