Chromebook Care

Today in SUCCESS! Orientation, all of our students learned a little bit more about caring for their Chromebook.  Students viewed the video below:

Students were also led through a short presentation.  Take a look at what they talked about in their SUCCCESS! Orientation here:



After students watched the video and listened to the presentation, teachers emphasized the importance of charging the Chromebook EVERY NIGHT.  If students charge their Chromebook at night, it should hold a charge for the entire school day.

Students also learned about the importance of keeping their passwords private.  No students should share any personal passwords, or loan their Chromebook to any other student.

Talk with your student about the care of their Chromebook, and make sure to purchase the Chromebook insurance if you have not already done so by contacting our Chromebook Insurance partner Worth Avenue Group at the following link:  https://my.worthavegroup.com/mhhsca

SUCCESS!

Mountain House High School has incorporated SUCCESS! period this school year as a way to support students in their learning.  SUCCESS! is a 30 minute period of time at the beginning of our 1 hour lunch block.  At the beginning of the school year, all students at MHHS will attend SUCCESS! period for the first 5 weeks of school to receive a beginning of the school year orientation.  We encourage you to check back here on this newsletter to follow the topics that students will be learning during this first 5 weeks.

Our first SUCCESS! Period on Monday the 12th of August, students will be getting to know one another in their SUCCESS! period, and all students will take a beginning of the year survey.

After the first 5 weeks of school, student grades will be used make assignments to SUCCESS! period.  Any student who has a "D" or "F" grade will be assigned to meet with their teachers during this time to get help, and improve their grade.  If the student improves their grades to above a "D" by the end of the next 5 weeks, they will exit from the SUCCESS! period.

Any student who consistently keeps their grade at a "C" level or above will enjoy a 1 hour long lunch every day.

If you have any questions about our SUCCESS! period, or about the topics being discussed during our orientation, please contact us here in the office.

Math Foundation Courses

During this school year, many of our students will have the opportunity to engage in a math curriculum that represents a shift in instructional strategies from the previous year.  As was stated last school year, math courses on our campus will take on a more interactive format where students are engaging in direct instruction, project based learning opportunities, flipped learning activities, lectures, and checks for understanding on a regular basis.  Also, students and parents should notice a marked difference in the communication from the school, and the opportunities for students to get assistance when they struggle.  We look forward to working with all students to be successful in math, and all of their classes this year.

Welcome Back!

We are excited about welcoming students back and kicking off our second year at MHHS. We also want to keep you informed with a few important announcements.

First, while all students have received a copy of their course schedule, changes may have been made over the past several days that necessitate all students picking up a copy of their schedule tomorrow morning from the main office.  Office personnel could use a few good student or parent volunteers to help pass these out.  Please see Mrs. Glenna in the morning if you are willing to help.  

All students and parents who have submitted Schedule Change Requests over the past week, should note that counselors will continue to work on these requests over the next 10 days.  Due to a high volume of these requests, please wait for a counselor to verify the changes and continue going to your printed schedule until a counselor notifies you of a change.  Parents should also note that schedules are also subject to change due to class size balancing and changes in the master schedule.

Please note that the Bell Schedule for this school year has changed.  First period starts promptly at 8:00 A.M. and school ends at 3:30 P.M. each day.  Fridays are no longer early release days.  

Please check the Bell Schedule Document here 

for information about our 12 early release dates and times.  

All students who have a Flex period should report to the Multi-Use Room at the beginning of their Flex period to learn about the rules and expectations of the Flex Period.

We look forward to seeing students back at school tomorrow morning.  If you have questions, please call our main office at 209.836.7460

Summer Sports Practices

Summer Sports Practices 

Attention all Athletes!  If you are planning on playing a Fall Sport next year, many of our teams are running summer conditioning.  Students interested in summer conditioning are REQUIRED to complete the Athlete Packet, including a recent physical.  CLICK HERE to access the Athlete Packet. See below for a schedule of summer practices:

Football
Monday-Friday 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. in the Stadium and the Weight Room
Coach:  Jason McCloskey  jmccloskey@lammersvilleusd.net

Boys Soccer
Monday-Thursday 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. in the Stadium
Coach:  Francisco Soto  fsoto-becerra@lammersvilleusd.net

Girls Volleyball
Monday-Thursday 8:30 A.M.-10:00 A.M. in the Small Gym (Coaches will be there by 8:00 A.M. for early-risers)
Coach:  TBD...contact Ms. Woods at lwoods@lammersvilleusd.net

Cross Country
Monday-Friday 5:00 P.M.- 6:30 P.M. at the entrance to Central Park
Coach:  Jennifer Pena  jpena@lammersvilleusd.net

Girls Basketball-by invitation ONLY
Contact Coach Reno Ursal:  rursal@lammersvilleusd.net

Boys Basketball-by invitation ONLY
Contact Coach Scott McDonald:  smcdonald@lammersvilleusd.net

Become a Summer School Peer Tutor Get High School Credit OR Community Service Hours

Did you know if you got a "B" or above, in any of your classes, you could become a Peer Tutor?  Peer tutors can earn up to a full year of elective credit for work completed during summer school.  Training will be provided.  Sign up to become a peer tutor today!  Visit our Peer Tutoring website by CLICKING HERE or just sign up today by filling out our online form here: http://tinyurl.com/mhhspeertutor

Delta College Assessment for All Incoming 8th Graders!

We are excited to inform all of our 8th grade families that all 8th grade students will have an opportunity this year to participate in a High School and College and Career Readiness and assessment field trip.  Each of our K-8 schools will be communicating with families about the specific date that students will participate.  All 8th grade students will be visiting the Mountain House High School Campus to learn more about preparing for High School and College, and will even have the opportunity to take the Delta College placement test.  The placement test that students will take will allow us to collect important data on our students in the areas of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics.  This test will take the place of the end-of-year MAP testing, and will also be used to determine math placement for students entering Mountain House High School next school year.  This test will also help us determine which students may be ready to participate in our College Early Start and Middle College programs at Mountain House High School.  In order for our students to take this placement test, each student will have the opportunity to learn how to apply for college by going online and completing the Delta College Application.  Your student has brought home a letter with important information about filling out this application, along with the links you need to access the application.  All students must complete the Delta College Application by Wednesday May 20th.

For more information about this High School and College and Career Readiness day, please visit the High School website at mhhs.lammersvilleusd.net and click on the “Early and Middle College” link under the “Instructional Initiatives” section of the webpage.  

Each student will receive individualized test results, and will have the opportunity to tour Mountain House High School Campus, and interact with the MHHS leadership students on the day of the test. Lammersville Unified School District is committed to supporting our goal of High School and College and Career readiness for each of our students through this unique partnership with Delta College.  Your student will be coming home with a form for you to review, sign, and return by Wednesday the 20th.  The form you sign acknowledges that you have completed the Delta College online application, and will permit Delta College to share assessment results with our district.  It is also important that you review and sign the field trip permission form.

If you have any questions about the College and Career Readiness Tour or the assessment, please call Renee Sweeden, counselor at MHHS at 209.836.7460 ext. 2090.  

California High School Exit Exam Results

Mountain House High School is proud to announce the results of testing data that was just returned to us.  In March, all sophomore students at MHHS took the High School Exit Exam.  This exam has been used in the past as one of the measures in the Academic Performance Index (API) as part of the measures of success.  We are proud to announce that the students at Mountain House High School performed extremely well on the exit exam.  This exam tests our Sophomores on their basic readiness for high school graduation in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.  I am proud to report that on this first attempt, 92% of our students passed the ELA portion of the exam, and 89% passed the math portion.  If we compare this to the high school our students have previously attended, students at that school passed the ELA at a rate of 67% and Math at a rate of 67% last school year.  Our students have performed high above the goal set by our district, well above the state average, and significantly higher than neighboring schools and districts!
 Congratulations to our MHHS students!

Non-Returning Students

As our school year comes to a close, we understand that there are some families who will move away, or not be continuing in the Lammersville Unified School District.  As such, we are interested in making sure we make appropriate plans, and ask that parents who have students who will not be continuing next school year please visit our online form to notify us if your are not staying in the Lammersville Unified School District next year.  We encourage you to fill out that form by visiting it online at the following link: CLICK HERE.

Summer School

Summer school status letters have been sent home in the mail.  If you had a student who received a low grade, or an incomplete grade for the first semester, you should be receiving a letter in the mail.  This letter will detail the classes that your student will need to make up to be high school graduation and 4 year college ready by their senior year.  This letter will also have information about how to register for summer school.  If you would like more information about the summer school program, or would like the link to register your student for summer school, please visit our summer school website by CLICKING HERE.

ALL SPORTS Athletics Meeting

On Wednesday, May 20th, MHHS High School will be hosting an Athletics informational meeting for parents AND students who plan on participating in any extra-curricular sport next school year.  This is an important meeting for ALL students and their parents who will play any sport to learn about expectations, rules, and and information about next year’s sports teams.  The meeting will take place Wednesday May 20th at 6:00 PM in the Multi-Use room at Mountain House High School.  At this time, both general AND sport specific information will be shared, including any summer conditioning and practices that will take place.  If you have a student planning on playing any sport, you should plan on being present at this meeting.

WHAT: ALL SPORTS Athletics Meeting

WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.

WHERE: Multi-Use Room at MHHS

WHO: ALL STUDENTS who plan on playing sports next year INCLUDING incoming Freshmen

Lost-And-Found

Attention all students and parents!  Our lost-and-found is full of items that have gone unclaimed since the beginning of this school year. If you have lost anything this school year (clothing, shoes, electronics, etc.) we may have it here in the lost-and-found.  MHHS will be donating all unclaimed items in our lost-and-found to a local charity.  Come down and see if we have your lost items before April 3rd.  All items not claimed by then will be donated.

Teen Bio-Tech Challenge

Teen Bio-Tech Challenge is a science challenge that encourages high school students to demonstrate their understanding of biotechnology's impact on our world. Participating students develop research and presentation skills, and most importantly, have fun learning about new technologies.  Students in our Biology classes this year had the opportunity to participate in this challenge which includes the building of a website to communicate their findings as they research the areas of Agricultural Biotechnology; Computational & Systems Biology; Drug Discovery & Biomanufacturing; Environmental Biotechnology; Nanobiotechnology; Personal Genomics & Human Health; and Regenerative Medicine.  Our students did at STELLAR job on their websites and in demonstrating their understanding in these areas.  We encourage you to take a look at our students websites by following the links here:

Genetically Modified and Enhanced Crops:  http://kandk9.wix.com/teenbiotechchallenge
Biofuels, the Better Choice:  http://1070007.wix.com/biofuels-riyadhanjal
Biomimicry, Learning From Nature:  http://1068019.wix.com/biomimcry
Designer Babies, A New Frontier of Disease Preventing Babies:  http://833409.wix.com/bio-tech
Artificial Limbs:  http://1069941.wix.com/biotech

The Tech Challenge

Every year, the Tech Museum of Innovation runs a program called The Tech Challenge.  This is an annual team design challenge for students through the 12th grade.  It introduces and reinforces the science and engineering design process with a hands-on project geared to solving a real world problem.  The Tech Challenge this year will occur on April 25th through the 26th.  For more information about The Tech Challenge, watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRuZvRQ-o4&t=156.  Teams compete in groups of 2 to 6 people, and need to find a teacher adviser to help them.  If you are interested in participating in this year's Tech Challenge, come see Mr. Fobert for more information.

Drivers Education

Did you know that MHHS offers the Driver's Education course that is required by the State of California for students to complete before they get a license?  WE DO!  All students are eligible to take the class in their Sophomore year, and must take this course as part of the requirements to drive a car.  We DO NOT offer behind-the-wheel training, but we do offer the course mandated by the State.  All sophomores are eligible to sign up for our online Drivers Education course by logging on to http://mountainhousedriversed.com/ and creating an account.  After your information is provided, we will verify that the student is a sophomore, and a link to being your online drivers education course will be sent to you via email.