Thursday, September 27, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Cafeteria

Family Literacy Night is when a school gives parents and their children a time, a place, and some helpful guidelines from an experienced teacher to write, read, and share their ideas. At King's Preparatory Academy, we believe the school cannot exists without families. So it is our goal to serve families in all areas so that our partnership toward children can be focused and effective.

We facilitate an interactive approach to partnering with parents and other adult family members to inspire the love of reading in children. We know that all families want the best for their children, and research shows that family engagement has a positive impact on children’s reading achievement. Our Family Literacy Night empowers families to support children’s literacy development with a focus on reading in their everyday lives. During this fun and interactive program, families have an opportunity to explore how learning to read and write begins and is supported at home – and how families are children’s first and most important teachers and role models.

By participating in Family Literacy Nights together we will:

• Develop skills, attitudes, and behaviors that support strong early literacy and reading development
• Highlight the positive role and influence of cultures and traditions on literacy
• Better prepare children for reading and learning.

KPA Faculty and Staff use guidelines in our programs that facilitate PTSO goals to:

• Foster understanding about the family’s role in supporting language and literacy development.
• Transition families to frequent use of literacy development activities, emphasizing family strengths, culture, language, and traditions.
• Provide structured, but informal, family gatherings as learning opportunities for parents and adult family members.
• Collaborate with schools and trusted community organizations and institutions to provide engagement programs and resources.
• Use engaging, culturally competent resources that present information in accessible ways using a variety of formats.
• Empower families to use their knowledge and skills proactively to strengthen the home-to-school connection.

We use research based, reputable organizations like Scholastic® and Reading Rockets® to develop activities for our Literacy Nights. We offer four Family Literacy Nights each year to accommodate you busy schedule. We look forward to seeing you with a good book at Family Literacy Nights!

Dinners available for purchase.