Early College High School

A lot has happened since my last blog post.  I am so proud to be the principal of the Early College High School program.  The students never cease to impress me for what they do each and every day inside and outside the classrooms.   Academic Decathlon  The Academic Decathlon team did such an amazing job on Saturday, Feb. 2nd competing in the North Bay Regional competition.  The entire team is this week's ECHS students of the week!  The students won 50 individual medals and the team finished in 6th place overall! Art Show On Monday, Feb. 4th ECHS helped kick of the Black History Month activities here at Solano College.  The art work was displayed in the 1400 fishbowl area and really impressed college students and staff who visited the show throughout the day.  If you missed it, here are some of the pieces.  Many of the pieces are also now up in a display case in the 100 building.   Remembering Al

In the Classrooms What a great week here at Early College High School!  I had the pleasure of watching many of the seniors sing songs they wrote about different types of economies in Economics class.  The lyrics the students wrote showed they understood the learned concepts and the performances were certainly entertaining.  The students sang to background music from Migos, CeeLo Green, the theme song from the Fresh Prince, and much more. Thursday, I visited the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade College Readiness classes.  The students in each of the classes were working in their tutorial groups.  These AVID style tutorials provide an opportunity for each students to write out their point of confusion from either a high school or college class.  The group members help each other by asking questions, providing clarification, and checking for understanding.  There was some great student collaboration and critical thinking taking place.  I thought the 12th grade student mentors were great