A program at Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Bilingue School that holds class once a week for the parents of children that attend the school is a great way to get parents involved in their children’s curriculum.
Parents of these students should be commended for asking administration to involve them more in their children’s education.
Although these parents show they value additional education by sending their children to this unique school, they go the extra mile by making an effort to be involved in their children’s studies.
By experiencing the classroom environment that their children are a part of every day, it is easier for these parents to be more involved in their children’s education.
This will help the students learn in and out of the classroom, as their parents have been given an understanding of their studies that they can bring back to the home.
The program also shows how seriously the school is taking its bilingual education initiative.
Administration responded positively to parents asking for a program that would help them experience learning in a bilingual school environment.
FPG has been a leader in educational innovation since it became bilingual.
Based on the success FPG has seen in getting more parents involved, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools administrators should look for ways to bring families into the classroom at its other schools.
