Crescent PFE News- November 2025

Researchers have found that students who benefit from strong parental involvement have:

• Higher overall achievement.
• A higher completion level of homework.
• A higher level of self-esteem.
• Better social behavior and lower probability that they will get in trouble outside of school.
• Less probability of dropping out of high school.

As we celebrate November as Family Engagement Month, it’s important to take a moment to thank all of our parents and guardians for your dedication to your scholar’s education and academic success. YOU are appreciated. WHEN FAMILIES ARE ENGAGED IN LEARNING, CHILDREN DO BETTER AND SCHOOLS GET BETTER.

The Griffin-Spalding County School System aspires towards positive student attendance outcomes, every day. Students learn most effectively and most abundantly when they regularly attend school to experience impactful instruction from their teachers, and participate in the learning experiences. The Strive for 95 Campaign includes action steps that are comprehensive, and include efforts to increase communication, awareness, stakeholder inputs, goalsetting and progress monitoring, reinforcements, interventions, and leverage external partnerships.

· Advances equity by upholding critical protections for America's disadvantage and high-need students.

· Requires that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and careers.

· Ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students' progress toward those high standards.

· Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.

In compliance with the requirements of Every Student Succeeds Act, the Griffin-Spalding County School System would like to inform you that you may request information about the professional qualifications of your student’s teacher(s) and/or paraprofessional(s).

The following information may be requested:

Whether your child's teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction

Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived

Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher.

Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

Your child's teacher should have already reached out to you to schedule a conference. Crescent will hold conferences on the following days:

Monday, November 3rd ~ Kindergarten and First Grade

Wednesday, November 5th ~ Second Grade and Third Grade

Friday, November 7th ~ Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade

Picture Day Make Ups ~ Thursday, November 13th

Santa Pictures ~ Thursday, November 20th

Walk For Crescent ~ Friday, November 21st

Leader of the Month Assembly ~ Friday, November 21st

Crescent's Parent Resource Center is located in the hallway leading to the Media Center. We have handouts and information that cover a variety of topics. We have materials that can be checked out from the resource center for families to use at home. We have also added a computer and printer that are available for families to use in the resource center.

-Crescent Parent Resource Webpage

-GSCS Title I, Part A Parent & Family Engagement Handbook

Jessica Lalumiere

Crescent Parent Liaison

770-229-3719

jessica.lalumiere@gscs.org