January 28th 2022

 

Friends of HTH Familias Unidas de HTH HTH PA HTH School Storm Athletics  “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” ― Elizabeth Edwards, American Attorney and Activist 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!  The UN says climate change has reached a Code Red for Humanity. This fall, 11th-grade students on the Jesse/Margaret/Erik team worked with community-based climate groups to create student-led projects addressing climate change. Check out their work here on the team's website or watch a short film about the importance of youth voice on this issue and the need to stand up for the future. Pronto Pass For the Youth by Damian Garcia, 11th grade Chances are many of you take public transportation to get to and from school and you also pay for bus and trolley fares or get some assistance from the school to cover the costs. But this is going to change soon! The San Diego Association of Governments (“SANDAG”),  which oversees the MTS, and approved a new pilot program that will cover your bus fare starting in  Spring 2022. Read more..... 11th Grade biology students in Jesse and Kalle's classes simulated dialysis in order to study semi-permeable membrane structure and function as well as biological macromolecules.  10th-grade students in Michael Chin's chemistry class conduct a smell lab. The students blindly sniffed 15 familiar smells, tried to identify them and deconstruct them. Did you know that almonds and cherries have the same smell? #hthpride    11th and 12th grade students on Pat/John's team plant trees at Balboa park. It was a really wonderful collaboration with Forever San Diego and SDG&E. 12th grade students explore Balboa Park museums for their upcoming project involving Shibori technique and Indigo dye.      12th-grade teachers Shany and Ryan - Twins!  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 Please help us improve HTH by completing the Youth Truth Survey – an independently run survey that allows you to provide feedback on how we are doing as a school. We value all feedback – the good news that helps us know what we are doing right, and the not-so-good that helps us know the areas where we could do better. We aim to be the best place for you to send your children and this is one way that helps us get there.  Family Survey Link   February Breakfast Menu  February Lunch Menu  STAFF SPOTLIGHT Judy Zapien MA, Ed. Emergent Bilingual Student Coordinator Why did you choose to work in education? I learned at a very young age, 24 years old that I enjoyed helping people learn English so that they could achieve their career and academic goals. I absorbed myself in every way, asked questions, and utilized all the resources around me so I could learn how to meet the needs of my students at the community college and at the university level.   What are your hopes for this school year? To be able to help Teachers, especially our newer teachers learn how to create better integrated ELD curriculum and also the culturally responsive curriculum. What do you love most about HTH? Internal and External Collaborative Community partnerships, the fire for love and passion for teachers have for design, teaching, and lifelong learning. I have developed some amazing and genuine collegial friendships that I highly respect and will endear forever in my heart. What kind of music do you like? Who is your favorite artist? I prefer listening to classical music. OPERA. My favorite artist is...Lucciano Pavarotti and or Renee Fleming PARENT ASSOCIATION NEWS We will be hosting practice interviews at an Interview & Inspire Day on  Feb. 10th from 9am-1pm for our 11th grade students to prepare for Internship.  We are looking for people in all different industries to share their stories with our students. If you would be interested and willing to share about your career and host practice interviews. please fill out this interest form and we will be in touch.   Next ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee) meeting February 23rd at 7pm via zoom. Mark your calendar, zoom link coming soon. Questions, email Judy Zapien at jzapien@hightechhigh.org Virtual Ask Andrew Over Coffee with Spanish translation  If you missed this month's Ask Andrew, check out the recording. Andrew talked about the latest happenings at HTH, HTH School Psychologist Jessica Morris talked about wellness check ins and how she is supporting students and Interim CEO Kaleb Rashad dropped by to say hello and take questions. Click here to check it out.  We are excited to share the NEW HTHPL Businesses Directory with our Point Loma campus families.  When you do your shopping over the holidays, please consider using one of the businesses listed and supporting our HTHPL families.  There are also discount offers for HTHPL families so check out the listings.  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,  Thank you to all who joined us for the Coastline Case Studies last night! It’s always such a great event and we got a chance to talk with admission reps from USC, Drexel, and more.  It was a great opportunity to learn from college admissions reps about what goes into an admission decision. If you missed it, be sure to join us next year.  Seniors, the FAFSA deadline is February 15th. If you still need help filling it out, the last FAFSA completion online workshop is being offered this Saturday, January 29th from 9am-11am, register here.  As always, you can email me anytime at nwyatt@hightechhigh.org  Nicholle SPORTS                           HTH Storm Athletics       Athleticclearance.com Donate Now STORM GIRLS WATERPOLO Congratulations to our STORM Girls Waterpolo team! They placed second in this past weekend's tournament at Granite Hills High School. #gostorm SPRING SPORTS KICKOFF IN FEBRUARY!  Any student-athletes who want to be a part of HTH Storm Athletics must fill out their clearance paperwork and get their updated sports physical uploaded.  How do I sign up for HTH Athletics? We need all of our Storm athletes to have been cleared through Athletic Clearance. Please make sure all athletes create or update their athleticclearance.com profile. This is important so coaches can be in contact with their athletes.   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 (School is High Tech SD) 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 STORM BOYS VOLLEYBALL Interested in playing volleyball? Everyone is invited to tryouts: Saturday, Feb 5th 9am-11am  Monday, Feb 7th  6pm-8pm Tryouts will be held in the HTE Gym STORM GOLF Interested in playing golf? STORM golf will be having a 45 minute Zoom Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 3rd 630pm-715pm. (link coming soon) Golf practice will start the week of Feb 7th Questions? email Coach Mark Cedar markceder@sandiego.edu   STORM SWIM AND DIVE STORM Swim & Dive starts soon!  Please join us Saturday, February 5th at Coronado High School for our first practice & tryout.  We will be in the water from 9-11am.  HTHSD has sent a team to CIFs every year since 2012.  Join our amazing team and have fun at the same time. This will be our second year with a dive team and look forward to watching their fantastic skills! We will be holding our practices at Coronado High School: Monday 7:15-9:00pm Friday 5:15-7:15 pm Saturday 8:00-10:00am.    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 TRACK AND FIELD Are you interested in Track and Field this spring? Are you a sprinter? Do you want to try hurdles or shot-put? If so, come to tryouts on Saturday, February 5th at 9am at the grass area in front of High Tech High School!  Questions? Email Coach Amiee attomasello@gmail.com Thanks so much! Amiee, Adam, Erik, and Mike STORM SOFTBALL Want to play some softball?  Tryouts willl be:  When: Saturday Feb 5th Time TBD Where: Robb Field in Ocean Beach Questions? Email Coach O'Kelley at mokelley@hightechhigh.org   STORM BASEBALL Ready to play some baseball? Saturday Feb 5th, 12th, 19th @ 1030am  East Clairemont athletic field.  Contact Coach ricky for more info +1 (619) 344-7207   ARCHERY Hello Archers! We are starting practices now so we are ready for competitions lined up in February and March. If you are interested in joining the team,  please fill out this quick survey below ASAP  ~ Coach Tom and Joon STORM BOYS SOCCER Fundraising is vital for the success of our program. The funds will aid us in purchasing new uniforms, equipment, and other pertinent expenses. Each participant has a monetary goal, please consider donating or sharing via social media so that they may reach it. Thank you so much for your support. Click here to support Storm Boys Soccer