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ESOL Parent Night2015

ESOL Staff Members

ESOL Teacher:Kelly Lamb [email protected]

ESOL Counselor:Mia Kim [email protected]

ESOL Administrator: Pam [email protected]

How Did My Child Qualify for ESOL?

•All students entering Forsyth County Schools complete a registration packet at the Central Registration Office that includes a Home Language Survey.•If the parent’s responses to any of the three Home Language Survey questions is “other than English”, the child must be screened for ESOL services with the WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)•Students are retested using the ACCESS test each Spring to determine continuing placement.

Parent Communication

• Parents receive a notification packet listing how their student qualified and how they will be served

• Parents may deny ESOL program services on an annual basis

• Parents receive ESOL Progress Reports with report cards

• Lambert will host a minimum of 2 ESOL parent events this school year

• We can provide interpreters for conferences by request. Email Kelly Lamb.

ESOL Courses Offered

We offer sheltered, scheduled classes, and push-in support courses for ESOL

students.

ESOL IIESOL IV

Sheltered 10th Grade Lit/CompSheltered Advanced Comp

Sheltered World HistoryGeometry with Push-In Support

Environmental Science with Push-In SupportStudy Skills

Counseling Services

Mia Kim is the ESOL Counselor.

She can help with:•Academic Advisement- course selection, graduation planning•Personal Issues- personal student and family issues•Post Secondary planning- college, scholarship, and workforce options

Graduation Requirements

Language Arts – 4 (Including 9th Lit/Comp and American Lit Comp)Math - 4Science – 4 (Including a Physical Science and Biology) Social Studies – 3 (World, American, ½ Economics, and ½ Government) Health/Personal FitnessCTAE, Fine Arts or World Language

3 units required from CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or WorldLanguage. Students planning on attending a four yearuniversity must complete two units of world language.

Electives State Requirements – Four Additional Electives

Students have the opportunity to earn an additional four electives onthe seven period day. This option should be connected with thestudent’s choice of a Career Pathway.

Testing

ACCESS TestingAll ESOL students are tested in the domains of listening, speaking reading, and writing in:

•Social and Instructional Language•The Language of Language Arts•The Language of Math•The Language of Science•The Language of Social Studies

Testing

Students take End of Course Tests that count 20% of their grade in the following

courses:•9th Grade Lit/Comp•American Lit/Comp•Physical Science•Biology•US History

•Economics•Algebra I•Geometry

ESOL students are eligible for accommodations such as extended time, small group testing, and word-to-word bilingual dictionaries during testing.

Lambert Bell Schedule