MEET IN PTA PARENT CENTER !

Wednesday Morning.  8:00 AM until 9:00 AM  Meet with your grade members about the Climb The Rock Memebership Drive!  Use the Parent Center.  Meet other Parents.

Shamrock Gardens PTA PARENT CENTER START UP Saturday Morning at 9:00AM!

Saturday, 9:00 AM! Stage/Cafeteria.  Come help set-up our new house!  Bring supplies.  Thanks for Being part of the Rock!  This is in conjunction with Beautification Day and later, the St. Luke’s Barbeque and Carnival Across the Street.

BOX TOPS/SOUP LABELS!!! Collect and turn into Class Room!

Dispatch From Tamisha Jones..PTA  VP Board Member!  

Don’t forget to turn in your Box Tops! The first deadline of this school year is October 31st. Let’s support Shamrock. We are part of the Rock!!!

SGE PTA NEWSFLASH–We’re Mobile!

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UPCOMING Shamrock Gardens/PTA EVENTS

Monday, September 22     Kindergarten Grade Dinner.  6:30 PM.

Tuesday, September 23     PTA Member Volunteer Breakfast 8:00 -8:45  Media Center

Saturday, September 27    Beautification Day, Parent Center Start-UP.  Indoors and Out! 9:00AM-1:00PM

Saturday, September 27    Barbeque, Bake Sale, Carnival  at St. Luke’s Methodist Church. 11:00AM -2:00PM Volunteer or just go! Proceeds to benefit Shamrock Gardens!

Climb The Rock Membership Drive: So far!!! Fifth Grade Leads. Join Thursday Morning 8:45 – 9:05

Fifth Grade Leads the rock climb to the top with 15% participation!

JOIN THE PTA at BRING YOUR FAMILY TO BREAKFAST Tuesday!

Tuesday morning, 8:45 until 9:05 AM. PTA Membership costs $5.00.  Parents who join and pledge to Three4Me receive an adult t-shirt!  Supplies and sizes limited!  One per family.

Also,  we will sell Shamrock Spirit Friday T-shirts for students.  Wear this Friday!   $10.00 or 2 for $18.00 

PARENT PARTICIPATION PREDICTS STUDENT SUCCESS.

PARENTS MATTER,   SHAMROCK GARDENS KINDERGARTEN GRADE DINNER,   SEPT. 22 at 6:30PM

Family participation in education was twice as predictive of students’ academic success as family socioeconomic status.  Some of the more intensive programs (of family participation) had effects that were 10 times greater than other factors.   

from WHAT RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION 

In Relation to Academic Achievement   University of Michigan

JOIN THREE4ME AT THURSDAY PTA MEETING! WHY?

5:00-6:00 p.m.  Dinner for a Dollar.  Join the PTA.  Join a Three4Me Club!  Buy a Spirit T-Shirt for you student.  6:00-7:00PM     PTA MEETS:  PARENTS MATTER!  WHY?

From the National Association of Educators.

In study after study, researchers discover how important it is for parents to be actively involved in their child’s education. Here are some of the findings of major research into parental involvement:

• When parents are involved in their children’s education at home, they do better in school. And when parents are involved in school, children go farther in school — and the schools they go to are better.
• The family makes critical contributions to student achievement from preschool through high school. A home environment that encourages learning is more important to student achievement than income, education level or cultural background.
• Reading achievement is more dependent on learning activities in the home than is math or science. Reading aloud to children is the most important activity that parents can do to increase their child’s chance of reading success. Talking to children about books and stories read to them also supports reading achievement.
• When children and parents talk regularly about school, children perform better academically.
• Three kinds of parental involvement at home are consistently associated with higher student achievement: actively organizing and monitoring a child’s time, helping with homework and discussing school matters.
• The earlier that parent involvement begins in a child’s educational process, the more powerful the effects.
• Positive results of parental involvement include improved student achievement, reduced absenteeism, improved behavior, and restored confidence among parents in their children’s schooling.

How Can Parents Get Involved?

Involvement in your child’s education can mean:

• Reading to your child
• Checking homework every night
• Discussing your children’s progress with teachers
• Voting in school board elections
• Helping your school to set challenging academic standards
• Limiting TV viewing on school nights
• Becoming an advocate for better education in your community and state.

Or, it can be as simple as asking your children, “How was school today?” But ask every day. That will send your children the clear message that their schoolwork is important to you and you expect them to learn.

Some parents and families are able to be involved in their child’s education in many ways. Others may only have time for one or two activities. Whatever your level of involvement, do it consistently and stick with it because you will make an important difference in your child’s life.

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Related articles and research on parental involvement:

Parent Involvement – Current research on parent involvement and the outcomes. (National Middle School Association, 2006)

Parent Involvement in Education – Research brief addressing such questions as Is parent involvement a valuable resource for schools struggling to provide state-of-the-art instruction with diminishing funds? Does it instill pride and interest in schooling? K. Cotton & K. R. Wikelund (Northwest Regional Education Lab, 2001).

National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs – Standards for effective parent and family involvement programs including activities addressed by six standards. (PTA, 1997)

What Research Says About Parent Involvement in Children’s Education (, 252 KB, 4pp) – Highlights the relationship between parent involvement and academic achievement and references Joyce L. Epstein’s six types of parent involvement. (Michigan Department of Education, 2002)

A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement (, 1.19 MB, 241pp) A. T. Henderson & K. L. Mapp. (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002) Report Conclusion. (, 87 KB, 5pp)

Summary of Research on Parent Engagement – Lists the benefits of parent engagement. The full report, A New Generation of Evidence: The Family is Critical to Student Achievement, covers 66 studies, reviews, reports, analyses, and books. Offers concrete reasons “why” and “how” educators should involve parents in their student’s education. (Center for Law and Education, 1996)

Next week, Three 4 Me clubs will meet at 8;45AM-9:15AM and  3:00-:3:30P.M  on Wednesday.  A three4Me Builders and Gardeners Club will meet Sunday at 3:00PM.   If you want an early riser club or a late afternoon club, we will start one.  Here, learn how to volunteer lightly all year. Zerox for your teacher.  Make Flyers for PTA events.  Be a room parent.  Help the “Climb The Rock PTA  MemberShip Drive” reach 100%. Organize your grade parents.  Help host the grades dinners.   Be a room parent.  Be a teacher Appreciator.  Help one of the Connect Teachers like Mrs. Tuner, Mrs. Hollar, Ms. Patterson.  Help  unpack and pack the book fair.  Organize.  be a leader.  join the Board.  All are Welcome.  PARENTS MATTER

PTA MEETING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 at 6:00 PM. DINNER FOR A DOLLAR ! 5:00PM to 6PM

• START CLIMBING THE ROCK.  THE PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BEGINS!
• 5:00 PM-6:00 PM  
• *Dinner for a Dollar.  Hot Dog, Chips, Drink  $1.00!  Sponsored by the North Carolina PTA Initiative with the help of the CharMeck PTA!  Thanks.  One $1.00 meal per person please.  All additional hot dogs: $2.00  All additional combos: $3.00  Thanks.
• *Join the PTA for $5.00.  Sign the Three for Me pledge, pledging to work 3 hours in the school for a teacher!  Join and Sign the Pledge and until supplies run out receive a free 2008 Shamrock Gardens Adult T-shirts–  – until supplies run out!
• *Purchase Shamrock Gardens 2008 Spirit Day T-shirts  for $10.00.  Students wear the shirts on Friday!
•  *Sign up to help!  Do you like to design on the web?  Do you like to manage data entry?   Do you like to build?   Do you like to sell and manage inventory?   Do you like to organize? Find a fun group/committee and sign up. 

• 6:00 -7:00 PTA Meeting    Become an Involved Parent.