Attention incoming Juniors and Seniors

If you are going to be a Junior or a Senior at MHHS next year, you could be the next great addition to LINK Crew next year.

LINK Crew is a group of upperclassmen that help incoming students (particularly incoming 9th graders) transition into life at our High School. We host fun events like Orientation, Tailgate Parties, Freshmen only rally, Pumpkin Painting, Hot Cocoa Study Sessions, and more.

Being a part of this group is a time commitment.  You will be responsible for attending our "May Day" event (part of your training in May), Summer training (typically a week or so before school starts), and all of our events we host. You do get 25 community service hours for your time in helping make our school an awesome place to be!

So, if you would like to be a part of this fun group, please apply by filling out this Form. It is due on Friday 4/30.

4th Quarter Progress Report Posted

The 4th quarter progress report of the 2020-2021 school year at MHHS has been completed, and student grades for the 4th quarter progress report are now available.  Students and parents should be able to access their report card grades by logging in to the Aeries Portal HERE.  Students and parents should be aware of the following in relation to their quarter report card:

• Quarter Progress Grades are not "official" grades as they are NOT included on the permanent student transcript
• Quarter Progress Grades give you a good idea of student mastery of concepts at this time.
• This is the LAST progress report card before the end of the semester when permanent grades are recorded.

As always, parents and students who are concerned about their grade at this time should contact their teachers to talk about how they might be able to improve their performance and demonstrate mastery of skills and concepts in their classes.

Mountain House High School--Top Ranked

Mountain House high school has been ranked as one of the top ranked high schools in the United States and in the state of California.  For more specific information about our ranking, we encourage you to visit U.S. News and World Report's Education Rankings Website HERE.  

Each year, U.S. News and World Report ranks high schools across the nation and in our state.  The organization ranks each school out of the 26,407 high schools across the nation and the 3892 high schools in the state.  Their rankings are based on each school's performance on state assessments, and how well they prepare students for college.  If you are interested in how they rank schools, CLICK HERE for more information. 

Taylor Yuki--Baseball Scholarship

Please join us in congratulating Senior Taylor Yuki.  Taylor has committed to Menlo College in Atherton, California on a partial athletic scholarship to study and play on the Oaks' intercollegiate baseball team. He signed his letter of intent today. 

Taylor has been a four-year letterman in baseball for Mountain House, appearing at seven different positions on defense and pitching out of the starting rotation since he was a sophomore. As of April 19, Taylor has played 49 varsity baseball games, with a career batting average of .344 (44 hits), 29 runs, 21 runs batted in, 15 stolen bases, and has struck out 68 hitters in 51 2/3 innings on the mound, giving up just 41 hits.

     

Teacher Feature: Renee Mendez

 

Summer School Peer Tutors

We are accepting applications for peer tutors for Summer School this year. In being a peer tutor, you will meet with students who are working through classes in Edgenuity. You will be going over concepts, explaining the instruction, and reviewing examples to increase understanding. We are offering classes in all subjects and you will have the option to select classes that you feel comfortable with to assist these students.

Fill out our peer tutor application HERE: https://tinyurl.com/mhhs-peer-tutor-2021 ALL applications need to be submitted by Friday, May 7th. You will receive an email if you were selected by Wednesday, May 12th.

To fully commit to being a peer tutor, you will need to be available to be in school every Wednesday and Friday (9-11) from June 9th to July 14th. If you are doing the math right, that means a total of 24 hours of community service that you have the potential to earn!

We look forward to having you assist us during Summer School 2021!

Mountain House High School Student Takes Science and Engineering Awards

Jacqueline Prawira has taken her learning from Mountain House High School and built upon it in some amazing ways.  Read her scientific developments and her resulting successes below. 

Cyclo.Plas: Jacqueline developed a thin, plastic-like film from fish scales inspired by her diet and trips to the fish market. It has tensile strengths comparable to Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and is capable of biodegrading, which is an improvement over LDPE plastic.  This project recently won first place in the Environmental Science category at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS).  Jacqueline Prawira received a $12000 scholarship. 

Cyclo.Plas 2: This project was inspired by the pandemic and the 3D-printed face shield operation Jacqueline conducted.  When Jacqueline selected PLA filament as a bioplastic to make the face shields, she found that PLA waste can only be composted in industrial composting facilities.  Unfortunately, none are available in our area.  Additionally, PLA waste is not easily recycled, meaning it accumulates in landfill/environment like other plastics.  Jacqueline believes that we shouldn’t have to choose between the health of our community and the health of our environment.  So she developed compostable materials using biomimicry of the fish scale waste composition with the goal of replacing single-use plastics including non-medical PPE.  Jacqueline liaised with Mr. Mario Cuellar from Hitachi and Dr. Karl Weiss from Arizona State University to remotely access a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to view and refine the structure of her engineered materials.  Jacqueline’s bioengineering accomplishments are an important step forward in reducing waste and the prevalence of plastics/ microplastics in our environment.  

Jacqueline presented Cyclo.Plas 2 at the SacSTEM Regional Science Fair, winning first place in the Sustainable Technology Category and the Grand Award (Top Project at the Fair).  She qualified for and presented at the state level (results are still pending).  As the Grand Award winner at the Regional Science Fair, Jacqueline has been named a finalist for the 2021 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).  This is her second year competing at ISEF.  At ISEF 2019, Jacqueline won second place in the Material Science category and was awarded a $1500 scholarship and special awards from the National Security Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency.  Jacqueline was the first student from Mountain House High School to ever compete at ISEF.  This year her brother Jordan, who is also a Grand Prize Winner, is attending and competing at ISEF this coming May 16-21, 2021. 

Robotics Team Interest Meeting

What:  Robotics Team Interest Meeting

When:  Wednesday, April, 21, 2021

Time:  6:00 P.M.

Interest Form Sign-up:  https://tinyurl.com/mhhs-robotics-interest

Do you enjoy building things?  Interested in learning how to design, build and program robots and compete against other schools? Join the robotics club! Fill out the interest form and join the meeting on Wednesday night the 21st of April to learn more about how you can be a part of the Robotics team next year.

Architecture, Construction, Engineering Mentor Program

What:  ACE Mentor Program Interest Meeting

When:  Thursday, April 22, 2021

Time:  6:00 P.M.

Sign-Up:  tinyurl.com/mhhs-ace-mentor-signup

All students, ESPECIALLY Engineering students should join the ACE Mentor Program Interest Meeting on Thursday, April 22, 2021.  This program will be available to all students next year, and has the potential for scholarships and internships in our area with Architecture, Construction, and Engineering partners.  

Meet our new Engineering teacher for next year, and learn how you can be a part of this mentorship program in the coming years.

Register your interest in this meeting by filling out the form so we know that you're coming:  tinyurl.com/mhhs-ace-mentor-signup

College Planning Workshops 2021

What:  College Planning Workshops 

When:  Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Who:  All Students and Parents

Where:  Online https://tinyurl.com/MHHSCollegeWrkShp2021

Each year, Mountain House High School runs a series of college workshops to help students as they prepare themselves to apply for college at the beginning of their Senior year.  This year's workshops are going virtual, and are available starting at 6:00 P.M. on April 13, 2021.  Visit this link to find links to virtual presentations tonight:  https://tinyurl.com/MHHSCollegeWrkShp2021

CTE Digital Art Landscapes

Science Olympiad NorCal

On Saturday, March 6th, two of MHHS's Science Olympiad teams participated in the 35th annual San Joaquin County Science Olympiad Tournament.  The teams performed well, bringing home the Championship Title for the third year in a row!

In addition to the championship title, MHHS Senior, Erin Su was awarded the Premier Community Credit Union Scholarship.  

Take a look at the video of the Awards Ceremony at the bottom of this article.

Please help us in congratulating this incredibly long list of award winners! 

A huge congratulations and thank you goes out to our Science Olympiad coach, Lisa Boulais.  Without her support and her organization of parent volunteers this would not have been possible.

• 1st place in Anatomy:  Ashlyn Roice & Alicia Roice
• 1st place in Circuit Lab:  Tina Le & Nishanth Kairamkonda
• 1st place in Disease Detectives:  Sree Subramanian & Pavana Bathula
• 1st place in Dynamic Planet:  Jacqueline Prawira & Sakina Muckadam
• 1st place in Experiment & Data Analysis:  Erin Su, Elizabeth Varghese, & Pavana Bathula
• 1st place in Fossils:  Erin Su & Sree Subramanian
• 1st place in Geologic Mapping:  Jacqueline Prawira & Cindy Ta
• 1st place in Protein Modeling:  Aarush Meddela, Alicia Roice, & Sree Subramanian
• 1st place in Detector Building:  Hasan Chharawalla & Ryan Huang
• 1st place in Digital Structures:  Ashley Varghese & Hasan Chharawalla
• 1st place in Machines:  Ryan Huang & Hasan Chharawalla
• 2nd place in Astronomy:  Isaac Anchanattu & Cindy Ta
• 2nd place in Chem Lab:  Ashly Roice & Isaac Anchanattu
• 2nd place in Codebusters:  Erin Su, Alicia Roice, & Roya Rejaly
• 2nd place in Digital Structures:  Elizabeth Varghese & Tharuka Kodituwakku
• 2nd place in Helicopters:  Elizabeth Varghese & Tina Le
• 2nd place in Machines:  Ashly Roice & Tharuka Kodituwakku
• 2nd place in Water Quality:  Jacqueline Prawira & Cindy Ta
• 2nd place in Circuit Lab:  Siraj Tej & Ryan Huang
• 2nd place in Dynamic Planet:  Jordan Prawira & Tia Abraham
• 2nd place in Sounds of Music:  Elizabeth Su & Shreya Pai
• 3rd place in Designer Genes:  Roya Rejaly & Aarush Meddela
• 3rd place in Sounds of Music:  Isaac Anchanattu & Tina Le
• 3rd place in Disease Detectives:  Ryan Alex & Shreya Pai
• 3rd place in Fossils:  Ryan Alex & Isha Suba
• 3rd place in Geologic Mapping:  Jordan Prawira & Elizabeth Su
• 3rd place in Helicopters:  Ashley Varghese
• 4th place in Forensics:  Sakina Muckadam & Tina Le
• 4th place in Ornithology:  Elizabeth Varghese & Sakina Muckadam
• 4th place in Write It/CAD It:  Pavana Bathula & Roya Rejaly
• 4th place in Astronomy:  Elizabeth Su & Swetha Nattu
• 4th place in Code Busters:  Eshaal Naveed, Mehar Pelia & Isha Suba
• 4th place in Water Quality:  Jordan Prawira & Elizabeth Su
• 5th place in Designer Genes:  Eshaal Naveed & Swetha Nattu
• 5th place in Experiment & Data Analysis:  Isha Suba, Ashley Varghese, and Shreya Pai
• 5th place in Ornithology:  Ashley Varghese & Tia Abraham

Project Aspire

 

DECA International Competition

We have wonderful news regarding our DECA chapter and students!  Ten of the students who participated in the State DECA Competition qualified to advance to the virtual DECA International Competition.  This is another first for Mountain House DECA.  These students competed in their events against students throughout the state of California and placed in the top in each of their events.  The students going to the ICDC Competition are:

- Komal Vij and Sreeram Ranga in a team event for career development project

- Sahithi Chekuri and Pranuthi Thota in a team event for buying and merchandising

- Sambhav Agarwal, Gurshan Brar, and Samarth Hiremath in a start-up business plan team project

- Mehul Tailang and Manikanta Illuri in a business growth plan team project

- Rishabh Rai placed 6th overall in his event, the Stock Market Game, in the Western Region of the country with over 2,000 students competing   

We am so proud of these students and proud of our chapter.  We continue to gain recognition as a notable chapter in the state.

Please join us in congratulating our students in their accomplishment.

HOSA State Conference Winners

MHHS HOSA students competed this year at the virtual State Leadership Conference (SLC) and many of our students won top placings.  Many of these students will have the opportunity to move on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) this year.  Seventy-nine students qualified for the State Leadership Conference.   

Recognition awards were presented at the Opening Ceremony of SLC.  During this time Mountain House High School was recognized for its contribution  to the HOSA National Service Project, Be The Match.  MHHS students led by Hamsa Parab raised over $400 and received a Certificate of Recognition.  Additionally, Arav Mohan and Pavan Bathula were recognized for their achievement in the Healthcare Issues Exam.  They both were in the top 10% of the state.  

At the Grand Awards ceremony additional awards were presented in  a number of categories for top achievement at the State Level.  Below are the many awards received by Mountain House High School Students.  Students who achieved Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals have qualified for the ILC.  The other students are alternates. 

Congratulations to our HOSA competitors.  

Health Science

Medical Math
Cindy Ta
4th place

Medical Reading
Sanoja Sobhani
Gold Medal

Medical Spelling
Udaiyaa Bommudurai
Gold Medal

Medical Spelling
Elyse Low
5th place

Health Informatics
Lakshita Kutnikar
Silver Medal

Human Growth & Development
Diya Patel
Silver Medal

Leadership

Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Nashita Zayn
Silver Medal

Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Ashley Chun
4th place

Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Haindavi Veldanda
5th place

Organizational Leadership
Alicia Roice
Gold Medal

Healthy Lifestyle
Yun Rong Ting
Silver Medal

Job Seeking Skills
Neena Chakkathara
Gold Medal

Teamwork

Community Awareness
Isha Suba; Bhanu Upadhyayula; Vedika Kanaki
Gold Medal

Community Awareness
Aryana Nemum; Trisha Manchala
Silver Medal

Forensic Science
Levi Bandanadam; Rohan Potu
3rd place / Bronze

Medical Innovation
Arav Mohan; Rakshaa Venkatraman; Alicia Roice; Cindy Ta
Gold Medal

Medical Innovation
Tina Le; Erin Su; Elyse Low
Silver Medal

Medical Innovation
Nilash Krishnamurthy; Hamsa Parab; Avani Maddipatla; Emily Tu
5th place

“HOSA is a global student-led organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services and several federal and state agencies. HOSA’s mission is to empower HOSA-Future Health Professionals to become leaders in the global health community, through education, collaboration, and experience. “ (HOSA.org)  The HOSA Future Health Professionals Chapter at Mountain House High School is supported by three advisors - Kris Olson, Micah Wynn and Nicole Gary.  These are also the teachers of the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Professional Pathway.  HOSA is a venue for students to extend their leadership skills and knowledge relative to the health sciences.  Students are also encouraged to participate in community service. 

 

Mason Garner--Northern Freshman Director of CASL State Board

A huge congratulations goes out to Mason Garner, a Freshmen here at MHHS, for being elected as the Northern Freshman Director of the California Association of Student Leaders (CASL) State Board.  The State Board is mad up of student leaders from all over the state of California.  This group of leaders works tirelessly to plan and host the state conference and assists and presents at leadership development events over the course of their terms.  Mason was elected to represent Northern California and we are proud that he is a Mustang!

Parent Info Night

 

Teacher Feature

 

Return-To-School 2021

Mountain House High School Faculty, Staff, and Administration are excited to announce the return to in-person instruction beginning of Monday, April 19, 2021.  As we begin to come out of the restrictions necessitated to keep us safe from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, we want to thank all of our students and families for persevering through one of the most difficult times in our world’s modern history, and in the short history of Mountain House High School.  

As we begin to return to some face-to-face instruction, we want students and parents to know that our return to school will be carefully planned so that continued precautions are taken to ensure the safety of our students.  Please review the following information about the return to school on Monday April 19, 2021:  

• All students returning to campus will be required to wear a mask and follow all safety protocols.  MHHS Administration will be hosting a return-to-school Safety Protocol meeting for parents on Wednesday April 14, 2021 at 6:30 P.M. Here is the link to the livestream: https://tinyurl.com/MHHSReturnSafety

• All students in face-to-face classes will be required to return to school on the Hybrid Schedule.  Click on the link HERE to see the Hybrid Schedule.  (Students who have forgotten their Hybrid Scheduling Group (Mon/Thurs OR Tues/Fri) can find it on their Aeries Portal by clicking “Student Information” then “Demographics.”  The Scheduling Group is listed at the bottom right of the demographics screen.)

• Students in the fully online pathway will continue to attend all classes online and will not return to campus.

• Unless otherwise requested to come to campus, all Wednesday SUCCESS! Sessions will be virtual.

• All students will be required to continue to attend Advisory on a DAILY basis for attendance purposes.  Students on asynchronous days will attend virtually while students on-campus will attend in person.

• Throughout the week of April 12th to April 16th, MHHS will be posting and emailing updates, videos, and tips to all students and parents about the protocols for the return to school.  Please check your email, our social media channels, or online school newsletter (mhhsmustangmessenger.blogspot.com) for regular updates.

Again, we are excited to have our students return to school, and look forward to doing so in a safe and secure environment.

Leaders of Today Competition

Interested in STEM or Community/Civic Leadership? Have that one project in mind that you just keep pushing back? The 2021 Leaders of Today Competition, hosted by the Leaders of Today action team of the City of Bellevue’s Youth Council, is perfect for you. The entire competition process can take no more than an hour to complete —we accept either a 500 word response or a 1-2 minute video from participants from ALL locations. 

 

The winners will get the opportunity to collaborate directly and meet life long mentors with one of our six Adult Ambassadors, who range from an MIT professor to the Mayor of the City of Bellevue to renowned CEOs. This collaboration can lead to mentorships and ONE OF A KIND leadership positions as you gain the best support for any project your heart desires. 

 

The competition closes on April 17th, 2021. Don’t miss out on this opportunity; check us out @leadersoftodaynw and SIGN UP NOW at our website!

SUCCESS! Reminders

As we return from Spring Break, please take a moment to review the information below:

SUCCESS! is an integral part of MHHS. It is academic time embedded within our school day for dedicated check-ins, support, and enrichment.  Due to the additional needs for student support during Distance Learning, MHHS has designated 17 different time slots for SUCCESS! during each week.

ALL students need to sign up for a SUCCESS! Activity EVERY DAY in Flextime Manager

• Students will likely not be attending 17 SUCCESS! Activities with teachers each week, so students have the option to select “Distance Learning” for the times they want to work on their own. 
• Students you need to make sure you sign up for every slot that is offered for the day. If you only sign up for one slot and additional slots are offered, you will be marked absent  
• Teachers can request students to attend their SUCCESS! Activity on any day for additional help or support
• Students are required to attend any teacher-requested SUCCESS! Activity on their Flextime Manager schedule
• Students who do not show up to their pre-scheduled SUCCESS! class will be marked absent
• The administration will be following up with those students who are not attending. 

 If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact your student’s Vice-Principal. For students with the last name A-L, please contact Mr. Pannu. For students with the last name M-Z, please contact Ms. Duran. Thank you. 

FREE Livestream of Home Football Games

Aloha Mustang Ohana!

Are you excited that our first home football game is here, but bummed that you can't come to the game because of COVID crowd restrictions? We were bummed too, so we decided to allow free access to our LIVE game streaming app for today's games. Click here: https://tinyurl.com/mustangsports and setup your free account to start watching.

Watch the home JV and Varsity Football games today for FREE! The usual fee that individual users have to pay for this streaming service has been waived, and we are proud to offer our game LIVE tonight from Mountain House High School's Stadium "The Range." Login to watch your Mustangs play tonight. JV game starts at 5pm and the Varsity game starts at 7pm.

Go Mustangs