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Parent
Copies
of School Files
Parents
have the right to have copies of their children’s current records,
including special education records. These
records should be maintained in separate files for each child and hand
carried to the receiving school as noted above.
Do not include these in your packed household goods! Personal school
records should include copies of:
-
Attendance
Report
-
Most
Recent Report Card
-
Withdrawal
Grades Form
-
State
Testing Results
-
Shot
Records – you may need to get an original from your doctor upon
arrival at your new school
-
Student
Study Team Minutes – if applicable
-
Specific
Reading
Inventory Student Summary or Accelerated Reader Student Summary
-
Reading
RESULTS Student Summary
-
IEP
–if applicable
-
504
– if applicable
-
Gate
Learning Plan – if applicable
-
Intervention
Plans – if applicable
In
addition to personal school records, make sure you take copies of the
following:
- Course
descriptions -secondary students
- The
grading scale used by current school including weighted grading
systems
- A
list of all textbooks used in the current school
- Current
course schedule
- http://www.dodea.edu/curriculum/
Informal
School Files
Informal collections of your
child's work and recognition of achievements provide valuable insights
into your child's interests, skills, learning style, motivation,
abilities, leadership and much more. Keeping
a yearly record creates an invaluable method of preserving your child's
accomplishments.
These collections are
particularly important to students who are juniors and seniors in high
school and are applying for college.
Portfolios:
It is helpful to keep a collection
of student work that represents the actual performance of your child in
addition to the “reported” information as seen in a report card or
transcript. A portfolio of
selected essays or other writing assignments, art/graphic work,
photography, musical compositions, math contest awards, technology
programs, speeches written by the student, etc. will provide the receiving
school with a more complete picture of your child’s performance and
strengths. Standardized
testing can be included in the portfolio to complete the overview of your
child’s work.
An
excellent way to keep a portfolio for your child is using a notebook
binder with index dividers for each grade level. Work can be kept in
plastic sheet protectors if desired.
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