December 16th 2022

 

Mark your calendar: Winter Break December 19th - January 3rd School Resumes on January 4th    Wishing everyone a safe and healthy winter break!  Quick Links To The Important Stuff:  HTHPL Calendar 2022-23  School Hours M- F from 8:40 AM - 3:40 PM.  HTH Family Portal HTH School Website STORM Athletics Attendance: Send an email to hthpl-frontdesk@hightechhigh.org    EXHIBITION 2022  Exhibition 2002 program in English and Spanish.  9th Grade  Ari/Chase/Ruff - “Double Exposure” Students explored what pictures tell a story and how we can tell the WHOLE story. Tara/Jordan/Margot - “Through the Looking Glass” Students will explore their own identities and examine the various lenses through which they and others see themselves. Griffin/Shelby/Bandino - “Ancient Foods Cafe”  Students explored food production in Ancient Civilizations around the world, and then learned about current factory farming and food production. 10th Grade Molly, Sabo, Grant - “Propaganda” After our semester-long study of World History, students have been tasked with creating a monument to something or someone that they feel history has failed to celebrate. Rhee, Testerman, Chin - "If-Then, I Am: An Exploration of Cause and Effect"  Students will explore a wide variety of professions, underscoring how our decisions today affect our future.  11th Grade John/Pat/Figge “Sit, Think, Act” Students will exhibit chairs they have designed and built as well as stop motion videos they have created that capture, and communicate a slice of the concepts students have learned during their time on our team. Brianna/Palmer/Gilbert - “Interdependence & The Urban Oyster " Students explore the question - What do cultural phenomena and environmental impacts show us about how directly and indirectly we are connected to each other? Through this exploration, students conducted scientific field research with oysters, researched the impact of historical events on the ecology and economy of San Diego, and created a workbook for our 3rd-grade buddies.   Egler/Wade/Figge - “Rewild Mission Bay” Students worked in small groups on local civic action issues they chose. Come see the public comment they made to the San Diego City Council, prototypes of solutions they'd like to see, and original artwork! Students experiment to find treatments for brain cancer and learn about the Rewild Mission Bay Project.  12th Grade Jelena/Jake  "Words, Shapes, Revolutions" Students from Jake and Jelena's team will be showing off their work on their expository essays, which guided their research and design during our zine design project and expository writing project. They will also be highlighting smaller projects from both art and English, including digital portfolios and warm-up drawings. Math with Shany - Students framed their one pager summaries of different nature items, of their choosing, that they had recreated in Desmos using different functions. SENIORS FEATURED ON KPBS 12th grade students on Ryan and Lucera's team were featured in a story by KPBS on the Cover Up Art Tour. The students uncovered hidden stories all over San Diego and then did a one day pop up art tour to raise awareness.  FROM OUR STUDENT JOURNALISTS End of an Era; Sit Think Act By HTH Student Journalist Lucia Chavarin Lopez Every year we see new projects coming from High Tech High students. This fall semester, John and Pat's team are creating handmade chairs that will be used to watch finished products from their Stop Motion Movies at the  end of the semester. What will be seen at Exhibition will be the product of the project Sit Think Act. A three-part project that will combine into one. This project aims to learn through the process of getting to an "Act."  Click here to read more THANK YOU HTH FAMILIES! Thank you to all of our families who volunteered on site, dropped off baked goods and drinks and bought tacos during Exhibition! We were able to provide FREE dinner for the entire staff plus a FREE treat for all the HTH Alums who came back to campus for Exhibition.  High Tech Middle and High Tech Middle Media Arts students visited High Tech High to preview Exhibition. It was wonderful to see the middle school students interacting with the high school students.  Dear Student, Parents and Staff:  High Tech High considers the health and well-being of our students and staff a priority. We have been alerted that you or your child may have been exposed to an individual diagnosed with COVID-19 during Exhibition.  We are following public health recommendations to ensure that the person with COVID-19 follows instructions for isolation and remains away from others until they can safely return to school. The individual with COVID-19 was in school while infectious on December 15, 2022.  STEP 1: TEST YOUR STUDENT - Students who do NOT have any COVID-19 symptoms and have NOT had a known exposure to someone with COVID-19 should test two times: Test #1: Three (3) days before returning to school or January 1st 2023 Test #2: The day before returning to school or January 3rd 2023 Watch the video on how to test with InteliSwab: https://inteliswab.com/    STEP 2: SHARE YOUR TEST RESULTS Any positive tests will still need to be reported to the school site, hthpl-frontdesk@hightechhigh.org AND to the Online Reporting System by following the links below.   Of course, if you are sick (students or staff) they should stay home even if it's not COVID so that we curb that spread.  To order the yearbook please go to 2023 YEARBOOK & YEARBOOK PACKAGES  $35 until January 8, 2023 Students who qualify for the Lunch Program - F/R: $35 in person (online until 1/9/23) IMPORTANT STUFF Got Homework? We've got help! The Do Your Homework @ the Library program offers FREE homework assistance for students to support out of school learning and engagement. HTH is hiring Academic Coaches Coaches help students 1:1 in the classroom. You must have at least 60 college credits to apply. If you are interested, please email Fahima at fahmed@hightechhigh.org  Thank you for your generous donations this year to Dollars For Doers. For the holidays, the fund will distribute 10 grocery cards to our HTH families in need. If you know an HTH family who could benefit from a grocery card, please email Dean of students Marcus Bell at mbell@hightechhigh.org  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 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  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.  STAFF SPOTLIGHT Meet Joe Bandini, 9th grade Math Where did you grow up? Boston, MA area Why did you choose to work in education? I found myself in uninspiring careers and work that I did not feel made the world a better place. I had always in the back of my mind thought of teaching since I was about 18 or 19,  but never felt ready to make the leap until about 10 years later. My wife is also a teacher, and having the same schedules allows us to travel and see the world! What are your hopes for this school year? I hope all students recognize the every day opportunities to build connections and grow that are present within our campus and lean on this network of support in many ways. What do you love most about HTH? I love how we are a community that is always striving to do things better and evolve, and that everyone who works here has a big heart and cares deeply about the world and the kids we teach. Also, getting to work with people you are friends with and enjoy being around is awesome. Tell us about a memory you have from high school? Winning the intramural whiffle ball championship! And thank you to Sensations Salud, LLC.  for being a community partner for a third year!

COLLEGE NEWS December 15th, 2022 Congratulations to our seniors! So many have already been accepted to schools like University of Oregon, University of Arizona, CSU San Marcos, Sonoma State University, Pace University, CSU East Bay, Northern Arizona University, University of Hawaii, Penn State University and more! Wow!  Junior families, Mark your calendar for San Diego Case Studies on January 26th and RSVP right now. This is the best college event of the year!   San Diego Case Studies Program on January 26th at 5:30pm The goal of the SD Case Studies program is for families to gain a deeper understanding of the college admissions process and connect with admissions representatives. Students and parents will review and discuss mock applications with experienced college admissions representatives and collectively decide which fictitious students to admit, waitlist, and deny. A college fair with over 70 colleges will immediately follow. Please complete the below Case Studies Participation Interest Form before Wed., January 11 if you plan to attend.  As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org   Nicholle SPORTS                           HTH Storm Athletics       Athleticclearance.com Donate Now STORM GIRLS WATERPOLO - The JV team got their first win of the season at Saturday's tournament at Granite Hills High School. JV goalie Maya Escobedo dominated the game by controlling the goal. Go Storm! And both teams faced off against Mission Bay High School this past week.  SALTeam (Student Athletic Leadership Team) is excited to add fundraising members to its team.  Gabby, Jaden, Layla and (Hanna, not pictured) have already helped raise over $1,000 for the boys basketball team!   Please give these young philanthropists a shout out when you see them at the games!  STORM BASKETBALL UPDATE by Storm Sports Journalist Jack Brooks  The HTH STORM Boys Varsity Basketball team capped off a six-game home stand with a 48-point win over Calvin Christian, improving their record to 6-0. Farai Sibanda, a Senior on the team, shared, “I think it’s been good but we can always get better. We’re beating teams by a good margin, but we have confidence that we can beat them by an even bigger margin.” The team has been keeping up with a competitive Central League, now with a 7-1 record after a close loss to Bishop and a dominant win against Pacific Ridge.