Tips for Improving Your Child's Attendance

• Establish and stick to the basic routines (early bedtime, set wake up time, laying out outfits, etc.) that will allow your child to develop a habit of on-time attendance.
• Consistently talk to your child about why going to school every day is important.  Help your child get excited about going to school.
• Do not allow your child to stay home unless they have a contagious illness or are too sick to be comfortable.  
• Come up with an alternative plan for who you and your family can rely on to help get your child to school when something comes up.
• Schedule doctor, dentist, or other health care appointments on early release days, school holidays, or at the beginning or end of the school day.
• Schedule vacations or other non-school related activities during days when students are not scheduled to attend school.
• If your family runs into personal setbacks (car trouble, loss of income, divorce, family illness, etc.) or anything that will affect how your family functions, reach out to the school and ask for help. The campus can help you connect with needed resources.
• Stay involved and in constant communication with your child's school.  Read all the information that is sent home with your child.
• When your child is absent, work with teachers to provide your child with additional opportunities to learn and do make-up work.
• Follow district policy for reporting absences and submitting absence documentation within 3 school-days of your child's return to school.
• Monitor your child's attendance through Skyward Family Access. If an absence is marked incorrectly, contact the campus attendance clerk.

The Importance of Regular Attendance

Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success—both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get better grades, develop healthy life habits, avoid dangerous behavior and have a better chance of graduating from high school.

When students are absent for fewer days, their grades and reading skills often improve—even among those students who are struggling in school. Students who attend school regularly also feel more connected to their community, develop important social skills and friendships, and are significantly more likely to graduate from high school, setting them up for a strong future.

As a parent, you can prepare your child for a lifetime of success by making regular school attendance a priority. By figuring out the reasons for your child's absences—whether they're physical or emotional—and taking advantage of support services—such as tutoring, student mentoring and afterschool activities—you can help set your child on the path to success.

San Jacinto Elementary
Elanie Rosser
ebrosser@libertyisd.net
(936) 336-3161 

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Tabitha Pritchett
trpritchett@libertyisd.net
(936) 336-3603 

Liberty Middle School
Kayla Roy
klroy@libertyisd.net
(936) 336-3582

Liberty High School
Robert Kirkland
rbkirkland@libertyisd.net
(936) 336-6483

2021 Dyslexia Handbook

AC 74.28 (Students with Dyslexia and Related Disorders) has a required component regarding information that must be provided to parents about dyslexia and related disorders. This requirement is that LEAs and open-enrollment charter schools provide parents of students enrolled in the district or school with specific information about dyslexia and related disorders. I have included that wording below for your convenience. To assist LEAs and open-enrollment charter schools with compliance of TAC 74.28 (f), the TEA has created a form that is now posted on the TEA website. This form can be found TEA Resources in this link and is under Dyslexia Resources on the TEA website. I have also attached a copy of this form to this email. I have reviewed the form and it does include all seven required components if you choose to utilize it. According to TEA, as I have asked them this myself, providing this information to parents through a posting on your district's website is an option. I have already forwarded this information to your special education directors. 

TAC 74.28 (f)

(f) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide to parents of students enrolled in the district or school information on:

  (1) characteristics of dyslexia and related disorders;

  (2) evaluation and identification of dyslexia and related disorders;

  (3) effective instructional strategies for teaching students with dyslexia and related disorders;

  (4) qualifications of and contact information for PDIs at each campus or school;

  (5) instructional accommodations and modifications;

  (6) the steps in the special education process, as described in the form developed by the Texas Education Agency to comply with TEC, §29.0031(a)(1); and

  (7) how to request a copy and access the electronic version of the handbook referenced in subsection (c) of this section.

Texas Education Code requires an annual fitness assessment for all students in grades three through twelve enrolled in physical education or a physical education substitute course/activity. School districts submit the results to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) each school year. FITNESSGRAM® is the assessment tool used in Texas school districts. FITNESSGRAM® is a fitness assessment developed by The Cooper Institute. The assessment includes health-related physical fitness tests that assess aerobic capacity; muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility; and body composition. Scores from the different assessments are compared to Healthy Fitness Zone® standards to determine students' overall physical fitness and suggest areas for improvement when appropriate. The standards are criterion-referenced standards based on levels of fitness needed for good health. A parent/guardian with a student in grades three through twelve enrolled in physical education or an equivalent physical education course/activity may submit a written request for a child’s physical fitness assessment results at the end of the school year. The request should be submitted to the building principal.

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