Along this same line, a couple of us were discussing how to make sure that communications we send home with students get to both parents when there are two homes. If the parents don't share info, there can easily be one parent who never knows what's happening at school. In our case it appears that the dads aren't getting the info since the children only see them on weekends or a couple times a week. We've got our website going, but they have to remember to check it daily or at least weekly and we haven't gotten to the point yet where we have EVERYTHING there.
We've pulled in some dads the last few years I think by just letting them know that we need them. Their input is just as important as the moms'and we're not just sitting around giggling and discussing the latest fashions, we're talking about giving our kids the best education possible. I still wish we could get more dads though.
We do the Watch D.O.G.S. program to get dads involved. We start by getting them in the door with that program and then pull them in to other activites from there.
The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating-in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. --Anne Morris
Does anyone have any ideas for getting dads involved at the school. We have not seen any men at our parent meetings at all. We have stopped and personally invited them to meetings and nothing. I think it would be good for our young males to see men in the building.
