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ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL)

PARENT NIGHT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 MEDIA CENTER 6:00 PM JUAN LIZCANO

Royal Palm Beach Community High School

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Office Staff
• State Assessments
• English Language Learners (ELL) - Accommodations
• Concordant Score Updates
• Required Courses
• Free or Reduced Lunch
• ACT/SAT Schedule
• Preparation for ACT/SAT
• Parent/Teacher Conference
• Upcoming Events/Meetings
• Social Media
• Spanish/Creole Social Media
• Mobile apps

AGENDA

• ESOL Coordinator- JP Lizcano
• ESOL Guidance Counselor- Beverly Delgado
• Community Language Facilitators (CLF)
• Spanish- Zoraida Fonseca
• Creole- Genette Panosky

ESOL OFFICE STAFF

Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners(ACCESS)

• Four sections (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)
• Testing will be January 26th-27th (7:30 AM)
• Letters will be sent home with information about the test.

Florida Standard Assessment (FSA)

• Three sections of ELA (Writing, 2 Reading Sections)
• Working on a new more individualized testing plan
• Letters will be send with the specific dates to you by late April
• Testing starts in May

Other Possible Assessments

• US HISTORY EOC
• BIOLOGY EOC
• GEOMETRY EOC
• AICE/AP EXAMS

STATE ASSESSMENTS

• Students who are active participants (LY) in the English for Speakers of Other Languages

(ESOL) program have the opportunity to receive accommodations during testing. These same accommodations must also be provided on a regular basis during classroom instruction and assessments.

• Flexible setting - small group, separate room
• Flexible timing - additional time to take the test
• Flexible scheduling - administration of test in several brief sessions within one school

day

• Use of an English-to-heritage language/heritage language-to-English dictionary or

glossary

• Assistance in the heritage language

ELL ACCOMMODATIONS

• English (4)
• Mathematics (4) Algebra 1, Geometry, 2 Math elective courses
• Science (3) Biology, Physical Science, Science elective
• History (3) World History, Us History, Government .5, Economics .5
• PE (.5) and Personal Fitness (.5)
• Performing/Practical Art (1)
• Electives (8)
• Total credit courses- 24 and 18 (early graduation)
• 20 Community hours are required and an Online class

REQUIRED COURSES

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CONCORDANT SCORES

This is just a reminder to be sure to submit your child’s application for Free and Reduced

• Lunch. There are many benefits of FRL for the school, families, and the students themselves.

Some of the benefits for students and families include...

• FREE or Less expensive lunch costs.
• Waivers for ACT/SAT. (Almost $200 in savings & 4 free opportunities to test)
• Waivers for college applications from ACT.
• Waivers for college applications from SAT.
• And if your child is an athlete FRL covers the fee for NAIA and NCAA accounts.

FREE & REDUCED LUNCH

Juniors and seniors

• Class ring
• Cap and Gown

1405 N Congress Ave, Suite #9, Delray Beach, FL, 33445 561-266-9217 Email- hjpalmbeach@gmail.com

HERFF JONES

• Students who qualify for

free/reduced lunch can receive waivers for the cost of the test.

• When waivers arrive, our
• ffice will work with the

seniors initially to register them for tests.

SAT/ACT TEST SCHEDULE

• Be on time
• Use all the resources available to you
• Work double time in English/Reading/Math Class
• ask questions
• speak up if you don’t understand
• Go to tutoring!
• SAT/ACT specific Reading boot-camps
• National Honor Society(NHS)- Tutoring after school on Thursdays
• dates will be given to the students
• Those students with waivers received an online tutoring tool for free.
• ACT Prep App
• Media Center Calendar
• Khan Academy
• ACT/ books
• For more information, contact any of the ESOL personnel

PREPARATION FOR ACT/SAT

• Thursdays from 3:00pm in the Media Center
• Contact Guidance Counselor to schedule

Beverly Delgado beverly.delgado@palmbeachschools.org Office: 561.753.4033

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE

• SAC- September 17th 2019 (6:00pm) Media Center
• Open House- September 24th (6:00PM)
• Homecoming week- October 28th- November 1St
• Homecoming dance- November 2nd
• ACCESS testing- January 26th-27th (7:30 AM)

UPCOMING DATES

Follow Us on Twitter @ RPBHSOfficial

SOCIAL MEDIA

SOCIAL MEDIA

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www.rpbhs.org

District Website: https://www.palmbeachschools.org/Spanish/ https://www.palmbeachschools.org/creole Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DistritoEscolarPBC/ https://www.facebook.com/PBCSDKreyol/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pbcsdespanol https://twitter.com/pbcsdkreyol Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/distritoescolarpbc/ https://www.Instagram.com/distripbc/

SPANISH/CREOLE SOCIAL MEDIA

Mobile Apps

To make a report locate the FortifyFL icon displayed above. The icon is available on all school computers.

ESOL OFFICE STAFF

Spanish Zoraida Fonseca Zoraida.fonseca@palmbeachschools.org Office: 561-792-8672 Creole Genette Panosky Genette.panosky@palmbeachschools.org Office: 5617928690

• ESOL Coordinator

JP Lizcano ESOL Coordinator Juan.lizcanosilva@palmbeachschools.org Office: 561.333.4344

• ESOL Guidance Counselor

Beverly Delgado beverly.delgado@palmbeachschools.org Office: 561.753.4033

• Community Language Facilitators (CLF)

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