Parents
Getting Ready
Registration
 Proof of residence
 Verification
 McKinney-Vento Act
References
Junior-Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Geographic Exception
Getting Involved
Helping your
child learn
Special Education
Student Behavior
Code of Conduct
Bullying
Harassment
Internet
Graduation
Graduation web site
Grad Calendar
Career Counseling
College Bound?

A+ Aftersch Care

Resources
Family Support Svcs
Standards
mySchool
Reports
US Ofc for Civil Rights

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Getting Ready for School

• Preparing your child for kindergarten
  • Junior Kindergarten ... kindergarten and junior kindergarten age cut-offs
  • Is your 5-year-old kindergarten-ready? (Honolulu Advertiser, 050712)
• Admission (registration) ...
  • Residency Requirements (030709)
  • School Health Requirements (Dept. of Health)
  • Immunization Requirements (Dept. of Health)
  • Forms
  • Student Health Record (DOE form 14) (PDF)
  • Emergency Card (PDF)
  • Health Center Card (PDF)
  • Inhaler and EpiPen Consent form (040722, sss/cnitta)
  • Geographic Exceptions
    
    

  Food for thought... educationpsa.org

• Calendar
  • School calendar
  • Board of Education meeting calendar
    
    
• Helping your child learn... hints from various sources
  
  
  • Internet Safety ... fun (for the little ones) activities and eye-opening (for the teens) videos to teach your children Internet "street smarts".
    
    
  • Expectations... what your child should learn in each (grade K-6 available so far)
    
    
  • Getting Involved ... organizations interested in helping Hawaii's public schools
    
    
  • Volunteers & Partners Program
    
    
• McKinney-Vento (Homeless) Act
  
  
• School Emergency Information for Parents and Guardians (pamphlet sent to parents)
  
  
• Special Education
  
  
• Student Behavior ... student code of conduct, bullying, harassment , internet access, truancy
  
  
• Gifted and Talented
  
  
• A+ After school child care
  
  
• Graduation
  • Graduation web site
    
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  • Graduation Ceremonies... graduation date/times, locations, school colors (info refreshed in early May).
    
    
  • Career counseling
  • College bound? ... testing dates, test result histories by state, college links, financial assistance.

Resources

• Alumni ... information on requesting transcripts, and class reunion contacts
  
  
• DOE Athletic Trainers (with sports forms)
  
  
• Your rights
  
  • Civil Rights information
    
    
  • FERPA
    
    • Pamphlet: Parents' Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: Rights Regarding Children's Education Records
      
      
    • Pamphlet: Balancing Student Privacy and School Safety: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act for Elementary and Secondary Schools (PDF)
      
      
  • Special Education, Your Student's Rights
    
    
• Family Support Section ... development of school-family-community partnerships to support student achievement
  (050816 sss/awiegand, 070322lhayashida)
  • Parent Community Networking Centers (PCNC) ...
    
• Standards ... Our blueprint for student and school expectations
  
  • Standards-Based Education: Info for Parents [287KB PDF]
  • Parent Brochures for Report Cards
    
    
• mySchool ... "one-stop-shopping" for information about public schools, public charter schools, community schools, homeschooling, public schools serving military base housing areas, and the program (or is it a school?) called E-School.
  
  
• Programs ... info about programs for course enhancement, students with special needs, student interests, and faculty professional development
  
  
  
• Reports ... financial and other reports. For reports on school performance see the mySchool pages or the ARCH site.
  
  

Reference

• Federal government ... official U.S. Government portal
  
  
• State government
  • Directory of State, County and Federal Officials in Hawai'i (from: LRB)
  • Directory of Boards and Commissions
  • Disability & Communication Access Board (DCAB) ... guidance on accessibility issues (Dept of Health)
  • Forms (State)
  • Guide to Government in Hawaii (from: LRB)
  • Hawaii Revised Statutes ... Search HRS or Browse HRS
  • Legislative database, search
  • Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB)
  • Legislative Terms (from: LRB)
  • Office of Information Practices (OIP)
    • Sunshine Law, Sunshine law guide , Sunshine law checklist
  • State Constitution (from: LRB)
  • State Ethics Commission
    • Hawaii State Ethics Commission Checklist (jhara081003)
  • State web site
  • Uniform Information Practices Act (from: OIP)
    
    
• Hawaii State Board of Education documents
  • Chapter 19 -- including translations and civil rights compliant form
    
    
• Educational Acronyms
  
  
• Public Information Sources (Honolulu Advertiser, 3/13/06)
  
  
• Statistics
  • National Center for Education Statistics (US Dept of Educ)
  • Just for the Kids (National Center for Educational Achievement)

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