Title I

What is Title I?

Title I is a federally funded grant designed to help schools meet the needs of all students and to provide resources to help improve educational success for families.

Every school that receives Title I funds has a Family-School Compact and a Parent and Family Engagement School Policy. Schools that receive Title I funds also host events to provide family engagement and involvement opportunities.

More information on the Title I program can be found on the PWCS Title I webpage.

Marumsco Hills ES Title I Staff Contact Information

Title I Family-School Compact

Vision

Marumsco Hills Elementary School is a diverse community of learners committed to excellence.

Mission

Through collaboration, communication and consistency, we wil build and sustain positive relationships, nurture growth mindset, and create a safe learning environment where students achieve excellence.

Student Agreement - I will...

Be Responsible:

• Be a quality student
• Care about my learning
• Do my best
• Be prepared
• Plan ahead and set goals

Be Respectful:

• Show respect toward my teachers, my parents, and my friends
• Do the right thing

Practice and Apply:

• Read every day
• Write something every day
• Use my math skills daily
• Use my study skills at school and at home

Family/Parent Agreement - We will...

Support:

• Provide a quiet place for my child to complete their homework
• Read to, listen to, or encourage my child to read daily
• Encourage my child to become a reader, writer, and math problem solver
• Make sure my child is at school regularly and on time
• Support my child's school - be a partner in my child's education
• Show that learning can be fun

Communicate:

• Stay in contact with my child's teacher
• Check folders, agendas, and backpacks daily
• Talk to my child about their day
• Maintain up-to-date telephone numbers, medical information, and other important information about my child

Involvement:

• Participate at school - attend conferences, volunteer in school activities, and/or join committees 

Teachers/Staff Agreement - We will...

Instruct:

• Provide high quality curriculum and instruction
• Set high expectations

Communicate:

• Open communication with parents and students
• Seek out other people's ideas to solve problems - because teaming with others creates better solutions

Encourage:

• Give students personalized support with positive praise, patience, and love

Title I Parent and Family Engagement School Policy

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Title I program is established to improve student achievement so that every student will graduate on time with the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to create a thriving future for themselves and their community.

Marumsco Hills Elementary School will ensure effective involvement of families and will support a partnership among the school, parents, guardians, and community to improve student achievement in the following ways: 

School Family Engagement Policy

• Review the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy which is jointly developed and distributed to parents.
• Provide all parents with information about the schools’ participation in Title I at the Annual Meeting and inform parents of their right to be involved.
• Invite and encourage all parents to attend all Title I Family meetings and events. Inform parents that the school may provide support for them to attend meetings.
• Involve family participation in the planning, review, and improvement of the schools’ Title I Schoolwide/Continuous Improvement Plan
• Provide parents with information about the Title I program, the curriculum, academic assessments, and students’ expected proficiency levels.
• Notify the PWCS Title I Office if the Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy is not satisfactory to the parents of participating children. 

Shared Responsibilities for High Student Achievement

• Invite parents to volunteer, observe, and/or participate in their child’s class(es) and school.
• Include a schedule for parent-teacher conferences and progress reports.
• Invite parents to participate in events related to academics.

Building Capacity for Engagement

• Assist parents to understand the state’s academic content, achievement standards, and assessments.
• Communicate with families on a regular basis regarding their child’s progress in school; including school performance information and student assessment results.
• Provide materials and training to help parents support their children’s academic progress.
• Develop, in consultation with families, a Family-School Compact, stating how the school and families will share the responsibility for high student performance. Review the Family-School Compact annually with families and school staff.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners.
• Coordinate and integrate parent and family engagement programs and activities with other federal and state programs supporting preschool, multilingual students, and students with disabilities.
• Ensure that information related to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to parents in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.
• Distribute annual parent surveys encouraging parents to respond to additional support needed to participate in parent and family engagement.
• Provide opportunities to participate in decision-making at Parent Advisory Council meetings, Parent Teacher Organization meetings, and meetings related to Title I program planning.

Accessibility

• Provide opportunities for the participation of parents with limited English proficiency and parents with disabilities, in a format that is practicable and in a language that parents can understand.

Important Dates and Upcoming Title I Events

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Elementary Schools

• November 3, 2025
• January 26, 2026

Middle Schools and High Schools       

• Touch base days will be scheduled by schools

Last Day of Grading Periods

• October 31, 2025
• January  22, 2026
• March 27,  2026
• June 12, 2026

Title I Parent & Family Engagement Events

• Title I Annual Meeting: October 10, 2025
• Title I Family Engagement Family Toolkit: November 3, 2025
• Title I Family Engagement Reading and Math Games Night: March 19, 2026
• Title I “Summer Thrive” Family Engagement Meeting: May 21, 2026