FHECC Mission

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What Is The Purpose of the Forrest Hills Elementary Community Coalition?

  • Connect the families in the community with pre-school aged kids

  • Support and connect with current students, parents and teachers

  • Help parents make an educated decision

  • Increase Student Enrollment

  • To encourage community involvement

  • Keep people from moving away or going to private schools due to perceived low quality of education

  • To support our school and improve the quality of education which strengthens the neighborhood and increases property values

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What Improvements Can We (The Community) Make?

  • Achieve more effective parental and community involvement

    • Recruit and reorganize PTA

    • Reach out to families/neighborhood associations in our district

    • Form groups of families of like-aged children who will be in classes together (potlucks?)

  • Increase diversity in the student body

    • Increase enrollment of children from homes in the school district to increase diversity

    • More children from homes in neighborhoods will greatly reduce mobility and increase the "core" group of students

  • Continue the upward trend in test scores

  • Open the lines of communication between school and community

  • Encourage all potential parents to visit and experience the school

  • Support fundraising projects/tools already in place

    • Box Tops For Education

    • Newspaper Recycling

    • Campbell Soup Labels

    • Kroger Cards

  • Build Partnerships And Tap Into Resources Provided By Board Members, Local and State Educational Agencies

    • PTA Resources

    • County Resources

    • State Resources

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What Can You Do To Shape Forrest Hills Future?

  • Don't rely on what you hear - please visit and experience the school so you can form your own opinion

  • Support our school and commit to enroll your children

  • Get to know your neighbors and other members - there is strength in numbers

  • Stay connected - come to meetings and stay informed about what is happening with the school and issues related to our community

  • Volunteer your time and talents to the coalition and the school

  • Join PTA and get involved

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Forrest Hills Neighborhood Association - P.O. Box 293, Decatur, GA 30030