Northridge ELD News

Nov 5: Picture Make up Day

Nov 5: Fall Family Night @ 5:30 pm

Nov 10: ELAC meeting @ 9:00 am in Room 17

Nov 11-13: No School

Nov 16-20: Student's Out at 12:10 pm for Parent/Teacher Conferences

Nov 20: No Bridges After School

Nov 23-27: No School for Thanksgiving Break

Thursday, November 5th

5:30-7:00 pm

MP Room

Free to Play!

Light Snacks to Purchase!

Prizes and Fun!

What is a parent-teacher conference?

A parent-teacher conference is a meeting between you and your child's teacher to discuss your child's progress in school. Parent-teachers conferences happen in elementary, middle, and high schools. This meeting may take place as part of the regularly-scheduled conferences held by the school each year, or your child's teacher may contact you to schedule a meeting at other times during the school year.

What information will my child's teacher give me?
Your child's teacher will probably show you some samples of your child's work, and may discuss your child's progress, grades, homework, and behavior. The teacher may also ask you about any concerns that she has about your child, as well as questions about his study habits. These questions are intended to help the teacher provide your child with any additional support needed in the classroom, and are not intended to make you feel uncomfortable or defensive.

Why is it important to go to a parent-teacher conference?

Going to the parent-teacher conference provides you and the teacher an opportunity to work together as a team in order to help your child. You each have an important perspective to share — as the parent, you know your child's personality, habits, strengths, and weaknesses. The teacher, on the other hand, has been trained professionally in the best methods of teaching, meeting individual student's needs, how to control classroom behavior, and how to help your child succeed in school. Working together you will be able to find ways that each of you can provide the appropriate and necessary support for your child.

The conference is also an opportunity for you to ask questions about your child's progress, to learn more about the class and what the students are studying, and to find out if you child is having difficulty with anything in particular.

In addition, the more you know about your children's school and classes, the more likely they will be to talk about daily experiences with you. They will appreciate your concern and involvement, and they will be more likely to approach you when they have problems.

***Be on time

Teachers have many parents to meet with and a tight schedule so make sure you are on time for your conference.

What is the difference between an excused and an unexcused absence?

Under state law, an absence is considered “excused” only for these reasons:

1. student illness

2. death in the student’s immediate family (one day is excused if funeral is conducted in

California, and three days are excused if service is conducted outside California)

3. for purpose of having medical, dental, vision or chiropractic services rendered

4. observation of a religious holiday or ceremony

5. court appearance (documentation must be provided and have the student’s name on it)

All other reasons for absences are considered inexcusable by California state law. If you have a

special circumstance and are unsure whether it will be excused, please talk to Sheila in the office for clarification.

What is chronic absenteeism?

Chronic absenteeism is defined as a student who misses 10 percent or more of a school year for any reason. But you don’t have to reach that level to raise red flags. Students absent without a valid excuse for three full or partial days in one school year, or who are tardy more than 30 minutes without a valid excuse on three occasions in a school year, are considered truants under state law.

Is your child 3 years old or older? Do you have a hard time understanding what your child is saying? Is your child not talking as much as their peers or siblings? Your child may be eligible for speech therapy at their home school site. If you’re concerned with your child’s speech and language growth, please call or email the Speech Language Pathologist at your home school. Our Speech Language Pathologist at Northridge is Anissa Perrou. Her phone number is 916-979-8127 or anissa.perrou@sanjuan.edu.

Attendance Information

If your child will be absent please call or email your child's name, teacher, your name, and reason for the absence.

Email: northridgeabsence@sanjuan.edu

Website: www.sanjuan.edu/northridge

Phone: (916)979-8142