Are you looking to build family and school pride? Let me introduce you to Ms. Evelyn Sample- Oates, Director of the Office of Family and Community Engagement. Ms. Oates and Ms. Karen James has put together a series of conversations addressing real concerns of the families that they service. After the “Write Your Block” orientation and my Nutrition Biology final exam i was able to catch the ending of “Overcoming Challenges”. Man i wish i could have been there for the entire conversation, for i learned so much just in the closing of the meeting. Parents and community members were able to write their questions on index cards and Ms. Evelyn Oates posed the questions to the panelist. Great questions like, child clearance, and parent access were asked of the panel. Ms. Ludy Soderman mentioned that some cultures have a different way of relating to teachers and positions of authority, their cultures may see asking a teacher anything as disrespectful. I was so happy to hear her comment, because she bought understanding to our diversity and how we need to know the cultural backgrounds of each other to better relate to each other. If you know of a family with a language barrier please direct them here http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/t/translation .
If you are interested in building a bond with your school, i would suggest you attend the series of conversations with Ms. Evelyn Sample-Oates, Director of the Office of Family and Community Engagement.
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Ms. Karen James has monthly meeting with block captains you can call 215.400.6347 for more information and the next meeting.
Below is a calendar of events for October “Family Appreciation Month” and below the calendar is an application for parents to attend parent conferences. Last please get to know your parent coordinator, consider joining your School Advisory Council http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/s/school-advisory-council and Home and School http://www.philahsc.org/ .
Office of Family and Community Engagement has eight parent coordinators - one per Learning network. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/p/publicengagement/coordinators
Parent Coordinators:
- Assist schools in expanding parent engagement opportunities and building stronger school-family partnerships
- Support parents in resolving their concerns
- Act as a liaison between central office/school staff and families
- Disseminate information about services and resources
- Organize and facilitate parent workshops and information fairs
- Help schools in forming a School Advisory Council
- Provide other services and resources to meet the diverse needs of all families
PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT!
Learning Network 1
(Debora Carrera, Assistant Superintendent)
Parent Coordinator:
Maria Quinones
E-mail: mquinones2@philasd.org
Cell #: 267-738-7081
| Learning Network 2
(Sean Conley, Assistant Superintendent)
Parent Coordinator:
LuQman Abdullah
E-mail: labdullah@philasd.org
Cell #: 267-738-7034
Office #: 215-400-5340
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PFRC, Learning Network 3
(Sonya Harrison, Assistant Superintendent)
Parent Coordinator:
Justina Bigelow
E-mail: jcbigelow@philasd.org
Cell #: 267-738-7026
Office #: 215-400-6382
| PFRC, Learning Network 4
John Tupponce, Assistant Superintendent
Parent Coordinator:
Dorian Harris
E-mail: dharris4@philasd.org
Cell #: 215-400-1462
Office #: 215-400-6631
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PFRC, Learning Network 5
(Cheryl Logan, Assistant Superintendent)
Parent Coordinator:
Linda Maldonado
E-mail: lmaldonado@philasd.org
Cell #: 267-738-7059
| PFRC, Learning Network 6
Karen Kolsky, Assistant Superintendent
Parent Coordinator:
John Holland
E-mail: jholland@philasd.org
Cell #267-738-7058
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PFRC, Learning Network 7
(Assistant Superintendent TBD)
Parent Coordinator:
Melanie Oeun-Greenhalgh
E-mail: noeun@philasd.org
Cell #267-738-7065
| PFRC, Learning Network 8
(Dion Betts, Assistant Superintendent)
Parent Coordinator:
Sherry Williams
E-mail: swilliams3@philasd.org
Cell #: 267-738-7084
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