Family Engagement

Harmony’s Home Visit Program is one way our staff supports students and families through the educational process. Harmony teachers visit more than 7,000 homes each year to answer any questions families might have, often helping parents work through confusion about the college application process or provide student resources.

We want to ensure our students know that they have the support of both their school and their family in their academic pursuits. Educators from all grades have made the commitment to build communication between themselves and families by visiting the homes of their students.

We encourage you to contact your campus to request your home visit today!

Parents play a significant role in supporting their children’s health and learning, guiding their children successfully through school processes, and advocating for their children and for the effectiveness of schools. Parent engagement in schools is defined as parents and school staff working together to support and improve the learning, development, and health of children and adolescents. To increase parent engagement in school health, schools must make a positive connection with parents. Schools should also provide a variety of activities and frequent opportunities to fully engage parents such as:

1. Opening day activity: Barbecue, etc.
2. “Parenting Can Be Fun” Workshop/Conferences.
3. Family adventures within one hour’s drive.
4. Helping your child choose alternatives to alcohol or drugs.
5. Math festival
6. Health night/physical fitness.
7. Family science fair
8. Summer make-and-take (reinforcement activities for summer).
9. MEAP night.
10. Coffee with the principal.
11. Pumpkin decorating/pumpkin facts and scary stories
12. Family board game series.
13. Positive discipline
14. Classroom/class newsletters/hotlines
15. Monthly learning nights with a potluck
16. Career days
17. Programs for multicultural awareness and appreciation
18. Volunteers can help struggling students read tests, listen to their reading, and chaperon field trips
19. Frequent traveler passports with students’ pictures on them-each time a parent attends an event, the child gets a stamp in his/her passport. After four stamps, his/her name goes into a drawing.
20. Create something special for non-English speaking families
21. Build a family timeline night (History)

Good education begins at home and our Parent Academy is designed to help families provide the support needed for their students’ success. Through a series of workshops during and after school parents will learn specific student support skills such as student advocacy, financial empowerment, digital literacy and post-secondary access.