PASS is a six (6) session training program that targets parents of children Kindergarten through 12th Grade and provides them with motivating techniques to improve their child's study habits. PASS shows parents how to assist teachers by fostering learning at home. A few of the workshop titles covered are: Parent Attitude, Study Skills, Helping Children Prepare for Tests, and Teaching Reading Skills. Throughout the program parents receive incentives, dinner, supervised child care and transportation. Upon completing the program, parents participate in a graduation ceremony and receive their Master's Degree in Parenting.

Overall, the PASS program, helps the parent/child relationship. It is imperative to have parents involved in a child's education. The schools can not do it alone. We allow the kids to fill out a parent report card that addresses several areas and helps to show parents some areas they might need to work on. Our parent surveys completed at the end of the session showed that parents acquired a lot of information from the workshops. We have had parents to tell us that they have become more involved and we have seen parents volunteering at the schools. The course itself has brought about a better understanding for the parents of what kids are dealing with as well as how much the kids want to have parent involvement. This past year we had 76 to participate and 45 to graduate. Last year we had 57 to participate and 42 to graduate. The year prior to that, which was the first year of the program, we had 25 to graduate.

Parents As Teachers (PAT) is a parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters Kindergarten. PAT certified parent educators teach parents ways to encourage learning, manage challenging behavior and promote strong parent-child relations. The program enhances language development, intellectual growth, social development and motor skills. Our parents educators conduct monthly home visits to 35 families for the past two years. PAT teaches parents to be their child's first teacher by discussing brain and physical development through monthly home visits from a Parent Educator, these visits continue until the child reaches age 5. We also host a Fall Festival as well as a Spring Family and Friends Picnic.