Cabrillo Point Academy

Dear Families,

Welcome to Cabrillo Point Academy!

I am so glad that your family has chosen to join our community. I hope this year will be a wonderful journey for your family, full of learning and excitement.

This document provides some helpful information that you will be using throughout the school year. If you have any questions, your first point of contact is your Homeschool Teacher (HST). If you have yet to receive confirmation of your HST, please reach out to our school's Family Liaisons with your questions.

Shaemanique King - shaemanique.king@cabrillopointacademy.org 661-992-9532

I look forward to meeting you soon!

Sincerely,

Jenna Lorge

Cabrillo Point Academy Principal

The Beginner's Quick Guide to Homeschooling

Set your homeschooling goals for each child.
Discover your child’s learning style and your homeschooling style.
Get acquainted with homeschooling lingo.
Research homeschooling models and methodologies.
Find your support network: friends, family, homeschool community, or create your own co-op!
Get to know your city and county, and all they have to offer your homeschooling journey.
Create your homeschool, and don't worry about what others are doing.
Don't feel comfortable in a subject? That's what vendors are for!
Enjoy this time with your children and celebrate the achievements!
Most importantly, be kind to yourself. Sometimes things don't work, or days are difficult. Get outside, take a break, and remind yourself of the things that do work!

Virtual Orientation Video

If you are joining Cabrillo Point Academy for the 2020-2021 school year, please watch the South Schools' Virtual Orientation session below. It will answer many of your questions!


Meeting Your HST (HomeSchool Teacher) will meet with you and your student(s) approximately once per month. These meetings are a time to get to know each other and share the work and progress students are making throughout the school year. HSTs are there to answer questions, address concerns and offer support. This will be a time where student work samples will be collected as well.	Student Work Student work samples are required for each learning period to represent what your child has been working on and to verify monthly attendance. TK-8th Grade: Your HST will select one work sample from either Math, Reading, Science, or Social Studies each Learning Period. High School: Your HST will collect one work sample from each course you are currently enrolled in, including electives and community college courses.	Attendance You will log into the Parent Portal here and claim attendance for each learning period. Final attendance with signature and date is due on the last day of the learning period. Thank you for making every effort to complete your attendance on time! Your teacher will be sending you your parent portal login information.

Meeting

Your HST (HomeSchool Teacher) will meet with you and your student(s) approximately once per month. These meetings are a time to get to know each other and share the work and progress students are making throughout the school year. HSTs are there to answer questions, address concerns and offer support. This will be a time where student work samples will be collected as well.

Student Work

Student work samples are required for each learning period to represent what your child has been working on and to verify monthly attendance.

TK-8th Grade: Your HST will select one work sample from either Math, Reading, Science, or Social Studies each Learning Period.

High School: Your HST will collect one work sample from each course you are currently enrolled in, including electives and community college courses.

Attendance

You will log into the Parent Portal here and claim attendance for each learning period.

Final attendance with signature and date is due on the last day of the learning period. Thank you for making every effort to complete your attendance on time! Your teacher will be sending you your parent portal login information.

Planning Amounts can be used to purchase secular curriculum and educational supplies, and pay for educational activities to expand student knowledge and experiences.

Planning Amounts are allocated so that you can plan your school year with secular curriculum, tools, and enrichment opportunities needed for your child.

Products include, but are not limited to... secular curriculum, educational supplies, field trips, educational games, technology, and novels that support student educational learning, and materials necessary to support student learning.

Services include, but are not limited to... academic extension courses, physical education classes, tutoring from an established business, physical education lessons, music lessons or any other service that requires an instructor to student interaction in an in-person setting.

Please note that services are only authorized through Cabrillo Point Academy approved vendors. Services must be virtual until further notice.

Non-Consumable vs. Consumable Items

Non- Consumables: Please be aware that any item paid for using your student Planning Amount, that can be used by another student (such as textbooks, educational board games, and technology) belongs to the school, and will need to be returned once the student withdraws from the school.

Consumables: These are items another student cannot use, such as paper, pens, workbooks that a student writes inside, and service requests. Such items cannot be used by another student and will not be returned to the school when the student withdraws.

Dates orders can be placed for new families:

August 1st - New student orders will begin being fulfilled, so long as the family has signed their Master Agreement. You will receive this from your Homeschool Teacher.
August 17th - First day of the 2020-2021 school year, school officially opens, and technology orders will begin fulfillment.

Please note, these dates are subject to change.

If you are new to homeschool curriculum, we are happy to help navigate the vast choices available and filter resources that would best fit the unique learning style of your student. Your Homeschool Teacher (HST) will be able to help you with your options.

Three options:

Cabrillo Point Academy adopted curriculum: These are the school's suggested curriculum options. They can contain all of your subjects within one curriculum or vendor and are purchased via the Curriculum Ordering System (COS) by your Homeschool Teacher. Please click here to view our 2020-2021 curriculum suggestions for all grades.
Family selected secular curriculum can be ordered through the Enrichment Ordering System (EOS). Families may purchase these using their Planning Amount. For secular curriculum ideas, visit http://cathyduffyreviews.com/
Mix both of the above.

Reminder: All items purchased with Planning Amounts are property of Cabrillo Point Academy. Non-consumables or unused consumables will be returned once educational curriculum is completed or student withdraws from Cabrillo Point Academy.

Cabrillo Point Academy is a public charter school and by law must remain non-sectarian in all aspects of its operation. State funds may not be used to purchase religious material.

LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM WEBINARS

IEW Curriculum Overview with Andrew Pudewa- View this webinar HERE

ESSENTIALS IN WRITING - View this webinar HERE

SPELLING YOU SEE - View this webinar HERE

ALL ABOUT LEARNING - View this webinar HERE

ROYAL FIREWORKS PRESS / MICHAEL CLAY CURRICULUM - View this webinar HERE

IEW Cultivating Language Arts: Preschool through High School - View this webinar HERE

WRITE AT HOME - View this webinar HERE

LOGIC OF ENGLISH - View this webinar HERE

WELL TRAINED MIND - View this webinar HERE

To understand how high school with Cabrillo Point Academy works, please watch this presentation by our High School Success Coordinator and High School Counselor. The slides are available here.

Our High School Curriculum Options are available here, and we have additional HS opportunities here.

For questions, please reach out to your HST. You can also contact our wonderful high school team, and find lots of information on their websites, listed below.

High School Success Coordinator

Lara Mulvaney

lara.mulvaney@cabrillopointacademy.org

Cabrillo Point Academy High School Website

High School Counselor

Tegan Thacker

tegan.thacker@cabrillopointacademy.org

Cabrillo Point Academy High School Counselor Website

We believe community and hands-on learning makes homeschooling that much better, and field trips are the avenue to get there!

Families are able to book one free chaperone per four enrolled Cabrillo Point Academy students. When making a booking for your family, please be sure to book the free chaperone, so that we can have an accurate number of attendees.

There are no drop-offs allowed. Additional siblings and parents can attend field trips by paying for tickets online via credit card. They are family learning events!

Join one of our wonderful trips by clicking the link below!

Field trips are currently on pause due to Coronavirus restrictions. We will inform parents once they are back up.


STAR 360 is a short online assessment that is completed the beginning of the school year or within 2 weeks for new enrollments, in the middle of the school year, and at the end of the school year. Families receive an email with all needed information once the assessment windows are open.	As a public charter school Cabrillo Point Academy is required by the state to have 95% of our students in grades 3-8, 11, and 12 participate in CAASPP yearly. We appreciate your participation in state testing in the spring as it has a big impact on charter renewal. Cabrillo Point Academy wants to continue to provide amazing programs and resources to our homeschool families and this is one way you can help us do that!	Assessment Letter from the Director to Families CAASPP Why does Cabrillo Point Academy need Assessment data?

STAR 360 is a short online assessment that is completed the beginning of the school year or within 2 weeks for new enrollments, in the middle of the school year, and at the end of the school year. Families receive an email with all needed information once the assessment windows are open.

As a public charter school Cabrillo Point Academy is required by the state to have 95% of our students in grades 3-8, 11, and 12 participate in CAASPP yearly. We appreciate your participation in state testing in the spring as it has a

big impact on charter renewal. Cabrillo Point Academy wants to continue to provide amazing programs and resources to our homeschool families and this is one way you can help us do that!

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