Family Engagement Plan
2025-2026 Family Engagement Plan
The Family Engagement Plan (FEP) is organized into four impact areas. We will be working together this year to build positive and goal-oriented relationships in each area. Families and staff at the school developed this plan together.
Welcoming Environment
Our school has staff member(s) available for families to discuss this plan and ask questions.
- Family Liaison: Jeremy Moua
Our school communicates with families in many ways.
- Classroom newsletters
- All school news on our website
- Schoology news on student iPads
- Fliers and notices are sent home for events and important district news sent on Blackboard Connect
- Our customer service expectation: When families call, email, or send a note, we do our best to respond within 24 hours.
- Office staff and Family Center staff know the staff and departments to direct inquiries efficiently.
The achievement gap, or rather the “opportunity gap,” between students of color and white students in Saint Paul Public Schools is unacceptable. Our school is working to change practices and systems by identifying the barriers that make it harder for students of color to succeed and for their families to support their learning.
- Focus on the SPPS Curriculum
- Allow PD at parent meetings around Content subjects.
- Support families with academic needs.
- Support students around Social Emotional Learning.
- Translate documents for language barriers.
Transitions between schools can be challenging, and we work to help families as their children start and leave our school.
For new students and families, we support the transition by:
- Students and parents meet their teacher, and parents share information with the School Counselor.
- Family Liaison meets families to support family needs.
- School tours and orientation for new families with the Home-School Liaison.
For students and families moving to the next school in their pathway, we support the transition by:
- Staff form Pathway School visit our students to ease their transition.
- Send all records requests to the new school.
- Students visit Pathway School for tours.
Family Partnerships
Our school-parent compact establishes the shared responsibility for student success between the school, families, and students. Families and teachers work together to develop the compact.
Copies of the compact are available:
- Office
- Website
- Family Center
- Title I Meeting
- Family Events
The compact will be updated:
- At the beginning of each school year
There are many opportunities for families to build connections to the school and to each other.
- Open House August 27, 2025, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- TCUC Kick Off- Title 1 Annual Meeting - Date: TBD
- Hmong New Year - Date: TBD.
- Parent Involvement Day (NAAPID) - February 9, 2026
- Hmong American Day - Date: TBD
- Field Day (End of School Year) - Date: TBD.
- Home visits
- Family Center
We work to make these meetings and events available for every family in the school.
- We have Bilingual EAs for our Hmong families. We offer other languages as needed.
- We have quarterly parent meetings/ events. Child care, food, and transportation are available for families requesting the service.
- Bilingual and culturally relevant family events.
Our school supports families as advocates and provides opportunities for parent leadership
- Parents can be directed to their child’s teacher or administration.
- Parents can ask the Family Liaison to provide community information to outside services.
- Parents have the opportunity to attend the workshops SPPS offers at the HPAC/PAC meetings.
- Families will be invited to review the draft of the Family Engagement plan, come to the Title I meeting, and attend meetings focusing on academics and family partnerships.
- Families are encouraged to participate in the parent meetings.
Teaching and Learning
Our school shares information about state standards, assessments, and student achievement with families in multiple ways:
- Report cards and progress reports will be distributed at Fall and Spring conferences, and end-of-the-year progress reports will be sent through Schoology.
- Parent-teacher conferences are held in Fall, Winter, and Spring.
- Periodic communication was sent home with homework and daily assignments through Schoology.
- Communicating with parents at conferences and conferencing with them as needed throughout the year.
- Teachers will communicate with parents when their child is below grade level in reading, writing, math, and other subject areas.
- We provide suggestions of activities families can do at home to increase their child’s reading, writing, and math skills at the following events:
- Conferences
- Curriculum Night
- Reading and math standards will be shared with families
Our school will engage in personalized learning as a key strategy to accelerate student achievement. Parents can get more information using many tools.
- Parent Orientation
- PBIS - Personalized Learning expectations
Many before and after-school enrichment and support opportunities are available for students
- Extended Day Learning and Flip Side are opportunities available for students after school.
Community Partnerships
Our school develops community partnerships to provide additional support for students and their families
- Hlub Zoo Wilder Foundation
- School Social Workers and Counselors are available to provide community partnerships
- Parent Liaison has resources for community support
This plan is available as part of our school’s SCIP, or School Comprehensive Improvement Plan at spps.org/scip, is on our school website at https://school.spps.org/about/title-i, and printed copies are available in the office.