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The Parent Resource Service Center (PRSC) is located at
707 East 37th Street / George T. Donoghue School. The center is committed
to enhancing parent involvement though educational seminars, motivational
speakers, site visits, and an end-of-the year culminating activity. Using
this resource is an excellent way to educate oneself as a parent of a
child in the Chicago Public Schools. For more information, please visit
the Parent Resource Service Center website.
More Ways To Help Your Child Succeed...
Three types of parent involvement will help your child be successful
in school. These are the ways you can improve school performance:
- Actively monitor and organize your child's time – organize
daily and weekly routines and check regularly to see that those routines
are being followed. Check daily to see if your child has been assigned
homework and allocate a place and time to complete that homework. Limit
and reasonably control activities such as television viewing and time
spent on the telephone or with video games.
- Help your child with homework – You can show an interest
and take an active role in your child's schooling. Make sure that homework
is completed, discuss the assignments, check for quality and accuracy,
and show a general concern. Ask questions if you are not familiar with
the work and in this way you express how important you feel their homework
is to their achievement. In some cases you may even serve as a tutor
for your child.
- Discuss everyday school matters – listen openly to both
difficulties as well as successes, and support both areas. Encourage
your child to try to solve his or her own problems but make it clear
that you will step in if necessary to help him persist in finding solutions.
As your child gets older, peer influence will become stronger but parents
can continue to stay involved. Visit the school by attending school
events in which your child is participating and always maintain contact
with teachers and administrators.
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