South Lee Middle School is a small, rural school with approximately 270 students located in north Mississippi. The central issue of concern at South Lee Middle School was low levels of student academic growth in mathematics according to state assessments. An informal preliminary analysis identified root causes of this concern as a lack of organized opportunities either to communicate with parents or to allow community members to volunteer at the school. To mitigate these factors, the administration, faculty, and staff at South Lee Middle School identified two targeted areas of improvement to impact student academic growth in mathematics: school-to-home communication and school-based mentoring. Remind services were established for each grade level to provide two-way communication from school to home. Also, a mentoring program called Red Raider Family was established to provide targeted students with the support, encouragement, and accountability necessary for academic success.The purpose of this study was two-fold. The first overarching goal was to increase student academic growth on the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program mathematics assessment to at least 75%. This was attempted through implementation of grade-level Remind services and the Red Raider Family program. The second overarching goal was to create a cycle of continuous improvement through feedback from key stakeholders in the form of surveys, interviews, focus groups, document analysis, and descriptive statistics. South Lee Middle School evaluated each of these initiatives and utilized resources to adjust these programs for use in the 2018--2019 school year. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]