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What families can expect from the school, and how parents and guardians support their child and the school community

At a Glance

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The Parent & Family Handbook combines what families have the right to expect from the school with what families are expected to do to support their child and maintain the school–family partnership.

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• Expect respectful, fair, and professional treatment from the school.

• Receive important school information and reasonably timely updates concerning your child.

• Understand your child’s placement, academic progress, strengths, and significant concerns.

• Ask questions, raise good-faith concerns, and receive an appropriate response.

• Participate in approved school, church, cultural, and family activities.

• Expect appropriate privacy and confidentiality concerning your child and family.

• Help your child arrive prepared and support learning and Armenian-language practice at home.

• Support homework and organization without completing the student’s work.

• Support your child’s Armenian heritage, Christian formation, Patarag, and required school programs.

• Ensure regular attendance, punctuality, and full participation.

• Monitor official school communications and respond to required forms, deadlines, meetings, and requests.

• Keep contact, medical, custody, emergency, and authorized-pickup information accurate and current.

• Follow school policies, model respectful conduct, and address disagreements privately through school channels.

• Remain reasonably available, responsive, and involved when academic, attendance, conduct, health, safety, or participation concerns arise.

• Complete the annual family-service requirement through two approved service roles or the $100 contribution option.

• Complete enrollment, re-enrollment, tuition, fees, records, and other administrative requirements on time.

• Review report cards, attend requested conferences, and cooperate when your child needs additional academic support.

• Complete required permissions and preparation for activities, events, field trips, leadership, and student opportunities.

• Follow arrival, dismissal, early-release, late-pickup, closure, and schedule-change procedures.

• Ensure your child follows school-and-church attire, device, technology, and media requirements.

• Support student accountability without confronting, questioning, or disciplining another family’s child.

• Report bullying, harassment, threats, safeguarding concerns, or serious safety issues promptly through the appropriate school process.

• Keep health, allergy, medication, and emergency information current and follow food-safety requirements.

• Follow visitor, building-access, supervision, and restricted-area procedures.

• Cooperate immediately when a serious health, emotional well-being, safeguarding, or emergency concern involves your child.

The Parent Handbook specifically emphasizes that families remain informed and responsive, support learning without replacing student independence, reinforce respectful conduct and Armenian Christian formation, maintain accurate information, and cooperate with the school when concerns arise.

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Please refer to the Condensed Guide or Full Handbook for requirements, procedures, and details.

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What families can expect from the school, and how parents and guardians support their child and the school community

At a Glance

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Shnorhali School teachers play an important role not only in instruction, but also in student safety, responsibility, faith, Armenian identity, and the life of our school community.

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• Be prepared and on time. Homeroom teachers are expected to be at school and ready to begin their responsibilities by 9:30 AM.

• Use instructional time fully. Classes should begin on time, remain focused on learning, and continue through the scheduled end of the period.

• Come prepared to teach. Lessons, materials, assignments, and necessary resources should be prepared before class begins.

• Maintain accurate student records. Attendance, assignments, assessments, grades, and student progress should be recorded consistently and on time.

• Supervise students at all times. A teacher remains responsible for students until supervision has been clearly transferred to another authorized adult.

• Protect student safety and well-being. Health concerns, injuries, emotional crises, safety issues, or child-protection concerns must be taken seriously and reported through the appropriate school process.

• Maintain professional boundaries. Teacher-student relationships should always remain appropriate, respectful, and connected to an educational, supervisory, or school-approved purpose.

• Help students understand their rights and responsibilities. Teachers should guide students in becoming responsible members of the school community by teaching respect, accountability, self-discipline, and care for others.

• Communicate professionally with families. Families should receive clear, timely information about classroom learning, assignments, progress, and significant concerns.

• Respect confidentiality. Student, family, and staff information should only be shared when there is a legitimate educational, safety, administrative, or legal need.

• Model appropriate conduct. Teachers are expected to communicate respectfully, use technology responsibly, dress appropriately for a school and church setting, and model the behavior expected from students.

• Participate in the life of the school. Required meetings, programs, rehearsals, events, worship activities, and other assigned responsibilities are part of the teacher’s professional role.

• Ask questions and raise concerns. Teachers are encouraged to seek clarification, offer professional input, and report concerns in a respectful and timely manner.

For complete expectations, procedures, rights, and responsibilities, please review the full Teacher Guide and the Condensed Teacher Guide.

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Please refer to the Condensed Guide or Full Handbook for requirements, procedures, and details.