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EXT. TALBOTT SIGN 'WS SIGN & CU'		(narrator track)
at talbott springs elementary --	
NAT FULL 'GOOD MORNING!'		(nat full)
'Good morning and right this way ...'	
MORE WOMAN WALKING IN ('WS SIGN & CU'		(narrator track)
students welcome parents.	
NAT FULL 'NAT MORE ENTRY'		(nat full)
'Morning ...	
POT SOUND UNDERCG - TALBOTT SPRINGS ES         COLUMBIA, MD, HOWARD COUNTY		(narrator track)
the school launches parent involvement month.	
NAT FULL 		(nat full)
'Morning!....'	
NAT FULL 'DAD 'GOT EM ALL RIGHT?'		(nat full)
'Think you got 'em all right?	
		(tilt to boy) 'cep one though -- I had trouble with one.'	
'CHARLES 'MAKES FEEL WEIRD'		(narrator track)
charles thompson knows his dad has his back -- 	
PULL FROM DAD 'GOT EM ALL RIGHT?'		and he's just one of many parents to show up -- 	
		show support --	
		and get involved.	
NAT FULL 'CU COLLECTING TEST'		(nat full)
'hand waving paper'	
POT UNDER AND HOLD		(narrator track)
this morning students test their vocabulary.	
NAT UP FULL AGAIN		(nat full - teacher)
'So look over your list and see if there are any words that you have a question about.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
teacher monica mclaughlin says it really matters to kids when their parents get involved.	
SOT MONICA MCLAUGHLIN 'INVESTED'CG - MONICA MCLAUGHLIN         TEACHER, TALBOTT SPRINGS ES		(sot monica mclaughlin)
'Oh it absolutely matters for them because they know that their parents are interested in what they're doing so they know that they can talk with them when they get home and share everything that they're learning in school.'	
SHOTS OF THE KIDS AT TABLE		(narrator track)
shannon Quigg enjoys a cheese curl with dad in the classroom.	
		tim quigg sees benefits beyond schoolwork.	
		he plugs into her social circle..	
SOTTIM QUIGGCG - TIM QUIGG          PARENT		(sot tim quigg)
'Getting to know her friends I think is important -- when she's talking to me about someone, like a particular student that she's interacting with during the day -- I know who they are now!'	
NAT FULL PRINCIPAL(COVER W/SHOTS HISPANIC KIDS)		(nat full principal)
'The cultural diversity of our student population is a gift that parents receive when they enroll a child at our school.'	
SHOTS ASSEMBLY		(narrator track)
at a welcoming assembly for parents, the school provides an  interpreter for the hispanic community.	
SOT FULL INTERPRETERCG - SANDRA CUSICK          HISPANIC ACHIEVEMENT LIASON		(sot interpreter)
(Spanish)	
		(Interpreter) 'She wants to know that the daughter is going good at the school and that she's going to be an example for society in the future.	
SHOT OF ASSEMBLY		(narrator track)
it's just one way talbott springs reaches out.	
NAT FULL MARK SCOTT 'PREACH - TINY PUSH'CG - MARK SCOTT         PARENT		(nat full)
'I like how Helen Keller put it -- she said --  this is my paraphrase --she said 'it's the aggregate of tiny pushes...'	
CUT OF 'WATCHDOG'S GRAPHIC		(narrator track)
mark scott started 'watch-dogs'.	
		the acronym at talbott springs stands for 'watch-dads of great students.'	
KID LAUGHS 		HE SAYS MEN IN THE CLASSROOM MAKES A STRIKING DIFFERENCE.	
SOT MARK SCOTT		(sot mark scott)
'There's a guy coming into our -- and even one of them -- and this really stunned me uh, came up and she reached her arms up to me and I've never seen her before in my life and she said 'Daddy!' (laughs)	
SOT LARRY WALKERCG - LARRY WALKER         2008 PARENT OF THE YEAR		(SOT LARRY WALKER)
'Their friends would come and say 'your father's in school' -- what are you here for?'	
POT SOUND UNDER		(narrator track)
larry walker says it is so important to step up.	
SOT LARRY WALKER		(sot larry walker)
'... and what they came to learn was that I was there to support them.'	
SOT WENDY PANOR		(SOT WENDY PANOR)
'Just walking my son into his classroom once a week made both of us feel more involved right away.'	
SHOTS OF THE PARENTS IN CROWD		(NARRATOR TRACK)
PARENT AFTER PARENT SPOKE OF RESULTS.	
SOT NANCY THOMPSONCG - NANCY THOMPSON         PRINCIPAL, TALBOTT SPRINGS ES		(SOT NANCY THOMPSON)
'Oh I've noticed a huge change, I've noticed a change in the attitude of the children and particularly with their idea of urgency with respect to their own education.'	
			
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'This is a huge turnout to put a spotlight on Parent Involvement. Our engagement with parents from many different racial and ethnic groups is absolutely critical.'	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'On November 19th -- that is National Parent Involvement Day. I want parents to have acted on many ideas.'	
SHOTS OF ASSEMBLY		(narrator track)
make a phone call.	
		volunteer.	
		talk to your school.	
		make a difference.	
		make it matter.	
SOT ERIN ARNOLD		(sot erin arnold)
'We get to spend more time with our parents and have a lot of fun.'	
CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
october is parent involvement month.	
NAT FLL		(nat full)
'Goodbye -- come back the same channel.'.	
SLATE - MSDE TV		(narrator track)
this is msde tv.	
FADE TO BLACK		(music sting -- fade audio)