Together we achieve more

IT IS a truism that when people work together they can accomplish much more than working individually. Teamwork promotes cooperative effort of two or more people to realize a goal. In school, parents can team up with teachers and other school personnel to help their children succeed academically. There are definitely a multitude of ways by which they can provide assistance in school that will surely benefit their children. We don’t belittle the power of teamwork. History points to a lot of examples of great partnership between two players or the seemingly average group of individuals who work together as one to attain extraordinary feat. Often we hear people emphasize the importance of teamwork or learning to be a good teammate in sports. These are values that are often top of the list.

Whether we are working together professionally to achieve a common goal, to complete a project or just trying to succeed personally, it is always teamwork that brings success. As much as we all believe we can do anything and everything on our own, we must realize that reaching a goal or accomplishing a project usually has a positive outcome and great benefit through working with others.

When you do retrospection you will probably see that if your friends and family were not supportive of a new task or endeavor that you were embarking on, they were almost dead set against it. School achievements can be bigger and better when parents come together with teachers as a team with a plan to make it all happen. And so when parents of students make the same commitment as teachers that school is important and education matters, they are making an investment overall for the student.

Now more than ever, we enjoin parents once again to work with teachers towards a common goal while creating a positive environment that celebrates and accentuates each individual’s strengths to create a combined better performance. Together we are stronger than we are alone. Together we can achieve more.

By Joyce J. Baon