- Welcome to our fourth Board Meeting of 2020!
- Kudos, Kudos, Kudos to:
- Manny Lopez for being selected for SUHSD for a South County SELPA Award of Excellence!
- Lysabeth Luansing-Garcia for being selected as the first recipient of the Secondary Counselor of the Year for all of San Diego County!
- The Youth & Government students from Sweetwater: 17 students from ELH, BVH, and OLH
- Sofia Gandarilla, Regina Barra, Natalia Osorio, Sonya Googins, Sonia Lopez, Pearce Alonzo, Jullisa Iniguez, Nate Damstra, Leanne Locano, Edgar Salazar, Sabastian Huracha, Rachel Sullivan, Tamara Nogueira, Valeria Rivera, Vanessa Sullivan, Kia Sokol-ELH. Jesselle Lopez-BVH. Meghan Palitz-OLH
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- Sophia Gray, MoH KMMI Coordinator, and Mariana Hughes, ELH teacher, were also recognized as a Chula Vista City Champion!
- SYH teacher Shelly Poliska and her student Ashley Malaxechevarria were celebrated at the 2000 TODOs Student Achievement Awards dinner. TODOs is a non-profit organization that celebrates equity and excellence in mathematics. Also recognized was CPM teacher Cathy Morgan with student Ana Morales and MVH teacher Becky McKee with student Matthew Nissen.
- This past weekend Montgomery HS was the host site for the State Vex Robotics Championships. Special shout-out to the organizing team of staff: Joe Amaro, MOH; Chad Pearson, ORH; Kirk Braito, RDR; Carrie Northum, SYH; Sandra Hodge, IS; HH Alum Alex Harley.
- Congratulations to Olympian High School students Milana Rodriguez, Andrea Viramontes, Maken Morabe and Computer Science teacher Michael “Tony” Claudio for their being awarded as National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations Certificate of Distinction awardees! This makes it three years in a row that Olympian HS and Mr. Claudio’s computer science women students have won differing NCWIT awards!
- GJ students excelled at SDSU’s MESA day. The took 1st Place in the Math Escape Room – Cathlin Goldberg, Christopher Dalay, Alvin Echon; Scratch It Up (Computer Science) Jordan De La Paz & Gavin Blas; and the MESA Machine (Engineering Design Category) Yasmin Serrano & Uziel Boites. GJ is now invited to MESA Regionals on April 4. Their advisor is teacher Adan Escobedo.
- Our staff is requested often to sit on panels or commissions or to present at conferences because of their expertise and knowledge. Here are a few examples:
- At the San Diego Counselor Conference Counselor Veronica Sandoval (SOM) co-presented with Principal Julissa Gracias on the topic – Personal Education Plan; Lysabeth Luansing-Garcia (SUHI) & Kristen Ereno (ELH) presented on Student Wellness Initiatives; Lalaine Torres (BVH) presented on How to Take School Counseling to the Next Level by being Social Media Savy; and Dr. Liliana Silva presented at the National School Counseling Leadership Conference on How to Conduct Great School Counseling Learning Walks.
- Alicia Bena co-presented with Aly Martinez at the Greater San Diego Math Conference on the topic of Accessibility, Inclusion and Mathematics; Anne Marie Almaraz and Melody Morris presented on Building Mathematical Agency. Many of our math teachers attended the conference.
- Dr. Pilar Vargas, AP at MoH, was named to the Commissioners Bilingual Authorization Refresh Work Group!
- Dr. Joe Fulcher was a keynote panel member at the RTM Congress on Culture and Equity. The other two panel members were from San Antonio Independent School District and Twin Rivers Unified School District.
- ELM teacher Antonio Arias was selected as March’s Inspirational Teacher of the Month – NBC 39
- Coach Manuel Hermosillo, MOH Baseball Coach, achieved his 700th baseball win!
- Athletics Coordinator Joe Heinz was selected as the next San Diego Section CIF Commissioner! That’s really big news!
- CIF Winter Sports Results:
- MVH Girls Water Polo – CIF Div. II Champions and State Champions– Coach Chad Kavanagh
- SYH Boys Basketball – CIF Div. III Champions – Coach Terry Tucker
- ORH Girls Soccer – CIF Div. III Champions – Coach Wayne Brewton
- CIF Girls Wrestling – 1st Place – 113 lbs. Deguire – OLH; 128 lbs. Rodriguez – MVH; 133 lbs. Barrientos – HH
- CIF Girls Wrestling – 2nd Place, 128 lbs. Ferguson – SYH; 162 lbs. Klomp – ELH
- CIF Girls Wrestling – 3rd Place, 108 lbs. Gurule-Metzig – HH; 133 lbs. Cincotta – MVH; 139 lbs. Kanzaki – MVH; 152 lbs. Farha – ELH; 235 lbs. Leal – OLH
- CIF Div. I Boys Wrestling – 1st Place – 126 lbs. Ramirez – SYH; 160 lbs. Esquer – OLH
- CIF Div. I Boys Wrestling – 2nd Place – 113 lbs. Ramos – OLH; 120 lbs. Magsino – OLH; 126 lbs. Magsino – OLH; 138 lbs. Gonzalez – OLH; 145 lbs. Neiman – OLH
- CIF Div. I Girls Soccer Runners-Up – ELH, Coach Mark Coziahr
- CIF All Section Teams/Coaches of Year:
- Boys Basketball – 1st Team, Mikey Williams – SYH; 2nd Team, Jurian Dixon, Kailen Rains – SYH
- Girls Basketball – 1st Team, Sylena Peterson – BVH; 2nd Team, Julia Cosalan – BVH
- Boys Soccer – 1st Team, Gael Ruiz – HH; 2nd Team, Ivan Garduno – CPH
- Girls Soccer – 1st Team, Olivia Sekimoto – ELH; 2nd Team, Taylor Summit – ELH, Emma Gaines-Ramos – ORH
- Girls Wrestling – 1st Team, Yesenia Marin Dequire – OLH, Anya Rodriguez – MVH, Nadia Barrientos – HH; Coach of the Year: Chandra Peterson – OLH
- Roller Hockey – 1st Team, Trevor Fune – HH; 2nd Team, Lucio Gutierrez – CVH, Jacob Lopez – HH; Coach of the Year: Alvie Hernandez – CVH
- Friday evening the South Chula Vista Library hosted our student art exhibition and the Awards Reception. At the next board meeting I will announce the winners and share their art! It’s always an opportunity to see the amazing talent of our students and the dedication of our teachers!