May 14th 2021

 

Join Our Private HTH Parents Facebook Group HTH PA HTH School Storm Athletics Reminder to fill out the health and safety agreement in Powerschool HTH School Calendar 20-21 Click here for the latest information regarding the Corona Virus and HTH Our Class of 2025 students and families got a chance to tour the school, see projects presented by students and teachers, hear current 11th grade students perform spoken word poems, and meet the 9th-grade teachers. If you missed the tour, check out this video tour from our HTH Ambassadors.  11th-grade students on Jesse's team learn to use a Pipette to make minute, liquid measurements for DNA experiments, Growing and measuring plants with independent, dependent, and control variables to understand the effects of various conditions upon mutant and wild versions. 9th grade students on Mike and Brian's team spend some time taking photos outdoors around the school and at the bay.    NEW HTH Spirit Gear: Click Here To Buy Now Order by May 24th for delivery in June. Check out the t-shirts, hoodies, caps, and long sleeves plus order online. Questions, email hthpacommunications@gmail.com  Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week was a huge success! Huge thank you to HTH Parent Cindy Borkum for coordinating the plants, notes of appreciation, breakfast goodies, and GrubHub gift cards. Thank you to all of the parents for their donations!  Some of the responses from our HTH teachers/staff:  "They never had "PO1 Appreciation Week" where people bring cookies and gift cards and generally think highly of you." - Wayne Ross   "Thanks so much for the thoughtful gifts last week. It was noticed and appreciated." - Brian Delgado "Thank you very much to the Parents Association. All the surprises have been a special treat, especially my beautiful pothos (our new class pet)!" - Genevieve de Kervor DEEPER LEARNING Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Have Been A Hot Topic Lately By: HTH Student Journalist Lucía C. López As of late anti-Asian American/AAPI hate crimes have reached mainstream media. Recently, news of a shooting in Atlanta, Georgia where 8 people were shot, 6 of which were Asian women, made headlines sparking outrage about Asian-American hate crime.  There have been various terms for these hate crimes, and one of the most common ones has been "AAPI hate crimes." StopAAPIHate.org defines this term as standing for "Asian American Pacific Islander." NPR.org observes "...3,800 instances of discrimination against Asians in the past year." However, the article believes that this number could be much higher.  Read more...... PARENT WORKSHOPS Last night, we had a great turnout for both Ask Andrew and Cafetito Con Andrew. Andrew and Director of EL for HTH presented the LCAP goals and asked parents for feedback. If you missed it, you can check it out here.          Ask Andrew   Cafetito Con Andrew       Upcoming Events:  "Most Likely To Succeed" Movie Watch Party and Talkback with HTH Teacher Mr. Aguirre and students. Tuesday, May 25th at 6pm. Register here. HTH Virtual Parent Mixer - Tuesday, June 1st at 5:30pm. Register here.  Dear Current and Incoming High Tech High Families, This is the High Tech High Parent Association (HTH PA)! We are very grateful to all the parents who were able to volunteer to serve our school through the HTH PA Board (PA Board), committees and as volunteers! Now is the time when we open nominations for the HTH PA Executive Board of Directors positions for next year 2021/2022. Click Here for Nomination Form to complete by May 16, 2021 Wednesday at 3pm - Wellness Club -  Join the Wellness team to talk about distance learning coping strategies, self care, parenting or anything else. Parent group meets at 3pm, students meet at 3:30pm. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 833 5299 1475 Passcode: 716306 Call in option: (669) 900-6833 Meet our new HTH Community Partner - Dr. Sabrina Falquier Montgrain is a multilingual and multicultural primary care physician in San Diego, specializes in Culinary Medicine and is the founder of Sensations Salud, LLC.  Her focus is awakening the senses around ingredient acquisition and food preparation while empowering people to better health through nutritional knowledge and culinary literacy.  HTH Senior Mara Juergensen featured in the local news for her work with Reading Legacies to help nursing home grandparents connect with their grandchildren through reading.Congratulations! What are your plans for the fall? I'm planning to attend Point Loma Nazarene University What will you miss most about HTH I'll miss the community because everyone is so kind and supportive   Regan Esper What are your plans for the fall? * SDSU What is your advice for the incoming 9th grade HTH students? Enjoy every high school day you have  What have you learned during this quarantine time? I can change myself just have to be dedicated   Sofia Lopez  What are your plans for the fall? * Attend San Diego City College and hopefully get a job and get my licence! Tell us about an HTH teacher you appreciate and why John Santos because he made learning really special and I always looked forward to his class. He has a really cool mindset and I found myself excited to learn and ask questions. Ive had many great teachers over the years but John Santos really pushed me and my classmates to learn and I will never forget his class :)   Cami Sweet  What are your plans for the fall? * I plan to go to Oberlin College Tell us about an HTH teacher you appreciate and why I appreciate Sarah, Jordan, and Dylan for making math fun. I appreciate Mr. Aguirre for being such a formative teacher.

COLLEGE NEWS Class of 2021 Seniors celebrated with “Chalk Day".  I've compiled pic's from Chalk Art Day (thanks to everyone who shared with me).  Congrat's again Class of 2021!   The last College 411 workshop of the year was so informative talking about how to find the perfect fit in a college and how that changed due to Covid. You can check out the recording here if you missed it.  Join admissions representatives from Bates, Davidson, Oberlin, and Occidental to learn more about academic opportunities, financial aid, and the student experience at these top liberal arts colleges. Tuesday, May 25th at 11am. Register here.  The May College Connection is a great resource for our families.  NEW Scholarship resource website called AccessScholarships.com.  Questions, please contact me at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org  Nicholle   SPORTS                           HTH Storm Athletics       Athleticclearance.com Storm Girls Waterpolo played a tough game against Hilltop High School last week.  Goalie and HTH Senior Parker Frost made an incredible save in the game against Rancho Buena Vista on Thursday. Check it out in slow-mo. #gostorm Storm Tennis finished their season by competing in the second round of the CIF team tournament. It was a tough loss to University High that ended the season. Next week, individual CIF and league tournament play.  Support our sports teams! If you are able, please help support Storm Athletics in covering the cost of facility and league fees. The pool, fields, and tennis court rentals alone for this season are about $15,000. Any donation is greatly appreciated. The average cost per student-athlete is $150-$175. Every donation helps! Donate Now Questions, please email Audrey at audreygans6@gmail.com Thank you so much for your support!