Part 1: Analysis of Current Engagement Programs“When schools, parents, families and communities work together to support learning, students tend to achieve higher grades, attend attend school more regularly, stay in school longer, and enroll in higher-level programs. (Van Roeckel, 2008, p. 1) Deer Valley High School in Glendale, AZ is the first high school built in the Deer Valley Unified Scholl District, and with a population of approximately 1800 students, the high school is one of the largest big in the state. It has a family tradition on its campus, where teachers who were there when the school opened in 1980 still teach. A number of former students have become new teachers on campus, and nearly all of the teachers' children have attended and graduated. from campus. With a school like ours, there are many connections to the community around it and this is demonstrated by programs that involve parents and communities to help our students' development. There are numerous support clubs operated on our campus to help support student achievement on the athletic fields, school-to-work programs to teach students necessary skills in several areas of nursing, sports medicine, and culinary arts classes, and funding for our school to ensure that all students graduate on time. There are many programs on our campus, but I will talk about four: baseball booster club, C2G program, “school-to-work,” and the special education program sponsored by Arrowhead Hospital. These programs are designed to improve relationships between the campus and people in the community and give all students on campus every opportunity to succeed in their futures. Program name and description...... middle of paper..... .bs are broken down into smaller, separate parts based on the sport or activity in which the student participates. Deer Valley High School is a wonderful school to work and teach at. Students, parents, teachers, administrators and community leaders all work together to provide the funding and know-how to help students become future leaders in the community. Deer Valley is a family, and the family always goes the extra mile to give the next generation all the tools they need to succeed in life. References Holcomb-McCoy, C. (2007). School counseling to close the achievement gap: A social justice framework for success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. National Education Association. (2008). Involvement of parents, family and community in education. Washington, DC: NEA Department of Policy and Practice: Center for Great Public Schools.