Helping Your Child Succeed Academically

Families are the first and most important teachers for any child. Strong family engagement is central in helping children get off to a great start academically, beginning in kindergarten and continuing all the way to high school graduation. Knowing how to academically support your child at home is a key ingredient for their educational success. Resources are available to help parents and families in providing that support to their child’s learning and gain a better understanding of the school and its overall performance.​

Chronic absenteeism not only affects students’ ability to have academic success, it can also have an impact on student health and overall well-being, leading to issues later in life. You can find many resources around the “You Belong: Attendance Matters” including a You Belong! Attendance Matters Video, strategies for families, community members and educators. Whe​n is Sick Too Sick for School?  provides guidance to parents and families on making attendance decisions. Helping with Anxiety​ offers guidance for dealing with student anxiety affecting school attendance. Chronic Absenteeism At a Glance defines chronic absenteeism and contains many answers to frequently asked questions around student absences. You and Your Child Matter is a one-page flyer parents and families can use to track their child’s attendance with a color-coding system of green, yellow and red.​

The Family Guides: Resources are available for families and educators of children birth to age five. Topics include the growth and development of infants, toddlers and preschoolers, along with understanding and working with children with disabilities; social/emotional growth; parenting skills; school readiness; multiculturalism and diversity; and brain development. The Family Guides are a companion to the Kentucky Early Childhood Standards, which serve as a framework to assist early care, intervention, education professionals, administrators and others in understanding what children can know and do from birth through four years of age. The Family Guides align directly to the standards and the best practices of Kentucky Educational Television’s (KET) Let’s Learn Kentucky.

The Family Guide to Student Assessment provides families with an explanation of the different types of assessments and how each can support student learning to meet academic goals. The resource includes questions that parents can ask their student and their student’s teachers on how to support learning at home. Questions that parents can ask their student and their student’s teachers to support learning at home are included within the resources, as well.

Infinite Campus: Parents and students can access Infinite Campus via the Campus Parent & Student Portal to stay up to date on grades, assignments, attendance, schedules, announcements and more. The Campus Portal is accessible from a computer or mobile device.

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