All SIATech campuses have transitioned to distance/remote learning that allows staff and students to earn credits and work from home. SIATech Still Serving Students! While our schools don’t have a formal return date scheduled, this is a great time to continue your coursework and graduate! Classes are online and teachers are available to help! Learn See The Story
ECIS at the El Centro Mardi Gras Light Parade & Street Festival. SIATech El Centro Independent Study is part of a network of California charter high schools focused on helping 16-24 year old students get back in school and back on track to graduation. There is no tuition or fees to attend and students earn See The Story
Bravo and Congrats! Join SIATech Boyle Heights and Pico-Union to celebrate the graduates on this impressive achievement. Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure! Thursday, February 20, 2020 SIATech Academy South 2019 Graduates
Several SIATech North County students participated in this year’s holiday celebration which included creating and decorating gingerbread houses, gingerbread men, and cookies. This was a fun activity for students and raised their spirits before the well deserved Christmas break. Enjoy the Holidays! SIATech North County Independent Study is part of a network of California charter See The Story
To Our Wonderful SIATech Staff (Site-based and Central Office): Happy November! We are living in chaotic times! Our political discourse and the resulting polarization in our society brings into sharp focus the importance of re-committing to providing a quality pathway out of poverty for our most fragile youth. You do this each day… A quality See The Story
By Bill Moseley It is not often that a student is anxious to complete a science project, however with our innovative science classes there are many ways to learn the standards-based concepts and students are able to choose projects aligned with their interests and goals. Recently, SIATech Perris high school student Shira Parker dissected an See The Story
By Andy Knuth The school year is officially underway and many SIATech Pico-Union high school students received 80% or more attendance for Learning Period 1. The school had a celebration of hard work and effort. The instructional team and students created a collage of motivation quotes for each other! SIATech Pico-Union has recognized students with See The Story
I like working at my own pace
Mr. Leif is a really good teacher
I am motivated to do homework
Patti started with SIATech North County Independent Study High School in September 2019 after being out of school for a few months. Patti let us know she wasn’t getting the best grades at her previous high school. The school told her she was far behind and that she needed to transfer to the continuation high See The Story
By Dylan Besk When SIATech South Sacramento faculty members arrived on site one morning in early October, there was an broken down wheelchair abandoned in the back parking lot. Overhearing a faculty conversation about potentially breaking down the wheelchair into its component parts for projects got student Sid Tavera’s mental gears turning. Unbeknownst to faculty See The Story
It’s not Thanksgiving yet, but at SIATech North County Independent Study, staff is already thinking about how to better support their students and their families. At the end of last school year, NCIS partnered with Feeding San Diego, and now thanks to a generous donation from the Oceanside Home Depot (Vista Way), the site has See The Story
SIATech El Centro high school students took a trip to the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance. Students had a great learning experience about human rights, and the Holocaust. The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an internationally renowned Jewish human rights organization. The only museum of its kind in the See The Story
Collaboration helps fulfill growing workforce demand in one of the fastest-growing technology fields SIATech High Schools joined Amazon Web Services (AWS), a group of Bay Area community colleges, along with their K12 and California State University partners, on September 12 to officially launch a regional consortium that will prepare students for jobs in one of See The Story
Changing At-Risk to At-Promise! By Ernie Silva On August 19, the California State Senate approved AB 413 which replaces the deficit term “at risk” in the Education and Penal Codes and adopt the affirmative term “at-promise.” Senator Steven Bradford, a co-author of the bill, presented AB 413 to his colleagues on the Senate Floor. “Perception See The Story
August 9 Graduation: SIATech at San Jose Job Corps San Jose Job Corps info@siatech.org August 19-23 SIATech Staff Open Enrollment Week for Benefits More information will be sent to staff via email August 21-23 SIATech Staff Learning Summit Oceanside, CA Information: hanh.nguyen@siatech.org August 23 Graduation: SIATech at Los Angeles Job Corps Los See The Story
By Dan Logue SIATech at San Diego Job Corps recently completed a new greenhouse. This is the latest installment to Science Teacher Howie Cohen’s magnificent science laboratory and specifically adds another dimension to the school’s farming curriculum featuring hydroponics, aquaponics, mushroom production, and a weather station. This greenhouse was constructed in coordination with the students See The Story
SIATech Sacramento welcomes a new principal this school year! Terena Small brings many years of experience in the education of at-promise students at SIATech. Over the last 16 years, Ms. Small has made a significant contribution to the organization in the roles of a math teacher, science teacher, content lead, and now in her new See The Story
By Kelly Heffern SIATech is an open entry, open exit program. This means that new students enroll each day, and students graduate when they have met all the requirements for graduation. I’d like to tell you about one new enrollee and one recent graduate from our campus at SIATech Perris. Welcome to Rayheme Jones! Rayheme See The Story
By Kim Moore SIATech South Sacramento High School opened last year and is the newest SIATech campus. This classroom-based charter school is SIATech’s only California campus that is focused on at-promise students in the Sacramento community. SIATech South Sacramento’s Summer Scholar Program is currently in session. The goals of this summer school session are to See The Story
