Provincial projects promote greater parent involvement

Nipissing MPP Monique Smith
News Release

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Ontario is helping parents play a more active role in their children’s education. For the third consecutive school year, the province is supporting projects in Nipissing to help make it easier for parents to get more involved in their children’s education.

“Parents are an essential partner in helping children succeed in school. These grants are one way parents in Nipissing will be able to get involved in their children’s education,” said Monique Smith, MPP for Nipissing.

Locally 23 grants totalling $20,133.00 are supporting activities at local schools. Details of local funding can be found on the following page.

Parent Reaching Out (PRO) grants support projects that help students succeed, through:

- Workshops that show parents how they can be more involved in both their children’s education and school

- Outreach run by the local school to increase awareness of the importance of parent engagement

- Translation of materials into the languages of local community to make information more accessible to parents

“A more involved parent means a more successful student,” said Education Minister Kathleen Wynne. ”We’ve received an increased number of new applicants this year, which demonstrates how serious parents are about getting involved in their children’s education.”

QUICK FACTS

- The government is supporting more than 1,300 projects across the province with grants totalling nearly $2 million for 2008-2009.

- The ministry is also helping parents get involved via 123 Parenting and Family Literacy centres in high-needs neighbourhoods across the province and the parenting section of the ministry’s abc123 website, which gives parents helpful tips in 14 different languages.

École publique Heritage
Parrainage pour les parents exogames/francophiles
$1000

École secondaire publique l’Odyssée
S’informer s’amusant en famille
$1000

École séparée Saint-Vincent
Construction identitaire de la famille
$800

École séparée Saint-Thomas D’Aquin
Parents branchés!
$1000

École séparée Cité des Jeunes
RCR en tout temps et sécurité Internet
$1000

École séparée Saint-Paul
Caroussel d’activités en littératie et numératie
$900

École séparée Lorrain
Une alimentation saine au profit de l’apprentisage
$1000

École séparée Sainte-Anne
Comment aider à nos enfants à réussir à l’école
$900

Vincent Massey Public School
Parent Partners for a Positive School Culture
$1000

Widdifield Secondary School
Helping Your Child Succeed in High School
$948

West Ferris Secondary School
Parent Information Card
$850

Tweedsmuir Public School
Books and Blankets Family Literacy Night
$475

Sunset Park Public School
Demystifying Assistive Technology to the Parent of the High Needs Student
$900

South Shore Education Centre
Home-School Curriculum Connections
$450

Pinewood Public School
Family Math Night
$1000

MT Davidson Public School
Parent Kit and Numeracy night
$1000

Ferris Glen Public School
Creating a Safe School – it’s Everybody’s Business
$1000

St. Gregory Separate School
Project Parent Involvement – Bridging the Gap
$750

Our Lady of Fatima Separate School
Family Fun Night
$800

Sacred Heart Separate School
Literacy Nights: Fun for Everyone
$500

St. Francis Separate School
Summer Literacy Bags
$860

St. Joseph Separate School
P.A.T. Project (Parents Assisting Teachers)
$1000

St. Alexander Separate School
Parents as Partners: Addressing Math and the Parent Resource Program
$1000

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