Early College High School

Progress report grades are coming next week.  I hope to see all the ECHS students earning C's or higher in all their classes both high school and college.  Our goal is to make sure every student is able to get into a 4 year college after leaving ECHS.  Our school counselor Mae Valles is visiting classrooms starting next week to talk to students about A-G requirements and college planning.  She and I along with the ECHS teachers will be stressing the importance of high grades in order for the students to get into the colleges they desire to attend.   I am especially proud of how the ECHS students have been preforming in their Solano classes. Below is some data on the grades our students earned last year in their college classes each semester.  I hope to see the same success this year even as our students are moving into more and more higher level classes here at Solano College.                                                       ECHS College Grades 2015-

I am pleased to announce that we will giving the PSAT to all 10th and 11th grade students here at ECHS on Oct. 19.   After the results come in ECHS School Counselor Mae Valles and I will work with the students to go over their results and show them the College Board website and how to "Match" with Khan Academy for SAT test prep.   Here is some additional information on the PSAT as well as a link to see sample questions and practice tests: https://collegereadiness. collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt- psat-10/practice    PSAT Test- Why is it important?            www.collegeboard.com . Here's why you should study and take the PSAT seriously: 1. It’s a win/win for the student Taking the test prepares you for the SAT. You can take it freshman and sophomore year and your score doesn’t matter, except to prepare you for the qualifying test. 2. The PSAT opens the door for scholarship opportunities If you study, you have a good chance of outscoring other student

Early College High School Parents and Guardians:                  Thank you for an exciting start to the school year!  We appreciate you getting your students to high school and college classes on time and ready to learn.  There are a few dates this school year in which a schedule change is required to keep consistent the number of class sessions between the odd class periods and even class periods on weeks where a Monday is Holiday or Recess Day.   Fridays on the weeks where Monday is a holiday will become a “Monday Schedule” running block periods of 1 st 3 rd and 5 th to make it up for them missed Monday blocks.  For most students this will not cause any interference with a college course, but if there is interference, please notify the affected teacher and accommodations will be made. List of dates:      Monday Holiday                                     Friday change to an ODD BLOCK day.                                 Sept 5 th Labor day