The New Sequoia High School
Student Newsletter March 2021
Its Time
Message of Courage
Students this newsletter will provide you with more detailed information to prepare for your return to school. This will not be a traditional return to school and more will be required from all of us. However, the Sequoia Teachers and Staff are super excited about your return to school. All I ask of each of you is to give us your ultimate best, to have the "ganas" to overcome, allow us to help prepare you, and let us change the world together.
Mr. Reyes
March 16th Deadline to make your Decision
"If we are given the green light to return to school, the following will happen:"
In-Person Instruction: On March 22nd you will report to campus to pick up your schedule, get a full tour of the campus, and meet with teachers and staff. The tours will be about 20 to 30 min. The following is your grade level's designated window of time for your tour:
- Sophomores: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
- Juniors: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Seniors: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
March 24th first day of school with Group B
March 25th first day of school with Group A
March 26th second day of school for Group B
Distant Learning: You will complete your current courses virtually on Schoology till the end of Session 5. Session 6 you will be placed in Edgenuity courses for the remainder of the year and you will work closely with a set of teachers, an Academic Counselor, and with the support of the XL After School Program. You will report to the virtual class each day Periods 1, 2, and 3. You can still continue to work on Edgenuity after this time. XL will post their hours of support very soon. Reminder, you will not be able to request In-Person instruction after March 16th.
Sequoia High School Dress Code Agreement
Click on Alfalfa for SHS Dress Code Guidelines
VUSD Health Check "Click the Check Mark"
Student Morning "Check Yourself"
- Your Health Check
- Dress Code Compliance
- Smell Check "No smelling of marijuana or cigarettes"
- Mask
- Charged Chomebook and Charger
- Textbooks (if you require one for your class)
- Clear water bottle
- Your class schedule
- Email (Check if you got any updates from teachers or staff)
- Be on time
- Take a deep breath and get ready to change the world
Parent/Family/Guardian Check List for your Sequoia Student
Conduct health check
Make sure they are in proper Dress Code
Smell Check "No smell of marijuana or cigarettes"
Mask check
Chromebook Check
Send them off to school
Wish your child well and send them positive thoughts
Take a deep breath and know Sequoia High School will do its best for your child
Sequoia High School Maps
"We need Organization, Intonation, Accuracy, and Pitch in Order to have Good Harmony"
- Do the "Check Yourself" before you arrive on campus
- Enter the campus through the front "Entrance Check Point" we will check for
- Mask
- Dress Code
- Health Check (questions only)
- Chromebook
- Breakfast will be served 8:00 am - 8:15 am
- First Bell rings to start the day
- All students to wait in the outdoor basketball area
- Principal Reyes will address the student body with a welcome and review the format of the day.
- Students will be dismissed to your teacher one class at a time.
- You will follow your teacher to your first-period class
- Your teacher will welcome you in their class and you will sanitize your hands
- You will be assigned a seat
- Instruction begins
- Restroom use- one student at a time and when your return sanitize your hands
- Five Minute Prepare to end and exit the class and desk wipe down
- Each class will be dismissed one class at a time
- Restroom use during passing is limited to 2 students at a time.
- Students you will follow the one-way direction arrows to your next class
- You will enter your next class by sanitizing and waiting for your assigned seat
- Break Time: You will exit for Break by following the exit arrows back to the courtyard
- When Break is over you will enter the 400 building or the 500 building to your next class. Please keep to social distance and enter calmly in the building.
- Your teacher will welcome you at the door, you will sanitize and directed to your assigned seat.
- Lunch Time: You will exit each building in the one-way direction and to the courtyard.
- The lunch line will be on the left entrance of the Gym. Lunch is at no cost to students.
- Lunch Seating: there will be lunch tables and chairs in the courtyard for you to sit and have lunch. Mask can come off to eat, but if you are not eating your mask must be on. The social distance must still be required of all and all trash to be placed in the trash cans.
- When the end of lunch bell rings, you will reenter the 400 or 500 building to your next class. Keep social distance. Your teacher will welcome you into the classroom, sanitize your hands and your teacher will direct you to your seat.
- End of the day bell: Each teacher will exit you out of the building to the exit gate.
- If you take the bus, go to the bus loading zone, if you walk keep the walk, if you drive- drive on.
- XL Afterschool: When we phase in the XL afterschool program and you choose to be in XL program, you will go to the XL staging area on the outdoor basketball courts.
- Arrive home and sanitize as you enter your home.
- Monday: Students distance academic and support day.
- Group A is Tuesday/Thursday
- Group B is Wednesday /Friday
- We will make changes to the protocols as needed
VUSD Technology Support "Click the sick computer"
Request to Meet with Office and Support Staff "Click on the Coyote"
Sequoia XL After School Program "Click on XL"
Song of the week: "I Won't Back Down" by Johnny Cash
Photos of the week: "Planning for Your Arrival"
The Sequoia Student Apparel (Prices will be set by mid April)
"Take the Leap of Faith and You Will Find the Path to Your Purpose"
Sequoia High School
Yolanda Monsiviaz, Assistant Principal
Salud Cobarruvias, Counselor
Emily Ramirez, Lead Administrative Assistant
Ryan Groft School Psychologist
Theb Manivanh, Social Worker
Adriana Cabrera, XL Director
Joshua Huerta, Gang/Behavior Interventionist
Email: areyes@vusd.org
Website: http://www.vusd.org/Sequoia.cfm
Location: 1040 North Woodland, Visalia, CA, Unitetates
Phone: 559-730-7649