1. Parent Involvement Opportunities
at Taylors Creek Elementary
Curiosity Shop We keep our media center open for
families each Tuesday and Thursday
afternoon from 2:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Families can get help with homework,
use computers, work on projects, read,
check out up to 10 books, and take AR
tests.
The school has a well-stocked
Resource Room Resource Room equipped with
materials that parents can check out to
help students with reading and
mathematics.
Open House We kick off the year every year with
Open House. Families come to school
to meet with teachers, visit classrooms,
and hear about upcoming events.
Gather around and have some fun at
the Super Bowl of Reading. This family
evening is held in January at Super Bowl
Super Bowl of Reading Family
time. The evening has a football
Night theme. We had football players from
the high school come read sports
themed books to students, and
students can take AR tests.

2. CRCT Family Night: Hotdog This night is set aside for parents to
Supper learn about our state test, the CRCT.
Parents attend grade specific
workshops and families enjoy a hotdog
supper.
Fall Festival We have a “just for fun” Fall Festival
each year in October. Families enjoy a
relaxed evening together.
Family Night: Chicken Supper Each Spring we invite families to join us
for an old fashioned social. We have a
delicious fried chicken supper and a
variety of family-focused events for
them to enjoy. Last year we kicked off
our “healthy kids” campaign with a
Family Mile Walk/Run in the gym.
http://www.liberty.k12.ga.us/jwalts
This website has all kinds of resources
for parents. Everything from testing
Parents’ Place Website information to dress code policy and
pictures can be found here. This
website can be translated into more
than 30 languages to help our ELL
families.

3. http://tcecurriculum.blogspot.com
This website is devoted to parenting.
The website is full of helpful tips
Parents’ Blog Spot designed to make parenting easier. It
can be translated into multiple
languages to aid our ELL families.
Our families support fifth grade
students as they plan a business. This
engaging activity involves math,
Market Day
economics, social studies, and much
more. Students set up a business and
“sell” their product. This is always a
big hit.
Each grade level hosts a program
during the year. Parents enjoy these
opportunities to watch their children
perform. Every child has the chance to
Grade level Programs and participate.
Talent Show
Chorus Nights Parents enjoy an evening of music twice
• Holiday Concert a year when our 4th and 5th grade
• Spring Concert chorus performs. The holiday concert
is held outdoors and families are
surrounded with a beautiful display of
luminaries.
Wax Museum Fifth grade students celebrate famous
Americans throughout history by
“becoming” that person at our popular
Wax Museum. The Wax Museum is
open to families in the evening.

4. Field Days Parents help us with our Field Days
each year in May. They also come out
and cheer for their favorite team as
classes compete in a variety of physical
challenges.
Our school council is made up of
School Council parents and staff who meet quarterly to
discuss issues that pertain to school
improvement.
Parents are able to check on their child
Parent Portal (ren)’s grades in real time by logging
onto the Parent Portal.
Every teacher has a classroom blog.
The blogs are updated regularly and
keep parents informed about what is
Teacher Blogs
going on at school.
Newsletters You can check them out at: http://
Progress Reports taylorscreek.blogspot.com
Teachers also send home newsletters
and parents get frequent progress
reports.
Life is “da bubbles” at TCE! Visit us at:
Interactive School Website http://www.liberty.k12.ga.us/tce
SKYPE Teachers and administrators use SKYPE
to have video conferences with parents
that are overseas or out of town.

5. McTeacher’s Night Teachers and families enjoy a fun-filled
night at McDonalds!
Taylors Creek offers support to parents
who speak English as a second
language. Our websites and written
ELL Program
communications are translated into the
family’s native language. The ELL
teacher coordinates events for our ELL
families. They kick off the year with an
ELL Family Pizza Party and Information
Session.
The school principal uses Survey
Annual Parent Survey Monkey each Spring to create and send
out a parent survey. The leadership
team use parent responses to improve
school activities.
The school principal is able to
communicate via home phone and or
cell phone with all parents at the same
time. For example, if there is an
Automated Phone System unscheduled weather day, the principal
can send a taped phone message to
every phone in the system. She is also
able to send automated phone
reminders special events on the
calendar.
Students have become involved in
Student’s Encouraging Parent encouraging parent involvement; two
clubs (the Parent Involvement Club,
Involvement
and the School Ambassadors Club)
both assist with making the school a
friendly and warm place to visit.

6. We encourage parent volunteers to help
with a variety of tasks throughout the
TEAM: school. We have parents who help with
Together Everyone Achieves costumes for school programs, ELL
More parents who help with translating,
parents who help teachers in the
classrooms, and more. We are very
thankful for our volunteers!
Career Day Our parents help us with Career Day, a
special program organized by the
school’s Guidance Counselor. Parents
talk to students about their jobs and
about the importance of reading and
mathematics in their job. Our goal is to
promote the idea that “School Is
Important!”.