They say that it takes a village to raise a child. It’s true, and together hopefully we can help your child become the best they can be. Here’s some ways to support and be involved in your child’s education:

At Home

• Read to your child every night
• Help them as needed with homework, but don’t do it for them!
• Pack them healthy snacks for school
• Teach them life skills, like tying their shoes, cleaning up their own messes, and zipping up their jackets. Each homework will have a few life skills to work on. Some may be incredibly obvious or rudimentary, while others may take months to master. These skills are designed to help your child one day become an independent, happy adult.

At School

• Join PTO (Parent Teacher Organization)
• Volunteer in the classroom
• Volunteer for field trips
• Volunteer for special events, like Jog-a-thon
• Show appreciation for those often overlooked: our amazing office manager, custodians, and specialist teachers like Music and Fine Arts, just to name a few.

A Severe Lack of Funding

You may notice that my classroom’s good looking: that’s due to a lot of help, inventiveness, and donations, not from the district.

Like most districts, CUSD provides teachers with almost zero supplies outside of textbooks, some paper, and the occasional box of tissues. No pencils, no glue, nothing. Parkview’s PTO provides what they can via fundraising, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. Everyone knows teachers aren’t rolling in the dough either. Please help stock our classroom with what you can afford.

I plan to have an Amazon Wish List up soon, but supplies we are always in need of:

• Ticonderoga #2 golf pencils 
• Markers (preferably Crayola)
• Band-aids
• Headphones with cords
• Picture books, used or new (What’s your child’s favorite? Or yours? Introduce it to the class!)
• Cardstock 8.5×11