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Welcoming Families Back to School

Each school year brings opportunities to strengthen collaboration and meet the needs of students, parents, and caregivers as young people learn and develop. Welcome your community back to school with evidence-based family engagement practices and resources!

Resources and Trainings

Adapt best practices to the unique assets and needs of your community with turnkey planning tools and ten-minute interactive trainings.

Use this interactive guide to help your team build an ongoing, culturally competent, and inclusive practice of gathering and using input from families in school action plans.

Identify and share available nutrition and food resources in your school community with students, families, and caregivers.

Worksheet: Align family engagement policies and practices with the HEARTS model.

Use these evidence-based strategies for engaging families in healthy behaviors, both at home and at school.

Success stories from America’s Healthiest Schools offer best practices to understand families’ unique perspectives and needs more equitably.

Develop culturally responsive and trauma-informed family and community engagement practices in this interactive e-learning.

Featured Partner Resources

Support whole-child health and community connections with tools from leading youth-serving organizations.

Prepare school staff to understand student experiences, recognize warning signs, and normalize talking openly about mental health with this one-page guide from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Help school staff and students feel comfortable talking about mental health and wellness, identify how mental health impacts emotions, and connect empathetically with this one-page guide by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

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Choose wording thoughtfully to break down stereotypes and show students you care about their mental health with this helpful guide from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

Family Networking Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Engagement

Families that engage with each other and the school community are more confident understanding and advocating for their children.

Support student success with multiple opportunities for families and caregivers to network.

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Get families involved by hosting small group learning opportunities, such as language learning exchanges, where families can connect.

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Implement these family networking ideas to help school families connect virtually and outside of school.

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Facilitate meaningful volunteer opportunities can help families see themselves as integral members of the school community.

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Recreate the energy and inspiration of learning together by hosting a conference-style learning event for families!

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Find out how to encourage families to lead and share their interests, values, and cultures by designing community meetings for your school.

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Interactive Microlearnings for Families

Share these short, interactive courses with families to support whole-family health at home. Each online microlearning takes less than 15 minutes to complete and includes activities developed by families and youth.

This interactive learning activity will help you understand, communicate, and navigate feelings and experiences as a family. Created with AAPI Youth Rising and Act to Change.

This interactive learning activity describes practical ways to promote inclusion in your family and community throughout the school year. Created in collaboration with Laundry Cares Foundation and Full Expression!

With this interactive learning activity, try these quick and simple ways to increase physical activity for the whole family through play. Created with the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, GoNoodle®, and Griffin Middle School.

Use this communication guide to promote family microlearnings in emails, text messages, and social media.

Assess and Celebrate Your Success

Providing networking opportunities for families, parents, and caregivers is an evidence-informed family and community engagement practice in the Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment.

These practices are part of the award criteria for Increasing Family & Community Engagement in the America's Healthiest Schools Award application. Learn more!

Access more free resources, tools, and trainings in the Healthier Generation Action Center and KohlsHealthyAtHome.org.

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Welcoming Families Back to School

Resources and Trainings

Featured Partner Resources

Family Networking Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Engagement

Interactive Microlearnings for Families

Assess and Celebrate Your Success

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Receive tips, activities, and resources for parents and caregivers right to your phone every week.

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Get notified when new family health resources become available.

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