The Plan The Promise 2025-2026

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other  Title I information are available on our school’s website at under the Title I Section.

Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Engagement Center and our local school website.

It is reviewed and revised at least annually during the Planning Meeting in the spring. All feedback forms from the Planning Meeting are submitted to the Office of Federal Programs for review.  Families who are not able to attend the Planning Meeting have the opportunity to review draft documents and provide input during the draft document review period May 1 – May 10.

We use family-friendly language and format when communicating with our parents. We eliminate the use of jargon, abbreviations, and acronyms; when possible, we use a shorter form of our agendas for out Title l meetings.

ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES WITH…

Title I Program Information: Program information is available during the Title I Planning Meeting in the spring and Annual Parent Meetings in the fall, on the school website, and in the Parent Center.

Curriculum Information: Knowing what your child is learning at school is important. We will keep you informed throughout the year about what your child is learning during parent meetings, conferences, Google Classroom, and on our school website.

Student Progress Monitoring: The Parent Portal is an online resource that allows families to view grades, attendance, schedules, assessment, and your child’s results, course history, and much more. Monitoring your child’s progress in school is an important way to be engaged.

Parent Resources: We have many resources available for checkout to use at home with your child. We also host several parent workshops to empower you as you work with your child at home.

Staff Training: We will train our staff to effectively communicate with you. Your input on how we train our staff is valuable.

Communication: We will communicate, to the extent feasible, all information with you in a language and format you understand.  Whenever possible, we will provide interpreters during parent workshops, and academic events. Translation is available for most documents.

Transition Support: Entering a new school can be scary for both students and families. We will host events to make sure both you and your child are aware of what is expected and how you can prepare as your child transitions to a new school level, college, and career.

The Blueprint for the Future is the strategic plan for Gwinnett County Public Schools. This plan is organized into four strategic priorities, each with three specific goals. To ensure success, these goals have clear objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and measure progress. Each year schools review their data to identify areas for growth and set long-term goals to improve them. This information is used to create a Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) aligned to the district's priorities. School staff, families, and community members participate in providing input for the LSPI. Families can easily access the latest strategic plan on the Gwinnett County Public Schools' website.  

We will provide all students with high quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment to meet high academic standards.

• Increase our graduation rate to 90%
• Perform at or above both state and GCPS averages on district and/or state assessments
• Increase its academic knowledge and skills for college and career readiness including a focus on completing Career Pathways, earning college credits, developing professional skills, and increasing citizenship and civic engagement.

The Family and Community Engagement Plan and all other  Title I information are available on our school’s website at (insert school’s website) under the Title I Section. Families can also find paper copies of this Family and Community Engagement Plan in our Family Engagement Center and our local school website.

It is a written agreement that outlines how the school, the students, and the family will work together to ensure your child’s academic success. An effective School-Family Promise contains the following elements:

• Clear learning goals that are linked to the school’s improvement plan
• Specific skills students will learn during the year
• Strategies that staff, families, and students will use to improve student learning.
• Ways to extend learning at home.
• Methods teachers and family members will use to communicate about student progress.
• Opportunities for family members to observe and participate in the classroom.
• Jointly-developed by families, school staff, students, community business partners, and other stakeholders during our Planning Meeting
• Reviewed and revised throughout the year

Discovery HS will...

• Conduct parent informational sessions and/or workshops to support parents in preparing their students to interpret documents and use prior learning and information included in documents to explain a situation or process and how to support an argument or claim.
• Teach parents to locate materials on Google Classroom to help their students successfully navigate and utilize the digital platform.
• Utilize Quality-Plus Teaching Strategies and best practices to develop and implement well-developed lessons, remediation, and enrichment opportunities. 
• Post educational links and support tools on teachers’ Google Classroom pages that students and parents can use to promote literacy skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. 

Principal’s Signature 
Robert Maffeo                    5/14/2025

As Students, we will…

• Work with our teachers and families to demonstrate mastery of interpreting documents and text to connect proper learning and explain a situation or process or support an argument or claim.
• Utilize Google Classroom and other educational resources on a daily basis to be academically successful in all areas.
• Visit teachers' Google Classroom to locate content tasks, practice, and assessments, as well as implement instructional strategies to help prepare for mastery in all content areas.

As Families, we will…

• Attend workshops to learn strategies to support their students at home by preparing them to write well composed constructed responses that use evidence.
• Work with their student to locate and use exercises from eCLASS and other resources at home to improve writing skills.

Visit teachers’ web pages to locate content specific exercises to use with their students .