An innovative new resource center for parents has opened at Albert Schweitzer Elementary School in Middletown’s Levittown section.
The new Parent Resource Center inside a former mail and storage room in the Neshaminy School District elementary school will help parents work and connect with a variety resources for their student. The center features technology to help parents, books and guides for students on important issues, including ADHA, disabilities, bed wetting, bullying, autism and a myriad of other topics, according to teachers and administrators.
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At an open house last week at the Harmony Road school, several local service agencies were in attendance along with Schweitzer staff members.
The center is open to Schweitzer families from 10 a.m. until 2 pm. on school days. Principal Clarke Stoneback said the program certainly won’t turn away parents from other district schools looking for assistance.
Special education teacher Dara Bullick said the resource center idea was born several years ago and came to fruition this year with help from school staff and a $3,000 grant from the nonprofit Foundations Community Partnership.
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“The materials can be taken home and returned. This is to help parents have access to resources all in one spot,” fourth-grade teacher Danielle Mancini explained.
According to Bullick and Stoneback, the new resource center ties in with Schweitzer’s school-wide Cooperation, Attitude, Respect, Empathy and Safety (CARES) program. The program is designed to help promote student achievement and is aided by parents being involved in their student’s school life.
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The resource center program uses an scannable QR codes and a spreadsheet to track what materials are checked out, The data obtained will be used to spot trends and react to problems cropping up with students, said second-grade teacher Kym Cridland.
Stoneback said the new resource center was only possible due to the support from Schweitzer’s staff.
