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Small Wonder – Parent Work

Parents are busy supporting the learning of their children through many connections to their schools.  At the recent Cornerstone Winter Meeting, parents shared some of their successes. 

Some are listed below and with a few you will notice a link to a full-blown article that detailed their efforts.  At Cornerstone, we always want to spread those winning ideas! 

Success Sharing

• We Love Reading Campaign – Stillmeadow School
• Family Fun and Learning Nights – Springdale School (See “Small Wonders” in Cornerstone Newsletter Vol. 7-2 and 6-6.)
• Adult/Child Book Club – Springdale School
• Grandparent’s Day/Writers Workshop – Key School (See "Literacy at Home" in Cornerstone Newsletter Vol. 7-2)
• Parent newsletter and calendar – Key School
• Cornerstone Workshops/Lunch Bunch (planned, not yet carried out) – Hart
• Parent luncheon – St. Mary’s Magnet
• Awards Night (including parent workshop and dinner) – Rigdon Road School
• PTA/Cornerstone combined – Downtown Magnet
• “Cornerstone Connections” newsletter (revamped PTO newsletter) written by parents – Springdale School
• Back to School Night with Cornerstone presentation and materials (refrigerator magnet) – Springdale School
• Read-A-Thon (alternate PTO speaker with Family Fun Night) – Stark School (See “Family Fun Night” in Newsletter Vol. 7-3 and Read-A-Thon in “Small Wonders” in Newsletter Vol. 6-6.)
• Reading Nook – Hart School
• Two Hour Pledge – Stark and Springdale Schools
• FBI (Fathers Being Involved) – Rigdon Road School (See “Spotlight on Home and School” in Newsletter Vol. 6-2.)
• 100 Book Challenge – Rigdon Road School

Ideas shared for following up the Science At Home session:

• PTA meetings, share experiments you can do at home
• Family Science Night in conjunction with Science Fair
• Talk about Science is Fun – and that you already do it in the Kitchen, Bathroom, Backyard -- with parents who think science is hard because they didn’t do well in school.
• Write a “Did You Know that Science Is….?” Article in the “Cornerstone Connections” parent newsletter. (Please send this article to be reprinted in the Cornerstone Newsletter!!)