HAMILTON - Ontario is helping parents play a more active role in their children’s education. For the third consecutive school year, the province is supporting numerous projects in Hamilton to help make it easier for parents to get more involved in their children’s education.
In Hamilton, 19 grants totaling $13,350.00 are supporting activities at local schools as outlined below.
Parent Reaching Out (PRO) grants support projects that help students succeed, through:
- Workshops that show parents how they can be more involved in both their children’s education and schools
- Outreach run by the local school to increase awareness of the importance of parent engagement
Translation of materials into the languages of local community to make information more accessible to parents
QUOTES
“Parents are central to the success of our schools,” said Sophia Aggelonitis, MPP for Hamilton Mountain. “This investment in Hamilton’s schools will go a long way to ensure that the partnership between parents and our schools remain strong.”
“Parents are an essential partner in helping children succeed in school. These grants are one way parents in our area will be able to get involved in their children’s education,” said Ted McMeekin MPP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale
QUICK FACTS
- The government is supporting more than 1,300 projects across the province with grants totaling nearly $2 million for 2008-2009.
- In addition, the ministry is helping parents get involved via 123 Parenting and Family Literacy Centres in high-needs neighbourhoods across the province as well as the parenting section of the ministry’s abc123 website, which gives parents helpful tips in 14 different languages.