PARENT INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Consolidated Application
Faculty, staff, community leaders and parents may review the attached draft of the Consolidated Application and submit questions via email porter.cassandra@marion.k12.ga.us, call 229-649-2234, or write to Cassandra Porter, Marion County Schools, 1697 Pineville Road, Buena Vista, Ga 31803. Consolidated Application.
Please click on the links below for information:
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act
Parent Engagement Program – Georgia Department of Education
Marion County BOE Strategic Plan 2021-2025
Quality Assurance Review Report
OTHER RESOURCES:
Information for Parents
Student Growth Model
student growth data for districts and schools
Information for Parents: General Parent Information
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/School-Improvement/Federal-Programs/Pages/Parent-Engagement-Program-For-Parents-Links.aspx
This links provides parents with some information about CC and the ELA & math big standards for each grade level. There is also a Spanish version.
http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244
National PTA® partnered with experts on the Common Core State Standards to create grade by grade guides that reflect the standards adopted by more than 40 states. Individual guides were created for grades K-8 and two were created for grades 9-12 (one for English language arts/literacy and one for mathematics). Eleven guides were created in all.
http://www.pta.org/5307.htm
College and Career Ready - Career Pathways
College and Career Ready PowerPoint (PPT Download)
Parents & Guardians,
For your convenience the following list of resources provides you with information about what students are expected to know and do as well as helpful sites that allow you to better support your child’s learning.
For information from the Georgia Department of Education written specifically for parents related to Georgia Performance Standards, testing, laws and rules, and much more clickhttps://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/Parents.aspx
A bilingual site for parents who speak Spanish:
Esta sección bilingüe ha sido diseñada pensando en ustedes, con el fin de brindarles información útil para ayudar a sus hijos a convertirse en buenos lectores y en estudiantes de éxito.http://www.colorincolorado.org/familias
Helpful Sites:
BrainPOP
www.brainpop.com
BrainPOPjr
www.brainpopjr.com/
Reading Sites:
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/everything.html
The Literature Network (download the classics)
http://www.online-literature.com/author_index.php
Reading Nonfiction—Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/0,28125,,00.html
The Best Online Classic Children's Books
http://www.mainlesson.com/displaybooksbytitle.php
Math Sites:
For math games and homework help (for you or your child) visit Cool Math. This site has activities for beginning mathematicians all the way to high school calculus! Click http://www.coolmath.com/
For math and reading activities for K-8 visit Fun Brain at http://www.funbrain.com/
Special Education:
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities. http://idea.ed.gov/
Georgia Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.gacec.org/
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
