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Home-School Communication

 

-- PARENT COMMUNICATION WITH SCHOOL STAFF --

Communication between home and school is essential in improving student learning and achievement.  School administration, teachers, and staff communicate with parents in a variety of ways. These may include individual parent conferences, AERIES communication, email, telephone calls, letters, notes in this Student Planner, progress reports, report cards, etc. There are times during the year when home-to-school conversations are needed to clarify issues that may arise.  In order to facilitate constructive conversations, we suggest the following: 

  1. Contact Teacher: Every attempt to get questions answered and concerns resolved should be made with the classroom teacher.  This may be done by email, phone conversation or in a scheduled teacher/parent conference.
  1. Contact Principal:   If a parent’s concerns have not been met or further information is needed, contact the principal by email or phone. 

A strong school/home partnership is vital to the success of all our students.  The above process should help both parents and school to address each concern promptly, efficiently and with due process.

 

--- PARENTSQUARE MESSAGING --- (EMAIL/TEXT/PHONE)

Aeries Communications, using ParentSquare as its platform, is the internet-based tool we use to communicate with families across the Ocean View School District.  This system enables the District and the school to share important information with parents/guardians about possible emergency situations, activities and events, and student attendance. By accessing their Aeries Parent Portal accounts on the Internet and the ParentSquare App, parents/guardians can choose who has access to important student data and messages, as well as how they prefer to receive this information, whether by email, text, and/or phone. In an emergency situation, Aeries Communication messages will be sent to all families in all three methods of communication.

 

--- WEBSITE ---

The Village View School website, www.ovsd.org/village is updated on an ongoing basis. It contains useful information and school events and news. The Ocean View School District website, www.ovsd.org, also contains useful information. 

 

--- PEACHJAR ---Ocean View School District uses Peachjar as its District approved flyer distribution system. All approved flyers are automatically posted online for parent viewing, thus saving paper, copying costs, and distribution time from class. Peachjar may be accessed on the school’s website by clicking on the peach icon. 

 

--- OFFICE TELEPHONE ---

Students are not permitted to use the phone in the office, except in an emergency. The following does NOT constitute an emergency:  missing books/ assignments, lunches, clothes, equipment, homework, permission slips, or visiting friends.  All pick-up arrangements need to be made BEFORE school.