In accordance with NCLB, SVHS supports the right of all parents to know and view teacher qualifications and have access to their child's assessment data.  Parents are invited to contact Mr. Procopio or Ms. Britton with inquiries regarding these items.

The administration and teaching staff at SVHS solicits support from our parents and community. Using the six pillars of parent involvement, as outlined by Dr. Epstein and the National PTA, we attempt to maximize communication and collaboration to benefit our students. Open houses, program meetings, and language/technology training are offered at flexible times and widely publicized. The consistently formatted school website and bi-monthly newsletters read easily and promote equal access. Parents, guardians, and stakeholders are encouraged to attend annual meetings, give feedback regarding the school parent compact, and help develop AdvancEd and School-wide plans. The school is committed to providing resources and training to build parent and community networks. Currently, many strategies are in place to facilitate the school/parent partnership . . . although we are always expanding techniques to improve our practice.

Parenting

• Master’s level counselors available (for free) on campus to work with students and their parents
• Newsletter articles offering research-based parenting tips
• Parent/school compact outlines specific parenting needs for academic success
• Website link specifically designed for parental use filled with tremendous parenting resources
• Daily feedback to parents regarding student absences to aid in supervision
• Free dental care offered monthly on-campus
• Parent University calendars distributed to teen parents
• Administrative home visits to residences of struggling students
• Drug intervention and treatment services provided through Community Bridges
• College and Career Center to support parents in helping graduation students
• Psychology courses explore developmental psychology and its applications

Communicating

• Language translators available on-campus around the clock
• Interactive website updated weekly
• Phone calls made home daily to parents of absent or struggling students
• Bi-annual open houses
• Grades sent home every seven weeks
• Non-instructional Fridays for individual tutoring and parent communication
• Newsletter ‘Dragon’s Breath’ sent out bi-monthly
• Digital call-out system for important announcements and reminders
• A wide variety of pamphlets, hand-outs, and memos sent home
• Parent attendance at ACE and NHS orientations

Volunteering

• AdvancEd (formerly NCA) and Title I committees
• Field trips
• Graduation
• Prom and campus events

Learning at Home

• Independent studies available for academic acceleration
• Friday tutoring available to provide support for independent learning
• AIMS preparation materials available upon request (Buckle Down, Princeton Review, Barron’s, etc)
• AIMS information provided through brochures, newsletters, and website
• College and Career Fair and College and Career Center to aid parents as their students transition from high school

Decision Making

• Announcements & invites in newsletters for Title I and AdvancEd (formerly NCA) meetings
• Parent and student surveys sent home through SLC
• Review of parent/school compact annually
• Individual feedback to parents and office staff maximized

Community Involvement

• Community Bridges provides drug training, conducts studies, and offers intervention/rehabilitation support
• Healthy Kids Dental offers free dental care, monthly, on campus
• Parenting University provides workshop calendars to teen parents
• Mesa Police Department provides eight off-duty sergeants as SROs
• Dr. Shari Loren Wells and Suzanne DeSerto, LMFT, offer their service on campus and provide connections to community services as needed
• SVHS serves as a training ground for practicum and student teachers from Rio Salado, University of Phoenix, and Ottawa University
• Any Soldier and AZ Lost Boys projects
• NHS service learning projects for a wide variety of organizations
• AdvancEd (formerly NCA) accreditation and visiting team service by Joe Procopio and Emily Britton
• Solutions Team training and visiting team membership by Emily Britton
• Relationship with local group homes
• Local businesses recruiting through Career Center and Career Fair
• College courses offered through CGCC and Grand Canyon University on campus