FES Program Mission Statement

Kraft's Family Engagement strives to collaborate with schools and the community to support school goals, empower families, and increase student academic and social success.

Our Home & School Compacts:

• Kindergarten Compact 

• First Grade Compact

• Second Grade Compact

• Third Grade Compact

• Fourth Grade Compact

• Fifth Grade Compact

Our School's Family Engagement Policy is reviewed by a team of stakeholders and distributed to families annually:  

• 23/24 Kraft School, Parent & Family Engagement Policy

Our District-Level Family Engagement Policy 

• 23/24 Policy

School's VDOE School Quality Report

The Title I Family Engagement Program fosters partnership between home, school and community that focuses on helping families to support the academic achievement of their children.  

The 5 Principles of Family Engagement and how it looks in HCS 

Principle #1 A Culture that Engages Every Family 

• Support to all families and provide effective outreach

• Schedule day and evening events to include every family

• Volunteers

• Families needs

• Community involvement

Principle #2 Communicate Effectively and Develop Relationship

• Being available

• Offereing a judgement free zone

• Being trustworthy

• Show integrity

• Listening

Principle #3 Build Family Efficacy

• Set family goals together with families

• Teach families to understand their own knowledge

• Scaffolding to model skills and support families through opportunites for success

• Parents workshop

Principle #4 Engage Every Family in Decision Making

• Making parents a member on our school action team

• Allowing to help with supporting the logistices of family events

• Making parents a part of parents surveys to gain feedback

Principle #5 Engage the Greater Community

• Community Partners 

• Faith-Base Praners