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Understanding the A to G Requirements for High School Students

Understanding the A to G Requirements for High School Students

Each spring, parents ask us to explain what high school courses are required for admission into the California colleges. We have highlighted below a basic description of the A-G college entrance sequence of high school courses students must complete for minimal eligibility into the University of California or California State University systems (per www.eao.sa.ucsb.edu or see       www.admission.universityofcalifornia.edu  or www.2calstate.edu):

A = 2 years of history

B = 4 years of English

C = 3 years required and 4 years recommended of Math

D = 2 years required and 3 years recommended of laboratory science

E = 2 years required and 3 years recommended pf of a language other than English

F = 1 year of visual and performing arts

G = 1 year of a college preparatory elective chosen from the A-F courses beyond those required. [Read more…]

Khám Phá Nghề Nghiệp cho Trẻ Em Chúng Ta

Khám Phá Nghề Nghiệp cho Trẻ Em Chúng Ta 

Trong suốt cuộc đời, trẻ em khao khát trở thành nhiều thứ khác nhau khi chúng lớn lên. Một đứa trẻ có thể muốn trở thành nhân viên vệ sinh và tài xế xe tải chở rác tái chế. Những trẻ khác lại ước mơ trở thành lính cứu hỏa, nữ cảnh sát hoặc giáo viên. Ngay từ khi còn nhỏ, chúng ta có thể khuyến khích con em mình tìm hiểu thêm về các loại nghề nghiệp và công việc khác nhau bằng cách:

  • Đưa con em đến nơi làm việc của chúng ta sau giờ học, vào buổi tối hoặc dịp cuối tuần
  • Khuyến khích trẻ em giúp đỡ về nhiều mặt khác nhau trong công việc của chúng ta (ví dụ như phân loại các bài tập khác nhau cho giáo viên, dọn dẹp thùng rác và rác tái chế cho các trung tâm thu gom rác và tái chế, và thực hiện các kiểm tra an toàn phòng cháy ở gia đình)
  • Giúp trẻ em học cách theo đuổi những khám phá về nghề nghiệp cụ thể thông qua nghiên cứu, tham gia vào các khóa học cao đẳng sớm cũng như tham gia vào các trải nghiệm công việc liên quan

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How to Make College Learning More Relevant

How to Make College Learning More Relevant

As I help more students prepare for college, I am learning that my students need more opportunities for project-based learning experiences that help a child better understand the relevance of academic subjects to real life problem-solving. I am also learning that most students in other countries take a break from school to participate in a summer abroad program or even an internship during high school summers or before starting college to increase the background knowledge required for academic success.

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Writing Grants for Community Service Projects for Students and Parents

Writing Grants for Community Service Projects for Students and Parents

Students can apply for grants to fund their community service projects by preparing grant proposals that are managed by a community nonprofit agency or their school. After receiving approval by the administrator of a community agency or their school, students and their parents can complete the following grant template to organize their ideas for a funding organization. Funders can be found through online fundraising websites or at a local library that manages an online fundraising database (e.g. Sunnyvale Main Library in Sunnyvale, California) in your community. Once the community agency or school approves your program plan, you can complete their grant application documentation and have the community agency or school submit their supporting administrative and financial documentation to the funder for grant review and approval. [Read more…]

How to Stay Actively Involved in Your Child’s Education

How to Stay Actively Involved in Your Child’s Education

The phrase “parent involvement” in children’s learning may conjure images of parents in the classroom eagerly helping children to make Easter baskets, sorting papers and putting them in the student’s mailboxes. Parental involvement in children’s learning is beneficial.  The research shows that it leads to educational, social, and emotional outcomes for children. In addition, it contributes to overall positive attitudes, improved behavior and attendance at school.

Types of Involvement

As children grow up, the ways in which you can be involved in your child’s learning changes. The physical presence of you in the classroom is no longer essential, or necessarily effective to be involved in your child’s education.

In Evergreen School District, you can continue to learn what your child is learning in the classroom and this gives you an opportunity to be highly engaged in your child’s learning.  You can do this through our awesome Parent University Program.   If you have some knowledge as to what your child is learning in the classroom, you will feel confident and be able to engage in their learning at a very different level.   This is definitely being involved in your child’s learning because the dialogue with your child will be much more diverse and meaningful. [Read more…]