World House

World House Student Portal

The World House Program has been established to support newly arrived youth at HUSD. The program began operating in 2011 at Tennyson High School and Chavez Middle School. The focus of World House is to support newcomers in learning English while integrating into a new country, new culture, and a new educational system. The World House Program is set up to support students who have been in the US for 0-2 years.  

The criteria for students to enter the World House program is:

• 7th through 12th Newly Arrived ELLs who have been in the United States’ School System less than two years and who have received a level 1 or 2 in the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC)

English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)

ELAC MISSION

The purpose of the English Learners Advisory Committee is to advise the principal and school staff on the needs, programs and services for English Learners and on the development of the School Plan (SPSA) and budget as it pertains to English Learners.

The annually required tasks for ELACs are:

• Provide training for EL parents on the various components of the HUSD Master Plan for English Learners.

• Oversee the explanation, distribution, data collection and data reporting pertaining to the annual ELAC Surveys

• Advise site leadership on ways to improve student attendance.

Resources

• Lunch Application
• Understanding High School
• Digital Tools for ELs
• Additional Digital Tools for ELs
• Distant Learning Webpage
• Distant Learning Google Doc

Food Relief for Families

• Food Relief for Families
• More Resources
• More Resources (Spanish)