Resources for Families
ParentVUE - app available on Apple App Store or Google Play - see your child’s classroom assignments and grades.
Online Safety for Kids
Technology
Hoover Middle School provides SFUSD issued iPads for students to use during the school year. Talk to your kids about online safety, cyberbullying, avoiding distractions, and making good decisions online.
The best way to protect your kids online? Talk to them. While kids value the opinions of their peers, most tend to rely on their parents for help on the issues that matter most.
¿Cuál es la mejor manera de proteger a sus chicos mientras están en línea? Hablar con ellos. Aunque los chicos valoran las opiniones de sus padres, cuando necesitan ayuda para los asuntos de mayor importancia, la mayoría de ellos tiende a confiar en sus padres.
Cyberbullying
ConnectSafely.org reports an overall increase in cyberbullying
Per the article, cyberbullying among boys is slightly up, but girls are more than 3 times more likely to be bullied than boys.
The study doesn’t explain why girls are so much higher than boys, but the author proposes a theory. Girls are more verbal than boys and more likely to use words to hurt than fists. Previous studies have found that girls are more likely to cyberbully than boys while boys are more likely to be physical.
Admongo.gov is a Federal Trade Commission campaign that aims to educate tweens about advertising so they can become more discerning consumers of information. The goal of the campaign is to boost advertising literacy by:
Raising awareness of advertising and marketing messages
Teaching critical thinking skills that will allow tweens to better analyze and interpret advertisements
Demonstrating the benefits of being an informed consumer
The multi-media campaign involves tweens, their parents, and their educators. It is based on Admongo.gov, which teaches core ad literacy concepts through game play.
Fun and Free or Cheap activities for families in san Francisco
Here are a few websites with free or inexpensive activities for families.
English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC)
The role of the English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) is to advise the principal and School Site Council on programs and services for English learners. The ELAC acts in an advisory capacity. It is not a decision making body, but it is the voice of the English learner community.
Specifically the ELAC:
Advises on the development of services for English learners in the Balanced ScoreCard/Single Plan for Student Achievement (BSC/SPSA).
Assists in the development of the school’s needs assessment and efforts to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.
Has representation on District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
英語學習生諮詢委員會（ELAC）
主要功能
英語學習生諮詢委員會（或其小組委員會）旨在向校長及學校教職員，就英語學習生課程與服務提供建議，以及就學生學習成就個別學校計劃（Single School Plan for Student Achievement）的制定，向校務決策委員會提供建議。英語學習生也就下列其他事宜向學校提供幫助：
任務
就下列事宜向校長、教職員及校務決策委員會提供建議及幫助：
學校的英語學習生課程；.
學生學習成就個別學校計劃的制定（BSC/SPSA）；
學校的需求評估；
學校的年度語言調查（R-30 語言調查報告）。
努力向家長灌輸學生考勤表現的重要性。
Comité Consejero del Programas Estatal para Alumnos Aprendiendo Inglés (ELAC)
Requisitos Para La Composición
En el comité, el porcentaje de padres de alumnos debe ser por los menos el mismo porcentaje de alumnos identificados EL* en la escuela.
Nota: Ejemplos de miembros incluyen padres de familia, personal docente, y miembros de la comunidad.
Elecciones
Requisitos para las elecciones del ELAC* incluyen:
Los padres o guardianes de alumnos identificados EL* son los que eligen a otros padres como miembros del comité consejero de la escuela o sub-comité.
Todos los padres de alumnos EL* deben tener la oportunidad de votar por los miembros del comité.
Cada comité escolar deben tener la oportunidad de elegir por lo menos un miembro que los representante el Comité Consejero del Distrito del Programa Estatal para alumnos aprendiendo inglés (DELAC*). Los distritos con 31 ó más ELACs pueden usar un sistema de representación proporcional o regional.