The Spartan Standard
Home of Champions Edition
Our Mission: Why We Do The Right Thing
- Academic rigor across the curriculum fostering lifelong intellectual curiousity
- A climate of respect, fairness, equality, and security promoting individual confidence and responsibility
- A culture of collaboration between school, family, and community
- A proactive network of student support
- Exciting, unprecedented opportunities for student involvement
- Creative and artistic expression
- State of the Art Technology
Some Learnings from Educating for Careers Conference
Mary Rose's Schedule (Subject to Change)
WEEK TEN:
Monday, March 16: PLC Collaboration/Intervention Schedule
PERSONAL NECESSITY LEAVE
Tuesday,March 17: CAHSEE ELA Special Schedule
8:15 Classroom Visits
12:00 AVID Team Mtg.
1:00 Summer School Mtg. @ CPH
6:00 Chula Vista City Hall re: Student Award from Mayor Salas
Wednesday, March 18: CAHSEE Math Special Schedule
8:15 Classroom Visits
3:30 Boys Volleyball vs. Madison
Thursday, March 19:
8:30 Office Event
9:00 Administrators Mtg. @ PDC
Friday, March 20: Special Assembly of Champions; Assembly Schedule
7:45 Calendar
9:00 Classroom Visits
11:25 Assembly
6:00 Woman of the Year Awards @ SWC
Monday, March 23-Friday, April 3:
INTERSESSION--NO SCHOOL for Teachers and Students
Monday, March 23:
HOLIDAY--Cesar Chavez (In lieu)
3:00 Baseball vs. Mater Dei
Tuesday, March 24:
8:00 Credit Recovery
Wednesday, March 25:
8:00 Credit Recovery
3:00 JV Baseball vs. ORH
3:30 Girls LaCrosse vs. MVH
4:00 Softball vs. Sta. Fe Christian;
5:00 Boys LaCrosse vs. SDHS
Thursday, March 26:
8:00 Credit Recovery
3:30 JV Softball vs. MVH
Friday, March 27:
8:00 Credit Recovery
1:00 Baseball vs. CV High Tech High
3:00 Boys Volleyball vs. BVH
3:30 Girls LaCrosse vs. Granite Hills
5:15 Boys LaCrosse vs. Del Lago Academy
Saturday, March 28
8:00 Credit Recovery
9:00 Novice Softball vs. MVH
Monday, March 30:
VACATION
Tuesday, March 31:
8:00 Credit Recovery
Wednesday, April 1:
VACATION
Thursday, April 2:
8:00 Credit Recovery
Friday, April 3:
HOLIDAY: SCHOOL CLOSED
WEEK ELEVEN:
Monday, April 6: School Resumes
7:30 Classroom visits
Tuesday, April 7:
7:30 Classroom visits
4:30 M. Rerucha
Wednesday, April 8:
2:50 FAC Mtg. @ New Library
3:30 Girls LaCrosse vs. ORH
4:00 Boys LaCrossse vs. Helix
Thursday, April 9:
8:00 CTE Arts Media Entertainment School Visit
12:30 Dept. Chair Mtg. @ Learning Lab
Friday, April 10:
7:45 Calendar
9:45 Classroom visits
HOME OF CHAMPIONS: ACADEMICS, ATTITUDE, and ATTENDANCE
CVHS Tops in Reclassification of English Learners
Academic League
CA High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
Most Improved Breakfast Honors More than 80 Students
HOME OF CHAMPIONS: ATHLETICS
Boys Soccer Wins CIF Regional Championship, Division I
Many. many thanks to staff who traveled to any one (or two, or all) of these different places to help with supervision and watch every exciting game--Hilda Bender, Alain Garnica-Mendoza, DiAnne Cabe, Jaye Leigh, Alma Aceves-Torres, Craig Wilson, Greg Molina, Stephen Rodecker, Belinda Tapia, and Sue Kalaher. The team is grateful to the CVHS staff, students, and community for all the encouragement and support.
San Diego Section Division III Champs Fight Valiantly at Regional Championship Quarterfinals
With most of the team expected to return next year (there are nine freshmen on the team and only one senior), expectations will be high for the team to outdo this season's accomplishments. Way to go, Spartans!
HOME OF CHAMPIONS: ARTS
Main Attraction Wins Big at Burbank Blast
Best of Show Awarded to CVHS
Kudos and Thanks
- Kudos to Jessica Tejada. Mariachi Chula Vista performed at the National City, City Of Commerce Mariachi Festival and Competition held at Pepper Park in National City on March 14. They were also invited to accompany "American Idol" contestant Yvonne Gonzalez when they performed at Fox 5 News to promote the festival.
- Kudos to Eduardo Romero whose Ballet Folklorico turned in a fantastic performance at the District VAPA Folklorico concert Friday and Saturday.
- Kudos to Jessica Tejada and Eduardo Romero whose Mariachi Chula Vista and Ballet Folklorico participated in the flash mob at Plaza Bonita to promote the National City Mariachi Festival. Another great way to showcase our talents to the community!
- Kudos to Tony Atienza for a great Show Choir and Choir concert last Friday.
- Congratulations to Jeff Williams, H.O.G. Master. The House of Guitars (H.O.G.) was the highlight of the first California Music Education Associaion (CMEA) Guitar Festival. Kudos!
- Congratulations and Kudos to Marla Navarette, Valerie Ingram, and Sonia Jaime. Dance Force was chosen to perform at the first Career Technology Education Arts Media and Entertainment (CTE AME) statewide conference to be held here in San Diego!
How Do You Encourage Student Interaction? (Addition)
Here are some best practices that we saw during instructional rounds that encouraged structured student interaction:
- Arrangement of seats. Desks put together in groups of two to four faciliatate student interaction.
- Sentence Starters and Frames encourage and guide English Language Learners in partner conversations.
- It's Think-Write-Pair-Share: Give students think time to answer the question you want them to discuss with a partner. Allow them to write their ideas. Give time for pairs to share ideas with each other--encourage them to read from their writing to facilitate sharing (as they get used to talking to each other, they will use their writing as a guide when sharing). Assign roles if necessary (For example: Partner A & B; Speaker and Listener, etc.). Time the conversations so that students do not start to engage in personal conversations. Randomly call on students to share their discussions to ensure accountability.
- Novel Ideas Only: All groups share ideas without repeating what has already been said. This works best when there are multiple correct answers to a question.
- Compare/Contrast: Students share what is the same or different.
- The types of questions matter. The more open-ended they are, the more the stage is set for student interaction.
- Let's Play A Game: Four Corners...Use games to review for assessments. In the case of assessments with multiple choices, use four corners. Label the four corners of your classroom with one letter of the different answer choices (A,B,C,D). Allow students to go to the corner of the answer they choose. Allow students to talk to a partner as to why their corner is the correct answer. Use sentence starters as necessary to spur conversation.
- Practice, practice, practice. The more students interact, the more comfortable they become with it.
Never say anything a student can say. Don't allow missed opportunities for student interaction. Find opportunities for students to orally enumerate, describe, summarize, analyze, synthesize, and opine. Let them give you their ideas. Let them tell you. Let them do the academic talking...
Walkthrough Foci
We will continue to deepen the implementation of our initiatives. As we walk through, we will give feedback on one of the following:
- DLT
- Use of Academic Language by students in speaking and writing
- Structured Student Conversations
- Monday: How is the time used to support/enrich student learning experiences?
PLC Collaboration
- Please work on the agenda that you had agreed upon based on your last PLC collaboration.
- A reminder that everyone is expected to stay on campus until the end of the PLC time. Thank you for your professionalism.
- Please consult the handout given during the Pre-Service days if you need clarification on PLC tasks and products. In terms of Unit Planning, the instructional guides should serve as your guide. You will be given D/F reports for results analysis and intervention planning. It is a great use of PLC time to plan for the administration, calibration, and results analysis of the District Performance-based task that was released recently.
- Minutes and products should be uploaded to our CANVAS page. Please see your Curriculum Coach for assistance, if needed.
Thank you for your engagement and hard work!
Before You Leave For Spring Break
We continue to assist in the effort to save electricity. Araceli Guzman will, once again, distribute the red checklist for energy conservation. Please note:
- Unplug your computer and small appliances. Leave your refrigerator door open to let it air. Please take food home.
- Secure classroom valuables and your personal property in locked cabinets. If you cannot secure your personal property, take it home.
- A decluttered room is a safer room. The custodians will be cleaning classrooms. Please help them do their work better by putting away important papers or throwing out unnecessary ones.
We will be having special visitors after the Spring Break. This will be the time that our custodians will have the opportunity to spruce up our house for the upcoming WASC visit. Thank you for all your assistance.
For The Common Good
- SAFETY PRACTICES: A reminder to keep your doors in the locked position and to use the magnets to keep your doors accessible even in the locked position. If you need magnets, please let Jaye Leigh or Garry Cabogason know.
- PARENT CLASSROOM VISITS: Parents were thrilled to visit classrooms last Tuesday. I will be sending general parent comments in a separate E-mail.
- INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS: The collective data showed growth in the number of student interactions during the most recent instructional rounds. Those who joined the coaches and administrators remarked that this should be something everyone should participate in at some point in the semester as it is a positive activity which allows everyone to learn and reflect. Once again, I will send a separate E-mail for the collective findings.
- STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS: The district has E-mailed all employees and reached out to the community to get feedback for the Superintendent search. These meetings are voluntary but I encourage you to let your voices be heard by attending.
- SPARTAN ACADEMIC LITERACY PLAN: All the foci I have been writing and talking about in the last two years in these bulletins and in our school plans--those skills that are important for our students to learn--are now in a one-pager. You can use this as reference for you and with your students as you talk about the big picture, including the why's of what you are doing in class. Posters for your classroom will be available after Spring Break.