Welcome to the Parents Corner, where parents can find school and curriculum information, all in one location.

Teacher/Parent Communication Tools

Faculty members have Web sites that create an opportunity for parents to be aware of what is happening in their child’s classes. To locate a particular site, go to the Staff Listing & Teacher Web Sites page located under Contact Us. Once there, scroll down to the section labeled Teachers and click on a teacher’s site. One of the features the page will allow you to see is your child’s upcoming assignments.

Additionally, the district has way for you to check on your child's academic progress through a service called PASS (Parental Access Support System). PASS allows you to access academic progress and other information via the Internet. You may locate PASS by visiting the district Web site, finding the Parent Resource Tab on the left side toolbar, and clicking on the Parent Access Support System link (PASS). Once you have entered into the main PASS web page, you may view attendance, current grades, and the school calendar.

You can access this tool from any computer that has Internet access. To access your child's progress using PASS, login using your child's ID and PIN. If you have any questions about faculty web pages or PASS, please feel free to contact Mrs. Carpenter, School Secretary, by e-mail or phone at 480-882-3515.

Tax Credit

Don’t forget that we have an opportunity to dictate how our state taxes may be used to enhance our schools. Remember that the funds we dictate to our school are returned to us dollar-for-dollar in the form of a tax credit when we file our state tax return. As you know, the Arizona State Legislature has a tax law (ARS 43-1089.01) that allows up to $400 tax credit for married couples filing jointly or $200 for individuals, who make a donation to a public school. The law is set up so that any taxpayer may contribute to a public school, regardless of whether the taxpayer has a child attending the school.
 
Please remember the three ways that you can make your contribution to our school. You may go online at our district Web site and click on the School Tax Credits link under Helpful Links, and either make your contribution online or print a copy of the receipt, fill it out, and mail it (along with your contribution) to the middle school. You may also come directly to the middle school and make your contribution. Whichever method you choose to contribute, we will be very grateful!

As we shared in last month’s article, one of the misconceptions of the tax credit opportunity is that people believe they have to make the full contribution in order to participate. Remember, that is not true; you may make any contribution you would choose to make. Our hope will be that we will all try to take advantage of our ability to determine how this part of our state taxes will be spent on our Cougar students!