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This resource is a repository of video clips highlighting successful family partnerships from schools across the United States. The video clips that follow are aligned to one or more of the nine key areas of family partnership, indicated in parentheses below.
Physical Education Dance Parties: Union-Endicott CSD, NY
Finding the Good: Grooving to Get Moving
Areas addressed: Attendance and Engagement
Starting last April, the Union-Endicott Physical Education teachers started hosting a virtual dance party as a way to connect with the students, get them smiling and moving.
Going the Extra Mile: Owego-Apalachin CSD, NY
Finding the Good: More than Just School Bus Drivers
Areas addressed: Student Well-Being
During the 2020-21 school year, the school bus drivers at Owego-Apalachin CSD have been working longer shifts to ensure meal delivery for students each week.
Reopening Video: Windsor CSD, NY
Areas addressed: Communication and Feedback, Learning Environment
District-wide video welcoming student and families back to school and reassuring them that the buildings and environment have been set up in a safe, healthy environment.
Positive Promotion – Bell Elementary
Areas addressed: Communication and Feedback, Learning Environment
Elementary-building level video to reassure families of the school environment.
Laptop Distribution – Vestal CSD
Areas addressed: Roles and Responsibilities, Support Structures, Technology Tools
District goes the extra mile to provide school laptops to students at home.
Virtual Parent Night – Brighton CSD
BHS – Junior Family Information Night
Areas addressed: Communication and Feedback, Roles and Responsibilities
Flexible Scheduling: Hinesburg, VT
Some students find success with remote learning
Areas addressed: Student Well-Being, Attendance and Engagement, Learning Environment
A recently released study from the Agency of Education reports students are still struggling this year, but some have found the odd setup is actually helping them learn.
Promote Positivity – Boca Raton, Florida
#CoronaCant Stop Boca Raton Community High School
Areas addressed: Student Well-Being
Promote Positivity-Boca Raton, Florida – #CORONACANT Student leaders from Boca Raton Community High School have created a public forum via “Google Classroom” to create a safe place and platform for students to be connected to mental health resources, online exercises/yoga, activity challenges and overall a place for students to reach out and connect with one another.
Live Streaming Party – Brentwood, CA
Areas addressed: Student Well-Being, Attendance and Engagement, Technology Tools, Instructional Tools
Heritage High School organized a livestream event via Instagram Stories involving video highlights from the last four years at school, speeches from staff and students and “Best of the Best” (superlatives) award winners. Afterwards, they organized a fun movie experience that everyone watched together. To do the latter, they used Netflix Party, which is a Google Chrome browser extension that creates a shareable link for everyone to access the movie via Netflix, which streams to everyone synchronously and provides a real-time chat feature for everyone to communicate with as the film goes on.
Free Store – Toledo, OH
Leverette Elementary offering free store for school families
Areas addressed: Student Well-Being, Support Structures
Leverette Elementary offered a free store for school families.
Funding to Close the Digital Divide-Riverside County, CA
Coronavirus: Riverside County OKs $10M to help students get ready for distance learning
Areas addressed: Communication and Feedback, Student Well-Being, Technology Tools, Instructional Tools, Learning Environment
$10M to help students get ready for distance learning.
For Bees, By Bees – Baldwinsville CSD
‘Desk for Kids’ initiative helping at-home learners
Areas addressed: Organization and Study Skills, Support Structures, Learning Environment
Students build desks for remote learners to use as a technology project.