Welcome Back! Reminder, no school Monday, Enjoy the long weekend! #hthpride #weareallinthistogether
Our HTH students attending school from home! Woohoo!
The entire junior class is doing a biology project called "Justice for the People and the Planet." In this project, students will explore the intersections between environmentalism, environmental science, and social justice. Students explored the simple question, how do we define living things? Leading to a complex investigation to launch our week. Stay tuned for some distribution maps of the junior classes favorite places of San Diego!
PARENT WORKSHOPS coming up week of Sept. 7th
How is your student learning math at HTH? and now inside the virtual classroom? Experience math like your child with HTH teachers Sarah Strong and Chris Nho. Join us Wednesday, Sept. 9th at 4pm. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Our next Virtual Ask Andrew Over Coffee is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9th at 9am via Zoom.You must pre-register by clicking here. We are looking at scheduling the next Ask Andrew in the evening. Stay tuned! As always, we will post the recording after the event in our private FB group, Friends of High Tech High.
Judy Zapien, the Emergent Bilingual Coordinator/Family and Engagment Community Liaison for our Spanish Speaking Families is offering interpretation support to anyone who needs English/Spanish Interpretation. You can make an appointment between 2.30pm-5:00pm Monday-Friday. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT HERE FOR SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OR STUDENTS
Did you miss the parent workshop talking about the "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
The USDA issued a nationwide waiver to allow all schools to serve meals under the Seamless Summer Meal Program through the fall semester. High Tech High will be offering meals at no charge to all children between the ages of 2-18 years old, regardless of their meal eligibility status. Download the flyer. Due to the holiday weekend, meals will be served this Tuesday, September 8th, between 11 AM – 1 PM at all High Tech High campuses. Although meals will be served to all children at no charge this fall, High Tech High continues to highly encourage families who have not completed a meal application to do so as soon as possible through EZMealAppand check out our Parent Workshop recording here. Questions, email Amanda at athomas@hightechhigh.org
"Dollars For Doers", the fall fundraising campaign at HTH is on! We would love 100% participation from our families, but you are under no obligation to donate. The goal this year is $8,000, which is approximately $40 per student. The funds go directly back into the classroom for projects and supplies. This year, a portion will be set aside to help those in our community in need. You can use this Paypal link Any questions, please send an email to hthpacommunications@gmail.com
To make it more convenient, consider making ‘one time’ purchases of a retailer gift cards using Benefit, 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
