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Do you have questions about writing?

We have answers!

Writing Office Hours with Ms. Davidson

Tuesdays from 11:00 - 12:00

Students can sign up for an appointment at

https://calendly.com/genieva-davidson/writing-office-hours

Initial ELPAC- If your child is slated to take the Initial ELPAC based on your Home Language Survey responses, your HST will be contacting you about administering the Initial ELPAC within the month.

Reclassification--If your child has an overall score of 4 on the ELPAC and no more than one 2 in the four domains of reading, writing, listening, and speaking he/she could qualify to be reclassified from EL to Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP). If your child qualifies, your HST will contact you with more details within the next 2 weeks.

ELD Instruction- If your child is classified as EL, they are required to participate in 30 minutes of ELD (English Language Development) instruction everyday. Brainpop EL is available for Free to all of our EL students. Contact your HST for more information on how to enroll your child.

Curriculum Recommendations for our EL Students - your HST can help explain these options or reach out to me.

Wonders 2nd - 6th grade

Study Sync 6th - 12th grade

Reading Eggs &Eggspress PreK - 8th Grade

BrainPOP ELL - K-12th grade

ELD Courses for High School Elective Credit- Your child can now receive high school elective credit for the following ELD support classes. See here for courses and class descriptions.

All school-organized field trips can be viewed through the Field Trip & Events (FTE) Hub

CPA - https://fieldtrips.cpahomeschoolhub.com

Need help or have a question? Please join our office hours!

Monday/Wednesday/Friday -- 9 - 10 am

Tuesday/Thursday -- 2 - 3 pm

FIELD TRIP RELEASE SCHEDULE:

To provide our families with sufficient time to review all field trips, ask questions, and coordinate schedules before booking, we will publish our field trip one month at a time with a 1-week viewing period. Field trips will be posted for review the first Wednesday of each month. The booking period will open the second Wednesday of each month.

October 6th @ 10am - November field trips are published for review

October 13th @ 10am - November field trips open for booking

WAITLISTS:

We strongly encourage families to sign up for the waitlist. Waitlists allow us to gauge the demand for popular trips and schedule additional trips for future dates. Families that sign up for the waitlist will be given priority booking for the future trip.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

• CHAPERONES

• All students must be accompanied on school-organized field trips by an adult chaperone; we do not offer drop-off field trips!

• Please make sure to add a chaperone ticket when booking field trips for your student(s)!

• Due to limited space and availability, we can only allow one chaperone per family.

• Depending on the venue, it may be possible to purchase additional tickets directly from the venue.

• We cannot guarantee additional tickets will be available through the venue.

• Any tickets purchased directly from the venue may be a higher cost and will be separate from the school field trip.

• NON-ENROLLED SIBLINGS

• Non-enrolled siblings may attend field trips (provided there are no age restrictions for the particular field trip/venue).

• Siblings between 2-4 years old -- Tickets must be purchased on the FTE site.

• Siblings under 2 -- If there is a ticket cost for children under 2, the tickets must be purchased directly from the venue.

Please be sure to check the field trip details carefully regarding any age restrictions for the particular field trip before booking!

• COVID GUIDELINES

• Field trips are considered an extension of the school, and therefore we are required to follow local county and state COVID guidelines, in addition to the venue's COVID guidelines. Masks will be required for all indoor field trips or if the venue requires them.

• If you or your student has a medical exemption from wearing a mask, we will require proof of the medical exemption. A face shield with a drape will be required in lieu of a mask for those with a documented medical exemption.

• CANCELLATIONS/NO SHOWS

• All field trip purchases are final. If you are unable to attend a field trip, please notify us in advance. We cannot provide refunds for cancellation requests or no shows.

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The 2021 Research and Engineering Design Academy is a FREE, virtual series of six workshops designed to guide students, grades 6 through 12, to complete a science research or engineering project and enter it into the 2022 Orange County Science and Engineering Fair.

Two independent sessions are offered

o Academy 101: For students with no prior science / engineering fair experience

o Academy 201: For students who previously completed science / engineering projects

• Students completing individual or group projects are invited to register.
• Each Academy limited to 60 projects.
  
• Individual and Group Projects may register
  
• All sessions are FREE and conducted on Zoom
  
• Workshops held on Saturday's from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.
  

Workshop Schedule

• Session 1 ........October 2, 2021
• Session 2 ........October 9, 2021
• Session 3 ........October 16, 2021
• Session 4 ........November 13, 2021
• Session 5 ........November 20, 2021
• Session 6 ........December 4, 2021

Each workshop is divided into Content Sessions and small Breakout Rooms. Mentors (Scientists, Teachers, STEM Industry Experts) will work with students in the Breakout Rooms to reinforce the content and to answer questions about their projects.

OCSEF will host "Ask a Scientist/Engineer" opportunities between Session 3 and Session 4 and after Session 6 for Academy students to get additional help and answers to their questions.

Please CLICK HERE to sign up for the 2021 Research and Engineering Design Academy.

Please note: There are three questions that need to be answered in order to join. The group is for currently enrolled families only.