Welcome to Open House!

Please sign in at the back table. Thanks in

advance for taking the time

to come.

What is Title I?

• Title I is the largest federal assistance program for our nation’s schools.

• The goal of Title I is a higher quality of education for every child.

• The program serves millions of children in elementary and secondary schools each year. Somerset Academy East Prep. is a Title I school.

How Title 1 Works

• The federal government provides funding to states each year for Title I.

• The Florida Department of Education sends the money to the district.

• The school district identifies eligible schools and provides Title I funds.

• Somerset East Prep implements a schoolwide Title 1 program.

Title I Funds

• Somerset Academy East Prep is provided funds to pay for services and programs for our students.

• Title I funds pay for the following:• Tutoring before school• Para professionals for push in or pull out• Reading Coach that pulls groups for intensive reading• Teacher Professional Development• Student Agendas – ways to communicate with

parents• Yummy snacks for meetings• Parent Seminar

Who decides how funds are used?

• Every school has a School Advisory Council (SAC) composed of:• Parents, Teachers, Other staff that

works at the school, Principal and Students (at Middle and High School)

• The School Advisory Council determines how to use Title I funds.

Educational Standards

• Florida’s academic content standards establish high expectations for all students.

• Common Core State Standards/Florida Standards identify what your child needs to know and be able to do in all content areas.

• Information located at: http://www.floridastandards.org/Standards/FLStandardSearch.aspx

Parent’s Rights• Be involved and request regular meetings

to expression your opinions and concerns.• Be provided information on your child’s

level of achievement on assessments in reading/language arts, mathematics, and science.

• Request and receive information on the qualifications of your child’s teacher.

• Be informed if your child is taught by a non-highly qualified teacher for four or more consecutive weeks.

Meet Ms. Hernandez• This is my first year teaching at Somerset

Academy East Prep. • In addition to my students, I have a four

year old, and a fiancée.

Safety 1st Keeping your child safe is my #1 priority.● There are cameras installed all over the school so that the

principal can monitor hallways● If you drop off your child before 8:15am, they will NOT be

supervised. If you drop off your child after 8:31am, they will be considered late. Three tardies in a quarter will result in the loss of perfect attendance and 5 absences will result in a

meeting with the principal.● Uniforms are a requirement for all students. This includes the Somerset Logo Shirt, khaki or navy pants or skorts, black sneakers, black or white socks, black belts with shirts tucked in, and navy jackets with no hood. Write your child’s name in their jacket with permanent marker. Uniform Violations will be given starting Monday if out of uniform.

Safety 1st Continued ● Students should go to the bathroom before they come to school so that

bathroom breaks are limited during the school day.● If your child is sick with a communicable disease, do not send them to

school. We do not have a nurse on staff and your child will have to be picked up immediately. Upon return from an absence, send your child with a note explaining the reason for the absence or it will be marked unexcused and he/she will not be able to make up work from the day(s) missed.

● Medicine cannot be dispensed to your child unless there is a form filled out in the office. This includes over the counter medicine.● Fire/Tornado Drills: We practice fire and tornado drills regularly to ensure that students are able to go through these procedures if necessary. ● Cell phones will be confiscated if they are outside of a backpack during school hours. If you need to reach your child, contact the school office at 954-987-7890.

Safety 1st Continued ● If you need to pick up your child for a doctor’s appointment, you

cannot pick up your child between 2:00-2:30pm in the office. You must pick them up before 2pm or at regular dismissal.

● Your child is supervised at dismissal from 2:30-2:45pm. Don’t forget your car dashboard sign that needs to be displayed each day if you come through the car line. If you do not pick up your child by 2:45pm, he/she will be brought to the

office and there will be a late fee of $25 per child. People who are listed on the emergency form are the ONLY people who can pick up your child. ● Safekeeper Ritual and Safe Place: Two places in our classroom that show your children that I am here to keep them safe.

AcademicsMain Topics for 2nd Grade• Reading: Spelling, Vocabulary & Comprehension Skill

(each week) • Writing: Expository, Narrative, and Argumentative• Mathematics: Focus on place value, addition and

subtraction with regrouping, Geometry, Time, Money, Measurement

• Science: Scientific Method, Matter, Human Body, Earth Surface

• Social Studies: People and Places• Character Education: One student will be chosen

each month per class.

Gradebook AssessmentsFridays are test days.

Tests will match the home learning for the week.

• Reading: Weekly Skill Test • Language Arts: Spelling, Grammar, Writing

Prompt• Mathematics: Weekly Skill Test & Key Fluency

& Review Test• Science: Weekly Skill Test • Social Studies: Weekly Skill Test

Home Learning● 15-30 minutes per night

● ELA – Homework will come from Readers Notebook (RN) Students are to tear the assigned page from their RN during our Morning Routine.

● Math – Homework will come from their Standards Practice Book (PB) Students are to leave this book at home.

● Parents often ask me for extra resources to help their child. Homework

always matches their weekly tests as well as standardized tests. If you would like to do even more than setting a place and time to have your child do homework, also check their answers when they are finished, re-teaching areas of weakness.

Behavior• School Wide Behavior• Conscious Discipline: Defines discipline

not as something you do to children, but something you develop within them.

• Cafeteria Champs: This is a point system to promote positive cafeteria behavior.

• Classroom Behavior• Individual: Behavior Chart; Dojo Points• Class-Wide: Compliment Chain; Table

Dojo Points

Communication• Communication between home and school is extremely

important for your child’s success in both academics and behavior.

• Email: dhernandez@somersetep.com• Weekly Communication

• Each Friday* your child will have very important papers in their Friday Folder:• Weekly Letter – this will include upcoming dates and important information• Grade Sheet – a print out containing grades from the previous week• Graded Work – A/B/C originals for you to keep, and D/F copies to be

corrected for home learning, signed, and returned.*tomorrow will be the FIRST Friday to receive this

information

• Two Mandatory Conferences• October 23, 2015 and March 18, 2016(sign in sheet on back table for October)

Volunteer Opportunities• 30 Hours Per Family (2 children 15 and 15; 3 children 10,

10, and 10)• Half Due January 29, 2016 and Total Due May 13, 2016• In School Volunteer Opportunities (such as field trips,

Career Day, etc…)• Need to complete a Volunteer Application and have

your licensed scanned.• Complete the volunteer process at the beginning of

each year and it will be valid for the rest of the school year during any event.

• Donations: Items purchased for donations will go directly to our classroom• $4.00=1 hour with receipt

Wish List• Board Games - for rainy day

recess• AA batteries - for our battery

operated pencil sharpeners• Printer Ink – 85A HP LaserJet

P1102w• Scotch Thermal Laminating

Pouches

Thank You!Top 3 Things to Do Now!

1) Sign in for today. 2) Sign up for your conference slot.3) Visit the Book Fair in the cafeteria.

Top 3 Things to Do Later!4) Set up a home learning schedule.5) Decide how you will reward/discipline

grades from the Friday Folder.6) Complete volunteer application process.