Pennsylvania's Largest K-8 Charter School To Reward Approximately 200 Parents and Guardians For Exceptional Grades on "Parent Report Card"

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Chester Community Charter School (CCCS), the largest K-8 charter school in Pennsylvania, will host its 11^th Annual Parents Appreciation Dinner for approximately 200 parents and guardians, who took part in the school's "Parent Report Card" program, this year, and received the highest marks from the school's teachers. The program measures and rewards parent participation in the academic success and involvement in students' education. Evaluated by their children's teachers, parents and guardians are graded based on the following criteria: activity in CCCS' Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), and their children's completion of homework, attendance record, compliance with the school's dress code, and satisfactory behavior. This year's event will be held Thursday, May 29, 2014, at the Clarion Hotel, in Essington, PA.

CCCS CEO Dr. David Clark says, "Our students are the success stories, but it begins with the parents, and their commitment to the children. Oftentimes, parent participation in schools is dismal; our program, however, sets Chester Community Charter School apart, and encourages parents and guardians to become more involved. The Parent Report Card Program also keeps them in constant contact with their child's teacher." He continued, "This program is fundamental to our school's success, and is truly appreciated by faculty, staff, and administrators. When parents support CCCS' mission, and a quality working relationship is built and maintained, our students are empowered to excel."

Attending parents and guardians have an opportunity to win prizes, during a raffle drawing, including items such as electronic devices, gift baskets, gift cards, and the grand prize, a trip to Disney World.

About Chester Community Charter School

Chester Community Charter School opened its doors on September 9, 1998, serving 97 students from its modest, four, meeting rooms, in the lobby of the Howard Johnson Hotel, in Chester, PA. Since that time, the school has steadily grown to include more than 3,000 students in 11 state-of-the-art-buildings, spanning three campuses. Through collaboration with the Gureghian Charitable Foundation, and CCCS' High School Search and Selection Program, more than $8.5 million in scholarships and financial assistance to prestigious private secondary schools has been awarded to 175 of the school's graduates, since 2009. http://chestercommunitycharter.org

WHO: 

-  Dr. David Clark, CEO, Chester Community Charter School

-  Approximately 200 Chester Community Charter School parents

WHEN: 

Thursday, May 29, 2014

6:00pm – Dinner

7:00pm – Parent's Award Presentation

WHERE:    

Clarion Hotel

76 Industrial Highway

Essington, PA 19029