• To share and be partners in the leadership of the school.
• To work together with the parents, the school, and the staff.
• To improve communication between the parents, the school, and the community
• To provide a safe, welcoming, clean and positive atmosphere for all the parents.
• To provide workshops and activities which promote student achievement.
• To facilitate/organize parent meetings and workshops i.e.: speakers, refreshments, outreach activities.
• To sponsor, organize and support activities that will ease the transition from one school level to another (elementary to middle school; middle school to high school; high school to college).
• To recruit, organize, train and celebrate parent volunteers
• To be good role models.

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Resource Links for Parents
Los Angeles Unified School District - Administration news and contact information, school directory, and student calendar for LAUSD.
Los Angeles Unified School District Food Services Branch - Our breakfast and lunch programs are open to all enrolled children in the District. Free or reduced price meals are provided to those children who qualify. Applications can be found in our office, our parent center, or click here for more information.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services -Serves an ethnically and culturally diverse community through programs designed to both alleviate hardship and promote health, personal responsibility, and economic independence.
North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce - Serving the communities of Northridge, Porter Ranch, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Miision Hills.
Los Angeles Public Library - Provides information and entertainment resources, web site indexes, databases, virtual library links as well as links to its central library and branch information.
Great Schools - Compare K-12 school ratings nationwide to find the best schools.
Schoolfamily.com - Helping parents help their kids succeed at school.
Renzulli Learning - Welcome to Renzulli Learning, a program designed to help students achieve by focusing on their strengths, their interests, and the ways they like to learn.
Homework Solutions: The "missing link" between home and school - Victoria Olivadoti presents Homework Solutions, Innovative Solutions for Teachers, Parents and Children for Managing Homework.
i-SAFE, Inc - The worldwide leader in Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress,
i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere.
KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's health. Includes articles, animations, games, and health resources for parents, teens, and children.
YMCA/LA, North Valley at Porter Ranch - The North Valley Family YMCA provides programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks GRANADA HILLS RECREATION CENTER
San Fernando Valley Girl Scouts - Contains events calendar, camp information, service opportunities, training, council profile, and contacts.
Boy Scouts of America
AYSO Region 174 - Serves communities in the north San Fernando Valley area of Southern California.

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Links for Kids
Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Video Games for Students and Teachers.
Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
FreeRice - Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game that increases your knowledge.
FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids. FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math , grammar, science, spell, history)
World Book - Core reference collections; documents, selections, online reference books in major subject areas at the World Book Online Reference Center.
Ask.com Search Engine - Better Web Search Offers search for web sites, images, news, blogs, video, maps and directions, local search and shopping.
Yahoo! Kids Formerly known as Yahooligans! this is a web guide for kids. Yahoo! Kids features games, jokes, news, sports, reference, and more.
BBC - Skillswise Words - Getting the right tense 'Treasure hunt' game. 3 levels of interactive game to help you learn to use the right tense in the right place. If you succeed, you can hunt for treasure!
Sheppard Software - educational games and activities for kids - Educational games, learning games for kids, online geography games, online learning, endangered species, animals, english vocabulary, science online, etc.
Renzulli Learning - Welcome to Renzulli Learning, a program designed to help students achieve by focusing on their strengths, their interests, and the ways they like to learn.
Los Angeles Public Library - Provides information and entertainment resources, web site indexes, databases, virtual library links as well as links to its central library and branch information.
National Geographic Kids - Features different people, animals, and places each month with facts, games, activities, and related links.

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