Parents

Parents are such an important part of our school here at Dixie.  We appreciate any and all support and opportunities you have to spend time in the classroom.  We always enjoy having parents come and read with students and especially work on writing pieces.  Please contact me if you are interested in being involved in the classroom. 

Book It

In October we will begin the Book It reading program.  Students who read 500 minutes each month will receive a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Be sure to keep track of your reading on your reading log and return it at the end of the month. 

http://www.bookitprogram.com/parents/

 

Field Trips

O

 
                               
 

Mrs. Neel's is a part of the Community Partnership for Protecting Children.  This partnership has been a tremendous asset to Dixie.   I encourage you all to attend a CPPC meeting and see how our community is striving to ensure the safety and well being of children here in Lexington.

 

Purpose: CPPC is a child abuse prevention, systems reform initiative, which engages the entire community in child protection with the theme: Keeping Children Safe Is Everyone’s Business. CPPC is based on a “theory of change” that states that if the Community Partnership and its 4 core strategies are implemented properly, child abuse and neglect should be prevented in families touched by the work of CPPC.

History

The Community Partnership for Protecting Children (CPPC) Initiative began implementation 10 years ago in four national sites including Louisville, KY, originally funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.  This community approach requires a significant shift in ownership so that everyone in a neighborhood believes he or she has a role in keeping children safe and supporting families. The partnership harnesses the creative talents of neighborhood leaders, human services providers, the faith community and local organizations to work with the public child protection agency (DCBS) to enhance safety and well-being for all families.  Since 1996, the Community Partnership for Protecting Children initiative has made concerted efforts to change fundamental thinking about how society protects children. The community partnership approach starts from the premise that no single factor is responsible for child abuse and neglect, and therefore that no one public agency can safeguard children. Children's safety depends on strong families, and strong families depend on connections with a broad range of people, organizations, and community institutions.

After 10 years of private foundation support of Kentucky's Community Partnership for Protecting Children Program, Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services, allocated federal child abuse and neglect grant funds to expand the Partnership into now ten sites.

The Community Partnership for Protecting Children approach encompasses the following four core strategies:

CPPC Strategies:

Family Centered Practice

This practice represents a family-centered service delivery that stresses partnership among families and their support systems, both formal and informal. The foundation of the practice is the use of Family Team Meetings for prevention and the systematic use of Family Team Meetings by community partners for school, health and other related issues. Daily working relationships are strengthened with mental health, domestic violence and substance providers, critical factors in preventing abuse.

Building Neighborhood Networks of Support for Families

Sites enlist key players from other service systems to ensure that families get the help they need. These partner systems include neighbors, churches, law enforcement, health care providers, domestic violence services, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, emergency economic assistance, and many others. In addition, sites direct intensive support to high-risk families to prevent child abuse and neglect

CPS Policy, Practice and Culture Change

CPS works closely in communities changing the community perception from “baby snatchers” to “family helpers”. Sites have made several important changes in their CPS systems: They collect and analyze CPS administrative data to determine the trends in the neighborhoods they are serving and use this data to drive their decision-making to help families.

Shared Decision Making

Each site creates a decision-making body (Steering Committee) composed of a mixture of "professionals" and community residents, working together to make the best choices about preventing child abuse and neglect. They use evaluation information to inform decisions about strategies, funding, staffing, etc.

A Community Partnership is structured in a way in which community partners, DCBS, parents, residents and anyone who would be involved with families in a community, come together regularly to discuss the children of the community, to hear statistics on child abuse and neglect and to combat the issues which promote child abuse and neglect.  This structured decision-making body works through a process of strategic planning facilitated by CPPC Consultants, where they will assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and then provide recommendations for funding and services allocating the grant funds to address child abuse and neglect prevention.