How Will This Affect My Child S Day-To-Day?

Dear Parents:

It is my pleasure to announce that as of August 24, 2015 wewill begin using a new platform called Hero to track student behavior at Terry Parker High School. The decision to bring Hero in to our school was made with one goal in mind:to make TERRY PARKER a better and more positive environment to grow and to learn.

What does Hero do?

The Hero program is used by schools nationwide for recognizing stand-out student behavior. We are excited to have Hero here at TERRY PARKER. Hero will help us operate efficiently, and it will help us keep consistent policies running throughout the school. Hero will keep an accurate record of thingslike tardies, schoolevent attendance,classroom participation, and positive student behavior. Hero allows our staff to be more data driven—and do more with less.

How will this affect my child’s day-to-day?

In the simplest sense, Hero will help TERRY PARKER run more efficiently, which means that the biggest impact of the program will be that your child will spend more time in class.Many Hero schools have seen big changes in school climate, which means that that time will be safer and more productive, too.

However,Hero may be met with mixed reactions by your childbecause we are using it to create tardy passes and hold students accountable for tardiness and other disciplinary events.We believe thataccountability teaches responsibility, and schools have used Hero to drastically reduce tardies just by making sure students are held accountable.There are also some positive aspects to Hero, which should help most students see the program asa part of what we do at our school.

What does all this mean for my child’s privacy?

Hero takes their responsibility to protect sensitive student informationveryseriously. Along with top of the line technical security, they have internal policies that put your child’s privacy first. It’s also important to note that Hero doesn’t store any SSNs or student health records, and that the data Hero collects is strictly behavioral.

At TERRY PARKER], your child’s privacy, security and safety are of the utmostimportance to us. Because of this, we will work closely with Hero to ensure that the programs we put in place are not only FERPA compliant, but also compliant with all requirements unique to our state, our district, and our school.

We’re extremely excited tobring Hero into TERRY PARKER and look forward to seeing the positive impactthat it will have.

If you have any questions about who Hero is and what they do, you can learn more about them atherok12.com.

Sincerely,

Megan Pardue

Principal