Essay and Visual Art Competition

The California Armenian Legislative Caucus is holding two scholarship contests for the 2018 commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. California high school students in 9th through 12th grade are invited to participate in an essay contest and/or a visual arts contest to increase greater awareness of the Armenian Genocide on its anniversary. The visual arts scholarship is a joint venture between the California Armenian Legislative Caucus and the California Arts Council.

All winners will be contacted directly and announced to mainstream and Armenian media by the California Armenian Legislative Caucus on Monday, April 16, 2018. All winners will be awarded scholarships and acknowledged at the California Armenian Legislative Caucus’ annual Armenian Advocacy Day during a press conference on April 23, 2018 and receive special recognition from the members of the Armenian Caucus. Original artwork will be requested from visual arts applicants if they are selected as a finalist, for display in the California State Capitol.

Criteria for each contest are detailed below. Students may enter both contests, but submissions must be entered separately.

Essay Scholarship Awards:

First Place: $1,000
Second Place: $750
Third Place: $500

Visual Art Scholarship Awards:

First Place: $1,000
Second Place: $750
Third Place: $500

Submission Deadline for both contests is Friday, March 23, 2018.

For more information about how to enter this scholarship contest please visit this website:  CLICK HERE

College Credit for MHHS Classes

MHHS is proud to announce that Digital Art 2 and Digital Art 3 have become articulated courses with Delta College.  What this means is that students who receive a B or higher in these two courses while enrolled at MHHS, students automatically qualify for COLLEGE CREDIT for these two courses. 

Digital Art 2 and 3 are part of our Media/Arts/Entertainment Professional Pathway, and are taught by our Career Technical Education teacher, Regina Leyva.  Both of these classes teach students real-world skills that prepare students for college and careers in the world of Digital Art.  Digital Artists are in high demand in the fields of advertisement, entertainment, video game design, and retail. 

The articulation of these courses joins the following courses that are articulated for college credit:

Cisco Certified Network Associate 1
Cisco Certified Network Associate 2
Medical Interventions
Biomedical Innovations
Digital Arts 1
Digital Arts 2

Take a look at these classes as your student selects their courses this year!

HOSA Area Leadership Conference

HOSA Area Leadership Conference

Mrs. Gary (HBS and AP Bio teacher), Ms. Olson (PBS, MI and BI teacher) and Mrs. Boulais (parent chaperone) escorted sixty-two MHHS students to the HOSA Area Leadership Conference at the San Joaquin County Office of Education on February 10, 2018 .   Students participated in various workshops and leadership activities with other students from schools in the San Joaquin County area.  The main events of the conference (besides a yummy lunch) were the competitive events.  Students competed in the fourteen events as a precursor to the upcoming HOSA State Leadership Conference.  (The State Leadership Conference offers over fifty events.) The table below shows the students who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each event with the MHHS students highlighted. Our students received approximately 40% of the first, second and third places awarded which is a tribute to the hard work of our students. 

Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Third Place
Biomedical Lab	Hussain Chharrawalla MHHS	Manal Rasheed MHHS	Nabil Mohammed MHHS
Career Health Display	Michelle Orji & Kimberly Bongo HCA	Stacy Le & Shannon Le MHS	Daria Perkins & Sumreet Sandhu WRHS
CPR/First Aid	Anjana Bhatia & Sushmitha Varadha MHHS	Jia Yi Huang & Kimberly Bonjo HCA	Misa Sajan & Chinnaay Mutyala MHHS
Extemporaneous Health Poster	Abby Me Dalman MHHS	Abigail Buena MHHS	Lou Vang WRHS
Extemporaneous Writing	Edria Jabil WRHS	Alea Gamez Venture	Marilu Tirador Venture Michelle Chen HCA
HOSA Bowl	Eyiwunmii, Abby G, Lily O, Josioh J, WRHS	Ariana A, Vanessa A HCA	Sumena D, Erin S,Samah S MHHS
Job Seeking Skills	Anahita Fathali MHHS	Arpan Ranhawa Kimball	Jeuslea Bettencourt MHS
Medical Math	Guftar Farima Kimball	Runvir Chouhan Manteca Eunice Nguyen MHHS	April Kang Junbakk
Medical Photography	Baani Minhas MHHS	Bhanu S Upadhyayula MHHS	Emily Ann Eavenson Manteca
Medical Terminology	Ariyana Cavanaugh WRHS	Taylor Chin, MHHS Jianna-Mae Ico, WRHS Sydny Grant, WRHS	Angela Mynguia, Weber
Nursing Assistant	Diana Garcia Perez Weber	Jocelyn Rosales Weber	Alicia Buron & Sierra Michael Weber
Prepared Speech	Nidhi Bhaskarabhotla MHHS	Ezekiel Vanstavueren Manteca	Nathan Nepomuceno WRHS
Research Prepared Speech	Taraya Kollipara MHHS	Ellexis Monsanto MHHS	Chinmayi Mutyalama MHHS
Sports Medicine	Dao Vang, HCA	Vincent Perez, WRHS	Hanan Badelwahed, WRHS

Mountain House High School Health and Fitness Expo

On February 10 Mountain House High School hosted an expansive Health and Fitness Expo for the community.  Students from the Key Club and the HOSA Future Health Professionals were essential to the process.  They helped with everything from spreading the word to inviting local health organizations to putting out tables and chairs for the participants to organizing the presentations throughout the day.  Following is a summary of the days events

• UEI College conducted a variety of health screenings including blood pressure, iron levels, heart rate, and pulse ox
• HOSA Students conducted a Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry Drive and Lindsey Carroll presented information on how Be The Match saved her daughter
• Dr Shweta conducted nutritional screenings such as BMI, body fat, resting metabolism, visceral fat, body age and weight as well as a presentation on nutrition
• Dr Trosien provided orthodontic/ dental information as well  as a presentation on the same subject matter
• Dr Razan Tuttle provided information related to mental health and a presentation on Stress and Depression in Teenagers
• The Art of Living provided a group demonstration of yoga and meditation
• Clara Peterson presented information relating to Athletic Energy Deficiency and Youth Bone Health 
• There were Information booths  on strokes, heart disease, mental illness, bone health, smoking, nutrition, meditation, fitness, cryotherapy, aromatherapy and more
• Mountain House Fire Department, Sheriff's Department and Mother's Against Drunk Driving had booths relating to emergency preparedness and safety as well as presentations relating to keeping young people safe on the road and a crash car exhibit
• The Student Nurse Association, Delta College and Las Positas College were on hand with information about health career training
• Student speakers presented short speeches on with the topics "Gene Editing: Cures or Scary Science?" and "Create Your Future"

Opinions Wanted

The Lammersville Unified School District is looking for your feedback!  The board of trustees and the district administration is looking for you to share your opinions about the academic, extra-curricular, and overall programs available in the school district.  Please take some time to share your opinion by clicking on the survey link found here:  https://tinyurl.com/LUSD-Opinion

Gems and Beading

Do you have a passion for gems?  Do you enjoy making things with your hands?  Have you ever wanted to make jewelry for someone you love?  Come down to the Learning Commons and sign up for a Gems and Beading class.  The class is completely FREE and open to all students.  Mrs. H, our learning specialist, is here to help you learn about gems and beads, and how to make them into wearable works of art.  Brought to you by the Learning Commons....so much more than just books.

Free Music Theory Classes

Interested in Music....I mean REALLY interested?  Do you want to know how it all works.  Did you know that Music is the math of the performing arts world?  Did you know that our Learning Expert Mrs. H is a Music Genius?  Come on down to the Learning Commons and sign up for free Music Theory classes.  Take your interest and talent to the next level! 

Brought to you by the Learning Commons....so much more than just books.

Free Russian Language Courses

Want to learn to beat the Russian Hackers?  Learn to speak Russian from our Librarian Mrs. H.  These free classes will be held in the evenings, and are absolutely Free!  Come learn about all the stuff that is going on in the learning commons.  It's not just a hangout, a study hall, or a place to check out books, it's a place to LEARN!  Come to the Learning Commons!

Brought to you by the Learning Commons....so much more than just books.

Free Tutoring...SIGN UP FOR BRAINFUSE

BRAINFUSE  is one-to-one homework Help for K-12 in math, science, English, social studies and other subjects.  The service offers writing assistance, a practice test center (Including GRE, GED, sat, act and more), test preparation through a flashcard tool, digital literacy assistance and a 24/7 question center.
ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN, MRS. H, FOR DETAILS

Brought to you by the Learning Commons....so much more than just books.

Reading Contest

CHALLENGE YOURSELF 

PARTICIPATE IN THE READING CONTEST

To celebrate Black History Month, we’re hosting a contest, “Beyond the Classroom Reading.”  The book of the month for February is “To Kill A Mockingbird.”   Some of you may already be familiar with this book.  The contest will challenge you to become a forensic literary scientist by paying attention to the small details of the written plot.  

Your librarians, Mrs. H, and library assistant, Ms. Korde, believe that by participating in “Beyond the Classroom Reading” you may learn the study skills that may become critical to pass exams at higher level institutions that often like to challenge their students with the “blueprint text” questions.

So, CHALLENGE YOURSELF and PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.  The contest runs from February 15 to March 7.  The winner of the contest, who answers all the eight questions correctly, will receive 2 gift cards valued at $5 each to Subway and 1 gift card valued at $5 to Starbucks.  3 finalists who only miss 1 question out of 8, will receive 1 gift card with a $5 value to Subway.

The Rules of the Contest:

Visit the library as soon as possible

Check-out the book from the library (if you have a copy of the book at home, you need to let your librarian know about the book.  Also, add your name to the participants’ name list.)

Read the book

Answer the questions (the questions will be shared with the participant in Google docs format.  Also, we will print out the questions, if anyone wants to submit answers in writing).

Submit your answers by March 6.  

The finalists’ names will be announced on March 7.  

Visit the library on March 8 to participate in the raffle tickets event.

The raffle tickets (the first prize and winner) will be distributed among finalists and potential winners during the lunch period.  

The winner and 3 finalists will receive the gift cards.  

Brought to you by The Learning Commons....so much more than just books.

BOOKS!!!!

Our new learning commons has BOOKS!!!!  Come on down and check out our collection of over 1000 print books, and thousands of e-books for check out today!  Our first student checked out the first books from the learning commons last week.  Congratulations to Maria Sweeden for being the first to check out books.

Our learning commons has also put together a collection of books in honor of Black History Month.  These books are on display and available for checkout right away in the Learning Commons.

Prom 2018

Prom 2018 is HERE!  Please see below for details about ticket prices. 

 

Please direct any questions to Mrs. Lynch or Mr. Loya for clarification Their emails are alynch@lammersvillusd.net and lloya@lammersvilleusd.net.

ALL TICKETS PURCHASED ARE NON REFUNDABLE. We do have a payment plan that starts tomorrow if you are interested in taking part. Ticket prices and payment plan details are below:

Single Ticket with ASB Card: $90

Single Ticket without ASB Card:$95

Couple Ticket with ASB Card:$170

Couple Ticket without ASB Card:$180

Payment plan is available if needed.  Contact School Bank.

TICKET SALES WILL END APRIL 13!

Date: Saturday, April 28, 2018 7:30 to 11:30 PM

Location: Oakland Rotunda Building  300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612

http://www.rotundabuildingoakland.com/

Food: Dinner will NOT be provided. There will be appetizers and desserts.  We have done this to cut costs and make the Prom accessible to more students. Catering will be provided by Fraiche Catering.

http://fraichecater.com/

Transportation: Transportation will NOT be provided. Students will be allowed to drive themselves and park in our secured parking garage or parents may drop them off. We have done this to cut costs and make the Prom accessible to more students.

Security: The venue has a staff of security personnel that patrol the building and its entrances as well as the parking garage. There will also be administration and teacher chaperones in attendance

Dress Code: The dress code is the same as years past. You can see that below. Any student who do not follow the dress code may not be allowed to attend and ticket cost WILL NOT be refunded

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xy1sew4qEscVUf6CsZQ8SezxC7edlUubtHAgHx_kJY/edit?usp=sharing

Curriculum Fair 2018

Date:  February 15, 2018
Time:  5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Place:  Large Gym

• 5pm-8pm Open House in Large Gym. Come visit our fair and learn more about all of the classes and programs Mountain House High School has to offer. All current students and incoming Freshmen Students are welcome during this open house event.

• MANDATORY 8th Grade Parent Scheduling Meeting from 6pm to 7pm in the Multi-Use Room. This meeting will cover all of the essential information you need for your student to choose their Freshman Courses, learn about requirements for graduation, and college planning.

• 9-11th grade Parent Scheduling Information meeting 7pm-8pm in Multi-Use Room. This is for parents of continuing students. Information about high school graduation requirements, course selections for the coming year, and college planning.

• Meet your MHHS Teachers

• Learn about elective programs

• Meet MHHS Counselors and Administration

• Learn about Honors and AP Programs

• Develop or revise your 4 year plan for High School Graduation and College Entrance

Hitachi Inspire Education Loan

Hitachi Inspire Education Loan

 Mountain House High School was lucky enough to be selected to work with Hitachi’s STEM Outreach program.  It’s  mission is to “ to inspire the next generation of innovative pioneers through the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”.  .Hitachi provided the the TM3030, our tabletop electron microscope to the MHHS Biomedical program for a week.  During the week students brought in tiny items to examine under the microscope.  The array of items was wide and included human hair, dog hair, an ant, a small bug, a pastel, a mint, a penny, pencil lead, salt, fabric, yarn, thread, paper, petals, leaves and more.  Students learned to operate the TM3030.  They took photos of their objects and calculated the size of their objects seen up close in nanometers.  Subsequent to this activity the students will investigate the use of nanotechnology in medicine.  The group of students above was viewing the images below of a small bug.

We would like to thank Hitachi for the amazing loan.   It was a fun and educational experience that enhanced the Mountain House Biomedical program.

Health and Fitness Expo 2018

Health and Fitness Expo 2018

This Saturday, February 10th, we will be hosting a Health and Fitness Expo with something for everyone. It is FREE and open to the entire community. Here is an overview of what will be there:

• Free health screenings (diabetes, heart, nutrition, dental, vision, ect.)
• Engaging Speakers (nutrition, mental health, dental/orthodontics, transplants, bone health, overcoming health problems, teenage safety and driving, financial aid, student speeches "Create your Future" and " Gene Editing: Cures or Scary Science?"
• Information Booths (fire and emergency preparedness, quit smoking, meditation, health products, fitness products, MADD, health education)
• Exhibits (MADD Crash Car, Diversity in Healthcare, Health Career Displays, Health Career Photography)
• Classes (Insanity, Core and Yoga/Meditation)
• Lots of giveaways (just show up and register to be eligible)
• Food Trucks

This amazing day starts at 9am with registration (FREE) in the Learning Commons. For more information go to tinyurl.com/healthexpo2018

Cash for College

Cash for College and Community College Representatives Available on Feb 10th

Mountain House High School is proud to announce a Cash For College Presentation and Workshop presented by Jonathon MIranda.  This is open to the entire community.  The Presentation will be in the Learning Commons at 9:30am on Saturday Feb 10th.  It will cover all aspects of applying for financial aid for college.  Jonathon will be available until 4pm to help anyone  who would like one-on-one help with their financial aid applications.  Please bring a computer and as many of the following as possible to work on your financial aid applications with Jonathon. 

• Driver's license
• Social Security Card or Number (if applicable)
• Alien registration number, if you are not a U.S. citizen
• Student 2016 income information
• Parent 2016 income information (if dependent)
• Student taxes and parents' tax information; previous year taxes are okay
• Any records of untaxed income such as welfare benefits, social security benefits, or child support payments
  
  

Parents and Students...Make Your Voice Heard

What:  School Site Council Review of Accreditation Plan
When:  Wednesday February 7th at 4:00 P.M.
Where:  Learning Commons
Who:  ALL are invited

Wednesday February 7th at 4:00 P.M. in the Learning Commons is our quarterly School Site Council meeting where we will be discussing our Accreditation report prior to our full accreditation visit in March.  If you haven't attended Site Council before NOW IS THE TIME! 

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is the organization that provides Accreditation for all schools in the Western United States, and it is essential that we have student and parent input and participation in the process.  Come to give your feedback and be a part of the plan for the continued improvement of our school.

Want to take a look at our Self-Study document?  CLICK HERE for a link to our report.

SEE YOU THERE!

Health and Fitness Expo by HOSA

Winter Percussion and Winter Guard Competition Wins!

This past Saturday the Winter Guard & Percussion program competed at Enochs High School in Modesto.
Winter Guard received 2nd place out of 6 groups moving up several places from the end of last year's season.
Winter Percussion received 1st place out of 5 groups, also a great improvement from last year's performances.
Both of our groups did a great job and represented our school and community with pride and excellence.
Go Mustangs!

Lady Mustang Wrestlers Win Big

This last weekend the Girls Wrestling Team competed in the Sac-Joaquin Southern Regional Tournament. This tournament featured wrestlers from Los Banos to Tracy. There were over 250 girls who competed in 13 weight classes with the top 8 placers advancing to the Sac-Joaquin Masters Tournament (Northern & Southern Regionals combined).

After 2 days of wrestling, the following girls advanced to the Masters Tournament, making them the MHHS athletes who have competed at the Highest level of postseason competition:
Ramona Jimenez placed 3rd in the 170 lb. weight class
Andrea Alegre placed 4th in the 137 lb. weight class
Michelle Poland placed 4th in the 111 lb. weight class
Amanda Kim placed 8th in the 121 lb. weight class.

Please join me in congratulating these girls for their hard work and accomplishment. They will compete in the Sac-Joaquin Masters Tournament at McNair HS in Stockton on February 16th and 17th.

Academic Decathalon Success

Congratulations to the Academic Decathalon team for their big win in competition this past weekend.  Team adviser Ms. D'Souza took her team to the competition and the team achieved the following distinctions:

- 1st place Winner at the club level.

 - Winner of the Most Improved Team Award ( An improvement of +2000 points over last year)

- 3rd place Winner for the SuperQuiz

Individual placement winners were:

Gurkiran (Khushi) Bains: 1st place in Essay, 1st place in Music

Nikhita Nair: 1st place in Social Science

Travis Duong: 3rd place in Economics

Congratulations to the team for their success in their first competition of the year.