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Monday, June 22, 2020
Quote of the Week
School News and Important Dates
End of Year Message
Dear Families,
You did it! You made it through an ever-changing and challenging school year.
We hope that you and your families have a wonderful summer, and we can't wait to see you all again in August.
Wishing you all the best,
Your Cabrillo Point Academy Team
Introducing Curriculum Themed Weeks!
Join us each week as we present a showcase of popular (school approved and secular) curriculum to our community!
July 14- All-In-One Showcase
July 21- Math Showcase
https://zoom.us/j/968092542752013
July 28- Language Arts Showcase
August 11- History Showcase
August 18- Science Showcase
August 25- Subscription Box Showcase
Don't Miss Our July and August Newsletters!
Summer Support: CPA's Facebook Group
Please note: The group is for currently enrolled families only. Members must answer the questions to join.
Choice Plus Academy for Middle School
Exciting news for middle schoolers!
ChoicePlus Academy offers uniquely designed courses and teachers whom are actively involved in motivating students toward course completion and success. CPA is a supportive and engaging environment that brings the learning center to the home.Teachers and students interact together, and we believe that learning is a social construct and should be filled with collaboration and joy!
CPA courses are taught live by highly qualified teachers (HQTs), and are comprehensive and meet state and Common Core standards.
What these courses include:
1. A live online teacher 1-2 times per week at a scheduled time teaching live online lessons.
2. That live teacher oversees your student’s progress and provides office hours if they have questions about their lessons.
3. That live teacher will help grade your student.
This is a great new option for our families with middle schoolers!
South Schools Virtual Orientation
Join the South Schools' Family Liaisons for a Virtual Orientation! An excellent opportunity for new families, like you, to familiarize yourself with the information needed to start the 2020/21 school year!
During this online orientation, your Family Liaisons will present you with an understanding and an overview of the school's resources and provide you with links. There will also be a question and answer portion. We hope to see you there!
Wednesday, June 24th at 2 pm
Join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95092837466
Resource for Orange County Families
We wanted to share a list of mental health, financial and food resources surrounding Orange County in case you or someone you know may need them. As a school, we would really like to provide options for families that are struggling in this area. Please let us know if you are in need of more assistance. We are here for you all during these times, and will get through this together.
You may find the list of resources here.
Community Connections
We want to thank everyone for all your support of the Community Connections program all year long. We truly enjoyed building community with everyone and fostering connections.
High School
8th Grade Transition High School Session
We have a recorded a session and you are welcome to watch here. We have also linked the presentation slide deck here for you.
Curriculum Choices
Need more curriculum information? Please take a look at our Curriculum Roadshow slide deck!
Summer Programs, 2020
We are offering summer programs through quite a few vendors like ASU Digital Prep., Silicon Valley High School, BYU Independent Study, UC Scout, and more.
Please ask you HST for more information!
High School Counselor Support
Career Technical Education (CTE) Spotlight Information #6:
Brighton College is one of the CTE Providers we partner with. Among many others, our students can take courses through their Brighton Cyber Security Institute. With over a million jobs opportunities waiting for someone to apply, with a starting salary of about $70,000. If your student is interested in taking courses with Brighton College, your first step is to talk about it with your HST.
Concurrent Enrollment
Submit forms before June 30th: Please have your student’s form submitted to the High School Counselor prior to June 30th. There will not be anyone available to sign the forms in the month of July.
- Official Transcripts: If your student is taking courses in spring 2020, please remember that official transcripts need to be requested from the college to be sent, directly to Inspire, as soon as final grades are entered for the term.
Important Information for Student Athletes
Is your student an athlete? You will want to ask them if they want to play a college sport? If so, that’s great! There are a few things we need to do.
Students seeking to be eligible as collegiate student-athletes must complete NCAA approved coursework while in high school through only HQT-led Edgenuity or ChoicePlus Academy (McGraw Hill). There are a few other curriculum providers that have NCAA approved courses, like Williamsburg Academy or UC Scout or they can be taken at the community college with prior approval from your school counselor.
Students will need to complete Sixteen (16) NCAA approved courses in the areas of history, English, math and science and world language. This is congruent with AG requirements as well.
Ten (10) core courses need to be completed before the beginning of their 7th semester and seven (7) of those courses need to be in the areas of English, math and science.
Students should also register on the NCAA Eligibility Center website while in 10th grade. This Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete has a lot of helpful information for families as well.
Wellness Resources
Did you know you can get immediate assistance and resources just by dialing 2-1-1 on your phone? 2-1-1 is a central point for public information, including times of disaster to help those affected find recovery assistance. 211.org
Student Support
As the 2019-2020 school year has ended, the Intervention team wants to thank you for all of your support!
Many of you are wondering what online opportunities we will have during the summer.
Reading Horizons Discovery and Elevate will continue without interruption throughout the summer.
On August 1-3, the students will roll over for the 2020-2021 school year.
In an effort to provide the best, most cost-effective intervention, we will not be using Pathblazer next year.
Pathblazers for reading and math will end on June 22 for all students.
In August, we will provide the HSTs a survey to fill out, to place students in one of our new intervention options.
For students that qualify, we are excited to let you know that for the 2020-2021 school year we are offering for free:
Mathseeds TK-3rd grades
Mathletics K-10th grade
Reading Eggs TK-4th grade
EggsPress 2nd – 8th grade
Renaissance Learning is no longer offering English in a Flash for our Multilingual Learners. We are delighted to let you know that we will be able to offer:
BrainPop ELL - Free for EL students
For those interested, until June 15th, you can access Brainpop ELL for free off of our Intervention website
Special Education
Your student’s case manager will be contacting you if your child is due for an initial or triennial evaluation. Most of these assessments will not take place while schools are physically closed, as they require direct contact between students and staff. Instead, these assessments will occur once schools physically open. However, some types of speech assessments may be completed virtually. Your child’s case manager will contact you if your child is due for an assessment at this time.
If your child’s IEP includes extended school year (ESY), we will be offering ESY services this summer. Your child’s case manager will contact you in the next few weeks regarding your child’s service(s).
Educational Tools
I Can Statements
Anatomy Series by Julia Rothman
Current Amazon prices: Nature Anatomy is $8.50, Farm Anatomy is $10.50 and Food Anatomy is $8.50.
Homeschooling Advice
A Beach Blanket Education
"Maybe it’s because the beach is such a completely different landscape from the one we call home. Maybe it’s the legendary lure of the sea. Whatever the reason, some of our greatest learning adventures have happened with sand in between our toes and salty wind in our hair.
For those of you looking forward to some oceanside days this summer, we’d like to share our favorite ways to make your beach blanket the best classroom ever.
1. Read a Whale of a Tale
There’s something so right about delving into a good read at the beach. Take a dip in the ocean. Read a little. Grill up some burgers. Read a little more. Toss out a fishing line. Read a chapter or two.
A great beach tale is like the thread onto which you slide the jeweled memories of vacation living.
2. Become An Explorer
For those of us who don’t live within earshot of the ocean’s roar, the beach is a whole new world to discover. It is full of sights and smells, plants and animals that are completely different from those we experience at home.
So pack up the colored pencils, camera and field guides. Take along a blank notebook and work together to document your discoveries.
If you’re new to nature journaling, you can take a peek into ours here.
Some of our favorite beach finds are sea beans, and last year we gained a whole new appreciation for seaweed. You might also be inspired by our friend’s accounts of beach balls, sea wash balls and moon jellies."
Read the rest of the article here.
Community and Connection
Instagram Page
Orange County Parent Resource Site
Cabrillo Point Academy Family Liaisons
Ladan Rashidi - OC Family Liaison
Shaemanique King - OC Family Liaison
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