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I like working at my own pace
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SIATech North County Featured Student: Patti
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
Tinkering SIATech Student Readies Broken Wheelchair to Donate
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
Community Rallies to Help Provide Food for Students
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 Students Visit Museum of Tolerance
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
Superintendent’s Update – Happy Fall, Everyone!
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
Message from IT: Leave It On!
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
Scholar Spotlight: SIATech Pico-Union Student Aldo Murrillo
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
SIATech El Centro Starts Strong for 2019-2020
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
Crowd-Funding, Clean Clothes, and Creating Inclusive Spaces at SIATech South Sacramento
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
Welcome Dr. Shirley Bullard as SIATech’s New Board Chair!
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 San Jose Students Inspired by Visitors
SIATech San Jose staff and students with SIATech Board Member Cisco Sanchez during Linda Dawson’s Sept 25, 2019 visit to San Jose Job Corps. SIATech at San Jose Job Corps 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 See The Story
SIATech Joins Amazon Web Services and Community Colleges Collaboration
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
SIATech Board Update
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
Alumni Update: Oscar Campos
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
Reaching out to SIATech Staff as a Resource: Jasmine Aleman
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
California State Senate Approves “At-Promise” Adoption
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
Congratulations Summer Graduates from SIATech at Los Angeles Job Corps
By William Rochester SIATech Los Angeles held its graduation ceremony Friday, August 23, 2019, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The graduation ceremony was done in conjunction with the Los Angeles Job Corps Center. It was a very beautiful ceremony that included a total of 62 SIATech graduates. The class valedictorian was Ms. Josephina Phillips See The Story
SIATech Learning Summit 2019
SIATech California staff gathered in Oceanside last month to create a strong start to the school year. The event was organized by SIATech’s Instructional Services team. The keynote was given by Dr. Amy Lansing of UCSD who focuses on trauma-informed systems. Staff members then went to breakout sessions that addressed their subject content areas, administrative and compliance reminders, advances in career pathways, honoring diversity, building your brand, and much more.
