PALO Parent Survival Guide

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PALO Parent Survival Guide

• The keys to success at PALO is

ROUTINE CONSISTENCY ORGANIZATION
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Parents Students Must Understand

• Blackboard- where all announcements, and
  assignments are posted
• Provost Grade XL- a running record of your
  childs grades
• Centra- the live classroom program we use for our
  teaching

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Blackboard-New Student Button

• Inside of Blackboard there is a New Student
  button on the left hand side in your childs
  homeroom.
• Please click on this button before next week and
  go through ALL information.
• This information will really help you to succeed
  here at PALO.

NEW STUDENT
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Communication is the Key

• Please communicate with us frequently through
  email (or by phone) about how your child is doing
  with his/her work.
• You are an integral part of your childs
  education and we need to hear from you, to help
  your child to succeed.

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Live Classrooms are Mandatory

• Please remember that ALL live classrooms are
  mandatory for elementary students. (If you child
  needs to miss for technical or medical reasons we
  need a copy of a doctors excuse or proof that
  you have called technical support for PALO.)
• If your child does miss a live classroom due to
  an emergency or cold, he/she may watch the
  archive and still earn some of the points for
  that day.

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5 Steps to Make you Child a Star

• Follow these 5 steps to make your child a STAR at
  PALO!

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Weekly Checklist

• 1. Print Your Weekly Checklist on Sunday evening
  and place it in a visible spot.

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Daily Folders in Blackboard

• 2. Open daily folders for each subject (the
  night before) and look for Live Classes and
  Assignments to help plan your childs next day.
  (Children thrive with a schedule and
  organization. You are the key to making this
  happen.)

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IN BOX

• 3. Print out any daily assignments each morning
  (or the evening before), and place them in your
  IN BOX This is a physical location and not one
  on the computer.
• Ideas for making an IN BOX at home are a
  folder, a department store box, a large envelope,
  or any place you decide as a family to store
  daily work.

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OUT BOX

• 4. Let your child know they are responsible for
  completing the assignments in the IN BOX by a
  certain time each day.
• Then have them place the completed assignments in
  the OUT BOX.

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Check and Scan

• 5. Check your childs work that has been placed
  in the OUT BOX. Review any concepts he/she may
  have had trouble with and let us know of any
  concern with your childs learning. Scan your
  childs work from the OUT BOX at the end of
  each day?

SCAN
CHECK
THEN
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• PALO Survival Guide for Parents

1. Print Your Weekly Checklist and place in a
visible spot.

• Open daily folders for each subject (the night
  before)
• and look for live classes and assignments.

• Print out any daily assignments each morning (or
  the
• evening before), and place them in the IN BOX

4. Let your child know they are responsible for
completing the assignments in the IN BOX by a
certain time each day and then have them place
the completed assignments in the OUT BOX

• Check your childs work that has been placed in
  the OUT
• BOX. Scan your childs work from the OUT BOX
  at the end of
• each day?

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CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE

• If a child lives with criticism,He learns to
  condemn.If a child lives with hostility,He
  learns to fight.If a child lives with
  ridicule,He learns to be shy.If a child lives
  with shame,He learns to be guilty.If a child
  lives with tolerance,He learns to be
  patient.If a child lives with encouragement,He
  learns confidence.If a child lives with
  praise,He learns to appreciate.If a child
  lives with fairness,He learns justice.If a
  child lives with security,He learns to have
  faith.If a child lives with approval,He learns
  to like himself.If a child lives with
  acceptance and friendship,He learns to find love
  in the world.--- Dorothy Lee Nolte

Our goal at PALO is to help develop your childs
patience, confidence, sense of justice, and love
of the world by providing a secure environment
for learning with positive role models.
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?Your Child will be a Star?

• We are so happy you chose Pennsylvania Learners
  Online for your child. We are dedicated to
  educating your child. You are a critical part of
  this process. Please help us to make this
  experience at PALO an organized, exciting success
  for your child!

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Questions/Concerns