How to Succeed: Family FAQs & Help Articles
Navigating Newport:
Who to ask?
- First, coach your teen to address the issue, and then seek help from these people LEARN MORE
Peer Tutors
- Description for student looking for a peer tutor and for student who would like to volunteer to tutor their peers LEARN MORE
Attendance: General Help
- How to access your student’s record, report absences, find information, and correct errors LEARN MORE
Attendance Help: Power Outages
- How to report if power goes out during virtual classes LEARN MORE
Getting Started with Clubs & Teams
- How you can help your student find the right place to get involved in critical after-school activities and teams LEARN MORE
Coaching Your Student:
Coaching: I do, we do, you do
- How to teach your student decision-making or other skills LEARN MORE
Dance of Independence
- Help to guide your student from 9th grade adolescence to the responsibilities of an adult at graduation LEARN MORE
Setting Up Successful Parent-Teen Conversations
- Simple 4-step process that helps families discuss difficult topics LEARN MORE
Pause & Think: What Went Well
- Simple practice that helps teens recognize their progress and plan for growth LEARN MORE
Pause, Notice, Name & Navigate
- Simple steps to learn to respond thoughtfully rather than reacting emotionally LEARN MORE
Six Tools for Success
- Simple skills that your student can build to support their learning now and their career later LEARN MORE
Equity & Inclusion–Belonging through a Culture of Dignity
Partnering with Families for Civil Society & School Culture
- Educators & families must partner to teach conversation, civility, respect for the dignity of every member of our community & using correct information in discussion LEARN MORE
Creating a safe school culture by combating hate speech
- Use these conversation starters and tools to help your student understand the impact of hate speech and how important their voice can be in stopping it. LEARN MORE
Health & Well-Being
Resource List–Mental Health; Thrive; Build Resilience
- Current list of resources your family can tap for your student
- Upcoming mental health & well-being forums for families
Gratitude can change life
- Simple daily thoughts that protect against stress LEARN MORE
Help your teen set expectations
- Teach your student that their physically immature adolescent brain makes decision making and long-range planning difficult LEARN MORE
Grief & Loss
- Helping your teen cope in difficult circumstances LEARN MORE
Help your teen develop healthy stress tools
- Specific guide and tools to coach your teen to prepare for daily and major stress situations LEARN MORE
Mandarin Parent Event–Family roles in helping students belong in school–March 15
- Why belonging matters to learning
- How families help students embrace academic risks that help teens succeed
- Where to go with questions
- Setting your student up to flourish & thrive
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Mandarin Slides
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English Slides
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Video Recording
College & Career Planning Support:
Help your student decide between letter grades and credit/no credit (the new district grading policy for virtual learning)
- Use this step-by-step decision guide to help your student decide between a letter grade that will be included in their GPA calculation or a credit/no credit designation that will not impact their GPA. In the new policy, the transcript lists the course and “credit” if the student passes the class. LEARN MORE
How many AP courses?
- Guidance on coaching your student to select a healthy AP course load that will get them where they want to go LEARN MORE
Help your student identify key interests
- Discussion guide to help your student explore what courses to take and what careers interest them LEARN MORE
Why your student should take career classes
- All students–even those headed to college–should take a close look at career courses at Newport LEARN MORE
College Career Advisor Free Expertise
- How students can access free, yet expert, assistance with college & career planning LEARN MORE
Virtual Learning:
Synch vs Asynch learning
- Why Asynch class periods are not optional READ MORE
Why NHS does not require cameras in virtual learning
- Explanation of the camera policy and how to coach your student to use theirs READ MORE
Understanding how each teacher handles communications and assignments
- With this link, you will find a spreadsheet that includes instructions from each teacher about how to access class materials, send messages, submit assignments, use asynch time, etc. LEARN MORE