M.E.Ch.A de UCSD invites your
high school to the 25th Annual High School Conference which will take place on
February 14, 2015 at the UCSD campus. Our theme this year is “Caminos”
(Pathways). This all day event will be filled with inspirational speakers, cultural
performances and a series of workshops aimed to cultivate confidence and pride.
We hope that this conference will also be an empowering moment for students
coming from underrepresented and underserved communities to begin a camino
towards higher education.
This free event will also provide
high school students with breakfast and lunch, a t-shirt, supplies needed for
the day and the opportunity to win prizes. Students interested in attending
must register online as soon as possible because space is limited.
Additionally, they will need to bring with them a parent consent form and
a student liability form. All of this can be found on our website tinyurl.com/mechahsc15. Free
transportation will also be provided and placed in select locations that can be
most accessible. Locations are still to be confirmed but updates will be made
soon.
Our conference also includes a
parent component in the form of a mini-conference, which will orientate parents
on what college really is and answer any questions that they may have. It
is important that parents understand higher education as well so that they will
be able to support their students best. Parents will go through their own
workshops, speakers and have the chance to listen to the experience of other
parents who have students in college. Information in Spanish and daycare will
be available. Parents interested should contact mechadeucsd.trabajadores.res@gmail.com.