Mustang Community Forum: MHHS Mastery Based Grading and Educational Best Practices Guest Presenter and Facilitator: Dr. Doug Reeves

What:  Community Forum on MHHS Mastery Based Grading and Educational Best Practices

When:  September 5, 2017, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Where:  MHHS Multi-Use Room

Who:  All MHHS parents, and any interested community members

Please Join us on September 5, 2017 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a parent and community forum focused on Mastery Based Grading and Educational Best Practices that continue to make MHHS stand out from the crowd in preparing our students for College and Career Readiness.

During this interactive community forum, Dr. Reeves will present and entertain questions from our parents and community.  We will consider questions during this forum such as:

• What skills are most important to learn in high school in order to succeed in college and future careers?
• How can teachers and school administrators best create an environment that promotes college readiness?
• What should we do when students are not succeeding in school?
• How do we provide opportunities for students to be admitted to the “best fit” college?
• What do college admissions officers really want?
• How can parents best support their children to make wise choices?

We will be joined by an internationally known expert in school success, Dr. Douglas Reeves.  Doug is the author of more than 30 books and 90 articles on education and leadership.  He was twice named to the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series and received the Brock International Prize for his contributions to education.  He has worked in all fifty states and 25 countries.

Come out to our community Forum and learn more about how your high school is implementing educational best practices to prepare your students for college, careers, and beyond!

Donations for Product Design Class

The product design elective can use the following items, so if you're getting ready to get rid of those old Summer fashions and make way for Fall we can use the following:

• Old Fleece Blankets so we can practice hand sewing stitches onto fabrics.  
• Fabric by the yard - no small scraps we have plenty and we are not quilting.
• Safety pins 
• Elastic
• Any used sewing supplies
• Old buttons
• Used clothing
• Jeans and denim!! 
• Canvas - if you have any canvas tarps that are not too soiled I can take them for practice projects and recycled projects.

Please bring any donations you may have to the MHHS Main office and let the secretaries know it is for Mrs. Leyva's Product Design Class!  Thank you so much in advance for your donations.  These donations will be used to get ready for our second annual Fashion show in Spring 2018!

Pool Grand Opening and FREE Recreational Swimming

What:  MHHS Pool Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and FREE Recreation Swim.

When:  Friday, September 1, 2017 4:00 p.m. Ribbon Cutting 4:15 Free Recreational Swim

Who:  FREE to the first 500 participants willing to pick up tickets from MHHS main office starting Tuesday August 29th. (only 4 wristbands will be distributed per person)

Times:  30 minute Recreational Swim times for 100 swimmers at a time during the following times

• 4:15-4:45

• 5:00-5:30

• 5:45-6:15

• 6:30-7:00

• 7:00-7:15

• 7:15-7:45 

All swimmers MUST complete a Hold Harmless Agreement and review the Pool Rules.  Minors must have their form filled out by a parent.  CLICK HERE FOR HOLD HARMLESS AND POOL RULES.  All Swim times are first-come, first-served.  

How to Get Tickets:  Pick up your tickets from the ASB windows in the MHHS main office between 7:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M.  Make sure to bring your Hold Harmless Agreement with you!

NOTIFICATION:  Please be aware that the MHHS Pool is a deep water pool that is 7 feet deep.  Only 1 lane is "shallow" and measures at 3.5 feet deep.  This lane quickly drops off to 7 feet.  

Parent Team Members needed for School Accreditation

Mountain House high school is going through our first full accreditation visit in the spring of this school year.  The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) visited our campus 3 years ago and granted our school candidacy status in the accreditation process.  This year, the WASC committee will return to our campus to do a full visit for our full accreditation.  This notice is going out to engage our parent community to participate in the process.  If you are interested in being a part of this team who will look at our past progress, current status, and future plans in anticipation of the committee visit please fill out the WASC team member sign-up form.

Sign up here

http://tinyurl.com/MHHSWASC

The first meeting for the WASC accreditation team will be during our School Site Council meeting on September 13, 2017 at 4pm.
Please consider participating on the WASC team to help us gain our first full accreditation!

Back To School General Session Slides

Back To School Night was on August 25, 2017 and started with a general session in the large gym at 6:30 P.M.  We understand that the traffic coming back into Mountain House prevented a large percentage of our parent population from attending Back To School Night last night.  For those of you who were unable to make it to our general session, the slides for the general session are here in this post.  If you have specific questions for your child's teachers, please do not hesitate to contact them.

Back To School Night

Date: Thursday August 24th 

Time:  6:30 P.M.

Place:  Large Gym and Classrooms 

Back To School Night will start off by meeting in the gym, where you will get a chance to meet the school principal Mr. Ben Fobert and Vice Principals Joni Hellstrom and Athena Duran.  They will walk you through how to access Canvas, the resource used to view your student’s grades, assignments and much more. You will also get an overview of student centered blended learning and mastery based learning. 

The rest of the evening you will have the opportunity to attend each of your student’s classrooms, meet the teachers, and learn about the goals and expectations for each class. Back to school night is a great way to stay connected with your student’s education.   Students will be sending you a text or email on Thursday morning during their advisory period with their class schedule and room numbers so that you can be sure to get to all of the right classes.  We look forward to seeing you on Thursday Night starting at 6:30 P.M. in the gym.

Walk Through Registration 2017

2017-2018 Walk-Through Registration is here.  
Walk-Through Registration will take place on August 3rd from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. and August 4th from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.  You must sign up for a registration time ONLINE through our appointment maker.

You can CLICK HERE to make your appointment

YOU MUST ALSO visit the Walk-Through Registration website to view annual notices, update information, and complete the steps of the Walk-Through process PRIOR to coming to the physical Walk-Through.  

CLICK HERE to access the Walk-Through Registration website.

Please note that all student Google Accounts will be frozen starting on August 7th until they have completed the Walk-Through Registration process.  

Students and parents who cannot make it to either Walk-Through Registration dates will need to come to the make-up Walk-Through Registration to get cleared for the beginning of the school year.  Make up Walk-Through Registration will be on August 9th in the main office.  Lines can be long on this make-up date so all students and parents should make an effort to be there for the planned Walk-Through dates.  

If you have questions about this, please contact our main office at 209.836.7460, or by email at mhmustangs@lammersvilleusd.net. 

Congratulations Class of 2017

2017 was a first for many students. First of their family to receive a high school diploma, first to graduate with honors, first to receive a scholarship to higher education, and I am sure the list could go on. Mountain House also saw a first, a full graduating class! Congratulations to all those celebrating a graduation first in 2017!! Let the next chapter begin!

Support for Science (STEM) Education: Hitachi Electron Microscope comes to Mountain House High School

From May 15-22, 2017, Hitachi and Mountain House High School partnered to introduce students to the world of nanotechnology.

Thanks to a special STEM Education Outreach Program provided by Hitachi, Mountain House High school introduced students to the world of nanotechnology using Hitachi’s Scanning Electron Microscope, which is capable of magnification of up to 30,000 times. Hitachi’s Scanning Electron Microscope is currently being used by scientists researching the Zika virus and by the USDA to test imported food for bacteria.  Hitachi’s mission is to inspire the next generation of innovative pioneers through the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  For over 25 years, Hitachi has worked with schools across the nation to inspire and educate young minds.

Through this amazing opportunity students at MHHS School had the opportunity to have hands-on experience with this powerful instrument through Hitachi’s STEM Education Outreach Program.   Students in AP Chemistry investigated potassium trioxalatoferrate (III)

trihydrate crystals from their culminating lab activity. Student in Principles of Biomedical Science investigated items of their own choosing including but not limited to: leaves, hair, seeds, pollen, cucumber skin, human skin, human finger nails, insects, Styrofoam, sand dollar, rose petal, etc. 

Some of the words that students used to describe the experience include: interesting, astounding, excited, fascinating, cool, mesmerizing, amazing.  The picture below shows students using the microscope, their reactions and one of the images students viewed.

Congratulations are in Order!

Just reporting out on another wonderful student achievement! Our student, Jiwoo Kim, 11th grade, just won first place in the Congressional Art Competition. This is a valuable win for her as a young artist entering a highly competitive field. She will earn 2 round trip tickets to Washington, D.C. to participate in the awards ceremony and her art will hang in the U.S.Capitol.

Nice work Jiwoo! if you see her, congratulate her..

An image of her work titled: Anxiety at a Bird's Eye View is attached.

MHHS Speech and Debate Team Make History

In case you have not heard .... this weekend the MHHS speech and debate team made history .... they went to the state tournament in Arcadia, CA ... where: 

  JOE DANGTRAN & VISHWASH SHUKLA took 7th place in the state!!!!!!!

It was a surreal experience ....first year team ...first year kiddos .... first state finalists!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Needless to say there were (498) schools, (167) in DUO and our kids made it in the top (7) in the state ... not to shabby kiddos! 

Please congratulate them on their success ... 

However, a few things to note ... other students went as well ... Mina Yi, Jacqueline Azah, Justin Francis, Venkatesh Nagubandi, Deevy Bhimani, Edrea Low, Tanaya Kollipara, Atmana Parab and Sawera Haq ... all of these kiddos did an outstanding job they loved the experience and learned from it ... please congratulate them as well!!! 

MHHS Winter Percussion Places 2nd in Championship

Good Afternoon Mustangs,

Please help me in congratulating the MHHS Winter Percussion on their 2nd place championship finish this past weekend at Enochs High School in Modesto. Alex Rexelle also received a Championship medal for solo marimba scoring an 89/100 at the Individual & Ensemble competition. Winter Guard scored and placed higher than last year and the kids did a great job representing our district, school, and community. Both groups were bumped up to higher classes, which is unheard of for such a young program. Thank you for your continued support of the music program. 

Summer School Registration Now Open!

Can you believe we are already approaching summer?! Time is flying by and we are already at the point to start thinking about summer school. For more information on if summer school is right for your student and how to register check out the link below.

Summer School 2017

MHHS Speech and Debate is headed to Nationals!!

MOUNTAIN HOUSE IS HEADED TO NATIONALS ... 

A few weeks back was the national qualifying tournament and Mountain House was a power house... ain't no denying it was a "speech stampede!!! 

Please congratulate the following students, as they will be representing Mountain House at the national tournament in Birmingham, AL in June. 

* Jacqueline Azah in Dramatic Interpretation 

* Tanaya Kollipara in Dramatic Interpretation 

* Adya Mishra in Humorous Interpretation

* Grace Motley in Humorous Interpretation

* Joe Dangtran, Jr. & Vishwas Shukla in DUO Interpretation 

* Eman Ghaith & Donia Ghaith in DUO Interpretation 

* Zaid Umar in World Schools Debate 

* Justin Francis in World Schools Debate 

1st Alternates: 

* Mina YI in Thematic Interpretation

* Zaid Umar in National Extemporaneous 

 

Thank you for your support this year, of our kiddos and this team ... whether that be putting up with teenagers debating you ... or practicing debates ... or talking to walls in and around your classroom ... or providing the bathroom/tournament necessities that we have asked for .. .or judging tournaments ... or ... the list could go on and on ... I am sure that I have missed a thousand things that we are grateful for ... please know that you are an integral part of their success.  Proud to be a mustang ... 

MHHS Science Olympiad

This weekend the MHHS Team competed in the State Science Olympiad competition on Saturday at Stanislaus State. The team placed in the top 10 in 8 of the 23 events finishing 14th overall. Please extend a special congratulations to Matthew Dean and Edrea Low for placing 1st in Robot Arm!