Our Expectations
When you enroll in Alderwood Academy you, as your child's teacher agree to:
Teach 180 days or 900 hrs* per year
*Kindergarten: Five hundred forty (540) net instructional hours.
Grades 1-3: Seven hundred twenty (720) net instructional hours.
Grades 4-12: Nine hundred (900) net instructional hours.
Keep a report card and an attendance record--both forms provided by Alderwood--showing subject taught, grades earned and number of days taught in each subject.
Submit a copy of the report card to the Director at the end of each semester.
Submit the attendance record and test/evaluation results at the end of your school year.
Keep a portfolio, consisting of a list of materials used and samples of the student's work.
From this portfolio--at the end of your school year--save two pieces of work from each subject .
Provide annual standardized testing results, testing is required for grades 4-12, optional for grades 1-3.
Alderwood provides testing services for an additional fee. Our students receive a 20% discount. Discount is not applied to travel expenses if the evaluation is administered out of Pinellas county. For more information concerning the evaluation...email
Mail a copy of the test or evaluation results to the Director at the end of your school year.
Provide the following documentation:
Certified copy of Birth Certificate
Further information may be obtained via The Florida Department of Health - My-Florida.com - Birth Certificates or National Center for Health Statistics - Where to Write for Vital Records.
Student Health Examination (HRS-H Form 3040) or waiver form
Further information is available via The Florida Department of Health - School Health: Coordinated School Health.
Florida Certificate of Immunization (HRS Form 680) or waiver form
These forms are not available to the public and must be completed by a Florida physician or a Florida county health department.
Further information is available via The Florida Department of Health - School Health: Coordinated School Health.