The Alaska Parent Information and Resource Center (AKPIRC) connects families and schools throughout Alaska to enhance the academic achievement of all students. Resources include downloadable parent involvement handouts, staff development toolkits, guidance documents for developing meaningful parent involvement polices and more!

PARENTS: Please click on the Parent tab at the top of this page to find a variety of links to parenting and educational websites.

EDUCATORS: AKPIRC can assist schools to coordinate and strengthen parental involvement activities required under No Child Left Behind.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Parent Workshops: Your School's Parent Involvement Policy
As part of Title I requirements, every Title I school must have a parent involvement policy (PIP) on file.  This workshop will provide parents an opportunity to become familiar with the PIP and provide feedback.

March Parent Workshops:  Learning about Testing, the SBAs & HSGQE
This workshop will give parents information about the upcoming Standards Based Assessments (SBAs) and High School Graduation Qualifying Exam (HSGQE) and will share important information on how parents can help their children be successful on the upcoming tests.

March 18, 2010
6:oo p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Clark Middle School, presented in Samoan

March 24, 2010
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Muldoon Elementary School, presented in Hmong

March 25, 2010
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. North Star Elementary School, presented in Neur and Yup'ik

March 30, 2010
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Willow Crest Elementary School, presented in Spanish

Have a question?  Email AKPIRC

This website was produced in whole or in part with funds from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Parental Information and Resource Center program, under Grant #U310A060087. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education, any other agency of the U.S. government, or any other source.