Community and Parent Engagement Strategy Current and Ongoing With our many years of experience opening new schools, Legacy Options High School recognizes the great role parental and community involvement plays in the success of our programs. Legacy Options is encouraged by the level of support for our Intensive Pathways program. Legacy Options High School will begin an intensive outreach process upon notification of an award by Denver Public Schools of a new school for 2015, which will include specific activities as described in the table below Parental and Community Outreach Activities ACTIVITY AUDIENCE PURPOSE Communicate future options Connect with DPS high schools High School Principals for at-risk students, gain and keep them updated on and Counselors support for referrals, outreach Legacy Options– Denver progress to students and parents Hold information sessions at local Communicate future option community resource centers. Parents, Students for students, gain support for Direct contact with families in enrollment community Promote recruitment of Conduct meetings with local Higher Education teachers and explore Partners colleges, technical schools post-secondary credit opportunities for students Communicate how best we Conduct meetings and DPS Intensive Pathways can serve the targeted presentations Office student population Political Leaders Gain support for Excel (i.e.,) Conduct meetings and Academy- Denver and the presentations to political leaders outreach to our most at risk Mayor’s office, City students Council, Governor’s office) Employees of community Conduct meetings with and government agencies Student support services and agencies who serve our target and organizations (i.e., referrals student population CYC, Goodwill, United Way, WIC) Conduct meetings with local Internships for students, Business Community businesses outreach to parents Conduct meetings with local Outreach to parents and Faith-based organizations religious leaders guardians
Community and Parent Engagement Strategy Current and Ongoing With our many years of experience opening new schools, Legacy Options High School recognizes the great role parental and community involvement plays in the success of our programs. Legacy Options is encouraged by the level of support for our Intensive Pathways program. Legacy Options High School will begin an intensive outreach process upon notification of an award by Denver Public Schools of a new school for 2015, which will include specific activities as described in the table below Parental and Community Outreach Activities ACTIVITY AUDIENCE PURPOSE Connect with DPS high schools and keep them updated on Legacy Options– Denver progress High School Principals and Counselors Communicate future options for at-risk students, gain support for referrals, outreach to students and parents Hold information sessions at local community resource centers. Direct contact with families in community Parents, Students Communicate future option for students, gain support for enrollment Conduct meetings with local colleges, technical schools Higher Education Partners Promote recruitment of teachers and explore post-secondary credit opportunities for students Conduct meetings and presentations DPS Intensive Pathways Office Communicate how best we can serve the targeted student population Conduct meetings and presentations to political leaders Political Leaders (i.e.,) Mayor’s office, City Council, Governor’s office) Gain support for Excel Academy- Denver and the outreach to our most at risk students Conduct meetings with agencies who serve our target student population Employees of community and government agencies and organizations (i.e., CYC, Goodwill, United Way, WIC) Student support services and referrals Conduct meetings with local businesses Business Community Internships for students, outreach to parents Conduct meetings with local religious leaders Faith-based organizations Outreach to parents and guardians