Statewide Parent Visitation Month

October is Statewide Parent Visitation Month in Alabama and the Mobile County Public School System is inviting parents and others to Families and Schools-Perfect Partners! by attending Statewide Parenting Day on Monday, October 19, 2009.

With research that shows students achieve more when parents are involved in their education, the Mobile County Public School System  will participate in the Alabama Department of Education's Statewide Parent Visitation Month on October 19, 2009. While the event is referred to as "Parent" Month, anyone responsible for raising school-aged children is welcome to attend. The theme for the event is Families and Schools-Perfect Partners.

It's an opportunity to build partnerships with parents and new ways to work together throughout the school year. It underscores the fact that it takes more than our schools to educate our students-it takes parents, families, and communities. There is no better way to involve the community than to invite them into our schools. The Mobile County Public School System will begin the "Perfect Partnership" with our families as we plan activities for "Data Driven Parents", by sharing school and student data to celebrate the success of our schools!

The Mobile County Public School System has planned special events as a way of informing adults of the importance of their involvement in their school-aged children's education. October has been set aside for special activities aimed at getting parents and others to invest in their children's education and learn more about what goes on in their children's lives while they are at school.

(Reprinted from the MCPSS blog)