A Deeper Look: Parent Partnership Days

I’ve always been a dreamer. Lately, they have been big, wide-open dreams that don’t fit neatly inside a traditional school calendar or a lesson plan. Dreams that blur the lines between home and school, parent and teacher, life and learning.

At the center of REC is this quiet conviction I can’t shake:
Education was never meant to belong to a single building.

And while I believe deeply in the power of what will happen inside the walls of REC—community, discipleship, hands-on learning, academic growth—I also believe that some of the most meaningful learning happens outside of them.

That’s where the vision for our parent partnership days began.

Kentucky requires a certain number of instructional days each year. And while REC students will earn the majority of those days with us—rooted, guided, supported—there are 30 days that intentionally and purposefully leave our hands and land in yours.

Thirty days for parents to step into their child’s education not as observers, not as homework helpers, but as leaders.
Thirty days to teach, explore, discover, and connect.
Thirty days set aside not as “days off,” but as days of invitation.

I’m dreaming of parents watching the way their child tilts their head when they’re thinking, or how they need to move a little when they process new information. I’m dreaming of moms and dads saying, “I never realized you learn best this way,” not because a teacher told them, but because they witnessed it themselves.

I’m dreaming of learning that looks like:

A field trip to the creek, where math becomes measuring water flow and science becomes flipping rocks to discover tiny ecosystems beneath them.

A day at a local farm where reading is following instructions and history is hearing the stories of the land.

A family road trip where geography is no longer a map in a book, but a windshield full of changing landscapes and conversations about the world God shaped.

A slow morning at home where a parent and child work through a guided lesson side-by-side, not rushed, not crammed between activities, but paced with purpose.

I know not every moment will be picture-perfect. Some days will be messy, loud, or unpredictable. But maybe that’s part of the beauty—because real learning has always thrived in the unscripted spaces.

These 30 days are more than an educational requirement. They’re an opportunity for families to remember that learning is not something that only happens in fluorescent-lit rooms with desks lined up in rows. It happens in kitchens, forests, backyards, museums, minivans, and library corners. It happens in conversations, in questions, in the shared wonder of discovering something new together.

And if I’m honest, I think these days might shape our students just as much as what we do within our walls.

So as REC takes shape, this part of the vision feels especially sacred to me. It bridges school and home. It honors parents as the primary disciplers and guides. It lets us link arms instead of handing off responsibilities.

Thirty days—A gift, a challenge, a partnership, a promise.

I’m dreaming of all the ways God will use those days—messy, beautiful, ordinary, extraordinary—to shape hearts, minds, families, and futures.

And I can’t wait to see the stories that unfold.

With grace and grit— and big, big dreams.

Kehla