Feb. 15

-
School Safety

 It is absolutely devastating to hear about another school shooting taking place in our country. Our condolences go to the families, friends, and community of Parkland, Florida.  

 Here at Solano College, we work closely with the Solano County Sheriff's Department.  The on-campus sheriffs are a great support to the students and staff in the Early College program.  As I emailed out last Friday, it is important that all students have the on-duty Sheriff cell phone number.   

 Here are the emergency cell numbers again:

 SCC Campus Sheriff Office 707-864-7131

 *On-Duty Campus Sheriff Cell 707-580-6526 

Campus Monitor Deana Hayles (Ms. D) Work Cell 707-816-2532

Principal Pizzo Work Cell 707-410-0267


Next week we will be reviewing the Solano College Emergency Preparedness and Safety Awareness in every College Readiness class.  Here is a link to the Solano College website for more information.  There is also a link on the page for the Run. Hide. Fight. Surviving an Active Shooter Event Video.

http://www.solano.edu/police/safetyaware.php


Ringing the Bells

Major Randy Hartt from the Salvation Army came out to Early College High School on February 5th.  He presented the students who participated in Ringing the Bells a trophy for raising the most money.  He discussed the importance of community service with the students and brought them lunch.  This is the second year in a row ECHS has been presented the Ringing the Bells trophy.



















Academic Decathlon
20 students from ECHS participated in the North Bay Region Academic Decathlon on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 at Solano College.  The team did well in our second year competing.  5 students won individual medals in the following categories:  essay, speech, interview, math, social science, economics, music, and literature. With two of our students winning overall decathlete for their grade level with the highest points.















Seniors

 All 33 ECHS seniors are on track to graduate high school with an average of 49.5 completed college credits.  At the end of the fall semester, the average college GPA for the ECHS senior class was 3.09.


9 ECHS 12th grade students are on track to earn over 60 college units and have petitioned to graduate from Solano College on May 24, 2018.  These students will have AA degrees in Criminal Justice, Psychology, and University Studies with various emphases (Liberal Studies, Arts and Humanities, Communication, and Science and Quantitative Reasoning).

 We are very excited for the students that are already hearing back from the universities that they applied to. We are expecting a lot more wonderful news in coming weeks. Here are some of the early acceptances.














FAFSA Reminder
March 2, 2018 is the deadline to have the FAFSA completed if you want to be considered for a 2018-2019 Cal Grant award.

Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Freitas for being selected the ECHS Teacher of the Year! Ms. Freitas was honored at the FSUSD Board meeting on Feb. 8th along with the teachers of the year from the other district schools.





Poetry Out Loud


Julia Mercado and Casey Davis both did well at the Solano County Poetry Out Loud competition.






Team Building

Ms. Turgeon-Staggs had her 10th grade College Readiness class working together in teams. Students had to plan, design, and carry out the task of building different structures with only toothpicks and marshmallows.










Incoming ECHS Students
90 completed applications were submitted by the Feb. 7th deadline from 8th grade students looking to join Early College next school year.  Early College staff is currently reviewing the applications and there will be a lottery to select 68 qualified students for next year's freshman class.



Have a wonderful and safe long weekend!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

August 23

-
Image
ECHS Back to School Nights It's almost time for Back to School Night. We do things a little differently than other schools.  The ECHS team hosts 3 nights (based on grade level) and provides a presentation for parents and guardians. At the conclusion of the presentation, we open it up for families to ask individual questions to our staff members.  If you are unable to attend in person, recordings of the presentations will be available for families to view at their convenience.  Our first night is tomorrow 8/24 from 6:00-7:30pm for 9th-grade families.  Our 10th-grade night is on 8/26 and our 11th-12th grade night is on 8/31. *Masks are required for everyone inside all buildings at Solano College.   Math Support I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. Freitas' Math class last week.  The students were doing a hands-on activity from our Math Carnegie curriculum and we work in small groups.   We have additional after-school support for students who need Math help every Monday and Thursda
Read more

9/6

-
Image
Parent Information Nights Monday, September 9th at 6:00pm here on campus in the 1400 cafeteria building is our 9th-10th grade Parent Information Night. Each teacher will give a short presentation followed by a chance for parents to ask individual questions.  We look forward to seeing everyone from 6:00-7:30pm Monday night!  *11th-12th grade Parent Information Night is on Monday, September 16th at 6:00pm. Student Social Today we held an after school social and had an amazing turnout!  The students enjoyed playing games, listening to music, and just hanging out with each other.  We want to thank the Leadership students for planning such a fun event! HBCU College Fair This Sunday there is a HBCU College Fair from 4:00-7:00pm at Mount Calvary Baptist Church.  This event is open to all students and we have had multiple ECHS stud ents attend this fair in the past and get admitted into multiple colleges on the spot!  FSUSD Governing Board
Read more

September 10th

-
Image
 Power Outage Friday morning sure was interesting at ECHS!  We went from extremely hot weather earlier in the week to a colder Friday morning with some rain, lightning, and thunder.  We were without power on parts of the campus for the zero period, first period, and part of the 3rd period.  We did our best by moving a couple classes into the cafeteria, using natural light, and placing emergency flashlight lanterns in classrooms.  I really appreciate the patience and flexibility demonstrated by our staff and students.   National Suicide Prevention Day Friday was National Suicide Prevention Day.  Daily Reminder cards were passed out to students with positive messages.  Students and staff also wore teal and purple to show support.   We are very excited to announce that we will be bringing Kaiser Permanente's Ghosted program to ECHS for the first time later this semester.  Ghosted is a program that reduces stigma and encourages open discussion, to help teens understand they are not alo
Read more