Christel House Academy is a public charter school located in inner city, urban Indianapolis

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Christel House Academy is a public charter school
located in inner city, urban Indianapolis
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• Students at Christel House
• 86 of the students qualify for free and reduced
  lunch
• 60 of the students are minorities
• 12 of the students receive special education
  services
• 20 of the students speak English as a Second
  Language

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• For the last 5 years, Christel House has attained
  AYP.

In 2002, 28.4 of the students attained a passing
score on ISTEP In 2007, 68.9 of the students
attained a passing score on ISTEP
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• Under PL 221, Christel House has archived
  Exemplary Progress for the last 3 years.

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So, what is the plan?

• Christel Houses Title I program is based on
  continuous and systematic support of all at-risk
  students. This occurs through carefully planned
  interventions, holistic support and development
  of students, and development of strong ties
  between school, home and the community.
• A primary belief behind Christel House Academys
  program is based on the idea that all children
  need support and guidance from caring adults.
• These include ongoing, secure relationships with
  parents as well as formal and informal
  relationships with teachers, mentors, coaches,
  youth volunteers and neighbors.

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To do this, Christel House enlists the support of
a wide variety of community organizations.

• Baxter YMCA
• Marian College
• Indiana Historical Museum
• Indy Sabre Fencing Club
• The Student Advancement Development Association
• The Golf Dome
• Indy Parks
• Mexican Consulate of Indianapolis
• Leadership Protocol Institute
• Butler University
• Indiana Dyslexia Institute
• CampTown
• Art with a Heart
• Young Audiences
• Community Hospitals / Learning Well
• Cummins Mental Health

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We believe parents provide a significant amount
of influence over their childs education.

• So, what happens when parents dont have the
  skills or knowledge to properly support their
  children in an appropriate manner?

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• Parents and student are required to sign a
  compact between the school and family. The
  compact outlines specific supports that the
  school requests and promises school support to
  students and families.
• Parents are asked to pledge a minimum of 2 hours
  of volunteerism to the school. (838 hours of
  help and assistance)
• Parents are required to attend three parent
  teacher conference each year.
• Teacher visit the homes of the students in their
  classrooms.
• Literacy and Numeracy nights offer children to
  highlight skills for parents and allows parents
  to learn effective skills to support their
  children at home.

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OUTREACH TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES

• Area Community Center
• Neighborhood Daycare Center
• Provide Books to Library or Classroom
• Provide Literacy information to parents
• Provide how to support for parents

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RESOURCES

• Reading First Funding, Title 1 and 21st Century?
• National Institute for Literacy
• www.nifl.gov
• edpubs_at_inet.ed.gov

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FAMILY NIGHTSLiteracy Nights/Math Nights

• Curriculum focus (Themes)
• Adult and child activities (activity stations)
• Make and Take stations
• Student Performances
• Snacks or light meals
• Adult/parent information (library cards, how to
  information)
• Staff involvement
• Book trading
• Book give aways
• Raffles

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RESOURCESFUNDING

• Collaboration between Title 1, Reading First, and
  21st Century

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SUPPORT MATERIALS

• Kyle, D., McIntyre, E.,(2006). Bridging School
  Home Through Family Nights. Corwin Press,
  Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Rowsell, J., Family Literacy Experiences.
  Stenhouse Publishers. Portland, ME.
• Words That Cook! Parenting with childrens
  books. www.wordsthatcook.org

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Social/ Emotional Development

• Developing the whole child
• Provide counseling
• Bring in outside resources
• Connect families with community resources

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Counseling

• Individual and group counseling
• Open up group counseling to all families
• Allows us to collaborate with families to help
  address emotional and behavioral concerns in the
  classroom and at home
• Provide individual support or address particular
  concerns
• Parents can request

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Counseling

• Classroom guidance
• K-8 lesson plans that focus on academic,
  emotional and career areas
• Efficient way to reach a large number of students
• Help recognize problem areas

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Relationship with family is key

• Helping create a team approach to working with
  children and families
• Home visits
• Experiencing and understanding home lives of our
  students
• Help parents that do not have transportation
• Assistance
• Uniforms
• Emergency help (bus passes, fire)

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Outside resources utilized in Christel House
Academy

• Bringing in outside agencies to school is an
  efficient way of addressing the needs of students
  and families

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• United Way
• Holiday gift assistance
• School supplies
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Mentoring program
• Student Advancement and Development Association
  (SADA)
• After school program focusing on alcohol and drug
  prevention
• Clarian Health
• Willing to Wait program on abstinence
• Nutrition programs
• Girls Inc.
• 5th-8th grade programming focusing on females
• Learning Well nurse
• No cost to school
• Monetary cost to school for nurse, equipment and
  supplies would be 50,000
• Avg. of 50 students per day for medication,
  illness and injuries
• Works with outside programs
• Prevent Blindness of Indiana
• Smile Mobile

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Connect families with community resources

• Assist families in accessing resources in the
  community
• Clinics (Learning Well)
• Trustees for uniform assistance
• Counseling referrals
• 211 or Rainbow book