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Title I

What is Title I?

Title I is a federally funded grant designed to help schools meet the needs of all students and to provide resources to help improve educational success for families.

Every school that receives Title I funds has a Family-School Compact and a Parent and Family Engagement School Policy. Schools that receive Title I funds also host events to provide family engagement and involvement opportunities.

More information on the Title I program can be found on the PWCS Title I webpage.

Kerrydale ES Title I Staff Contact Information

Wendy McGrael
Title I Teacher
[email protected] 
703-590-1262

Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

We are a diverse family of learners who are reflective, persistent, and brave striving to achieve our personal bests. 

Mission

We will take time to think, overcome challenges, and not be afraid to take risks in our learning.  We will have high expectations for ourselves and our peers. We will work together to meet our goals.

Student Agreement

I will...

  • Share Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, and personal learning goals with my family.
  • Be open to reviewing and reflecting on mistakes during class.
  • Provide feedback to my peers and act on feedback given to me.
  • Reflect on my learning and set goals for myself.

Family/Parent Agreement

We will...

  • Make sure students attend school regularly. Attendance matters!
  • Attend parent/teacher conferences and after-school events.
  • Read newsletters from teachers and Mrs. Zeffiro.
  • Communicate questions and concerns to your child’s teacher.
  • Ask students to share their personal learning goals with you.

Teachers/Staff Agreement

We will...

  • Encourage and support our learners to help them become persistent, brave, and reflective.
  • Give and help students understand feedback.
  • Build relationships and trust so that learning can occur in a place where it is safe to make mistakes and learn from others.
  • Strive to challenge our learners every day.
  • Provide time for our students to reflect on their learning and set goals.

PWCS Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

 2025-2026

 Kerrydale Elementary School

 Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy

 Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

 Kerrydale Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways:

 School Family Engagement Policy

  • Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
  • Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
  • Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
  • Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the school's Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan.
  • Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
  • Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children.

 Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

  • Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
  • Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
  • Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

 Building Capacity for Engagement

  • Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
  • Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
  • Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
  • Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
  • Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
  • Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
  • Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
  • Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
  • Provide opportunities to participate in decision making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

 Accessibility

  • Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events 2025-2026

Division Parent Conference Days scheduled:

  • November 3, 2025
  • January 26, 2026

Last Day of Reporting Periods:

  • October 31, 2025
  • January 22, 2026
  • March 27, 2026
  • June 12, 2026

Scheduled Title 1 Parent & Family Engagement Events are included below, and additional events may be added as needed according to CIP.

  1. Annual Title I Family Engagement Meeting:  September 25, 2025
  2. Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Glow Into Reading: December 4, 2025
  3. Title I Family Engagement Meeting: Champion Night: April 15, 2026
  4. Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: May 22, 2026