December 18th

 

Join Our Private HTH Parents Facebook Group HTH PA HTH School Storm Athletics HTH School Calendar 20-21 Winter Break: Dec. 19th - Jan 4th, School resumes Jan. 5th Click here for the latest information regarding the Corona Virus and HTH Thank you to all the students, teachers and parents who attended Exhibition! What a great two evenings. Have a safe and healthy winter break, see you in January. #hthpride #weareallinthistogether Seniors display the cloth face masks they embroidered a powerful statement on. You can check out all the masks on the website gallery.  11th grade students focused on "Issues 2020" like guns, climate change, systemic racism, immigration, and many more. What do THEY want to say? They created a short audio or video commentary about an issue of their choice Student Work Bjorg Shah Phadua Avila  11th grade student project "Justice for the People and the Planet" How is environmental health a barometer for social justice in San Diego? How has it changed? How can we identify what we value, take care of our planet, and bring justice to the people?  Based on observations and interests, students identified a research question to answer, collected, and analyzed data, and reported their findings.   Student Work: Charles Aragon Jacqueline Hicks 9th Grade students on Brian and Mike's team present POL's about personal growth, their garden and photography in the "Look for the helpers" project Several Seniors submitted artwork to the Amplifier Campaign https://community.amplifier.org/campaign/in-pursuit-of/ and have a chance to get their work projected on city buildings across the country if they win! You can vote for them online. Sign up Scroll to the bottom and hit "view more submissions" Repeat the scrolling and "view more submissions" a  few times You will come across several of our students who submitted to the contest - Vote!  10th Grade students presented "Projectos Monumentos", a cross-cultural project with students in Chile, and "Who Are We", each student showcases, who they are, an important person in their life, an important place in their life, and an issue that is important to them, including images that represent each. Exhibition Final Project Links    9th Grade  The Way Things Work Ebook  Truthiness Newpapers 10th Grade  podcasts can be heard at @projectmonumentos on Instagram TV  Who Are We? Ebook  11th Grade  Fifth Atmosphere 12th Grade  Art - Senior Exhibition Gallery  HTH Spanish teacher Glenn Evans made an appearance on Telemundo's 'For la Cultura' to break down some of the most prominent Spanish slang words from Colombia, México, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Check it out to get to know the historical and etymological origins of some of ppl's faves: Awesome Sticker Design from 10th-grade student Delilah Kambourakis. Every HTH student received a sticker plus other treats in the mail this past week courtesy of the HTH Parent Association and Familias Unidas de HTH. We hope to see these stickers on water bottles and computers!  If you ordered logowear, check your email for pick up instructions this Sunday at 10am at the school. Masks required. Questions, email hthpacommunications@gmail.com  DEEPER LEARNING from the HTH Journalism Club  A Farewell To 2020 By: 9th Grade HTH Student Lucía C. López As we come to the closing of this crazy and historical year, for many of us this may mean the conclusion of  a significant chapter of our lives and to others it’s just the ending of another year. It’s crazy how much perspectives and experiences can vary when living through this pandemic year. Either way, I know for sure that this year will always be remembered by most. I thought that I’d sit down with some people from school and have a check in with them as to where they are now versus in March and how the pandemic  has changed them as humans. Read the rest of the article.... An Internship Inside Scott Peters’ Re-election campaign By 11th Grade HTH Student Daniel Sanchez             As we were in our final 5-8 pm phone banking shift on Election Night, the election was playing out very worryingly for the Democrats. 5 pm: Indiana is Called for President Trump, Vermont Is called for VP Biden 5:30 pm: West Virginia is Called for President Trump   Virginia is called for VP Biden 6 pm: President Trump Wins Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. VP Biden Wins Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. At around this time is when things started to change. When we saw the results In Miami-Dade county, The whole zoom watch party went quiet. Read the rest of the article.... PARENT WORKSHOPS We want to hear from you! What kinds of workshops are you interested in for next year? Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey.  Survey in English Survey in Spanish Next Ask Andrew Jan. 13th at 6:30pm and Pregunta A Andrew at 7:30pm  PAST PARENT WORKSHOPS   How to support yourself and your student from Covid fatigue with HTH Psychologist Shameeka Lewis - click here to watch "Most Likely to Succeed" Talkback with HTH Teachers Mr. Aguirre and Chris Nho and alum Samantha Fiallo. Click here to watch "HTH Digital Tools" - Quick demo lesson using Discord and Jamboard. Click here to watch.  "Basics of the IEP"? HTH Education Specialist Joyce Chen and HTH Emergent Bilingual Specialist Judy Zapien presented great information that you can watch in English or Spanish.   Still have questions, email Joyce at jchen@hightechhigh.org or Judy at jzapien@hightechhigh.org  Inside the HTH Digital Math Classroom with HTH Teachers Sarah Strong and Chris Nho - Click here to see the workshop "EZ Meal App Workshop" - High Tech High continues to highly encourage families who have not completed a meal application to do so as soon as possible through EZMealApp and check out our Parent Workshop recording here. Questions, email Amanda at athomas@hightechhigh.org   Yearbook photo proofs are in the teacher mailboxes, if you would like yours or the code to buy the photos online, please email Marcus at mbell@hightechhigh.org or your child's teacher.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING? (EARN FREE MONEY FOR HTH ON EVERY PURCHASE) Set up Amazon Smile with HTH as the beneficiary on your browser AND your mobile app (.5% earned), use this link  Bookmark our HTH Amazon Affiliates link in your web browser for shopping convenience! (avg 5% earned) To make it more convenient, consider making ‘one time’ purchases of a retailer gift cards using Benefit App then use that gift card credit through your Benefit App ‘wallet’ throughout the year. For example, buy a $500 Amazon card and apply it to your Amazon account to use as the ‘payment method’ throughout the year. For example, buy a $50 Starbucks gift card through the Benefit App and apply the code to your Starbucks app for purchases Still have questions, check out this tutorial or email hthpacommunications@gmail.com College News  The college acceptances are pouring in already! Congratulations to our HTH Seniors! Woohoo!  Parker Frost:  Boston U Stefan Keane:  U of Portland Simon Scott: NYIT with $120,000 scholarship Mario Aguila:  CSU Sacramento Viviana Banales:  USF and U of Redlands Edward Elliott:  Allegheny College and Drexel U Sajen Green:  California College of the Arts and Otis College Art & Design Olivia Ho: Lewis & Clark College Hector Rosas:  Boise State University Andrew Rosener: SCAD Lucas Stephen: CSU East Bay Janea Tillman:  Drexel U, Emerson (MA), Columbia College Molly Zucchet: Willamette U, Cornish College of Arts, and Elmhurst College As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org Have a safe and healthy winter break!  Nicholle   For Juniors: No PSAT:  take SAT by March for National Merit Eligibility The PSAT will not be administered during the 2020-21 school.  College Board is allowing juniors to use an SAT score as an alternative to taking the PSAT for National Merit consideration. (UC's are test blind through 2024; CSU's not made announcement as of 12/2020) For 9th-11th Grade        Save the dates!  Jan. 20th 2021 - Coastline Case Studies Program for Grade 9-11 Families This is an awesome opportunity to witness a mock admissions committee (of current college admissions representatives) discuss 3 student applications and collectively decide which fictitious students to admit, waitlist, and deny. Students and parents are encouraged to participate. After the event, there is a virtual college fair.  Jan. 28: Virtual College Information Night for Grade 9-11 Families, 6pm HTH Village College Counselors will host grade-level college information workshops with families.  Grade 9 families will be via HTHMA; Grade 10 families via HTHI and Grade 11 via HTH.  Zoom links will be provided the week prior to the event. College 411 Workshops will resume in February -- monthly college presentations by college admission representatives.  Be on the lookout for a survey in January to generate topic ideas. SPORTS NEWS IMPORTANT SPORTS UPDATE: Good Afternoon Team, CIF announced last week that all sports will be moved from Dec 12th to January.  Here is the CIFState release and our CIF San Diego Section release. Please take a look, let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I'd love to collaborate with you to come up with creative ways to keep our kids moving and engaged.  I know it's been hard for many and seems like it keeps getting harder.   Thanks for all your support and resilience through this crazy time.   We are in this together! Coach O'Kelley Director of Athletics and Wellness High Tech High mokelley@hightechhigh.org   CIF Update on Calendars for the year,  Update on CIF Master Calendar How do I sign up for HTH Athletics? Please make sure all athletes create or update their athleticclearance.com profile. This is important so coaches can be in contact with their athletes as we begin our seasons.   Not only do all athletes need to be in athletic clearance with all their paperwork filled out and signed, they also need an updated sports physical for the 20-21 school year.  If you want to be a part of HTH Athletics please do these 2 important things as soon as possible. Create a Profile on AthleticClearance.com Sign up to get an updated physical with HTH Download the physical form. Sign and turn in all paperwork to Coach O’Kelley Athletic clearance confirmation page Signed physical by physician Signed Teacher Acknowledge Form