Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011

Parents from Fayette County Public Schools were among 30 from across Kentucky who took part in this fall’s Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership (CIPL), which focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This nationally recognized program helps parents become more effective advocates for their children’s education.

Kudos to these CIPL graduates: Alethea Bernard, Bryan Station Middle School; Lucy Blankenship, Lexington Traditional Magnet School; Jocelyn deCastro, Tates Creek Middle School; Casey Hinds and Adrienne Godfrey Thakur, Ashland Elementary; Kaye Hughes, Edythe J. Hayes Middle School; Colleen Wolfe, Veterans Park Elementary; and Suzetta Yates, Bryan Station High School.

The participants attended three two-day training sessions to increase their understanding of school performance and of ways to improve it. Each parent will conduct a follow-up project designed to accelerate students’ academic achievement at his or her child’s school and to involve more parents while concentrating on the STEM areas. The James Graham Brown Foundation provided primary support for this CIPL.

An initiative of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, CIPL is designed and implemented in partnership with the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. 

Since it was established in 1997, CIPL has trained more than 1,600 Kentucky parents as education advocates. For more information or to register, visit http://www.cipl.org/ or call (859) 233-9849, ext. 231. Applications will be accepted starting in mid-January for next fall’s institute.

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