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FEDERAL PROGRAMS

FEDERAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AT ORONDO SCHOOL

Title 1, Part A – Improving Academic Achievement

Orondo School District participates in the Title I Program. Title I, Part A is part of Every Student Succeeds Act. Its goal is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high- quality education and reach proficiency on challenging state academic standards.


Our Title I School qualifies for federal grant money which we use for additional staffing, parent involvement, staff development, and extended school day opportunities as available to help us meet that goal.


Please contact our Superintendent, Stephanie Andler, if you would like more information about Title I activities or parent participation at Orondo School District.

TITLE 1, PART A RESOURCES

Parents/Guardians Rights to Be Informed: Title 1, Part A Programs (OSPI)

What is Title 1, Part A? (OSPI)

Extra Academic Supports for Your Student (OSPI)

McKinney-Vento – Support for Students Experiencing Homelessness

The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children as "individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence." The purpose of this program is to ensure student success at school: academically, socially, emotionally and with their personal safety.

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Call the district at 509-784-1333 to learn more about how to qualify students for services.

The act provides examples of children who would fall under this definition:

  • Children and youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason
     

  • Children and youth living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations
     

  • ​Children and youth living in emergency or transitional shelters
     

  • Children and youth abandoned in hospitals

  • Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc)
     

  • Children and youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations
     

  • Unaccompanied children and youth not living with their legal guardian(s)
     

  • Migratory children and youth living in any of the above situations

Under the McKinney-Vento Act, students:

  • May enroll in school immediately, even if they lack documents normally required for enrollment
     

  • Attend classes while the school gathers missing documents
     

  • May attend the school they were last enrolled in (school of origin), even if the child has been forced to relocate
     

  • Be provided with transportation to and from the school of origin
     

  • Receive all the same educational services other students receive
     

  • Participate in before and after school programs, even if the child cannot pay

  • Receive counseling if requested
     

  • Are entitled to free breakfast and lunch
     

  • Participate in special education, bilingual vocational and gifted programs if qualified
     

  • Receive school supplies as needed
     

  • Can qualify for extra academic support through Title I funding
     

  • Can qualify for an evaluation for any disabilities

MCKINNEY-VENTO RESOURCES

What You Need to Know to Help Your Child in School (OSPI)

McKinney-Vento Information for Parents (OSPI)

Multilingual Learners

Orondo School District is proud to serve students who speak many languages and come from diverse cultural backgrounds. Our Multilingual Learner (MLL) program is designed to help students develop English language skills while supporting academic success and cultural connection.

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Access to Rigorous Grade-Level Content for English Language Learners (ELLs) is an approach to teaching that emphasizes providing ELLs with access to the same academic content as their English-speaking peers. The approach recognizes that ELLs may have language barriers that make it difficult for them to understand the content, but it seeks to provide them with the support they need to succeed. Teachers use a variety of strategies, such as visual aids, simplified language, and repetition, to help ELLs understand the content. They may also provide additional instruction in English language skills, such as vocabulary and grammar. The goal of the approach is to help ELLs develop their language skills while also keeping up with their peers in other academic subjects. Access to Rigorous Grade-Level Content is an effective way to help ELLs succeed academically and prepare them for success in college and careers.

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Goal: English proficiency and academic achievement


Students: Mixed classroom of multilingual students/English learners and English speakers.
 

Instruction: Explicit English language development 
 

Rigorous grade-level content:

  • Teachers are specifically trained in instructional strategies for multilingual/English learners.

  • Teachers are GLAD-trained to support all English learners and English speakers.

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Translation devices are used at all public events, as well as translators for individual meetings with the office or a teacher.  

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