Jan. 15th News

 

View this email in your browser Join Our Private HTH Parents Facebook Group HTH PA HTH School Storm Athletics HTH School Calendar 20-21 MLK Jr. Holiday, No Classes Monday, January 18th Click here for the latest information regarding the Corona Virus and HTH Did you know HTH has more than a dozen clubs including the Gender-Sexuality Alliance? Clubs include Esports, Baking Club, Blue Dot Adventure Science, Wellness Club, Ambassadors, ASB, Journalism, Anti Racist Learning and Action, Drama, Glee and Music Club, Mecha ChicanX, NextGenSTEMS, Stock Market Club, This Teenage Life Podcast, True Crime, and Video Editing One of the HTH clubs is focused on producing a podcast heard all over the world called  "This Teenage Life". In the most recent episode "Loneliness" HTH teen Taylor Paris reflects on the holidays 2020 style, check it out on This Teenage Life, You can find This Teenage Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!   We are asking that our HTH families complete the Alternative Income Form so that we remain eligible for additional funding to help support our students. These supports include funding for Chromebooks, wifi connectivity, bus passes, test waivers, and for field trip fee waivers. This form is located in your PowerSchool Parent Portal, please follow the steps below: 1- Login to your Parent PowerSchool account 2- Find and select the Ecollect button on the left column (view image below) 3- Select and fill out the "Alternative Income Form" (view image below) 4- You will know that you have successfully filled out the agreement when the blue leaf on the left-hand side goes from blue to green. We would love every family to give feedback on how we are doing. If you get the opportunity, please take 5 minutes out of your day to fill out this survey. Thank you!  ytsurvey.org/hthfamily20 The new HTH Collaborative delivered $2050 in grocery gift cards over the holidays to our HTH Families. Thank you to all of our families who donated to this wonderful cause. DEEPER LEARNING from the HTH Journalism Club         HTH Small Group Pilot Program  By Stephanie Antin One of the most difficult aspects of the pandemic with regards to education has been the loss of the face to face interaction students have with their teachers and peers. Students thrive and develop their skills based on social relationships and many of them are motivated by the one on one relationships with their teachers. It’s been tough for teachers as well.  Read more.... PARENT WORKSHOPS Meet our new HTH Community Partner - 9th-grade parent 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. She was born and raised in Mexico City to Swiss and American parents. Dr. Falquier takes this multilingual and multicultural life experience into her expertise in Culinary Medicine. Her focus is awakening the senses around ingredient acquisition and food preparation while empowering people to better health through nutritional knowledge and culinary literacy. She has been interviewed regarding food and health by media outlets including The Washington Post, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Telemundo, CBS News, Edible San Diego, San Diego Magazine, and Sharp Health News. Additionally, she was born and raised in Mexico City, Spanish is her first language, and has been recognized, for the last 12 years, as one of San Diego's Top Docs, as voted by physician peers. Sabrina's next event is a Virtual Dinner For Good "Nourish Your Way To Better Health" on Thursday, January 21st at 5:30 pm. It is FREE, but donations are welcome. Register here We want to hear from you! What kinds of workshops are you interested in this semester? Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey.  Survey in English Survey in Spanish   Thank you to all the parents who joined us for Ask Andrew and Cafetito con Andrew this past Wednesday. If you missed them, here are the recordings.  Ask Andrew Cafetito con Andrew  Next week, join HTH CEO Dr. Meadows for a virtual community meeting with families on Thursday, January 21st at 5pm. You can RSVP here.  PAST PARENT WORKSHOPS   How to support yourself and your student from Covid fatigue with HTH Psychologist Shameeka Lewis - click here to watch "Most Likely to Succeed" Talkback with HTH Teachers Mr. Aguirre and Chris Nho and alum Samantha Fiallo. Click here to watch "HTH Digital Tools" - Quick demo lesson using Discord and Jamboard. Click here to watch.  "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  Inside the HTH Digital Math Classroom with HTH Teachers Sarah Strong and Chris Nho - Click here to see the workshop "EZ Meal App Workshop" - High Tech High continues to highly encourage families who have not completed a meal application to do so as soon as possible through EZMealApp and check out our Parent Workshop recording here. Questions, email Amanda at athomas@hightechhigh.org    SHOPPING? (EARN FREE MONEY FOR HTH ON EVERY PURCHASE) Set up Amazon Smile with HTH as the beneficiary on your browser AND your mobile app (.5% earned), use this link  Bookmark our HTH Amazon Affiliates link in your web browser for shopping convenience! (avg 5% earned) To make it more convenient, consider making ‘one time’ purchases of a retailer gift cards using Benefit App 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 Still have questions, check out this tutorial or email hthpacommunications@gmail.com College News  I hope the second week of the new semester finds you all well. Good news is pouring in for our seniors, please let me know when you hear something so we can celebrate! I am meeting with all of the Junior students individually this month to talk about college goals. A lot of you have big goals and I’m excited to start this journey with you. Here is the January College Connection which is a great resource for our families. For all of our families, please consider joining me for the Coastline San Diego Case Studies Program (see info below) on January 20th, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the college admissions process.  As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org Have a safe and healthy winter break!  Nicholle   Grades 9-11 - HTH will be hosting the annual Coastline San Diego Case Studies Program "virtually" for grade 9-11 families on Wed., January 20 from 5:30-6:30pm, followed by a Virtual College Fair from 7-8pm. Families will witness a mock admissions committee conducted by 6 current college admissions representatives from Boston U, Syracuse, U of Redlands, Oberlin, Colorado College and Chapman.  They will be reviewing 3 student applications and collectively decide which fictitious student to admit, waitlist, and deny.  In preparation for the Case Study, you are encouraged to review the 3 mock student applications and the mock University profile. Following the Case Study, a Virtual College Fair with over 70 colleges in attendance will take place from 7pm-8pm. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about a variety of colleges, introduce yourself to college representatives, demonstrate interest, and ask questions.  Check out the website for more information. Please fill out this form to help organizers gauge interest in different topics.  HTH Case Studies Zoom link: Meeting ID: 816 0869 9937 Passcode: HTHvillage SPORTS NEWS IMPORTANT SPORTS UPDATE: Happy New Year Storm Fans! We are still planning on having a season...not sure what "the season" may look like at this time but we remain hopeful to be on the field/court/pool soon.  Please make sure to update your athletic profiles on athleticclearance.com and have your updated sports physical uploaded on your profile so we can hit the ground running as soon as we get the go ahead from CIFSD and HTH Leadership Team.   I'm here for you and am always available for workouts or wellness options.  Do what you can to stay fit, connected and grounded during this time.  You are resilient and you are strong! Stay up to date with all CIF-SDS news here.  And as always, if you have questions then let me know.   Coach O'Kelley Director of Athletics and Wellness High Tech High mokelley@hightechhigh.org   How do I sign up for HTH Athletics? Please make sure all athletes create or update their athleticclearance.com profile. This is important so coaches can be in contact with their athletes as we begin our seasons.   Not only do all athletes need to be in athletic clearance with all their paperwork filled out and signed, they also need an updated sports physical for the 20-21 school year.  If you want to be a part of HTH Athletics please do these 2 important things as soon as possible. Create a Profile on AthleticClearance.com Sign up to get an updated physical with HTH Download the physical form. Sign and turn in all paperwork to Coach O’Kelley Athletic clearance confirmation page Signed physical by physician Signed Teacher Acknowledge Form  Copyright © *2021* *High Tech High*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 2861 Womble Road San Diego, CA 92106