{"id":414304,"date":"2024-10-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=414304"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Education-chief-to-parents-We-want-to-be-better-caretakers-of-your-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Education-chief-to-parents-We-want-to-be-better-caretakers-of-your-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Education chief to parents: We want to be better caretakers of your children"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Public School System will keep working toward initiatives, programs, and practices that not only meet the diverse needs of learners, but also emphasize giving parents\u2014a crucial partner in the school district\u2014a sense of ownership and empowerment over their child\u2019s learning success. This is done by acknowledging and leveraging the unique role that parents play in their child\u2019s educational success.<\/p>\n

This was according to Education Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho during his conversation with the different parent leaders and stakeholders at the recently held 2024 State Level Fall Parent Summit.<\/p>\n

In acknowledging the unique role that parents play in their child\u2019s educational progress, Camacho believes that it is the incredible strengths of families that will assist the Public School System\u2019s work in their child\u2019s learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour PSS will continue to work with you to ensure the sense of ownership and empowerment in the very stakeholders that the school district is designed to serve,\u201d Camacho told parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to create a supportive environment where all voices are valued. This is the beauty of working together, us at PSS and you, our parents, our most valued partners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The education chief added, \u201cWe want to continue to be better caretakers of our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camacho also shared with parents that PSS is a complex organization that seamlessly works with everything: from the various offices at the central office, including the governing body, the Board of Education, down to all 20 elementary, middle, and high schools, including critical programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single minute of every day, things are happening in all of our 20 schools and up at the central office. This is a complex work that is done cohesively because we all see the same direction\u2014to serve our students, staff and personnel, our parents, and the community as a whole,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point why we all succeed as one complex organization is because we have your trust and confidence that we take care of your children, that we will be better custodians because of our partnership together,\u201d the commissioner pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u2018Engagement\u2019<\/p>\n

Parent Advisory Council president Alyssa Pangelinan said parent summits and events organized by PSS are designed to expand the learning opportunities and engagement of parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are strategies that us parents need to keep ourselves aware so we can bring them back and share with our families, to our school, and to the community,\u201d Pangelinan said in her address.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need your continued collaboration with PSS to be able to accomplish its missions, goals and vision,\u201d said Pangelinan, who is also the vice principal of Oleai Elementary School.<\/p>\n

PSS can do it with your help and support\u2014the support between home and school,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Pangelinan appealed to parents to encourage them by recruiting more parents to participate in school-related activities.<\/p>\n

PSS-FECI Program director Liela C. Yumul praised all parent leaders for their commitment to continuously supporting PSS.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour presence here is a humbling opportunity for us at PSS, to be able to continuously work with you in our commitment to support the learning and success of your child,\u201d Yumul said.<\/p>\n

The 2024 State Level Fall Parent Summit was held last Sept. 28 at Aqua Resort Club. With the theme, \u201cEngaging Our Parents as Partners in Education\u201d, over a hundred parent leaders representing all of 20 public elementary, middle, high schools, Head Start\/Early Head Start Program, and Special Education Programs participated.<\/p>\n

The summit is one of the primary events of the school district\u2019s Family Engagement and Community Involvement Program of the school district. It was created in the school year 2011-2012 by the Office of the Commissioner of Education and the Federal Programs Office as a result of recognizing the critical role of parents in the overall direction of growth of PSS, through its strategic priorities.<\/p>\n

The program is federally funded.<\/p>\n

External support<\/p>\n

Camacho also underscored the important of external support, as praised the support of House Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez (Ind-Saipan), who never missed out on any parent activities of the school district. The House leader is a parent leader representing Oleai Elementary School.<\/p>\n

The presence of the House leader is a testament of the role of external support in all of PSS\u2019 programs and initiatives.<\/p>\n

Board of Education Rota member Daniel O. Quitugua also attended the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it is an honor for us educators, advocates and stakeholders to work with our parents, we are also honored that we continue to receive external support from our leaders, like the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and all of our community leaders,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of our Board of Education and Public School System, our great school administrators and school personnel are able to deliver the task expected of us because of the support\u2014external support that we receive from our partners in the government,\u201d the commissioner of education said.<\/p>\n

Camacho said \u201cboth internal and external systems of support\u201d have been key to PSS success.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our parents to our partners in the community, you are influencers who encourage our children to continue learning, and help us, at PSS, achieve our goal of learning and succeed in high school, and after high school,\u201d Camacho pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most important reason why we exist as one school system: our partnership to ensure that our children are successful,\u201d added the Education chief. (PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Parent leaders in public elementary, middle, and high schools on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, along with programs, listen to Education Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho, standing left, as he discusses the vital role parents play in each child\u2019s education, development, and success. This took place at Aqua Resort Club last Sept. 28, during the Parent Fall Summit.<\/p>\n

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Rota Board of Education member Daniel O. Quitugua delivers his remarks to the state-wide parent summit. This was BOE member Quitugua\u2019s first parent summit.<\/p>\n

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Education Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho talks about the school district\u2019s five-year, multi-tiered PSS Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n

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Tanapag Middle School and Saipan Southern High School parent leader Fred Fatiolofa discusses the topic \u201cThrough the Lens of a Parent, The Portrait of a Graduate\u201d to his peers.<\/p>\n

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Celine Orsini of the PSS Accountability, Research and Evaluation presents the \u201cSchool Accountability Report Card\u201d to parents.<\/p>\n

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