1. English Language Learner
Hello Parents!
English Language Learner
(ELL) Information

2. Welcome to Horn ELL! English Language Learner Teachers Sarah Dowd
Please contact me by or phone if you have any questions or concerns. I’d be happy to talk with you about Horn School, ELL, and your child.

3. Welcome to Horn ELL!
English Language Learner Teachers Stacey Alfaro Please contact me by or phone if you have any questions or concerns. I’d be happy to talk with you about Horn School, ELL, and your child.

4. Kristin Cannon Principal LLPauley School Se
Office hours are 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Phone number is
Voice mail is available 24 hours a day.
addresses:
LLPauley School Se

5. Important Start/End Times
8:10 Breakfast
8:10 Supervision begins outside
8:25 School begins
8:30 Tardy bell rings
3:00 School Ends, (2:00 on Thursdays)
Please report all absences to the office.

6. English Language Learner
Program
National Geographic “In the U.S.A.” (Newcomers 1st-6th)
Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt “Journeys” (K-6)

7. In the U.S.A Intensive English program for Newcomers
45-60 minutes each day
Basic language and vocabulary
Reading and writing skill instruction
Prepares students for HMH Journeys instruction

8. Journeys ELL Groups Grade level ELL classes Meet for about 30 minutes
ELL learning through Language Arts content
Supports learning in general education classrooms

9. Parent Teacher Conferences
Special time for you to meet with your child’s teachers
2 times a year, fall and spring
NO school on all day conference days
Teachers AND parents share their successes, concerns and questions
Interpreters are available for free

10. Halloween Parade and party at school -Costumes -Optional, but fun!
Trick or Treating
-In the evening of October 31

11. Field Trips
Permission slips MUST be signed and returned to school

12. When your child is sick at home…..
If child is vomiting or has a fever:
Home for 24 hours AFTER fever or vomiting
is finished without the need for medication
Call school and say:
-Your Name
-Child’s Name
-Child’s Teacher’s Name
-Why they are absent

13. When your child is sick at school….
Temperature or Vomiting:
Secretary will call
-Home #
-Emergency #: (Be sure we have updated emergency and contact information in your E- Registration Account)
You will pick up child
Horn Office Staff,
Mrs. Pauley, Mrs. Overholt and Mrs. Shibata
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14. If you are going to be gone….
TRIPS
-Write a note or call the school BEFORE you take a trip
-A parent/guardian is required to notify the school office prior to leaving on vacation.  If attendance is satisfactory, the principal may excuse up to 5 days a year for family trips.  Student vacations or trips without parent/guardian accompaniment are not excused absences.
Dental and doctor appointments
-Try to schedule OUTSIDE the school day when possible

15. If the weather is bad…. Weather Words Cancellation
Called off: NO SCHOOL that day
Late Start
School will begin later and buses will run; listen for times on phone announcement
Early Release
Bad weather is coming, so students will leave school early to get home safely
To get weather information:
Phone service: District will call YOU if school hours change because of bad weather.
Don’t call the school; the line is usually busy! There are better ways to get information:
You may call
KCRG, KGAN TV
KSUI 910 AM Radio

16. learning with you this year!
Thank you!
We look forward to
learning with you this year!