Parental Involvement
God, through His Word, the Bible, indicates that the family is the most important human institution. We at Rhea County Academy intend to support and encourage the family unit. Therefore, we are continually seeking ways to involve the parents, siblings, and grandparents in the education of our students.
Below are just a few of the more common ways we do this. Please feel free to ask if you would like to try additional ideas.
- Fulfill your commitment to be involved in your child's education by actively assisting them in their home assignments.
- Encourage and/or participate in your child's reading program.
- Visit the school at any time. (Please provide the teacher with advance notice.)
- Visit the classroom. (Arrangements should be made with the teacher ahead of time.)
- Act as a chaperone on field trips.
- Serve as a story reader, guest artist, offer your special talents.
- Share your experiences, trips, vacations, as they may relate to an area of study in a class.
- Help host class parties at home or in the classroom.
- Act as the coordinator/helper for special events.
- Attend all Parent-Teacher Meetings. Informal conferences may be held anytime at the parent's request.
- Closely monitor and praise your child's progress by reading all teacher notes and student papers sent home.
Classroom Visits
We welcome visitors to our classrooms. However, we do want to minimize disruptions to the classroom instruction. Therefore, we ask the parents who wish to visit classes do so within the following guidelines:
- Keep the length of the visit reasonable. Most visitors find that 30 minutes is sufficient to give them an understanding of a given classroom situation.
- Do not enter into discussion with the teacher during your visit. The teacher has a tight schedule of activities and is responsible for the learning activities of all students in the class.
- In the case of a student under threat of suspension, a parent may request or be requested to attend school all day with the student. Such a procedure would waive the suspension and keep the student from losing academic credit for work done during a period of suspension.
