Santana High School
Weekly Bulletin
Week of April 22, 2013
STUDENT BULLETIN
Attention Seniors:
Please be aware that you must meet the following criteria to be invited back for a 5th year:
1. Be at 145 credits by the end of the school year
2. Have great attendance
3. Have no discipline/behavior concerns
Anyone not meeting one or more of these requirements will need to stop by and see Ms. Alemán to discuss additional options that are available.
Scholarship Available The Board of Directors for the Industry Manufacturers Council is once again making available a $500.00 scholarship to each of the high schools in your District. The scholarship is for the most deserving senior, graduating in June, not planning to attend a comprehensive four-year college. The high school may establish its own criteria for the selection process. Upon your selection please notify the IMC with his or her name by Monday, April 30, 2013. A check will be issued in the name of your nominee and mailed to you for presentation at a ceremony of your choice. Please contact Hope Millan of Industry Manufacturers Council (626) 968-3737 if you have any questions.
HOPES NEW WEBSITE We would like to announce the launch of the HOPES website. It can be found at www.hopesisp.weebly.com and also by Googling “hopes independent study” and also clicking on PROGRAMS > HOPES on the Santana webpage menu.
CONGRATULATIONS to Griselda Parades who received the First General Bank Scholarship award! Griselda and her family attended the Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, April 16 to be recognized for this prestigious honor. Congratulations once again Griselda!
DREAM ACT Ms. Elcherif would like to know if any students are interested in applying for the Dream Act. The Dream Act is for students who have been living in the United States for a long time, however, they are not citizens. If any students are interested in getting more information on the Dream Act please contact Ms. Elcherif.
CST NEWS
- Seniors are to come to school at the regular time and need to make sure to bring materials to work on during testing. Rewards are for everyone who comes to school on time shows effort and motivation to do well on the CST and in their classes.
Your teachers will submit names and all will be raffled daily and for the GRAND PRIZE BBQ w/ Admin + Staff!!!
ASB NEWS
- Grad Nite is Friday, May 31st (price is pending determination of transportation costs but should be about $90); tickets will go on sale when we return from Spring Break and will be offered to those who have already graduated first for 1 week, followed the second week by those with 220 or more credits, then descending from there until we sell all tickets (60).
- Yearbooks will also go on sale (presale) on April 8th when we return from Spring Break. The presale price will be $16 and the price will go up to $20 after yearbooks arrive on May 20.
- Rowland HS prom is Saturday, April 27.
- Nogales HS prom is Saturday, June 1.
o Students should contact Rowland or Nogales for more information. All prom arrangements are made directly through the high school.
o PLEASE BE AWARE of the Nogales Prom Date and Grad Night Date. They are back to back days and will require planning on behalf of each student planning on attending either or both.
SCIENCE NEWS
Horticulture
April 15 (starts) - Tomato plant sale
May 14 - 18 - 48th Agricultural District’s Schools’ Agriculture & Nutrition Fair -@ LA Fairgrounds
· Booths are Lettuce Fantasy Garden and California Agriculture
· Other entries will be our gardens, murals, seed art, and animal sawhorse.
Current - Growing tomatoes and peppers for sale and marigolds, zinnias, calendulas, etc. for the school garden
- Winter vegetable garden is coming to an end and the summer garden will begin in about 3 weeks. The flowers on campus will start going in the middle of next week.
ACCEPT NEWS
ACCEPT will be hosting GRANDPARENTS DAY in May!
CAL POLY POMONA
Cal Poly Pomona and Santana will partner up to work on various projects again. They will work with Various Teachers on One to One Tutoring, Life Coaching once a week like last semester, and Art Quilt with Mrs. Lin’s Classes
NIGHT SCHOOL Every Tuesday late afternoon, Night School is offered from 3:30-7:30 (the previous hours were from 4:30-8:30). Students are required to attend for a minimum of two hours per week, but can stay for three hours. As of March 19, 2013, there are twenty-seven students in attendance. Eight of the twenty-seven are regular Night School students and only attend once a week. The other nineteen attend during the day at Santana for seven periods and then on Tuesday night for an eighth period class (Hybrid). Overall, the students are working hard to accomplish their goals.