February 25th 2022

 

Friends of HTH Familias Unidas de HTH HTH PA  HTH School Storm Athletics "You don't make progress by sitting on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas" - Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman in Congress HTHPL Calendar 2021-22  School Hours M- F from 8:40 AM - 3:40 PM.  Click here for the latest information regarding Covid-19 and HTH Site Manager Vanessa vamartinez@hightechhigh.org 619.243.5000   HTH FAQ sheet  HTH HAPPENINGS THIS PAST WEEK!  A 9th grade student meets with their family and teachers for their SLC or student led conference. We hope everyone had a great positive experience this week.    11th grade advisory with Math teacher Shany enjoying a long lunch Friday. What is advisory? Each student has a designated faculty advisor who offers academic, emotional, and social support through the four year high school journey. HTH students attended the Black College Expo in San Diego. Beautiful and overwhelming short intense crowded and power-packed experience - thank you all for making this happen.  Already can’t wait for next year.  Eager to continue to connect our students and ourselves.   Congratulations to 11th grade HTH student Zamzam Fadhil. She received a full scholarship to study this summer in Morocco and raised enough money through her Gofundme to cover her plane ticket. The HTH Collaborative kicked in the last $50 for the program deposit.  We can't wait to hear all about this adventure!  Thank you to everyone who supported this student!    Thank you to the HTH family community for providing Starbucks gift cards to the entire staff for a little pick me up for SLC week!  Some reactions from the staff: Michael Shear - "This was perfect for a semi gloomy day. Thank you" Shany Yeshanov - "No way. Thank you!"  COVID-19 Testing We are offering FREE antigen testing on the PL campus daily (7:30-9:30), weather and circumstances permitting. All staff and students can test during those hours. Staff and students that registered or were here last school year will have to register again. But once you do that registration and consent is good for the 2021-2022 school year.   Please register on the Primary Health website.  High Tech High is following the isolation and quarantine guidance issued by CDPH that is now reflected in the latest COVID-19 decision tree, updated on Jan. 12, 2022. Updated E-Decision Tree February Breakfast Menu  February Lunch Menu  STAFF SPOTLIGHT Meet Anthony Jongco 12th grade Math Teacher Where did you grow up? San Diego Why did you choose to work in education? I want to help kids have access to higher education What do you love most about HTH? There is a sense of mission and dedication to the students well-being and humanity first Tell us about a memory you have from high school? Playing against the teachers at my school in academic league was highlight of my time. What's your favorite movie? and why? 1997 Cinderalla Musical, Whitney Houston's Godmother is impossibly spectacular Tell us a fun fact about yourself I started playin violin at 9 and played a lot through college PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS Did you miss Virtual Ask Andrew this month? Click here to watch the recording of Ask Andrew.  Be sure to join us for the next session on March 15th at 6:30pm Did you know you can get a discount if you shop at an HTHPL owned business? Check out the NEW HTHPL Businesses Directory with our Point Loma campus families. If you have a business and would like to be included in the directory, please fill out this form.  Questions email hthpacommunications@gmail.com  (619) 726-3548 or msarriz@pointmtg.com;  https://www.facebook.com/marialuisasarriz And thank you to Sensations Salud, LLC.  for supporting HTH for a second year!

COLLEGE NEWS HTH Families and Students,    The College 411 workshops restarted yesterday with reps from U of Alaska and Syracuse talking about why colleges outside of CA are good options. If you missed it, you can check out the recording here.    College 411 workshops are held once a month via zoom. The next workshops are scheduled March 9th, April 20th and May 11th. Reps will address standardized testing, college financial planning 101 and resources available at the university. You can always Join Zoom Meeting or Meeting ID: 860 7282 6442 Passcode: college   Mark your calendar, the deadline for the HTH Elevate Scholars Program is March 4th. If you are a high achieving, first-generation college-bound student (neither parent graduated from a 4-year college) and qualify for free-reduced lunch), I encourage you to apply for the HTH Elevate Scholars Program.     “HTH Elevate Scholars are the HTH Network's highest performing students who are considered for the top scholarships from our college partners.  Elevate Scholars participate in network-wide college and essay support services from May '23 through graduation. “   Learn more about the program and apply today!!! ELEVATE application          As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org    Nicholle   SPORTS                           HTH Storm Athletics       Athleticclearance.com Donate Now STORM BOYS BASKETBALL STORM Basketball seeded 11 in the tournament beat the 6 seed to advance to the next round of CIF. Check out the video of the end of the game! Last night, they faced off against the 3 seed and it came down to the final shot.  From the coach: What a year! This team overcame adversity the thrown at them from covid pauses to injuries. They had a couple of tough games, but bounced back and opened a lot of eyes. I am so proud of this group of guys. We didn't get what we wanted, but still went out on top.  Senior Night - A night to celebrate the outgoing Seniors in the final home game of the season. Every Senior Night is filled with excitement, ceremonies, loud fans, and one final recognition of all the work the players put in, and the HTH Boys Varsity Basketball Senior Night was no different. On Wednesday, February 9th, Boys Varsity Basketball Seniors Isaiah Han, Nathan Moore, and Team Captain Luke Beesley were celebrated in the HTH Gym in a game against the Crawford Colts. JV Seniors Joey Edwards, Adam Gans, and Sergio Pallares dressed for the Varsity game as well. The night started with a ceremony for all six Seniors. Every Senior walked out with a guest and received a framed jersey and flowers. Right before tip-off, there was a special team intro featuring a light show and electric energy to introduce the starting lineup. When asked to think back on their memories and experiences on the team, this is what Seniors had to say: “It just feels like everybody’s family here. We’re more than brothers, we’re just family…I just love all these guys,” said Nathan. “It’s been so much fun…Every single practice we’re just messing with each other and Coach is right on us, then we’re on the line running, competing with each other. A couple of arguments have broken out and we just got back with each other right after that. These guys, I love them,” said Isaiah. “It’s been awesome. I came in my Freshman year and I didn’t play much, but it’s all about the experience…I grinded every summer to get where I am. We’ve had a really great team this year…This is probably the best group of kids we’ve had since I got here. Our chemistry is there. We’ve had our ups and downs this year for sure, but it’s all about adversity, and hopefully, we’ll get to hang a banner at the end of the year,” said Luke. STORM GIRLS BASKETBALL The team made the playoffs. They played a tough game against Victory Christian Tuesday night. What a great season! #gostorm  STORM SURF The High Tech High Surf Team dominated in the finals at the fourth (of five) Scholastic Surf Series contest of the season on Saturday, January 22nd in Carlsbad! Kolokai Lockwood - 1st Place Shortboard Zach Frazee - 1st Place Longboard, and 4th Place Shortboard Logan Moore - 1st Place Bodyboard Emily Kurth - 2nd Place Shortboard Garret Bedford - 4th Place Longboard  For the team versus team portion of the contest we were up against a very strong Mission Bay High School. We narrowly lost to the division leaders 47 - 41.  The last contest of the season is Saturday, February 26, and many of our individual surfers have already qualified for the California State High School Surfing Championships which will take place in Oceanside in late April.  Kudos to all our surfers! - coach James & Jim - team manager, Rebecca  STORM GIRLS SOCCER The girls played a tough match against UC. We may have not walked away with the “W” but the girls played hard and celebrated their seniors with pride! Tough loss 0-3 loss last night against the 4 seed Ramona Bulldogs. What a great season! #gostorm STORM BOYS SOCCER STORM SWIM AND DIVE STORM Swim & Dive team is having a strong start!  We have 49 swimmers and 2 divers!!  Our first meet will be against Mater Dei Catholic High on Wednesday, February 23rd.  For more information, please contact: Coach Susan Berardi 619-894-1657 or HTHSwimming@gmail.com                 Girls Team Captain Nicole Yeager nyeager2022@hightechhigh.org Boys Team Captain Martin Rocamora mrocamora2022@hightechhigh.org