Our Safe Space - March

Happy Women's History Month! I also wanted to remind everyone that March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility. This is an annual awareness day, dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.

As Alok Vaid-Menon said, "Man and woman are two of many stars in a constellation that do not compete but amplify one another's shine. There are as many ways to be a woman as there are women. There are as many ways to be a man as there are men. There are as many ways to be nonbinary as there are nonbinary people."

 

Attached is the March Calendar to share. There are a few events we would like to highlight:

• Cooking Night will be happening Thursday 3/17 at 4:30 pm
• Caregiver Jam will be happening Wednesday 3/22 at 6 pm
• Open Closet will be happening Thursday 3/23 at 3 pm
• OSP will be closed Friday 3/31 for Chavez-Huerta Day + International Transgender Day of Visibility

If you have any questions about our services, please contact us at oursafeplace@csbcs.org or call us at 619-628-2444.

Motivation Monday: Careers in Business and Finance

 Interested in a career in business or finance? Learn more here!

Now Available: SUHi Foundation Scholarship

Name: SUHI Foundation Scholarships

Amount: varies

Criteria: seniors applying to a 4 year university, community college or trade/technical school, apply at: https://thesuhifoundation.org/educate/how-to-apply/scholarships/ Deadline: April 7, 2023

Community Service: LP Baseball

 

Community Service “Day of the Child”

The Chula Vista Community Collaborative is hosting their “Day of the Child” event in person for the first time after March 2020. Please share with your students the volunteer form or students can find it online.

The Chula Vista Community Collaborative truly appreciates our Sweetwater student volunteers.

Scripps Health - free six-week summer enrichment program

Scripps Health is sponsoring a free six-week summer enrichment program led by doctors and staff from Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. Highly motivated high school students interested in a career in healthcare and are Sophomore or Junior students during the 2022-2023 school year will explore the world of healthcare via:

 

·         Lectures and interactive discussions related to various topics in health care

·         Public health advocacy group projects

·         Demonstrations on basic medical techniques

·         Mentoring and small group discussions with Scripps family medicine residency doctors

·         College readiness and leadership development

 

Upon Successfully completing the program, participants will qualify to apply for a stipend.

 

Please see the attached file for more information and share with your sophomores and juniors.

 

Students may apply using this link to the Scripps HCOP Camp application: https://forms.gle/Fpxehpx3F5qpQEpn8

 

Summer School 2023

The window to select summer school courses starts today, March 1 – May 5, 2023. As a reminder, students are already registered for summer school. They only need to select the course or courses they need for summer school.

Parents and students can select up to two courses for summer school. Below are the links to access the portal and a supporting screencast and slide deck on how to select courses:

Parents and/or students can register for summer school using the following link: campusportal.sweetwaterschools.org/campus/portal/sweetwater.jsp

Los padres y/o estudiantes pueden registrarse para la escuela de verano utilizando el siguiente enlace: campusportal.sweetwaterschools.org/campus/portal/sweetwater.jsp

Parents can also access this information by visiting the district website on the main page.

Please reach out if you have any questions.