Saturday, October 8, 2022

October 7th 2022

 

Indigenous Peoples' Day (October 11th) is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.

Coming Up:
  • No School, October 7th and 10th 
  • Picture Day Monday, October 17th 
Quick Links To The Important Stuff: 
 
HAPPENINGS AT HIGH TECH HIGH 
A sweet highlight worth sharing from Brianna/Kalle's 11th grade team was when students taught their 3rd grade buddies at High Tech Elementary how to test water quality and played on the grass.
Last week 11th grade students on Margaret/Jesse's team will be presenting their data collection methods for the Kendall-Frost Marsh Vegetation Map to scientists for critique. 
And in Humanities, students choose their own books and read for 15 minutes each morning. They can check books out from our classroom library to take home to read, too! 
More than a dozen clubs represented at the HTH Club Fair. Here is a list if you want to see what's being offered this year. If you want to start a club, see Marcus. 

Raise funds for HTH while enjoying fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables

We have partnered with the Yasukochi family farm, to provide fresh locally grown fruits, vegetables, jams, eggs, honey, flowers.  They will donate a portion of the proceeds back to HTH. 

Order by Oct. 11th for delivery on Oct. 19th at HTH. 

Buy a box of produce for yourself and/or gift a box to a teacher/staff at HTH. 

IMPORTANT STUFF
HTH Engagement Survey 
How would you like to be involved in the school? Let us know by taking the survey. Thank you for being a partner in your child's success! #hthpride #ittakesavillage
Families, are you on Powerschool yet? We need 100% of our families on Powerschool. This IS the platform we use for grades, attendance, driving forms and much more. Need help? Check the video tutorial here in English and Spanish. 
Wondering about the tech we use at HTH like Powerschool, Scoir, HTH Family Portal, How to add the HTH Calendar to your personal one and more, check out the recording of the workshop or the slides. 
 
STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Jake Anderson, 12th grade Humanities 

By: HTH Student Journalist Jack Brooks


Each year, new teachers enter the High Tech High program. Some might be student teaching, others might come in from other schools, and some might be teaching their first year full-time. Jake Anderson is a 12th-grade Humanities teacher in his first-year full-time teaching.

Read more.....
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Class of 2020 HTH Alum Alesandra Rodriguez was profiled recently in the Scripps Research Magazine as the first recipient of a new scholarship. Alesandra did her 11th grade internship with Scripps and then was hired as a part time lab assistant. You can read the full article here. 

 
PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS

Next Facetime with Fahima is on October 17th at 5:30pm(English) 6pm (Spanish) on zoom. You can register here.  

Thank you to everyone who donated! We raised more than $15,000 woohoo! These funds go DIRECTLY into your child’s classroom. Our top 3 priorities are Field Work, Technology and Project Materials.
Plus the HTH Collaborative distributes funds to our HTH families in need, staff wellness and student projects like Zamzam's study abroad program described below. 

Thank you so much for supporting me in my goals of studying abroad this summer. I had the best summer of my life by studying my favorite Language (Arabic) making connections and family through my peers and host family and overall enrichment in a foreign country. I would love for my story to continue inspiring younger high tech high students with the opportunity of studying abroad, as it is a life changing experience!  
-Zamzam Fadhil, 12th grade High Tech High 
PA Summit (virtual) Thursday October 27th 6pm - Learn how you can support your PA and the HTH Foundation. All HTH parents are welcome to attend. Join us on Zoom on Thursday 10/27 at 6pm
https://hightechhigh-org.zoom.us/.../tZIlcOupqTwuE9K2Jh34

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 


And thank you to Sensations Salud, LLC. 
for being a community partner for a third year!         
COLLEGE NEWS

October 6th, 2022

Dear HTH Students and families, 

The big news this week is that the FAFSA is now open for 2022-23. The FAFSA is the FREE Application for Federal Student Aid. This is the first step to getting financial aid for college. The College Connection October issue link below is full of great information about the FAFSA. And our seniors will be filling out the FAFSA on October 24th during English class. Our Juniors will be attending a workshop on Tuesday called From Stress to SUCCESS - Finding the Perfect College and How to Pay For It!!”

Mark Your Calendar: 

  • College Zoom 101 - Wed., November 9 at 6pm  “How Admissions Decisions are Made” with Syracuse rep Camille Crites. Zoom link here 

  • HTH Village College Night (grades 9-11) Tuesday, Dec. 6th, 6pm

 make a note 9th and 10th will NOT be meeting at our school   

  •    grade 9:  @HTH Media Arts

  •    grade 10: @ HTH International   

  •    grade 11: @ HTH

 

As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org 

 

Nicholle

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