Santana
Students Dominate Engineering Competition at SDSU
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| Santana Engineering Students Celebrate their Accomplishments |
On Saturday, February 11,
San Diego State University hosted an inaugural Engineering Olympics competition
that was open to all high schools located in San Diego. Santana students showed tremendous interest
with 16 students signing up for the competition. A total of 64 students from around the county
showed up to compete.
The morning commenced with
a paper bridge competition. Santana students Nathan Garrett, Victoria Hilke,
Colton Gerry, and Cole Stromberg earned first place in this competition with
their bridge holding 25 lbs, while Santana's all-girls team consisting of:
Narrie Loftus, Sarah Wilson, Makayla Mcfarland, and Morgan Boyce earned third
place with their bridge holding 15 lbs.
The next competition consisted of wiring an electronic breadboard and
answering questions related to electricity. Nathan Garrett's group again
dominated and earned first place while another Santana team consisting of
Brandon Taing, Derek Cantor, Shane Kirk, and Trevor Seddon earned second
place.
The final competition of
the day consisted of a Rube Goldberg design. The teams used simple parts and
physics to create a design that would ultimately land a golf ball in a
cup. At the end of the day after all of
the scores were tallied, Santana students won First and second place at the
all-day Engineering Olympic competition.
Congratulations, Sultans!
Grossmont
Middle College Student Tops Poetry Out Loud Competition
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| Signe Laundrup Wins Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition |
Grossmont Middle College High School
student Signe Laundrup has been chosen as the San Diego County representative
for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation’s National Poetry
Out Loud Recitation Contest.
She performed three poems
at the February 7 local competition held at the Downtown Central Library. She
now advances to represent San Diego County at the statewide competition on
March 12-13, 2017, in Sacramento. If she is a finalist in that competition, she
will move on to the national level and compete in Washington, D.C., and have
the opportunity to win a $20,000 scholarship.
Poetry Out Loud is
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. It is managed in California by the California
Arts Council and is coordinated in San Diego County by Write Out Loud. Other participating
schools included: Bay Front Charter High School, Helix Charter High School,
Mater Dei Catholic High School and San Diego Virtual School.
More information on Poetry
Out Loud is available here.
Congratulations and Best Wishes, Signe Landrup!
4th
Annual Girls Rock! Conference at Grossmont High
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| Grossmont High's Girls Rock! Conference Attendees |
On February 1, fifty
freshman and sophomore girls from Grossmont High School participated in their
4th Annual Girls Rock! Conference. This empowering day consisted of activities
and motivational guest speakers focusing on issues impacting young women today.
Issues discussed include
body image and the media’s influence on it, self-esteem, healthy relationships,
self-defense, and resilience. Statistics show that one in four women is likely
to be assaulted in her lifetime and that she will know the perpetrator 90% of
the time. Grossmont counselors believe that it is more important than ever that
our young women are equipped with the knowledge and tools to keep themselves
safe and in healthy relationships. They will also hold a self-defense class on
March 2.
Special thanks is extended
to the Grossmont High School Education Foundation along with guest speakers
Gabriela Delgado, San Diego County Office of Education; Tracie Arlington, Play
It Safe Self-Defense for Women and Children; Shannon Kopp, founder of Soul Paws
workshops and author of Pound for Pound; and Kristie Lyons, Core Power Yoga.
Adult
Learners Benefit from Partnership
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| Adult Students Integrating Math into their Design Program |
Last month, Grossmont Adult
Education, the GUHSD CTE office, and Santana High School partnered to open new
advanced manufacturing classes for adult learners. The evening classes offered
are Introduction to CADD and Introduction to Digital Fabrication. These courses
are being offered to address the regional need for a skilled workforce in the
manufacturing sector.
When approached, Santana
Principal Tim Schwuchow and CTE Coordinator Doug Coffin saw the advantages of
offering adult learners the opportunities that their high school CTE
manufacturing and engineering students receive. By allowing access to Santana's
shops and labs, adults are retraining for modern, technology-based work
environments.
Additionally, the classes
are offered as an iBest program. In the iBest model, students have two teachers
in the classroom. Ivan Rubio is the
technical manufacturing teacher and Teresa Stanley is the academic support
teacher. By teaming, the teachers are able to teach the technical skills
necessary for success and provide additional support for the mathematics and
literacy components.
Students completing these
classes will have access to entry-level manufacturing jobs, as well as
opportunities to take courses at Grossmont-Cuyamaca and San Diego City
Community Colleges for advanced certifications.
Cathi
Brady Named Third Quarter Outstanding Classified Employee
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| Governing Board Recognition of Cathi Brady |
Classified employees
provide critical support to the District’s overall mission. Congratulations,
Cathi Brady, on being selected as the Third Quarter Outstanding Classified
Employee of 2016-2017!
Dr. Tim Glover
Superintendent
