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