Gearing Your Student Towards Success Parent Workshops

Sweetwater High School Counselor’s Present:
Weekly 11th/12th Grade Parent Workshops

Gearing Your Student Towards Success

The counselors would like to invite parents to attend our 6-week parent workshops, which will focus on providing you with tools to address the personal/social and academic development of your child. These workshops will be interactive and are targeting parents of 11th and 12th graders.

November 5th 8-10 Library	November 12th 8-10 Library	November 19th 8-10 Library	December 3rd 8-10 Library	December 10th 8-10 Library	December 17th 8-10 Library
Guiding Your Student to Success This workshop is designed to identify key areas parents of students at all grade levels need to constantly monitor. Parents will learn the power of each area and given proven strategies in implementing them in their homes.	Boosting Your  Parenting Skills High School Students need their parents to be interested in their academic progress.  Parents will learn how to be involved in the educational process, specifically here at Sweetwater.	High School Graduation and University Requirements Find out what is required to graduate from high school and the necessary steps towards applying to a 4-year university.	Myths About College Sending your kid off to college can be a scary thing.  Learn about the myths about college and how to support your child once they are ready to go off to college.	How to Pay For College Find out how to fund your children’s college education.  It’s better to plan early.  This is an opportunity to learn about the FAFSA application, the different types of financial aid and about scholarships.	Parent Panel & Closing Ceremony Hear from parents whose students have graduated and studied at a 4-year university either in San Diego or far away from home.

For questions or information contact the Counseling Center

619-474-9720

Liliana.silva@sweetwaterschools.org

Homecoming Dance Photo Booth - Come Support!

Come support COLLEGE GOING CULTURE 

at Sweetwater High School!

The counselors are raising funds!

Homecoming Dance Photo Booth $2

THIS FRIDAY

8:30 - 10:30pm

New Gym

Pictures will be shared on SUHI Lives Facebook Page!

SPONSORED BY WWW.SUHICOUNSELING.COM

Cal-SOAP Presents COLLEGE FAIR 2013

San Diego and Imperial Counties
Cal-SOAP Presents
COLLEGE FAIR 2013
For High School Students and Parents

Over 100 Colleges Represented and 7 workshops Offered:

Secrets of Selective Colleges
CA Public Colleges
CA Community Colleges and Transfer Process
Private / Independent Colleges
Financing Your College Dream
Top 10 Future Careers in America
The College AthleteCome find your Best Fit!!!
Parking and Admissions are FREE!!!

No registration for students and parents needed.
NOTE: The list of participating colleges and program will be posted once finalized. Please check back.

Current list of participating colleges: click here

Location: Scottish Rite Center
1895 Camino del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108

Date: 10/30/2013

Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Event Flyers and Documents: College Fair Flyer 2013

Directions: Click Here for Directions

College Information Sessions

The San Diego Public Library is offering a FREE mini-session at the Otay Mesa-Nestor Branch Library located at 3003 Coronado Ave, SD CA 92154!

It will include:

Thursday, November 14: College Essay Workshop with Cal-SOAP UCSD

Tuesday, November 18: All About College Applications with Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz <http://admissionpossible.com/aboutus.html>

Thursday, November 21: All About Financial Aid with Lynn O'Shaughnessy <http://www.thecollegesolution.com/about/>

No applications necessary!  Simply call or email to sign up as space is limited.

619-238-6684 or SDLBAcademy@sandiego.gov

Outside the Lens - Digital Media for Social Change

Outside The Lens is a local nonprofit committed to empowering youth to use digital media to create social change. 

This year, SUHi Alumni Kristian Castro is outreaching to local high schools all across San Diego to invite students interested in any form of digital media to the Outside the Lens Youth Council, which is becoming a great program that fosters students' creativity and leadership.  

Kristian mentioned the student participants so far are from La Jolla High, Torrey Pines High, and Bishops School. So...let's help SUHi represent!

Kristian will be doing a short presentation at LUNCH on OCTOBER 30th in the COUNSELING CENTER for any interested students. 

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OUTSIDE THE LENS

Digital Media+Learning Lab

kristian@outsidethelens.org

www.outsidethelens.org

NCFD Community Service

The National City Fire Department is putting on their annual Tower of Terror on October 31^st.

They are looking for volunteers. They need folks to help build the tower of terror and actors for the event.

Here are the days available for Community hours:

LOCATION: Fire station at 16^th and “D”

October 26^th

They will be building the props.

TIME: 9:30 – 12:00

October 30^th

Walk through

4:00PM - ??

October 31^st

Event day

5:30PM – 9:00PM

See Mr. Diaz in room 608 during period 3 for more info!

Filipino Heritage Celebration at Bell Middle School

I would like to invite you to the 2013 Filipino Heritage Celebration at Bell Middle School slated for Friday, October 25, 2013, 5:30-8:00pm at 620 Briarwood Road, San Diego, CA 92139.

We expect over 400 students, parents, students and community members to participate in the celebration highlighting Filipino Heritage History. This year 2013, marks the 25th Anniversary of the Filipino Language class offered in the San Diego Unified School District that first began at Bell Middle School and then offered at Morse High School.  We also have special guest speaker Johnny Itliong son of United Farm Worker leader Larry Itliong; October 25th would have been his 100th birthday.

The theme of the celebration is "Continuing Their Legacy....the Past, Present and Future". Continuing the legacy of UFW leaders Larry Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz, Carlos Bulusan, Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta. Also the legacy of Filipino Language teachers in the San Diego Unified School District.

We hope you can join us this Friday, October 25, 2013, 5:30pm at Bell Middle School. If you would like additional information, please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for your consideration,

Mrs. Jacquilin Magat-Lapid
Teacher, Filipino Language, Bell Middle School
Co-Advisor, Gawad Kalinga Club, Bell Middle School
President, Filipino American Educators Association

Gerald Sison
Math Teacher, Bell Middle School
Advisor, Associated Student Body, Bell Middle School

JoAnn Fields
Co-Advisor, Gawad Kalinga Club, Bell Middle School
Director, SDUSD District E Trustee Cabinet
Organizer, Filipino American Caucus of San Diego County