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Family Center Handbook - Granite School District

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Welcome to the<br />

PARENT INSTITUTE WEBSITE<br />

The <strong>Granite</strong> Parent Institute Website can be<br />

accessed through your school’s homepage.<br />

The site features “Today’s Tip for<br />

Parents” and “<strong>School</strong> Success Ideas.”<br />

SCHOOL SUCCESS IDEAS FOR<br />

PARENTS – Elementary Level<br />

Idea of the Day<br />

Weekly Quiz<br />

Timely Topics<br />

Ask the Experts<br />

<strong>School</strong> Success Library<br />

Recent Items/Search<br />

Video Library<br />

IDEA OF THE DAY<br />

• Teaching Students Responsibility for Their<br />

Learning & Behavior<br />

• Helping Students Learn to Resolve Conflicts<br />

• Helping Students Learn Self-Discipline<br />

• Building Respect for Rules, Authority, and<br />

Other People<br />

• The ABCs of Discipline at Home<br />

• Helping Your Student Develop Good Character<br />

Traits<br />

• Instilling the Desire for Success in Your<br />

Student<br />

• Remember . .You Are the Adult and You Are in<br />

Charge!<br />

Parent Guides<br />

• The Road to Reading Success<br />

• 31 Alternatives to TV & Video Games<br />

• Teachers’ Top 10 Learning Secrets<br />

• How to Help Children Do Their Best on Tests<br />

• Helping Children Get Organized for Homework<br />

& <strong>School</strong>work<br />

• Seven Proven Ways to Motivate Children to Do<br />

Better in <strong>School</strong><br />

• Bullies and Bullying<br />

RECENT ITEMS/SEARCH<br />

WEEKLY QUIZ<br />

• Are You Helping Your Child Become<br />

Independent?<br />

If you want to have a responsible child, it is important to<br />

give him/her responsibilities now. Take this quiz to see<br />

how you are doing.<br />

TIMELY TOPICS<br />

View this feature to see advice for parents on<br />

timely topics such as getting the most from a<br />

parent-teacher conference, etc.<br />

ASK THE EXPERTS<br />

Enter your own personal question for an expert<br />

to answer.<br />

SCHOOL SUCCESS LIBRARY<br />

This feature offers topics most critical to<br />

children’s school success such as:<br />

• Early Childhood Education<br />

• Building Student Responsibility<br />

• The Influence of Home on <strong>School</strong> Success<br />

• Parenting Ideas That Really Work<br />

• Preventing Conflicts and Violence<br />

• Building Reading Skills<br />

• Spending Time With Children<br />

• Motivating Students<br />

• Improving Discipline<br />

• Building Study Skills

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