9/11/2020
Virtual Spirit Week
Next week is Spirit Week at ECHS! We are encouraging everyone at ECHS to participate and send in pictures to the slideshow at: tinyurl.com/echsSpiritWeek
Student Lunches
Last week I included information about student lunches in the blog but things have changed since then. Lunches are now free for all students! Here is the updated information:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v3AVys1TMSKdSTxG2QpXzSjJVpjhHM0Q/view?usp=sharing
Students of the Week
Kaitlin-Kiana Yaroch is one of our ECHS students of the week! Kaitlin is in the 0 period Leadership class and is working on the Celebrations Committee. She is also a member of the HOPE club and Senior Class club. Kaitlin did really well with all of her high school classes last semester and earned a 4.0 college GPA! Kaitlin earned an A in Comm 001 (Public Speaking) and an A in Hist 037 (Women in American History) during the spring semester. She also took English 001 over the summer and got an A as well. She has now completed 38 college units. Great job Kaitlin!
Avanish Saini is one our ECHS students of the week! Avi is a leader in the ECHS program and has had a great start to the school year. Avi's teachers have reported that he leads class discussions and has been working hard to raise his GPA. Avi has been taking Water and Wastewater Technology classes at Solano College and has been doing an excellent job! He is working towards Certificate of Achievement and Associate in Science Degree. Avi plans to stay at SCC one more year after high school and then transfer to a four-year university to study Environmental Engineering. Avi has already completed 33.5 college units all while working a part-time job. Excellent work Avi!
ECHS Parent Group
Thank you to everyone who attended our first ECHS Parent Group meeting of the year last night. We had an excellent turnout in our Google Meet meeting. If you missed the meeting you can come to any of the future meetings. These meetings are always open to all ECHS parents and are a chance for parents to hear about what's happening at ECHS, give feedback, and help plan future events.
PTSO
The Rodriguez High School/ECHS Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) met last week for the first time this school year. Maureen Kerr is our ECHS parent representative. Below is a message from her. Please support this organization; they support ECHS students and staff and put on Grad Night.
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ECHS College and Career Technician
We are so excited to announce that Danica Matthews is our College and Career Technician. She has worked with many of our students in previous years at the middle school level and will now be working with ECHS, PSA, and MGCCA. Ms. Matthews will be popping into College Readiness classes soon to meet the ECHS students and go over all the supports that she is able to provide. Ms. Matthews has already set up a Google Classroom which is the College and Career Activities and Resource Hub and it is especially important for senior students to join now. Here is the code 44fnqpq
Ms. Matthew has already posted a Google Doc. with important dates for 2020 seniors as well as information about the upcoming virtual college fair. Check it out!
Important Dates for Seniors 2020
CSU application submission window: October 1st to November 30th
Students you can start working on your COLLEGE application now by clicking and or visiting the link: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman
*Please REMEMBER to submit your applications on or by November 29th to ensure that you are able to submit your application just in case the application site is overwhelmed and crashes.
UC application submission window: CURRENTLY open NOW through November 30th
Nine campuses, one application. Students you can start working on your application now at: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
*The FINAL day to submit your application online is November 30th. Also please be advised that you are encouraged to submit your applications at latest on or by November 29th just in case the application site is overwhelmed and crashes.
Private and Out of State Colleges:
Each university will have a different admissions timeline, please refer to the individual site regarding admissions criteria and deadlines.
https://www.citruscollege.edu/stdntsrv/transcntr/Pages/Private.aspx
https://www.saddleback.edu/articulation/Private-and-Out-State-Colleges-and-Universities
https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/
California Community College:
Most CCC's will begin accepting applications in February-March, and will be accepted though a continually rolling basis. You can click/visit the website below for more information.
FAFSA + Dream Act:
Can start working on the FAFSA beginning October 1st and ending March 2nd.
FAFSA (application period Oct 1st to Mar 2nd): https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
As part of the FAFSA application process your parent's and or guardian's tax returns from the 2 years previous will be requested unless the student has special circumstances.To apply click/visit the link: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
Dream Act (application period Oct 1st to Mar 2nd): https://dream.csac.ca.gov/
FEE WAIVERS:
Please be advised that the CSU and UC application fee waivers are embedded within the applications themselves, and students can check to see if they qualify by entering in their family's financial information (total household income). If a student qualifies, then students can apply to up to 4 CSU's and 4 UC's for free. If you need a fee waiver for a private/out of state school, you or and your counselor can check to see if a particular school accepts NACAC forms: https://www.nacacfairs.org/globalassets/college-fair--homepage/ncf-documents/learn/student-application-fee-waiver-2018.pdf
Virtual College Fair Sept. 14- Sept. 17
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PTdQnMyMsnzMKnv0WlgR8Yeg0bTw9kXQ/view?usp=sharing
Here is the email the Ms. Matthews sent the seniors this week:
Hello Students-
My name is Miss Danica and I am your friendly College and Career Tech here with an important announcement, check it out...
Everything about this school year is NEW, DIFFERENT, and UNIQUE! Why should the annual COLLEGE FAIR be any different.....As you may or not know our school district hosts a College Fair every school year at one of the main high school campuses. This year due to COVID-19 the College Fairs will come to you VIRTUAL STYLE. Starting next week, September 14th through September 17th is the UC Campuses Virtual College Week. The attachment provides the schedule of days for a particular University along with a ZOOM link registration code. Please be advised that there is a REGISTRATION CAPACITY for each University, so you may want to register today!
September 14th, 2020
UC San Diego
5:00 – 5:30 pm
Capacity: 5,000 participants
UC Santa Barbara
6:00 – 6:30 pm
Capacity: 1,000 participants
September 15th, 2020
UC Davis
5:00 – 5:30 pm
Capacity: Unlimited
UC Santa Cruz
6:00-6:30 pm
Capacity: 1,000 participants
September 16th, 2020
UC Los Angeles
6:00-6:30 pm
Capacity: 1, 000 participants
UC Irvine
6:00-6:30 pm
Capacity: Unlimited
September 17th, 2020
UC Riverside
5:30-6:00 pm
Capacity: 1,000 participants
UC Merced
6:00-6:30 pm
Capacity: 1,000 participants
UC Berkeley
7:00-7:30 pm
Capacity: 5,000 participants
*Please be sure to click on the link/attachment for the ZOOM registration link and important additional information.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PTdQnMyMsnzMKnv0WlgR8Yeg0bTw9kXQ/view?usp=sharing
Canned Food and School Supplies Drive
We are collecting canned food and school supplies for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County. We have bins at the ECHS Office here at SCC and at Rodriguez High School as well. Please drop off food or supplies if you can. You can also make an online donation at https://tinyurl.com/Virtfooddr
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/hvt-swry-tse
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