The FCC has announced the guidance for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. In summary, EBB will provide eligible households with discounts of up to $50 a month for broadband service.  It also will provide a one-time discount of up to $100 on a computer or tablet for eligible households. The EBB program is open to households who participate in NSLP along with many other low-income government programs. 

FCC Website for EBB program: https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit
Do I Qualify: https://getemergencybroadband.org/do-i-qualify/
Consumer FAQ for EBB: https://www.fcc.gov/consumer-faq-emergency-broadband-benefit

Queridas familias, 

Uno de los predictores más importantes del éxito académico y futuro de un niño es la capacidad de leer al final del tercer grado. Todo lo que sucede en la vida de su hijo en los primeros años tiene un impacto duradero en su potencial futuro. ¡Las familias son esenciales para establecer altas expectativas de aprendizaje y fomentar el logro académico, el crecimiento y el éxito de sus hijos! Su participación activa y asociación con el maestro y la escuela de su hijo, junto con el apoyo de lectura en el hogar, es fundamental para su éxito en el cumplimiento de los estándares de evaluación establecidos en Alabama. 

Este plan de lectura en casa incluye actividades para ayudar a su hijo a practicar los componentes fundamentales de la lectura inicial:

- Conocimiento Fonológico
- Fónica
- Fluidez
- Vocabulario
- Comprensión
- Escritura
- Lenguaje oral

¡Nos complace ofrecerle este Plan De Lectura en Casa, que incluye actividades para ayudar a su hijo a convertirse en un lector competente! Concéntrese en las áreas específicas de la lectura inicial que se discutieron durante la reunión del Plan de mejoramiento de la lectura del estudiante (SRIP) de su hijo.

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Attending college and completing a degree are important academic goals for any student. Unfortunately, there is a pronounced racial gap in enrollment rates at top colleges and universities around the country. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that African American students only accounted for 14% of total undergraduate enrollment in 2016, while whites accounted for 56%.

One of the most important predictors of a child’s academic and future success is the ability to read by the end of third grade. Everything that happens in your child’s life in the early years has a lasting impact on their future potential. Families are essential in setting high expectations for learning and encouraging their child’s academic achievement, growth, and success! Your active participation and partnership with your child’s teacher and school, along with reading support at home, is critical to their success in meeting the assessment standards established in Alabama.

This Read-at-Home plan includes activities to help your child practice the Foundational Components of Beginning Reading:

- Phonological Awareness
- Phonics
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Writing
- Oral Language

We are happy to provide you with this Read-at-Home Plan, which includes activities to help your child become a proficient reader! Please focus on the specific areas of beginning reading discussed during your child’s Student Reading Improvement Plan (SRIP) meeting.

The Alabama Literacy Act #2019-523 mandated that the Alabama Committee on Grade-Level Reading, as established by the act, revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy: Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group. This 2020 revision of the Alabama Action Plan for Literacy: Birth Through Grade 12 (2020 AAPL) contains links to the detailed information and literacy resources compiled through this revision process.

The purpose of the 2020 revision of the Alabama Action Plan for Literacy: Birth Through Grade 12 is to serve as a living document that offers practical action steps and resources for all literacy stakeholders. The resources support high-quality literacy instruction for all learners, Birth through Grade 12. The 2020 AAPL also includes specific expectations for K-3 literacy instruction, assessment, intervention, and professional learning to meet the requirements of the Alabama Literacy Act #2019-523. With the passage of the Alabama Literacy Act (ALA), there is a clear expectation that students must demonstrate sufficient reading skills by the end of third grade in order to be promoted to fourth grade.

DCS Technology Help Desk will provide assistance to families using DCS issue devices.

Dothan City Schools Technology Help Desk

Phone: 334.793.1138
Email: tech.vdesk.1@dothan.k12.al.us
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8 am - 3 pm CST

Please note: DCS can not support home internet or personally-owned computer issues as the configuration varies greatly and the resources to diagnose these systems/devices are not accessible by our technician(s).

Dothan City School students are eligible to receive free high-speed internet service through the Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students Program. This state-wide program is designed to support low-income households to empower their learners to succeed in this unprecedented fall term of school. 

If your student is enrolled in the National School Lunch Program, they will be automatically eligible for the ABC for Students Program and you will receive a letter from the program sometime after August 31. Check your mail often and be on the lookout for the letter.

When you receive your letter, the letter will include your prepaid voucher number, which you can use for free high-speed internet service through December 30, 2020, and a list of internet service providers in your area that you can call to set up your internet service.

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