Do you know of a family that is considering homeschooling? Cabrillo Point Academy is still enrolling!

If you, or someone you know, are interested in joining our school for the 2021-2022 school year, please complete an enrollment interest form here ... https://form.jotform.com/211198665922160

Parents, you will not want to miss these engaging workshops hosted by Ivan Alba !

Math Makes Sense Foundation- Plot and Progression of number concepts K-Algebra w/ Ivan Alba

January 12 @ 2:00-5:00

Parents will learn a straight-forward continuum of math concepts from kindergarten to middle school that will focus everyone onto the most important mathematical ideas for success in algebra. Regardless of the grade level, each person will see how important teaching algebraically is in order to prepare students for higher mathematics in high school.

Math Makes Sense - Rational Numbers from Grade 3-Middle School w/Ivan Alba

January 19 @ 2:00-5:00

In this hands-on session, participants will engage in deep learning of how fractions, decimals, percents, and ratios work interdependently to strengthen student number sense. Through a problem-based approach, each participant will learn innovative ways to build the concepts necessary to maximize learning in this domain. Because students have such difficulty in this area, special emphasis will be placed on visual models and connections to whole-number concepts without reverting to tricks and mnemonics. Participants will walk away with focused and usable strategies for students to compute fluently with rational numbers.

Please visit our Parents on Course webpage in the Beehively Parent website for a monthly calendar of events and Zoom Links to Access!

Mark your calendars for our next park day–

Jan 21, 2022 10:30-12:30

We will have fun math games and a make & take game to go home with.

Newport Beach

Anaheim Hills

Laguna Niguel

Please fill out the Liability Jotform before attending if you can. https://form.jotform.com/212575773155158

CPA Community Connections Virtual Club Calendar 21-22-click here

Below is a screenshot of our JANUARY calendar. PLEASE USE LINK to enter our updated CLUB HUB and Virtual Club calendar to see what is upcoming.

If you have any questions, please contact your HST or Michelle Eschenburg michelle.eschenburg@cabrillopointacademy.org

Free Creative Writing Workshop and Publishing Opportunity

Calling all Orange County fiction writers! The Santa Ana Literary Association will be publishing an anthology of animal-themed fictional short stories in the winter of 2022.

Guidelines for submissions:

1. You must be a resident of Orange County.

2. Your story must have an animal (any you choose) as one of its protagonists.

3. Your story must contain elements of sci-fi (speculative, dystopian, cyberpunk, etc.) or surrealism (magical realism, slipstream, absurdism, bizarro, etc.).

4. Stories must run between 1,000 and 10,000 words. No micro or flash fiction, please.

5. You must be willing to workshop and revise your submitted story if accepted for publication, as well as read and workshop the stories of other contributors. This publishing opportunity is also meant to be a learning experience.

6. Stories that have been previously published are ineligible for consideration.

Submissions are open now and will close on February 28. All accepted pieces will be workshopped during the months of March, April, and possibly May. Workshops will be led by J. Martin Strangeweather. Mr. Strangeweather holds MFA degrees in English and Creative Writing from UC Irvine. Each contributor will be paid $100 upon publication of the anthology, plus a free copy. All proceeds from the sale of this anthology will go to help support the Santa Ana Public Library.

Please send your short story (along with a short bio) to: booksaremedicine@gmail.com

UC Campus’ Virtual Events

Students who wish to attend UC must fulfill A-G requirements in order to be eligible for admission. For more information on A-G requirements visit the University of California Admissions page.

Each UC campus provides a variety of virtual events where you can ask questions and engage with each school’s admissions department. You can find more information on virtual events at each campus via the following links:

• UC Berkeley

• UC Davis

• UC Irvine

• UCLA

• UC Merced

• UC Riverside

• UC San Diego

• UC Santa Barbara

• UC Santa Cruz

For those students interested in attending a UC, be sure to fulfill your A-G requirements. If you’re not sure if you’ll meet the requirements, you can touch base with your academic counselor to design an educational path that will prepare you for UC eligibility.

Students complete the Virtual Compassion Corner form (CPA) to notify a counselor they are seeking help. Once the form is submitted, the student receives a confirmation notice and email that contain an appointment link. They can choose to set up a 20 minute phone call or zoom meeting during school hours. If the student does not sign up immediately, we will reach out to the student directly and check in.

Join Ms. Lindsey this week for 30 minutes to discuss How to Recognize Different Viewpoints! Socialize with other students to build social skills, communication skills and make new friends. No registration required. Join using this link.

Join Ms. Lindsey this week for 30 minutes for a discussion on How to be an Upstander! Socialize with other students to build social skills, communication skills and make new friends. No registration required. Join using this link.

ELPAC testing begins in February. If your student receives an overall score of 4 on the ELPAC they are eligible to be redesignated English Proficient! Below are some great resources to help your student pass the ELPAC test.

ELPAC Writing Videos with Genieva Davidson Lesson #24.

ELPAC Practice Test and Scoring Guide- Your child will be able to look at examples of answers that will give a passing score.

ELPAC online test prep practice

Physical Fitness Test (PFT): All students enrolled in a California Public school in grades 5, 7 and 9 need to take the PFT. Please be on the lookout for an email from you HST with detail and the link to the survey letting them know when/where you’d like your student to participate. At Cabrillo Point Academy we do our best to make this a fun and social experience. Locations fill up quickly so be sure to respond to your HST as soon as you can. Exact parks we are using will be listed on the email from your HST.

Universal Tools and Designated supports spotlight: Tools that are available to help your child on the upcoming CAASPP test. CAASPP testing is the statewide assessment given to all public school students. Subjects assessed are Math and ELA to students in grades 3-8 and grade 11 and Science in grades 5, 8 and once in high school.

CAASPP Testing Resource - Please share this resource with your student.

Text-to-Speech Video (not reading passages)

Text is read aloud to the student via embedded text-to-speech technology. Students are able to control the speed as well as raise or lower the volume of the voice via a volume control. Items read aloud may include: directions and questions. This support will not read the paragraphs. This support is available to ALL students, but MUST be entered by the HST. It will not automatically be accessible. Please reach out to your HST if you’d like your student to have this support.

CAASPP Embedded Designated Supports

How to Take an SBAC Practice Test and Check out a Designated Support

Reminder: In order for a student to be set up for success, the student needs to be provided with appropriate opportunities for Student Communication during daily instruction. Please supply all students with the following when delivering instruction to enhance your students engagement in learning:

• Student has appropriate expressive systems to initiate, request, state needs, protest and make choices .

• Student has appropriate expressive systems to initiate, request, state needs, protest and make choices

• Communication system is used across the school day and in a variety of environments

In an effort to help keep Homeschool Hub order turnaround times as low as possible for our families, our school will begin using a Lakeshore Punchout account on January 24, 2022. This account will function similarly to the Amazon Punchout account. Please see some facts about Lakeshore Punchout below:

• You will need to select or enter your shipping address when you begin creating your orders

• The Hub will redirect you to Lakeshore's site

• You can then place requested items in a cart and checkout

• Lakeshore's site will redirect you back to the Hub, and orders will be added to your student's Pending Approval folder

• Your HST will need to review and approve any orders for their students

• There is no guarantee that requested items will be approved by the school

• Items can be deleted, but not added to orders

• Unlike Amazon, there is no limit to the number of items that can be requested per order

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