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ESOL Parent Night. 2015. ESOL Staff Members. ESOL Teacher: Kelly Lamb klamb@forsyth.k12.ga.us ESOL Counselor: Mia Kim mkim@forsyth.k12.ga.us ESOL Administrator: Pam Bibik pbibik@forsyth.k12.ga.us. How Did My Child Qualify for ESOL?.
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ESOL Parent Night 2015
ESOL Staff Members ESOL Teacher: Kelly Lamb klamb@forsyth.k12.ga.us ESOL Counselor: Mia Kim mkim@forsyth.k12.ga.us ESOL Administrator: Pam Bibik pbibik@forsyth.k12.ga.us
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 II ESOL IV Sheltered 10th Grade Lit/Comp Sheltered Advanced Comp Sheltered World History Geometry with Push-In Support Environmental Science with Push-In Support Study 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 - 4 • Science – 4 (Including a Physical Science and Biology) • Social Studies – 3 (World, American, ½ Economics, and ½ Government) • Health/Personal Fitness • CTAE, Fine Arts or World Language • 3 units required from CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or World • Language. Students planning on attending a four year • university must complete two units of world language. • Electives State Requirements – Four Additional Electives • Students have the opportunity to earn an additional four electives on • the seven period day. This option should be connected with the • student’s choice of a Career Pathway.
Testing ACCESS Testing • All 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.
Important Websites Forsyth County Schools www.forsyth.k12.ga.us Lambert High School www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/lhs Itslearning https://forsyth.itslearning.com/ Parent Portal https://campus.forsyth.k12.ga.us/campus/portal/ forsyth.jsp?1323Nav=|5270|&NodeID=5271