Parental Involvement

It is a high priority at Mill School and Technology Academy to welcome and to encourage parents to visit, volunteer, attend parent education sessions, and participate in decision-making meetings. All notices for parent meetings are sent home in Spanish and English. Parents are involved as partners seeing that their children have good attendance, get to school on time, and complete all homework in a timely manner. We are fortunate to have strong community support through the Parent Teacher Cooperation (PTC) and active parent involvement in the classroom. PTC fund raisers provide additional funds for Art Masters, technology, Reading Counts, library books, school field trips and activities. Yearly, parents spend hundreds of hours tutoring students and assisting teachers. Many parents support our Wonder of Reading library by reading with and to one student throughout the school year. Junior Achievement classes give parents and community members the opportunity to teach our students about business. Area businesses support the school by providing wireless laptop computers, library books, certificates for student recognition, and school enhancement projects. Rose Hills Memorial Park provides a beautiful facilty for our 5th grade promotion ceremony. The Whittier Cultural Arts Foundations provides a grant to support Mill's kindergarten violin program.

Mill School parents demonstrate their involvement in their child's education by their attendance at Back-to-School Night, Open House, and fall and/or spring Parent Conferences. Parents also participate in monthly ELAC (English Learners Advisory Committee), SSC (School Site Council), and PTC (Parent and Teacher Corporation) meetings. Parents also attend Scary Story Night, the Holiday Program, Snowballs, Snowflakes and Stories, Family Math Night, the Family Dinner Dance, Moms and Muffins, Family Day, and Dads and Donuts.