• Parents play a key role in ensuring that their child or adolescent achieves school success. When parents, students, and staff work together, the student will obtain his/her academic goals.

    Some of the actions that parents can take to promote school success are:

    • communicate with school staff to be aware of homework assignments
    • review your child’s homework
    • encourage your child to be friends with positive role models
    • try to do something enjoyable with your child at least once a week
    • set clear expectations for students about homework
    • get acquainted with your child’s teachers
    • monitor where your child goes for information
    • communicate with school staff when there is a concern with the school
    • attend school functions such as conferences, programs, and athletic events
    • encourage students to participate in school-related after-school activities
    • consistently enforce household rules
    • set aside a time when the whole family reads
    • encourage students to talk about school, social activities, and their interests
    • teach standards of right and wrong and demonstrate these standards
    • provide a quiet place where your child can study
    • support school discipline policies
    • talk to your child about tobacco, drugs, alcohol, gangs, and violence
    • monitor your child’s choices of TV programs, video games and music