6-8 Parent Involvement

Opportunity to Earn PI Time at VCS in both English and Spanish

Digital Citizenship and Safety Course (opportunity for earning informational hours) Digital Citizenship and Safety Course - earn 15 minutes for each of the 6 units that are available in both English and Spanish.  Units may be completed only once.  (monitored by Patrick.Murphy@tvcs.org)

Parent PI Books (for parents with Middle School Students Only)- Informational Hours

The K-8 Media Center offers the following books that you may read and take a test on for 2 informational hours.  Please email Deb Hayden  (Deborah.Hayden@TVCS.org) with the name of the book you have read if it has a star next to the title and she will send you the test to complete. The books without a star have AR tests that you will need to come into the media center to take the test.  

The media center is open from 7:15 am-3:30 pm.

We recommend you read them earlier in the year as they can be hard to find the closer we get to May!  Please note:  you must have a student enrolled in the Middle School to read and test on these books for PI time.  The media centers at the Elementary and High Schools have books for parents of their students. 

*= test can be emailed 

Titles in blue we have available for check out of K-8 Media Center. Send and email to Deb Hayden (Deborah.Hayden@tvcs.org) if you would like a book sent home with your child. You may get the books from other sources such as book stores, public library, etc. 

The 7 Worst Things (good) Parents Do (John and Linda Friel)

Boys! Shaping Ordinary Boys into Extraordinary Men (William Beausay)

Drawing Families Together, One Meal at a Time (Jill Kimball with Neal Kimball)

Dream So Big: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Believe and Achieve (Christopher B. Pearman)

The Five Love Languages of Teenagers (Gary Chapman)

Homework Without Tears: A Parent's Guide for Motivating Children To Do Homework and to Succeed in School (Lee Canter and Lee Hausner)

How to Talk so Teens Will Listen and Listen so Teens will Talk (Adele Faber)

I'd Listen to My Parents if They'd Just Shut Up: What to Say and Not Say When Parenting Teens (Anthony Wolf)

Kids At Hope: Every Child can Succeed (John Carlos)

Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends and the New Rules of Boy World (Rosalind Wiseman)

Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers (Teri Lesesne)

Parenting at the Speed of Teens: Positive Tips on Everyday Issues (Peter Benson)

Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood (Foster Cline)

Positive Discipline A-Z: 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems (Jane Nelsen)

Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting (Jane Nelsen)

Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence (Rosalind Wiseman)

Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People (H. Stephen Glenn)

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Mary Pipher)

The Tween Years (Donna Corwin)

What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In (Barbara Melton)

Como hablar para que los Adolescentes Escuchen y como Escuchar para que los Adolescentes Hablen (Adele Faber) SPANISH QUIZ

Middle School Makeover (Michelle Icard)

The Energy Bus (Jon Gordon)