Family Engagement

We can cultivate family engagement in three ways: by building relationships, by fostering communication, and by engaging in meaningful collaborations

What is Family Engagement? 
Hear how leading engagement specialists describe it in this short video.

How can successful Family Engagement impact schools? 
Listen to these school leaders and staff sharing how they value family partnerships in this short video.

Family Engagement and *PTAs both work in schools to support their communities, however, Family Engagement aims to also empower families to be a part of creating and leading in our school community.  Family Engagement calls for building trusting relationships, sharing in meaningful communication and creating collaborative partnerships with our families.  

We want to find ways to work together to increase our family engagement and find ways to help you share your expertise, experiences, and voice  - we need our parents' voice to move forward! 

Renton School District's  Family & Community Engagement Vision
We believe family engagement has a positive effect on student achievement and supports the District mission that each student graduates with options and is prepared to fully participate in our democracy.  We will know we have achieved authentic family engagement when students and families feel their cultures are valued and when all families experience trusting and respectful relationships, meaningful communication, and collaborative partnerships.

What do we want our family engagement vision and work to look like at Lakeridge? 
Click on the tab below, 'share your ideas'; we want to lift your voices and vision! 

* Lakeridge PTA was formally dissolved in 2018 due to an inability to recruit and sustain the board and membership requirements.

Share your thoughts with us! 

We will share outcomes and information from inquiries or families shares here.

Renton Innovation Zone Partnership/RIZP

The RIZP is an organization that works to connect communities and schools to drastically improve the well-being of children and their academic performance in the serve areas of four elementary schools (RSD’s RIZ: Lakeridge, Bryn Mawr, Campbell Hill and Highlands Elementary schools.)

Some of RIZP’s main goals include partnering with Skyway/West Hill communities to gain resources for basic amenities needed to support families and children; support tutoring, academic and enrichment opportunities; improve the quality and increase the number of early learning opportunities; and provide resources that will create significant changes to students experiences homelessness and housing instability so they will be able to learn and thrive.  For more information, click here website or email.

Sound Discipline
Sound Discipline offers comprehensive programs that help educators connect with our youth and address the root causes of challenging behavior.  The results are lasting, measurable reduction in discipline problems and improvements in school culture.

They also train parent educators who offer families tools to build on communication skills, reduce discipline challenges, and continue to build social-emotional skills at home.  Visit their website.  

Thrive Yoga
Damithia Nieves, owner and sole instructor at Thrive Yoga, is a registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Children’s Yoga teacher, Trauma-Informed Restorative Practices Facilitator and recently certified Positive Parenting Coach and Educator. Her business, Thrive Yoga, provides yoga and mindfulness programming to youth on the Eastside and South Seattle with a focus on increasing accessibility of these healing practices in Black & Brown communities. Within this work she also co-facilitates a youth restorative practice circle at the Skyway Library and is a Youth Mentor with Young Women Empowered.

Children from elementary thru high school can benefit from a yoga and mindfulness practices and offering in a school setting poses unique benefits including improved ability to learn, reduced test anxiety, improved social skills and more.  Damithia has partnered with Lakeridge to provide in-person, and currently, weekly digital mindfulness and movement classes.  Your student has the Zoom link on their Google Classroom page.  Families and staff are encouraged and welcome to join this program with our students!  Visit her website.

Women United Seattle
Founder and Director, Lakeridge 'Natural Leader' and grandparent Alesia Cannady

Pepper Pot Kinship support group meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Friday each month for kinship caregivers seeking support. Next virtual meeting is Friday, December 11, 2020 at 11:30 am.

Contact Alesia for more details and eligibility requirements.

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RIZ Math at home
You may wonder, 'How can I help my child with math?' or  'How and why have math teaching and learning changed?' 
This page will help you understand the math that your students are learning at Lakeridge. 

What type of learning resources would you like Lakeridge to offer to our families?
Visit our family feedback Padlet here, and share your voice! 

Please check the link below to access the virtual classroom for language, culture, food sovereignty, and traditional value activities.

If you have high school students, please check out the added scholarship info/support. Once you are able to open the site, click the upper right arrow on each slide to access the virtual classroom.

Native Education Site for RSD