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We believe that parents are an extremely important and
integral part of student learning at Wayside School.
Wayside parents participate in a number of organizations including:
School Site Council, District Advisory Committee, District English
Learners Advisory Committee, District Parent Liaison Committee, and the
PTA. Even Start during school hours and Parent University
in the evenings provide a variety of classes for our parents:
English-as-a-Second Language, GED, Parenting
Skills. Other meetings for parents cover such topics as: child
discipline, nutrition, developmental growth, and child abuse prevention.
Our PTA organizes and sponsors many major fund raising
activities and after school snack sales. They fund/attend many
events including: Back-to-School Night, the Fall and Spring
Carnivals, the Valentine’s Day Dance, quarterly awards ceremonies, and
end-of-year programs.
We are fortunate to have a full-time Community Relations
Liaison, and a 3-hr. Community Relations Liaison, and a full-time Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Grant Counselor to coordinate many services for
our students and parents. Some of these services are referrals for
clothing/uniforms, emergency food, medical treatment, other links for
families to services in the community, and transportation to such
services. Specifically, our children and parents have participated
in the Elks Lodge luncheon, Toys for Tots, Operation School Bell, and Volunteer Center for food baskets at
Christmas.
We have a three hour After School Program that serves over
100 students each school day. Many
opportunities occur each month for parents to actively participate in
such as assemblies on health, transportation, motivation, behavior, and
character building. The ASP also
holds fun activities like dances and field trips.
We also have various businesses and clubs that support or
sponsor our school such as Kiwanis, Lions’ Club, Southwest Lanes,
Hometown Buffet, Churches Chicken, Bakersfield Blaze, Dave Coffey,
Sizzler Restaurant, Golden Empire Transit, State Farm Insurance, and
Bakersfield Condors. Typically, these community organizations
provide student incentives for excellent behavior, attendance, and
academic achievement.
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