Hackathon's San Jose Tech Museum Field Trip

Some of our CS Pathway students went to the San Jose Tech Museum. They had fun learning with interactive hands-on activities and labs including robots, mechanical engineering, biotech, cyber security, internet, space exploration, planet earth, and many more. 

Great job to the Hackathon leadership for planning and managing this entire trip. 

DECA State Conference Winners!

 Sixty-three students competed this year at the State DECA Conference in Anaheim last month.  The State DECA competition is highly competitive with over 80 high schools participating.  For the first time, MHHS DECA placed on the podium in several categories.  Nine students earned the right to attend the International Conference and Competition (ICDC) in Atlanta, Georgia on April 22-April 26.

The winners at the State Conference for MHHS DECA are:

- Komal Vij and Sreeram Ranga - first place for Project Management Career Development

- Disha Ananthula, Hadia Ashfaq, and Rameen Rauf - 2nd place for Project Management Community Giving

- Mahit Namburu and Charan Battula - 3rd place for Financial Operations Research

- Tisha Kathrani and Saanya Singh - 3rd place for International Business Plan

This is also another first for MHHS DECA with nine students going to ICDC. 

SJCOE STEM Fair Winners!

Mountain House High School is proud of our SJCOE STEM Fair Winners. These students have worked hard on their projects in Science and/or Engineering. Congratulations to the following students:

Jaqueline Prawira: 1st Place 9-12 Science

Alicia Roice: 2nd Place 9-12 Science

Jordan Prawira: 1st Place 9-12 Engerining 

Divya Matta: 2nd Place 9-12 Engineering

Ashlyn Roice: 3rd Place 9-12 Engineering

SCJOE Science Olympiad Regional Tournament

The MHHS Science Olympiad team compete in the SCJOE Science Olympiad Regional Tournament and were successful in a number of different events.  Please congratulate the following students on medaling in their events:

Anatomy & Physiology: 

1st place - Ashlyn and Alicia Roice

Bridge: 

1st place - Ashley and Elizabeth Varghese

2nd place - Eshaal Naveed and Tvishi Medathana

Chemistry Lab:

3rd place - Ashlyn Roice and Cindy Ta

CodeBusters:

1st place - Ashlyn Roice, Alicia Roice, and Cindy Ta

3rd place - Charan Battula, Ryan Huang, and Lakshita Kutnikar

Detector Building:

1st place - Ashlyn Roice and Pranav Ganti

2nd place - Charan Battula and Anirudh Sivakumar

Disease Detectives:

1st place - Dhriti Chicila and Pavana Bathula

3rd place - Abigail Jimmy and Swetha Nattu

Dynamic Planet:

1st place - Jacqueline and Jordan Prawira

Environmental Chemistry:

1st place - Jacqueline Prawira and Cindy Ta

2nd place - Divjot Gill and Ryan Huang

Forensics:

2nd place - Pavana Bathula and Pranav Saravanan

Gravity Vehicle:

2nd place - Rohin Prashanth and Pranav Saravanan

Green Generation:

1st place - Ryan Alex and Pavana Bathula

It's About Time:

2nd place - Parnita Chowtoori and Rohin Prashanth

Ornithology:

3rd place: Ryan Alex and Mehar Pelia

Rocks and Minerals:

1st place - Jacqueline and Jordan Prawira

Trajectory:

1st place - Dhriti Chicila and Parnita Chowtoori

Wright Stuff:

1st place - Ashley Varghese and Mehar Pelia

2nd place - Cera-Jane Ho and Tvishi Medathana 

Overall, our Blue and Silver Teams took 1st and 4th for the fourth year in a row!

Next, they set their sights on the NorCal State Tournament where they hope to break into the top 10!

FREE 2022 TeenTechSF Spring Workshop Series [Online]

Starting March 21st, TeenTechSF is offering weekly workshops on topics such as using tech to predict heart disease, and creating your own portfolio website! All workshops in this series are beginner-friendly, and accessibility features such as breakout rooms for assistance are provided to ensure everyone is able to master our tech concepts and further their own creations.

This is a gateway tech experience for many and we are proud to welcome students who are new to tech and coding! As part of the event, you'll also be able to participate in interactive, beginner-friendly STEM workshops.

Workshops include the following topics and will take place on Sundays from 2 pm - 3 pm (PDT):

• March 27: Intro to Web Development
• April 3: Create a Multi-Page Portfolio Website
• April 10th: Predicting Heart Disease with Machine Learning
• April 17th: Java for Beginners
• May 1st: Build a Calculator with Java

REGISTER TODAY for the 2022 STEM Inclusivity Forum

The event is free, but space is limited and advance registration is required.

Boys Tennis Opening Season

The Boy varsity tennis opened their season last week at Amador Valley (lost 0-9) and Gregori (won 9-0) and split the 2 matches. On Monday, they returned home to host the Bulldogs of Tracy and defeated the visitors 8 to 1. What a great start to the season!  

Playing without top players seniors Shuv Chakravarty and Sreeram Ranga and freshman Ady Rajan, freshman sensation Eidan Mercado stepped up to the #1 spot and defeated Tracy #1 Jake Boehm 6-2, 6-1. Senior Manas Mantri, playing #2 because of the above players, lost a close 3 set match to Tracy #2 Luke Fielsch 6-2, 5-7 2-10 in the 3rd set tie break. Sophomore Daniel Zhang moved up to #3 today and defeated Tracy #3 Dylan Ettinger 6-4, 6-2 in the tight match. Junior Pranav Sundar playing at #4 was given the player of the match award when he won 6-0, 6-0 and was the first one off the court.  The rest of the team dominated the 4 remaining matches losing a total of 5 games in those matches (Tracy forfeited #3 doubles).

Sacramento State Criminal Justice Showcase - RSVP by April 1st

 

Mustangs, are you interested in a career in criminal justice? Sacramento State University is hosting a Division of Criminal Justice Event on April 22, from 9AM - 2PM. Send an email to hhs-rc-crj@csus.edu by April 1st to RSVP.

Student Election Officers - Get Paid!

Will you be 16 or older by  June 7?  Are you interested in getting paid to become a student election officer during the Statewide Direct Primary Election?   You can earn $150 for one day of work plus $35 for a short training class. Students who apply must have a 3.0 GPA or higher to qualify.   

To apply, please fill out the APPLICATION HERE and return it to our school email address at mhmustangs@lammersvilleusd.net OR drop it off in at the front desk at the high school.  

The deadline for submitting your application is Monday, April 11, 2022.

You must provide personal information, as well as verify your GPA with the school.  Students must also be U.S. citizens or a Legal Permanent Resident to serve as an Elections Officer.  Fill out and turn in your application today!

Please note that the Registrar of Voters is following the CDC's recommended guidelines for social distancing and disinfecting practices to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, but that there is always a risk associated with coming in contact with the public.  Please see the attachment for additional information.

What is SUCCESS! period?

There are some common misconceptions about our SUCCESS! period.  Let us clarify the purpose of SUCCESS! and some of the policies that govern the use of this important academic period in our day:

• SUCCESS! is an academic period during the day, and it is a required class that all student at MHHS are required to attend.  
• Students can be required by teachers to attend their session by scheduling them in FlexTime manager, and will be marked absent if they do not attend.
• If a student is not required to attend a session, students may sign up for intervention or learning extension sessions during SUCCESS!  Students can login and search for these sessions in FlexTime manager.  Once they sign up, students must attend that session to be marked present.
• Students with good grades and positive attendance may be able to sign up for Extended Lunch during SUCCESS! period.
• Juniors and Seniors who have positive attendance, good grades, and are not required by their teachers to come to a session may have the opportunity for off-campus lunch privileges with parental permission.  
• Students are responsible for checking FlexTime manager DAILY to ensure they are signed up for either an intervention or extension session OR Extended Lunch.  Students who fail to sign up for an activity will be marked ABSENT with an unexcused absence.
• SUCCESS! period is NOT a part of the high school lunch period.
• Parents who wish to sign students out during the SUCCESS! period are signing them out during a regularly scheduled class period.  As such, students signed out must have an excusable reason to be excused from this period or they will be marked UNEXCUSED which can and will result in disciplinary consequences including after school reflection room, and could include Saturday school once unexcused absences reach 6 or more.

Our hope is to communicate the purpose of SUCCESS! more clearly so parents and students understand the purpose for this academic period during our day.  Our teachers work hard to provide both intervention and extension opportunities for our students that are embedded into the school day.  We encourage parents to ask students to login to their FlexTime manager and discover what they are regularly signing up for.  Having a conversation with your student about their academic progress, their grades, and their appropriate use of SUCCESS! period can help both students and parents be on the same page about their ongoing academic progress.

Congratulations to MHHS's Winter Guard and Winter Percussion

 

Congratulations to the Winter Guard and Winter Percussion on their recent performances. The Winter Guard traveled to Central Valley High School in Ceres and placed 1st of out of 8. Winter Percussion traveled to American Canyon near Vallejo and took 2nd out of 9. Both groups represented our school and community with pride and excellence!

Congratulations to Jacqueline Prawira!

 

Congratulations to Jacqueline Prawira for being a semifinalist for this year's National Honor Society Scholarship. Jacqueline will receive a scholarship award in the amount of $3200! 

Synergy Dance Team Auditions

 

Attention all dancers out there.  If you are interested in auditioning for the 2022-2023 MHHS Synergy dance team, sign ups are now being taken.  You can sign up by completing the interest form.  Here is the link to the form:

https://tinyurl.com/synergydance

The Synergy dance team performs at all home football games as well as some of the home boys and girls basketball games.  In addition to those performances, the dance team also performs at all school rallies, special assemblies and at both the fall and spring dance productions.  You do not need any previous dance experience to be on the team as all students are welcomed.  If you have any questions, feel free to email Mr. Campos at mcampos@lammersvilleusd.net.  Hope to see you at auditions!  

LUSD Lifelong Learners Scholarship Opportunity for MHHS Seniors

Who: MHHS Senior Class of 2022
What: Scholarship Opportunity
When: Deadline to apply is 4/4/22 at 8:00 a.m.
Where: Click here to apply

The Mission of the Lammersville Unified School District, as a collaborative partnership of families, community members, and staff, is to graduate all students with the knowledge and ability to make good choices, to act responsibly, to enter the workforce in a profession of their choice, and to continue lifelong learning. As part of our goal to support students in their endeavors to become lifelong learners, LUSD will award two $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors from Mountain House High School. To be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must:

1. Be a Mountain House High School senior graduating in June 2022.
2. Intend to enroll in an accredited two or four-year college or university or trade school program. 
3. Submit a completed application through the official google form by the deadline (Monday, April 4th at 8am)

All MHHS graduating Seniors are encouraged to apply for this scholarship. The Scholarship Committee is especially interested in awarding this to students who have demonstrated resilience when faced with a hardship in their life. The scholarship committee will be composed of an Administrator, Counselor and teacher who will select two award recipients. The award recipients will be notified prior to senior awards night.  Click here to apply!
 

Prom

Good Afternoons Mustangs and Family,

We have been able to increase the capacity for Prom. 

To ensure the venue has ample time to coordinate the 

increase in guests, we will open sales for Prom until 

Friday (3/4) at 4:00. The quickest and easiest way

 to purchase Prom tickets is through our Webstore. 

Students do not need a physical ticket to enter Prom.

All tickets are connected to the student's ID number. 

They must bring their ID with them to the event. 

Because of this, tickets are not transferable to

other students. 

Thank you again for your patience as we 

resolved this matter. 

MHHS ASB & Administration

Help make our CTE Programs Even Better!

69% of Mountain House High School students are enrolled in Career Technical Education (CTE) courses that offer exciting learning experiences for students and we are currently looking for individuals to help make those programs even better. 

Our CTE program is looking for members of the community who would like to serve as advisors to our pathways. The goal of our CTE programs is to offer our students hands-on learning opportunities that model real world applications. Advisors serve as important links to the world of work to make sure that our classes are reflecting what is actually happening in industry. 

We currently offer 8 pathways:

• Culinary Arts

• Business

• Media Arts (photography, video production/editing, broadcast journalism)

• Digital Arts (graphic design, Adobe CC, advertising, video game design, animation)

• Biomedical Science

• Computer Science

• Engineering 

• Dance

We would love to hear from you if you work in one of these pathways and would like to serve as an advisor. The main role of the advisor is to share real world expertise. There are advisor meetings twice a year with the next one scheduled for April. Additional roles for advisors could be as guest speakers, student work reviewers, or panelists at CTE events. 

If you are interested please fill out the following form and we will reach out to you:

bit.ly/CTEadvisor