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well hello everyone welcome to core Charter School's new student orientation or so glad that you joined us this afternoon I hope you are joining from very healthy and safe homes you can tell that we are doing the same although we wish that we could greet you in our beautiful Lakeside Resource Center campus on the north side of Ellis Lake in Marysville if we could we would greet you into the welcome you and just be thrilled to see you face-to-face but for now this will do and again thank you for joining us today we are three of us presenting an orientation for you let me introduce my co-presenters and school leaders forced to have Chris mahurin or Charter Schools executive director and also we have Melissa wrongly are Lead Teacher and you will hear more from them later and I am Kathy kunde I a musical director it's our pleasure to welcome you today to show off our school to you to brag a little bit and help you see why we just love it here Charter this new student orientation is the first step to enroll for the 2020-21 school year and at the end of the presentation we will share a link containing an interest form for you if you will fill out this interest form we will know that you are interested and that you intend to possibly Pursuit enrollment at our school let's just get started first of all who is Court we are a public K-12 Charter School we've been around since 1998 22 years of Ups 2 reputable reputation in Marysville and we're very proud of that we're free to all of California's students K-12 students and we are wasps accredited headed by the Western Association of schools and colleges we are a personalized learning model meaning that we design a unique program for each student and you're going to hear more about that later as we prepare students for college and career choices Beyond High School 12 are primary goals to get our students ready for Beyond high school so stay tuned for the information about that we also host the California state assessment in the spring that all California students take we help our kids get ready for those tests and feel comfortable ready to do their best when that time what is personalized learning this is an educational program in which parents are in charge they are the ones that directs the education for their students because they know their students the best they monitor their program mcstay they make sure they're staying on task and and I keeping pace and just mastering a curriculum as a spy during the school year and every student program is unique we enroll proximately 500 students at our school and every single student has a unique different program no two students programs are the same that's because the program is wrapped around each students interests learning abilities capabilities meeting with meaningful for them curriculum choices are different learning for May start different for each student some students will attend tutoring sessions and they all just are very encouraged to go at their pace and in their unique way every student is assigned a personalized learning teacher and that's a teacher that will collaborate together with students and their parents to design this unique education program PLT as we call them will provide resources for the family encouraged their success and help them know what next steps to take and then also provide accountability so that we can ensure students are for the next grade level in what's the can you share with us some learning supports please I'm so glad that you are here watching us with our school and we hope that you could find a home here and assigned a good fit for your family court offers individualize programs where each student's educational needs our primary concern or late Sign Resource Center allows us to offer academic and enrichment courses for our students from art English to science labs these are opportunities some of our will have to come and learn here at our center now if you were here you would have a pamphlet in front of you showing our class schedule but you don't have that in front of you at this time but are classes due are set up differently than a traditional school or maybe something that you've never seen before students might come for a math class 3 days a week they might come for art class only one day a week and that teacher will provide support assignments help your student learn and then the rest of the week the student would be at home with you following up on those assignments and working with you to finish those up we also offer academic support for our struggling students opportunities for students that need it and all of these things offer. Interaction teacher Ford in connection outside of your home another thing that we do offer in many of our students take advantage of his classes in the community with our community partner perhaps your child is interested in learning play guitar or doing some woodworking taking gymnastics these are things that enrich education and we can help you and connect with a community partner that will enable your child to take courses in this some of our students enjoy taking courses or enrichment online in which they can stay in the comfort of their home and use a computer to connect with other students or teachers or subject matter when you meet with your personalized learning teacher he or she will work with you to create the best program for your child and individual program like talking about Soldier our basic programs will start with you could start with a home study exclusive as a parent just want to be there what's your student and I'm just pull at home maybe you need a time just to time a break or maybe that's the way you like it you want to be that that person that your your child is learning from all the time exclusive program I can use a computer as needed from our Center they can take advantage of tutoring curriculum any kind of special orders they might need like a science lab kit or or art kit I can be a part of our field trip switch all talked about in a little bit a second option is a blended learning this is a hybrid program lots of our students do this type of program is there a home side by side but also sometimes they come and take a resource center classroom a teacher or two during the week they might be involved in some of our clubs they might need a computer to use it supplement what they're doing, be a part of our field trips and get some socialization some interaction in our community and they can also take those Community classes that we were talking about it music art martial arts a third option that some of our students life isn't online option where they're taking some classes or some enrichment online and they can be still part of our school and do this option they could even do this and Resource Center class or two they can use our computers and they can be a part of our field trips as well so we acorus there is a lot of learning that takes place outside the classroom it's not about the textbook and workbook and so we want to use our time here with your student to help them be a part of all this that that can make them learn or grow better one of these options are clubs we have many cups is one of our active classes of K through 12 Emmys kids they're having competitions very fun exciting club for you to see if you could be at our Center and in the fall hopefully you'll be able to see is our Garden Club and they said garden beds outside growing all kinds of vegetables and flowers and and all kinds of fun things that are centered here student leadership is something that's really important for students to be able to work together start problems on top with ideas to make school their place and we have some opportunities for that through our high school ASB program and our Middle School leadership program do have a lot of field trips going on around here to take advantage of learning that happens in our world around us we have out in about field trips perhaps you would like to go to the IMAX theater or or perhaps you would like to go to Shasta Caverns these are some of the opportunities we have available for you for a little guys we've developed around the town field trips to find out how the grocery store the police listen to the fire station and see how can you please work our field trips are very different here at core these are family trips it's a time for you to come alongside your child and app to see what their part of your educational day so our field trips are meant to be family trips and you are welcome always to come with your students we have a very active parent club and staff that developed some great school events will usually have a fall festival in a chili cook-off in the fall other things wax museum put on by some of our science classes Chris would you share a little bit about our college and career opportunities when students get in the high school we begin to make sure that they are thinking about college and or career opportunities and and do some exploration to make sure pathways are available to him as mentioned earlier we are fully approved by the Western Association of schools and colleges we have wasp credit nation and all of our High School courses go through the process of becoming you CAG approved the University California and the ASU college system so students can satisfy those college entrance requirements while in high school we have a full-time high school counselor and that person will give presentations to both our middle school and high school Simpson families regarding College and Career options career opportunities for exploration financial aid what local options are available so that's a resource that were we're proud of a lot of our students back over 25% of our high school population at any given time is taking one or more college class while they're in high school and that's primarily at Yuba College concurrent enrollment and with a personalized learning system students have the flexibility in their scheduled to get over to the college as part of their personalized learning plan and we do have students of take Court online courses at other colleges universities and then go to even do college hair college locally as well and then we at least one course this semester we offer a dual enrollment course and that's when the college comes and teaches a course to our high school students read on campus and for all college courses they are in high school credit as well college credit in high school Career Technical education so this is the new term ROP was the term that with previously used but the new term is typically critical education and we do offer though Pathways in partner to make additional Pathways available at core we have a computer science pathway photography pathway Fashion Design and Merchandising and with CTE Pathways students earn college credit and or industry certification is part of that career pathway so it's a way we could have students really make progress towards specific career goals Aero STEM Academy was a program to start a core Charter School now that their own Charter School sponsored by Suffolk County Office of Education but we still partner with them to make those Aerospace career Pathways available to core charter school students and that's Aeronautics and model Aeronautics new AVS we partner with Tri County ROP that is Sutter County Office of Ed has different programs that are run through their office and those additional Pathways that are available to our students are nursing Advanced manufacturing Dentistry vet tech and culinary arts so those are some of the options available to our students for College and Career thank you and it's very exciting to see our high school students toward their dream careers or a college experience that will get them there as well one thing I'd like to tag on with regard to high school students is that you can see that we offer a very rich deep type of vegetation it's personal and we want it to be so valuable for our students and so because that's true we don't speed up we make sure that we're taking it step-by-step getting as much out of the education as pas occasionally students will come to us from other schools and and for some reason or another they have not earned the credit that they may have been after and so it's sure to let you know that one thing we're not good at is recovering credit if you're soon as credit deficient you may certainly explore in rolling with us but it's likely that your student will be with us longer than the end the painted graduation date so just plan on that we don't speed up we just maintain a good steady pace through high school what are some benefits for you and have you consider personalized learning it could be that your student is needing just some flexibility and being able to focus more on his or her studies which is something that you can provide right there in the car atmosphere of your home just clear away all the debris all the devices all the noise and there you have just a very focused educational settings for your student that he or she may not otherwise have experienced until now so fewer distractions and definitely a more meaningful driven program that the student can design himself and buying this is a program that you're she owns for himself and wants to learn more about things of interest and when that's true you have a student that enjoys learning and said he wants to keep learning and becomes a lifelong learner and that's what we're after valuable education for every student you the parent you know your student just you know what motivates him you know what incentives are best for her and you know her time span attention span or if she learns best outside inside all kinds of things you know best as the parents you are the perfect primary educator for your student you are able to take trips with your family read a biography and then go visit that place of interest study some of Art Unity surroundings together go visit places of interest right here in our community make it very family-oriented involve your extended family maybe grandparents who have oral history in their back pocket and can definitely add value to the program to and then just don't forget that we have a very friendly supportive staff here apparently that's always posting those events that Melissa talked about earlier and you want to come as a family and get involved and just feel that family atmosphere around here parent workshops These are times when parents come together and talk about what we're best for them maybe the challenges they faced and how they successfully got through them what worked for them strategies tips all kinds of good information in Workshop events that we host always good for your information in your emails because there's so much to share and just anybody on staff can practically answer your question or at least direct you to the right person to answer question you got a lot of support at court so take advantage of that I'd like to just introduce you to a couple of students this is Haley she was a very young when she came to us because she had two older siblings that were already in the program and we discovered that as Haley moved through the Elementary grades she had a real aptitude for academics she was am able to absorb a lot of information just at timer exposure and so the challenge for her parents and for us was to keep her Challenge and dad takes a lot of thinking and planning on the parents how can we make sure that Haley is progressing and getting that deep rich education that I've spoken about well for Haley we put the education design and process right back in her lap and asked her to go after the things that she felt like would enrich her education we also exposed her to a lot of extracurricular activities like drama and American Sign Language she took music lessons and we just kept her reading and reading and reading as a she took higher level math courses which you can do at core that you can Excel or step back a bit if you need to and also research for Haley was a big part of her always researching and writing about again topics of Interest Haley was a student who took a leading role in our drama program she was Anne in Anne of Green Gables and she's always writing essays and sharing those with her peers and with her teachers that I'm going to also introduce you to car parts and came to us from eyesight base program in a local district and she was one of those kids that just was kind of fall in between the cracks no one was really noticing except his parent and so his parents said all I've got to do something for you his parents brought him to court and we just got right on it and discovered that he needed more Hands-On kind of learning and just some extra regulars as well so we put him in some karate lessons with our Community Partners and that is where he excelled and wouldn't you know when they karate skills improved is confidence just skyrocketed as well he brought that confidence back to his academics and he was able to just keep moving at his grade level because he knew he could and the big part of learning independently having that confidence growing in confidence and we put a lot of historical fiction in his educational pathway and videos which helped him learn so he was another type of student that really thrived here at core I think Carson still with us he's a senior this year we're so proud of him he's just really done a great job and represented as well as an independent studysoup what is a slide that I would ask you to sort of read quietly if you were with us in our multi-purpose room that it's important for you to consider these things as you're considering independent study there are a few things that we've discovered as staff as a veteran parents that don't work well in pennant study and so let me just read those to you make sure that you're hearing them as you're considering these are some things that you want to avoid with your students you you don't want to send them off into another room and ask them to teach themselves to go through it by themselves all alone without any support that feels lonely feels isolated it gets boring it is just no fun and after a while it's way too old and it can lead to just disgruntled atmosphere in your home you don't want to sit behind pile and piles of workbook pages or textbooks for that matter you want to design a program that interactive that has them up and around getting out in about it's very important part of independent study that were not just her reading and writing but also to reviewing interacting exploring discovering you don't want to plan to bring your child to work with you everyday and again back in the closet or off to this cubicle got to can get old if you are a worker you really really want to consider whether or not this is a good option for you because we always want our parent Educators to be very involved in their students you don't want to plan to wing it do you want to plan the planet if you don't have a plan or any kind of structure then your day can just get away from you and you have wasted minutes and wasted wasted time that could otherwise be very valuable for you and again you don't want to throw threats out or argue or blame because none of that is productive so what do you want to do you want to plan to be very involved with your students buy-side learning learning the mouth again learning to read and write again learning how to research parents who are willing to learn really are the best kind of supports for their students because it sends a message to them it says I care about you I care about your education I care so much that I want to do it with you you want to plan on projects doing going I mentioned those things but planning to so on a weekend or in a spare evening hour you're going to want to get out some paper to write down your lessons for the week using your textbooks as guides what what are we going to experience in coming week and how can I be creative with those and then a list of resources you'll need take it with you to the grocery store to the variety store so that you can pick up needed items to plan and do your you're going to want to give your attention your involvement and definitely encouragement and praise often times from my office I'll be called into another teachers office just to see if project that was completed that we can we all just celebrate over the fort that someone made or a new electronic device that's operated by electromagnetism something like that it's just siding and you want to celebrate how independent that is how many full it is for the student you can tell I get excited about these things because this is the way to do independent study to get your hands in it together you want to set goals for your week for your month for your year and for your students future who are they what do they want to become is your system structure it is flexible some families are Trucking families and they need to take their education on the road some families do better in the mid-morning hours so yes of course but it's here to structure so that you don't get behind plan to operate with patients repeat rephrase review all those things that everybody needs to learn and embrace the struggle together with your student we call that growth mindset growth mindset means you learn it better if you're struggling and then you conquer the problem and in the end you're going to remember that and then I just love this part used I spoke to homeschool with their students have extra time in their afternoon they have some time to use well don't just idle away those hours plan to really use developer skill pick up musical instrument and perhaps you want to get better at creative writing perhaps you want to learn some new dance steps or perhaps you want to give some volunteer time in your community and learn is still out there this is your time really get good at something that you are interested in it could be that you develop such a Hound skill that you are completely marketable at time of graduation and ready to launch right into a career use that time everyone that's for you that's for you to just really become what you've always wanted to be I hope you feel inspired at this page I hope you're rethinking how it should look as you and consider think about and consider education at home all right what does the school day look look like well it looks different for every student because every student is different now family use a parent you are different your schedule is going to look different but it should always include side by sides learning involvement attention it should always include share an interest in doing together. So many times and it's because it's just very important you will meet with your personalized learning teacher often especially at first so that you feel comfortable about what you're doing so that you and your teacher are clear on the assignments what's expected if you are working for a workbook you will be given answer keys and then you will be expected to grade just work and bring it to your teacher you'll meet with your teacher at least every six weeks and that is to show off look what we've done look at how much learning we've accomplished and your teacher will be excited to share that work with other students teachers because this is the way we encourage each other each other and your teacher will be your cheerleader help you figure out if you've experienced them along the way share with you more resources if you're in need of them adjust your curriculum if that's needed in definitely again I provide accountability because everyone needs accountability we all need that so that we can stay the course and complete our goals that we set out for ourselves and then finally like I said before you're going to want to spend time every day working on your skills and your interest. The beauty of homeschool you have time for that so you won't want to waste it you want to decide what is it that you're after and go after it set alarm and I bet that leaves you with some questions but first before we get to that let's talk about what everyone is interested in how to program the question comes up how do I enroll so the next step if you're still interested in enrolling our program and would like to move forward with that you need to fill out the interest form so the interest form is just listed here Center website Court School. Org all 20/20 and if for some reason you're not able to write that down or it's not working for you to just give give us a phone call will take your email and we can send you a link directly in an email another thing you'd want to do is check out our website and core charter.org a lot of good information and specifically please take a look at our parent student handbook that has all our policies and procedures for the resource center include technology technology use policy are bullying policy cyber bullying policy dress code supervision we have classes as we mentioned resource center and activities and events if if it's too it's not scheduled to be at one of those activities or classes or tutoring session or meetings than we do ask that a parent is with the student we don't have the belt availability for sushi to be dropped off without a having a scheduled at 2 at the resource center so please read through that so you have at home anywhere policies or procedures so after you complete that interest form our staff will contact you to help you with the online registration and how to get as hard copies those documents we can upload those through the online registration so you don't have to to drop off the actual copies to a resource center especially with the covid-19 situation however if you need to send in those documents or drop them off would you have a way for that to happen as well so staff will contact you and then once those steps are complete and you've completed that online line registration then a teacher will contact you as soon as possible because they're going to want to meet with your family find out what your goals are what your interests are what your needs are to look at the courses to look at the creek ulam and start to develop that program for next fall now so you're going into the summer having a good understanding of what schools going to be like next year and and feeling confident excited Philip the interest form once you do that staff will give it will contact you to complete the online read creation and once that's completed you'll have an enrollment meeting with the teacher the last thing I want to mention is just if you have any questions moving forward or question just give us a call 742-2786 again 742-2786 give us a call we look forward to meeting with you in person and thanks for joining our orientation for fall 20

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