What Can You Do?

Question 1 of 3

Your child is not doing well in school.

Call the guidance counselor. Say: My child wants to drop out. Ask: Can you help me? What programs do you have to help my child graduate high school?
Call the parent coordinator at your child’s school. Ask: Can I have an interpreter? Say: I speak ______________. (If you don’t know the number of the parent coordinator, call 311 and say: Can I have the number of the parent coordinator at my child’s school?)
Call your child’s teacher. Ask: What can I do to help my child in school? Make an appointment with the guidance counselor. Also, ask other parents for suggestions.

Question 2 of 3

Your child doesn’t want to finish high school.

Call the guidance counselor. Say: My child wants to drop out. Ask: Can you help me? What programs do you have to help my child graduate high school?
Call the parent coordinator at your child’s school. Ask: Can I have an interpreter? Say: I speak ______________. (If you don’t know the number of the parent coordinator, call 311 and say: Can I have the number of the parent coordinator at my child’s school?)
Call your child’s teacher. Ask: What can I do to help my child in school? Make an appointment with the guidance counselor. Also, ask other parents for suggestions.

Question 3 of 3

Your need an interpreter to talk to your child’s teacher.

Call the guidance counselor. Say: My child wants to drop out. Ask: Can you help me? What programs do you have to help my child graduate high school?
Call the parent coordinator at your child’s school. Ask: Can I have an interpreter? Say: I speak ______________. (If you don’t know the number of the parent coordinator, call 311 and say: Can I have the number of the parent coordinator at my child’s school?)
Call your child’s teacher. Ask: What can I do to help my child in school? Make an appointment with the guidance counselor. Also, ask other parents for suggestions.

Practice for Stay in School