Families

The staff at Hull-Jackson Elementary School realizes the importance of working together with our families to provide students with the highest quality educational opportunities possible. As a Title I school, we will develop a solid home-school-community partnership that will enhance the learning environment of all students through our school-wide model of using federal funds. We strive to align our policy with the District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy. 

Policy Purpose

Our Parent and Family Engagement Policy outlines how parent input is utilized in developing our school program. It also describes how the school provides parents with the information and training necessary to support the educational process. The policy was developed jointly with parents and staff in response to feedback from the instructional Leadership Team, which includes a parent(s). 

Parent-Student-Teacher Compact

To enhance the cooperative effort of parents, teachers, and students and ensure every student’s success at Hull-Jackson, the stakeholders have jointly created a Parent/Student/Teacher Compact outlining the commitments of all members. After parent input, the compact is revised, distributed to parents, and kept on file yearly in the office and on the school’s website. 

Title 1 Funds

Funds are spent to hire wrap-around services, purchase instructional programs and materials, provide teacher training, and pay expenses necessary to implement parent involvement activities. A Title I meeting is held annually to discuss the above and additional aspects of Title I. A calendar or flyers of parent meetings, events, and activities are distributed to all families.

Parent Meeting and Training

Hull-Jackson Elementary offers many opportunities for our parents to receive additional information. These events include an Open House, Curriculum Night, Parent-Teacher Conferences and Teacher meet and greets. For the 2025–2026 school year, Hull-Jackson plans to implement more parent training sessions to help parents understand the district’s curricula and state standards. These sessions will also help parents better prepare students to transition into school and to new grade levels. In these sessions, parents will be provided with materials, ideas, and suggestions for working with their children at home. We welcome parent input and, if actionable, will implement training or assistance suggestions.

Parent and Family Participation

We value the opinions and ideas of all parents. Therefore, we strive to keep all parents informed and involved through newsletters, callouts, meetings at various times, social media, and surveys. Our policy is developed jointly by an Instructional Leadership Team complied of teachers, parents, and community representatives. We will strive to respond to suggestions in a timely manner. 

We will conduct an annual meeting each year to inform all parents about our participation in the Title1 program and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), including staff qualifications, school choice, safe schools, Supplemental Services, and input for improvement. 

For the 2025–2026 school year, we will offer many volunteer opportunities for various school activities. Our PTO and Pencil partners are very active in our school. If you want to volunteer at Hull-Jackson Elementary School, please sign up at the link below.

Volunteer at Hull-Jackson

We believe communication between home and school is critical for ensuring each child’s success at Hull-Jackson Elementary School. 

Our school provides a yearly Open House and Meet and Greet, regular PTO meetings, as well as conferences where teachers explain the School Compact and state standards, provide a description and explanation of our curriculum, clarify teacher expectations, discuss forms of academic assessments used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet. 

Each year, all parents receive frequent student progress reports, including skill proficiency, attendance, behavior, and effort. 

Our school’s expectations are for teachers to communicate with parents via report cards, newsletters, written notes, phone calls, and e-mails. We offer parent conferences and meetings daily, before, after, and during teacher planning times to accommodate parent schedules. 

Written communication will be provided in an understandable format and language using various techniques. Our school’s website, newsletters, and callouts are available to inform parents about classroom activities, arrival and dismissal times, procedures, and breakfast/lunch schedules. We also utilize our school marquee to inform parents of school-wide activities and programs and important dates. 

Parents’ opinions are valued and encouraged through Hull – Jackson Elementary’s email regarding policies, progress, or any suggestions to help improve their child’s education and the learning process. 

Hull-Jackson Elementary’s Parent Compact is a written commitment teachers and parents design together. It outlines how the entire school community—teachers, families, and students—will share the responsibility for improved academic achievement. 

Hull-Jackson and the parents of the students participating in activities, services, and programs funded by Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), agree that this compact outlines how the parents, the entire school staff and students will share the responsibility for improved students’ academic achievement.

The school and parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the state’s high standards. The School-Parent Compact is effective during the 2025-2026 school year.

Hull-Jackson’s Compact

• Is linked to the goals of the HJM School’s Improvement Plan
• Describes how teachers will provide high-quality instruction through the district and Montessori curricula to meet/exceed state standards
• Explains how teachers and parents will communicate about student progress
• Describes opportunities for parents/families to volunteer, observe, and participate in the classroom

Communication Plan

Hull-Jackson communication expectations include:

• Phone calls, notes, callouts
• Emails, text reminders
• Newsletters
• The school’s website and social media
• Progress Reports and Report Cards
• Parent Teacher Conferences
• Parent meetings and training on instructional strategies
• School events

Parent Volunteering & Engagement Activities

Hull-Jackson works jointly with parents/families to provide opportunities for them to volunteer for school events, observe classroom activities, and communicate with teachers. Other methods of Parent and Family Engagement:

• Classroom volunteers
• PTO membership and events
• Read Me Week (Parents are invited to read to classes)
• Parent training
• Curriculum Night
• Book Fair
• Field Day
• Field trip chaperone

Teacher/School Responsibilities

• Provide parents with frequent reports of their children’s progress. Specifically, the school will provide reports as follows:
  • Teachers will provide the district-mandated mid-nine-week progress report and a nine-week report card. Children’s progress can also be monitored through the MNPS Family Portal.
• Provide parents with reasonable access to staff. Specifically, staff will be available for consultation with parents as follows:
  • Teachers/staff will be accessible to parents before/after school and during the teachers’ planning time. Times must be scheduled between both parties before the meeting.
• Provide parents with opportunities to volunteer, participate in their child's class, and observe classroom activities.
  • With permission from the principal, parents can volunteer in the school setting. Sign up to volunteer.
• Hold an annual meeting to discuss Title I requirements and funds.
  • The annual meeting will explain the school’s Title I program and funding and inform parents about their rights to be involved in their child’s education.

​​​​​School Responsibilities

Hull-Jackson Elementary School will:

• Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the state's student academic achievement standards.
• Teachers/staff will provide instruction through the district-mandated curricula in combination with the Montessori curriculum to meet/exceed the state standards. Letters, newsletters, and callouts will inform parents of optional/selective programs offered through the school.
• Hold school-wide parent-teacher conferences (at least annually in elementary schools), during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child's achievement.
  • Specifically, conferences will be held school-wide in November. In addition, conferences will be held for individual students on an as-needed basis.

Parent Responsibilities

We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:

• Make sure my child arrives at school on time.
• Make sure that homework is completed.
• Update emergency information, addresses, and phone numbers immediately as changes occur.
• Participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to my children’s education.
• Review all notices from the school and respond as appropriate.
• Attend at least two parent involvement activity .(i.e., PTO meeting, Title I Annual Meeting, Family Picnic, Curriculum Night).
• Provide volunteer time to the school during the school year.

Student Responsibilities

We, as students, will share the responsibility to improve our academic achievement and achieve the state’s high standards. Specifically, we will:

• Attend school regularly and arrive to class on time.
• Show respect towards all school members and school property.
• Complete all daily homework and return it to school on time.
• Read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes.
• Model the School Code of Conduct.
• Be responsible for giving my family members all information sent home from school.