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Dallas, TX
Callier Child Development Program
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neighborhood: Oak Lawn · Telephone: (214) 905-3094 · Website: www.callier.utdallas.edu/...
Home-School Connection
| OVERALL RATING (4.1) |
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| Conducts an open house at start of school year | 
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| Conducts a parent-teacher meeting at start of school year |
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| Conducts regular parent teacher conferences |
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| Provides summary of child’s learning at end of year |
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| Provides guidance on developmental goals for the following year |
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| Provides guidance on best Kindergarten and elementary schools |
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Separation
| OVERALL RATING (4.3) |
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
I do not know that there is a procedure to deal with separation. But all of the above options are available. We never utilized them.
Parent #2
The school states that it provides daily feedback in the form of written progress notes to parents, weekly sheets "what your children are learning", and biannual individual meetings. In reality, this only occurs in some classrooms, and for the past 2 of the 3 years our child has been at Callier, the teachers have not provided any progress notes (they try but are overwhelmed and not capable, so the notebooks are empty), the weekly preprinted sheets do not provide any specific information as to what our child has been doing, and the biannual meetings are written the week before and do not provide a useful summary-- merely a list of "core observations" from the week before. As an example, they note that he can recognize a few letters -- when he's been READING at home. We've been particularly troubled when explaining to Callier that it is important to us that our son focus on specific activities (e.g. drawing, painting), and have seen these available in the classroom, but the teachers tell us that if he does not CHOOSE these activities, the High-Scope model does not ALLOW them to encourage him enough for us to see any results (over 2 years). We've kept our son at this school because he's doing so well academically at home (because of the time we spend teaching him), and because the parents and other children are wonderful. To be fair, the first year we were at Callier, we had a superb teacher who fulfilled all promises the school made.
Parent Community
| COHESIVENESS RATING (4.3) |
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Parents:
- Hold social events at the school to build community
- Fundraise
- Are able to visit the school anytime we want
- Go on field trips
- Volunteer in the classroom
- Receive newsletters
- Hold social events outside of the school (with and/or without children)
- Schedule family field trips
- Encourage play dates out of school
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
Parents Association Board Member
Modes of Communication Between School and Home
- Notes
- Phone Calls
- Special Meetings
- Two or More Regular Conferences
- Drop-Off
- Pick-Up
- Regular newsletter/printed updates circulated to the whole school
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
Sending digital pictures from the day; emailing pictures
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