1. Mineral Springs Elementary School Parent/ Family/School Compact
The Parent/Family-School Compact is an agreement that parents, students, and teachers develop together. It explains how parents and teachers will work together to make sure all our students reach the State’s grade level standards.
Our compact also describes how parents, the school and students will share the responsibility to improve the student’s academic achievement.
Building a Partnership
Throughout the year, Mineral Springs Elementary will host PTA/Curriculum Nights with a focus on Reading, Math, Science and Social Studies.
These events will be held at 6:00 pm on:
10/16/18, 12/18/18, 03/12/19, 04/30/19
Our Newsletter is sent home every Tuesday with important dates and other information.
Home visits as needed from our Parent Involvement Coordinator.
Parent-teacher conferences
Curriculum nights
Take home Tuesday folder
Phone calls and s
Mineral Springs Elementary School
Jointly Developed
Parents, students and staff of Mineral Springs Elementary developed this Parent/Family-School Compact. Teachers suggested home learning strategies. Parents added ideas to make these strategies more specific/detailed and students told us what will help them learn. Meetings are held each year to review the compact and make changes based on student’s needs, if necessary. Parents are welcome to contribute comments at any time throughout the school year.
Please contact our Title Parent Involvement Coordinator, Lucy Gordon at or if you have any questions/concerns.
Communication about Student Learning
Frequent, consistent and specific communication with parents is essential to achieve our students’ academic success.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on:   10/30/18, 01/22/19 and 03/29/19
Progress Reports are sent to parents three times each quarter.
Progress Reports are sent to parents three times each quarter. Visit the PowerSchool Learning webpage to get your login to see progress anytime on your phone or computer.
 Volunteer opportunities will be offered throughout the year. Please contact Mackenzie Howard or Lucy Gordon at
Teacher’s websites provide updates on classroom learning. Go to and select our school.
Mineral Springs is identified as a Title I school as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is a federally funded program that provides financial assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) and school. The purpose of the Title I program is to help at-risk students meet the state's challenging academic content and performance standards. Mineral Springs qualify for Title I funds based on economic needs. The Title I program offers a variety of services for participating schools, which may include: additional teachers and support staff, extra time for instruction, a variety of teaching methods and materials, smaller classes, and additional training for staff and support in different activities related to Title I.
Mineral Springs’ Curriculum
We use Imagine it for ELA K-5. We use Envisions and Investigations for K-5 math. We also have Ready books for reading and Math To assess we use TRC and Dibels for reading K-3 and NC Check ins for reading and math 3-5. We also meet weekly to look at data by grade and use this info to adjust instruction. We also use iReady for reading and math instruction and assessment K5.
Parent/ Family/School
Compact
Dr. Debra Gladstone, Principal
4527 Ogburn Ave. W-S, NC 27104

2. Student Responsibilities
Student Achievement
Goals
Teacher/School
Responsibilities
Student Responsibilities
The district continuously collects and reviews multiple sources of data to support the selection of goal areas and to monitoring progress towards the goals. Some of the data include: student attendance data, teacher and staff attendance data, student achievement data, teacher and principal years of experience, student and parent/family surveys, and discipline data.
District Goals:
Goal Area #1: Close achievement gaps between subgroups
Goal Area #2: Increase growth, proficiency, and progress for all students across all subject areas.
Goal Area #3: Increase
School Goals:
All students will show an increase of 5% on Reading EOG & DIBELS/TRC.
All students will show an increase of 5% on Math EOG.
5th grade students will increase from 68% to 73% on Science EOG.
Bullying incidents will decrease from 40.2 to 30.2 on the student safety survey and the parent survey.
Fourth grade teachers will work with families to help students achieve success in Reading and Math by providing:
Instruction that meets students’ individual learning abilities and learning styles..
An open communication with parents through agendas, phone calls, s, Tuesday folders and conferences.
A safe learning environment
Interventions for those students in need (I-Ready, small groups, etc. )
A book to read at-home.
Fourth grade teachers will work with families to help students achieve success in Reading and Math by providing:
Providing instruction that meets students’ individual learning abilities and learning styles inside and outside of the classroom setting.
An open communication with parents through agendas, phone calls, s and Tuesday folders.
Provide a safe learning environment
Interventions for those students in need (I-Ready, small groups, etc.
Provide a book to read at-home .
Read for 20 minutes every afternoon.
Complete classwork and homework.
Communicate with my teacher and ask for help if I need it
Make sure I bring home homework, agenda, and give my parents any information given to me by my teacher.
Learn and follow PBIS expectations and classroom rules daily.
Talk to my parents about what I am reading in class.
Parent Responsibilities
Parents/Family can support students’ success by:
Providing an environment that is appropriate for studying, learning and reading outside of the classroom setting.
Providing support for my child by reading night for at least 20 minutes and ask questions.
Make sure my student is in their classroom by 8:45
Attend school meetings and activities ( calendar of events is in our school website).
Send notes for all absences and tardiest the day my student returns to school.
Provide accurate and updated addresses, phone numbers and address.
Keeping an open communication with the teacher regarding my child’s academic progress and behavior.
Parents/Family can support students’ success by:
Providing an environment that is appropriate for studying, learning and reading outside of the classroom setting.
Providing support for my child by reading nightly for at least 20 minutes and ask questions.
Make sure my student is in their classroom by 8:25
Attend school meetings and activities ( calendar of events is in our school website).
Send notes for all absences and tardies the day my student returns to school.
Provide accurate and updated addresses, phone numbers and address.
Keeping an open communication with the teacher regarding my child’s academic progress and behavior.