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
Congrats and Bravo! Join SIATech Sacramento to celebrate the graduates on this impressive achievement. Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure! Tuesday, February 11, 2020 – 5:30 P.M. Naomi Hightower is excited to recieve her high school diploma
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
Bravo and Congrats! San Jose Job Corps Winter High School Graduation Join SIATech San Jose to celebrate the graduates on this impressive achievement. Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure! Thursday 02/27/2020 at 2:00 P.M.
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
SIATech is pleased to announce the selection of Bobbie Arterberry III as the new staff representative on the SIATech Board of Directors. Mr. Arterberry replaces the previous staff representative, Greg Cohen. Mr. Arterberry brings a wealth of experience from his long career at SIATech where he has been a teacher for seven years. He is 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
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
SIATech Pico-Union Newsletter, Staff Profiles, and Important Dates IMPORTANT DATES September 2019 3 Learning Period 1 Begins (First Day of School) October 2019 4 Learning Period 1 Ends 7 Learning Period 2 Begins November 2019 10 Learning Period 2 Ends 11 Veteran’s Day (No School) 12 Learning Period 3 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
