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
SIATech has several new site employees who have come on board to help better serve students and the organization. Approximately 15 various site-based positions have been created for 2019-2020 to support all students as well as the additional activities funded by CTE / career pathways / Strong Workforce grants. We are featuring three new colleagues See The Story
By Kelly Heffern It was a pleasure to see Eduardo deliver his senior presentation. He was excited to get it taken care of as he will be moving to Indio soon. It is also nice to know that he completed his course work before he had to move. Eduardo is a great kiddo, but was 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
By Laurie Pianka SIATech San Jose high school participated in several exciting events and field trips that help invigorate student interest in career pathways. Groups of San Jose students went to BD Bioscience, Fetch Robotics, and Manufacturing Week 2019. Gratitude to SIATech staff members Charneece Fraticelli and Ignacio Mireles, who coordinated the field trip events, 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
I hope you are all enjoying this cooler weather as we hurdle toward the holidays and the end of 2019. September was a site visit month. The best part of the job, hands down! It is so wonderful to meet staff and students. We were able to visit both the SIATech South Sacramento and Sacramento See The Story
by Mark Kiker We are encouraged to turn off the lights when we go home for the night to save electricity…but that does not work well for our computers. SIATech IT makes automated remote changes to student machines for updating software, pushing out fixes and installing new tools. It is imperative that all sites leave See The Story
By Michele Lee Aldo explained that before enrolling in SIATech Pico-Union High School he felt stuck. “Before entering SIATech I was essentially doing nothing at all. Just watching the days go by me. I did attend school, multiple schools but I felt that’s what I ‘had’ to do. But I was just wasting my time See The Story
By Sacha Sykora SIATech El Centro is located in the Imperial Valley of California. The school was SIATech’s first independent study sites. It was established more than 10 years ago and has had more than 215 graduates to date. The campus currently serves about 150 students and is a thriving hub of activity and learning. See The Story
By Kim Moore SIATech South Sacramento started the school year off strong in Fall 2019. Summer school retained 21 students and built a strong base of scholars ready for the school year to begin. The site added 23 new students to its burgeoning class and additional students continue to enroll throughout the year. In addition, See The Story
Shirley learned about SIATech through another board member, Dr. Mark Baldwin, who diligently served on the SIATech board for many years. Shirley and Mark had worked together in administrative roles within the Poway Unified School District, however Shirley had moved on to work for the Ken Blanchard Companies. She also had board experience as a See The Story
SIATech expressed its gratitude to Don Haught at the August 20th board meeting. Don served as the Chairman for the SIATech Board of Directors for the past few years. Don was commended for his consistent demonstration of a strong commitment to service and governance of the organization. Don remains on the board as a board See The Story
Oscar Campos is a personable, charming individual who you would not realize had a precarious past. As a young man growing up in Los Angeles, Oscar said he was “living the gang life since this is how I was raised by family members and peers from my community.” Oscar continued to go to his local See The Story
By Kelly Heffern You may remember graduate Jasmine Aleman, class of 2018, from a previous post. She was part of our ResCare partner’s youth trip to Washington, DC, where she was able to sneak a selfie with Senator Bernie Sanders! Jasmine popped in to the Perris site to visit with her teachers, and get tips See The Story
