Help At Home

This page will serve as a resource for both students and families searching for academic help at home.  

One of the first and most effective forms of help at home is engaging in open communication with a child’s teacher.  The teachers are here to help your child succeed.  Please reach out to them with your questions or concerns.

Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) Program Doubles Grant Amounts and Expands Eligibility Access Through 2024

More students now qualify to receive $1,000 for before- and after-school Afterschool activities

The Ohio Department of Education is pleased to announce changes to the Afterschool Child Enrichment (ACE) educational savings account program. Passed in December 2022, House Bill 45 of the 134th General Assembly expanded access and increased grant amounts for qualifying Ohio students and families.

Beginning April 7, qualifying families can receive a $1,000 credit per child for enrichment and educational activities afterschool during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. Allowable activities include before- or after-school educational programs, day camps, music lessons, tutoring, and more. 

Expanded eligibility includes children ages 6-18 whose family income is at or less than 400% of the Federal Poverty Level, who participate in income-based programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and Ohio Works First, or who reside in districts identified as experiencing high rates of chronic absenteeism or include EdChoice-eligible schools.

"The changes to the Ohio ACE program provide more students access to educational activities outside of the traditional classroom," Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Stephanie Siddens said. "The ACE Marketplace helps parents extend and enrich learning opportunities and broaden experiences for their children."

Administered by the Ohio Department of Education and Merit International, Inc., the ACE program provides access to educational activities to students who experienced learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Visit aceohio.org to apply for an ACE educational savings account and browse the ACE Marketplace for service providers.

Teacher Websites

All teachers in the Hubbard Schools (K-12) have websites set up to help you understand what is happening in class daily.  They also have their contact information available on the website.  Please visit their websites on a regular basis throughout the school year.  Web pages are easy to find, on the district website look for the dropdown menu “Parents/Students”.  The third item is the link to all teacher pages in the district.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month,  a time to promote awareness and understanding of dyslexia. There are many resources available to support students with dyslexia and to empower their families and educators with knowledge and information. 


Click here to access the Dyslexia Resource Guide for Ohio Families.

 

Supporting your adolescent’s vocabulary: A list of commonly used academic words


Families, schools, and other community members all have a role to play in helping adolescent learners understand, pronounce, and write new words. But which words are more commonly used in academic settings? The EAP Foundation website provides a list of the top 500 academic words used.

How can schools and families work together to support vocabulary development?

Schools should be routinely supporting vocabulary development in all classes. Parents/caregivers can ask their student or the school about how the school is planning to do that in a particular class or over the course of a year. In addition, families could make it a routine to build vocabulary skills at home together in a fun and multi-faceted way. For example, a family could make it a daily or weekly practice to look a word up online or in a dictionary. Or families could make up sentence together using an academic word, then write the sentence down or draw a picture representing the word and what it means to them.

https://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/other/avl/

Blending-Multisyllabic-Words.pdf

Click here to access resources for families from the Ohio Department of Education.  This page offers a wide variety of supports for parents from Preschool through High School.
 Additional information and resources for Parents and Caregivers available here.

Resources from the Hubbard Public Library:

Literacy Tips Across the Ages from PBS

The "Literacy Tips Across the Ages" video series includes ten videos focused on literacy learning from prenatal to adolescence. Research-based strategies and skills are outlined for parents and caregivers in a user-friendly format. Click here to access.

Virtual/Remote Learning Resources

The District has provided a curated list of online resources to provide enrichment opportunities, reinforce prior learning and provide a springboard for other independent learning activities that support the academic and emotional well-being of our students.  These resources are for students and parents/guardians who might be looking for other activities to engage elementary, middle and high school students while at home. The Trumbull County Educational Service Center has also created a website to help families learn at home, click here to access this resource.


Ohio Department of Education: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMP 2020

Explore mathematics through engaging activities in an untraditional environment during this week long math summer program for middle and high school students. Discover the richness and beauty of mathematics and have fun! Build skills and confidence and express your creativity. The program especially encourages female and gender nonconforming students to apply.

Dates:

High school - July 6 to 10

Middle school - July 20 to 24

Cost: Free!

Learn more or apply: math.osu.edu/btc-gem

Click here to access daily resources PBS supplied during Spring 2020 Remote Learning.