Newport Heights PTA
This webpage is operated and maintained by volunteers of the PTA. All information and postings associated with this page and any links are at the sole discretion of the PTA and not endorsed by the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.
The PTA at Newport Heights plans and supports many functions throughout the year. Every one of our activities and fundraisers goes back to our core goal of supporting our students and teachers at Newport Heights. For more information, visit the NHES PTA website.
All our PTA activities require volunteers to help coordinate. We would love your support at PTA association meetings to help us plan our children’s future. Whether you have a spare minute, hour, or several hours, we appreciate your support and participation. Please stop by our table at any of our events, or drop any of your board members a note. We would love to hear from you. Thank you for your help!
The NMUSD Governing Board recognizes that parents/guardians are their children's first and most influential teachers and that sustained parent involvement in the education of their children contributes greatly to student achievement and a positive school environment. The Superintendent or designee shall work with staff and parents/guardians to develop meaningful opportunities at all grade levels for parents/guardians to be involved in district and school activities; advisory, decision-making, and advocacy roles; and activities to support learning at home. Parents/guardians shall be notified of their rights to be informed about and to participate in their children's education and of the opportunities available to them to do so. The Superintendent or designee shall regularly evaluate and report to the Board on the effectiveness of the district's parent involvement efforts, including, but not limited to, input from parents/guardians and school staff on the adequacy of parent involvement opportunities and barriers that may inhibit parent/guardian participation.
Non-Title I Schools
The Superintendent or designee shall develop and implement strategies applicable to each school that does not receive federal Title I funds to encourage the involvement and support of parents/guardians in the education of their children, including, but not limited to, strategies describing how the district and schools will address the purposes and goals described in Education Code 11502. (Education Code 11504)
District Strategies for Non-Title I Schools
For each school that does not receive federal Title I funds, the Superintendent or designee shall, at a minimum: 1. Engage parents/guardians positively in their children's education by helping them develop skills to use at home that support their children's academic efforts at school and their children's development as responsible members of society (Education Code 11502, 11504) 2. Inform parents/guardians that they can directly affect the success of their children's learning, by providing them with techniques and strategies that they may use to improve their children's academic success and to assist their children in learning at home (Education Code 11502, 11504) The Superintendent or designee may: Encourage parents/guardians to volunteer in their child's classroom and to participate in school advisory committees 3. Build consistent and effective communication between the home and school so that parents/guardians may know when and how to assist their children in support of classroom learning activities (Education Code 11502, 11504) 2. Train teachers and administrators to communicate effectively with parents/guardians (Education Code 11502, 11504) 5. Integrate parent involvement programs into school plans for academic accountability
