Compacts

What Is a Family-School Compact?
A Family-School Compact for Achievement is an agreement that parents, students and teachers develop together. It explains how parents and teachers will work together to make sure all students get the individual support they need to reach and exceed grade level standards.

Jointly Developed with Parents
The parents at Four Seasons A+ helped develop this Compact for Achievement. Schoolwide meetings are held each year to update the compact. Parents are welcome to contribute comments at any time. For more information on this compact please contact Karen Shanahan at karen.shanahan@spps.org or 651.325.2492.

Activities to Support Partnerships

Conferences:

APTT October 30, 5:00-8:00 pm
APTT January 29, 5:00-8:00 pm
APTT April 30, 5:00-8:00 pm
November 6, 3:00-7:00 pm
November 7, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
November 13, 3:00-7:00 pm

Workshops & Advocacy
We Are Four Seasons A+ Title I Night September 22, 5:00-7:00 pm
Celebrate Four Seasons A+ May 18, 5:00-7:00 pm

Coffee with the Principal - 7:30-8:30 am
September 9, October 14, December 9, January 13,
March 10, April 14, May 12

Welcome/Transition Events
Open House August 28, 4:00-6:00 pm

Coffee with the Principal - 7:30-8:30 am
September 9, October 14, December 9, January 13,
March 10, April 14, May 12

Classroom Visits & Volunteering
Four Seasons A+ encourages parents/guardians to visit. Please contact your child’s teacher to set up a time. If you are interested in volunteering at Four Seasons A+, visit fourseasons.spps.org/families/volunteer

Communicating about Learning
Four Seasons A+ is committed to communicating regularly with families about children’s learning. Some of the ways you can expect us to communicate are:

Weekly Friday take home folders,
Monthly “check-in” notes, and emails,
Teachers will give parents their phone number and email at the start of the school year.
Do you have questions about your child’s progress? Parents can contact their child’s teacher.

Family-School Compact for Achievement
Four Seasons A+
K-5 Focus for Student Success

Four Seasons Students
Four Seasons A+ Elementary students work with their teachers to develop ideas about how they can succeed in school. Students thought of the following ideas to make connections between learning at home and school:

Read at home every day.
Talk about the school day with your family.
Bring home Friday Folders and return them to school the next school day.

In the K-5 Classrooms
K-5 teams work with students and their families to support students’ academic success. During a regular school day, one hundred thirty-five minutes are spent in literacy (reading/writing) lessons and practice; ninety minutes are spent in math review, lessons, and practice.

Arts integration will enhance learning in all subjects while each grade will also have specialist instruction in dance, music, and science. Teachers will teach with high expectations based on the belief that each student can learn.

Some key connections with families will be:

Four Seasons teachers and staff are Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT) trained. APTT meets 3 times during the year to: explore foundational skills, review progress, learn activities to build skills, and set goals.
Teachers will hold individual fall conferences.
Seesaw will be used to share student work.
The school newsletters will let you know what skills we are working on in the classroom.

At Home
Families play an important role in supporting their students’ learning. Here are some things families have said they can do to help their student:

Participate in conferences. Four Seasons will host Academic Parent Teacher Teams and traditional conferences.
Create routines around daily reading at home.
Make sure your students are at school every day, on time, unless they have a fever or are seriously ill. Inform the school of absences.
Talk to your child about their school day.
Look for your child’s Friday Folder every Friday, and send it back to school on the next school day.
Follow progress on Seesaw.
If you have questions or concerns, contact your child’s teacher.

District Goals

Achievement
All students are proficient and making continuous growth in each of these academic measures:

Pre-Kindergarteners on target in reading
3rd graders at grade level in reading and math
5th graders at grade level in reading, math and science
7th graders ready for algebra by grade 8
9th graders ready for high school
11th graders passing GRAD test in reading, math and writing
Capstone: Ready for college and career

Equity
Decrease gaps and disproportionately between student groups in:

MCA and GRAD test passage
Advanced Course Participation
Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) test passage
Graduation
Gifted/Talented identification
Special Education referrals
Absences
Suspensions

School Goals

Reading:

The percentage of K-1 students demonstrating typical or aggressive growth on the earlyReading FAST assessment will increase from 65% in spring 2025 to 75% in spring 2026.
The percentage of 2nd-5th-grade students demonstrating typical or aggressive growth on the aReading FAST assessment will increase from 68% in spring 2025 to 78% in spring 2026.

Math:

The percentage of K-5 students scoring “on” or “above” grade level on the HMH growth measure will increase from 36.8% to 40% as measured by the fall, winter, and spring HMH growth measures.