Family Involvement
Parents and Staff as Partners
Families are welcome to visit and participate in classroom programs whenever they would like. In addition to drop‐off and pick‐up conversations, we have several ways that we keep in touch with families. These include daily notes home (for the younger classrooms), classroom newsletters, home‐school notebooks for some children, family conferences in the fall and spring, an Open House in September and our End‐of‐the‐Year Picnic in June, Family Fun Days, and individual classroom pot‐luck breakfasts, lunches and dinners.
WECP also has a PTO that holds monthly meetings, sponsors some of the events listed above, as well as others in support of our staff. These include a Staff Appreciation Lunch, a Worthy Wage Campaign to help fund continuing education for staff, and fund raising events for special programs (e.g., Music & Movement, classroom petty cash fund) or for special purchases (e.g., musical instruments, boomboxes). In addition, the PTO facilitates discussions/presentations about topics of interest to WECP families, for example, transitioning to kindergarten, dealing with challenging behavior, or how we include children with special needs.