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ESOL Staff Members
ESOL Teacher:Kelly Lamb [email protected]
ESOL Counselor:Mia Kim [email protected]
ESOL Administrator: Pam [email protected]
How Did My Child Qualify for ESOL?
•All students entering Forsyth County Schools complete a registration packet at the Central Registration Office that includes a Home Language Survey.•If the parent’s responses to any of the three Home Language Survey questions is “other than English”, the child must be screened for ESOL services with the WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)•Students are retested using the ACCESS test each Spring to determine continuing placement.
Parent Communication
• Parents receive a notification packet listing how their student qualified and how they will be served
• Parents may deny ESOL program services on an annual basis
• Parents receive ESOL Progress Reports with report cards
• Lambert will host a minimum of 2 ESOL parent events this school year
• We can provide interpreters for conferences by request. Email Kelly Lamb.
ESOL Courses Offered
We offer sheltered, scheduled classes, and push-in support courses for ESOL
students.
ESOL IIESOL IV
Sheltered 10th Grade Lit/CompSheltered Advanced Comp
Sheltered World HistoryGeometry with Push-In Support
Environmental Science with Push-In SupportStudy Skills
Counseling Services
Mia Kim is the ESOL Counselor.
She can help with:•Academic Advisement- course selection, graduation planning•Personal Issues- personal student and family issues•Post Secondary planning- college, scholarship, and workforce options
Graduation Requirements
Language Arts – 4 (Including 9th Lit/Comp and American Lit Comp)Math - 4Science – 4 (Including a Physical Science and Biology) Social Studies – 3 (World, American, ½ Economics, and ½ Government) Health/Personal FitnessCTAE, Fine Arts or World Language
3 units required from CTAE and/or Fine Arts and/or WorldLanguage. Students planning on attending a four yearuniversity must complete two units of world language.
Electives State Requirements – Four Additional Electives
Students have the opportunity to earn an additional four electives onthe seven period day. This option should be connected with thestudent’s choice of a Career Pathway.
Testing
ACCESS TestingAll ESOL students are tested in the domains of listening, speaking reading, and writing in:
•Social and Instructional Language•The Language of Language Arts•The Language of Math•The Language of Science•The Language of Social Studies
Testing
Students take End of Course Tests that count 20% of their grade in the following
courses:•9th Grade Lit/Comp•American Lit/Comp•Physical Science•Biology•US History
•Economics•Algebra I•Geometry
ESOL students are eligible for accommodations such as extended time, small group testing, and word-to-word bilingual dictionaries during testing.
Important Websites
Forsyth County Schoolswww.forsyth.k12.ga.us
Lambert High Schoolwww.forsyth.k12.ga.us/lhs
Itslearninghttps://forsyth.itslearning.com/
Parent Portalhttps://campus.forsyth.k12.ga.us/campus/portal/forsyth.jsp?1323Nav=|5270|&NodeID=5271