COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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Burlington Elementary School Community Interaction Plan

PTA

School-Community Relations

What You Can Do To Effectively Help Your Child

The Community Interaction Plan for Burlington Elementary School shall include but not be limited to the following considerations:

• Field trips to various community business and cultural locations

• The invitation of parents to serve as school volunteers

• The close association with local Parent/Teacher Association Groups to include teachers and principals serving on the Executive Board

• The observation of Ameircan Education Week, Veteran's Day, and National School Lunch Week with the open invitation for parents and other community members to visit the school

• The invitation of numerous community resource people and organizations to serve as individual speakers and program presenters, such as Clean Valley Committee, Roanoke Symphony Auxiliary, Science Museum, History Museum, Water Authority..
  
• The school also publishes a Parent Guide Book, PTA Newsletter, and observes Parent/Teacher Conference Days.

• The school also serves as a clearinghouse for information from many community groups such as the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Roanoke County Parks and Recreation,  Roanoke County Library.

We are fortunate to have an active PTA. The school strongly encourages you to join the PTA, take an active part, and attend their meetings. The PTA, in collaboration with the school student newspaper staff, publishes a monthly newsletter that will keep you informed of these meeting dates and times and other pertinent information.

School-Community Relations

Burlington Elementary School seeks to maintain good school/community relations and deeply appreciates the support and assistance given annually. Many activities are planned to enhance the cooperative efforts such as  Back-to-School Night, use of the facilities by the Recreation Department, Parent/Teacher Conferences, PTA meetings , and Family Reading Night.

• Encourage your child to try their best at school each day.
• Read aloud to your child(ren) or have them read to you or to each other.
• Have a family storytelling night at least once a week.
• Practice math facts each day.
• Ask your child questions about school and wait for the answers.
• Carefully study papers brought home. Please check your child's Bobcat folder (Gr. K-5) and assignment pad (Gr. 2-5) daily.
• Accept invitations to conferences or meetings.
• Attend the PTA meetings (See the monthly newsletter for dates).
• Make an appointment to talk to a teacher when you have a questions or concerns.
• Get to know your child's teachers, the administrators, and your School Board representatives.
• Attend a School Board meeting which is open to the public. The meetings are normally on the second and fourth Thursday of each month in the Roanoke County School Board Room at 7:00 p.m. Check the Roanoke County Public Schools website (www.rcs.k12.va.us) for verification of date/time.