The Plan The Promise 2025-26

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other Title I information are available on our school’s website at https://DuluthHS.gcpsk12.org/ under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan Plan in our Family Engagement Center. This plan can be reviewed electronically anytime on MyPaymentsPlus and your child’s Google site page. 

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring.. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review. Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period.

Duluth High School communicates with families in a variety of ways. We regularly update our school website and send weekly newsletters home via email. We also highlight upcoming events on our social media pages, parent square, and electronic message boards. When possible, this information is translated into multiple languages.

If you would like to schedule a meeting with your child’s teacher(s), please contact him or her directly. If a large group meeting is required, you may contact either your child’s counselor (contact information located on the DHS website and your student’s Google site page) or Milagros Lockhart, the Parent Liaison. Mrs. Lockhart can be reached via email at Milagros.Lockhart@gcpsk12.org or via phone at 770-814-5562

The Blueprint for the Future is the strategic plan for Gwinnett County Public Schools. This plan is organized into four strategic priorities, each with three specific goals. To ensure success, these goals have clear objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and measure progress. Each year schools review their data to identify areas for growth and set long-term goals to improve them. This information is used to create a Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) aligned to the district's priorities. School staff, families, and community members participate in providing input for the LSPI. Families can easily access the latest strategic plan on the Gwinnett County Public Schools' website

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

·       Staff and Student Well-Being: Duluth High School believes that facilitating a positive school culture creates an environment in which students and teachers feel comfortable achieving their full potential both academically and professionally.

·       Multi-tiered System of Supports: Duluth High School recognizes the need to provide differentiated interventions and support to meet the diverse needs of each student.

·       Opportunity and Access: Duluth High School prioritizes expanding student opportunity and access to high-quality, rigorous, and relevant coursework to best position our students for success in college and careers.

Results Based Evaluation System: Duluth High School leverages data-driven decision-making to facilitate conversations with all stakeholders to advance teaching and learning.

·       Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness: Duluth High School understands the importance of preparing each and every student for post-secondary success in college and/or career through opportunities to reach their future goals.

Family Engagement/Building Parent Capacity – We will build our parents’ capacity to support their children’s academic achievement by implementing the activities identified in The Plan/The Promise.  

This plan describes how our school will provide opportunities to improve family engagement and support student learning at school and home. All students and their families are invited and encouraged to participate fully in the opportunities described in this plan. The school will provide information and as many opportunities as possible for the participation of all family members.

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

· Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan

· Specific skills students will learn during the year

· Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning

· Ways to extend learning at home

· Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress

· Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom

· Jointly developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting

· Reviewed and revised throughout the year during Parent Workshops and other school-wide events.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

v  Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.

v  Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, Google site, and on our school website.

v  Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.

v  Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.

v  Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.

v  Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand.  Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.

v  Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

Duluth High School will…

 

• Plan and implement engaging instruction with a literacy focus across content areas.

• Provide parent workshops and school-wide events to communicate literacy across content for instructional practices in reading, writing, and math.

• Provide space, resources, and communication that equip parents to support their student's academic progress at home (parent portal, family center, interventions, etc.)

 Cindy Kinchen           5/2/25

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Principal’s Signature                  Date

As Students, we will…

 

• Actively engage in daily learning activities in all classes.

• Be informed about our own progress, strengths, weaknesses, and academic opportunities through Google site, conversations with teachers, Advisement, DHS Website, social media, etc.

• Practice academic skills with parents at home.
• PBIS: We will engage and participate in our PBIS goals: We are present, We are invested, We are kind.

As Families, we will…

 

• Attend Parent Workshops.

• Use reading, writing, and math strategies learned in the workshops to practice skills with students at home.

• Monitor student progress using the parent portal and other tools made available by the school.