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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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La Jolla High School Bulletin - Please click here to view
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SDUSD online newsletter, Friday Notes.
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On Tuesday Feb. 18th, Dr. Chuck Podhorsky was warmly greeted by the entire student body of La Jolla High who gathered on the campus green to meet their new Principal. The Mascot, Viktor E. Viking, presented the "key to the school". The students presented Viking gear and the band director, Michael Fiedler, on a tip that Dr. Podhorsky had played clarinet in the marching band in his youth, presented the principal with a framed copy of the La Jolla High Alma Mater for clarinet. After the presentations, the student body, accompanied by the Band and Madrigals sang the Alma Mater. Dr. Podhorsky addressed the crowd of students and faculty eliciting cheers from each class. It was a very upbeat and memorable morning. A new era begins!
 
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Viking Victories
 Freshman violist Kiya Klopfenstein was recently accepted into the SDUSD High School Honor Orchestra. To my knowledge this is the first time a LJHS student has EVER been admitted into the honor orchestra.
To qualify for this ensemble, students must be enrolled in one of their school's instrumental music classes (Kiya is in both Viking Band AND Jazz Band) and go through a rigorous audition process. Out of the hundreds of kids who audition (from every school in the district) only a select few are chosen to be in the Honor Band and Honor Orchestra every year. Only the most talented, hard working and dedicated student musicians get past the audition. It truly is an honor for Kiya that she was selected for this group and an honor for our entire school/community that we're being represented on this level.
If you'd like to come support Kiya, the SDUSD High School Honor Concert is Sunday, March 16th at 3:00 PM at Copley Symphony Hall in Downtown San Diego.
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This week in pictures...
The LJHS Archery Teams greets Muir High School
LJHS Archery Team's First Competition
LJHS Archery Team first competition took place on Friday February 14. A scrimmage game against Muir High School took place in the LJHS indoor archery range (the cafeteria). The Olympic Archery in Schools National Director, Keaton Chia, was the range master for the game.
The LJHS archers faced a veteran team that had won the California State Championship two years ago. The format for an archery game is a team of ten archers. The four top archers shooting one-on-one with the top archers of the opposing school. Then two teams of three archers face off against two teams of three from the other school. At the end of the shooting, the score was tied. A tied score means each of the ten archers on each team fired one arrow. The team with the highest total won the meet. At the end of firing, the score was LJHS 79 and Muir 58, leading to a win for the LJHS Archery team.
The archery team is lead by physics teacher Martin Teachworth. The assistant coaches are LJHS parents Ben Forozoon and Scott Olson, alumni and coach Matthew Teachworth and Bette Lynn Teachworth. The official season begins on Thursday, February 20, against High Tech High School in Chula Vista.
LJHS Archery team
Co-Captain Dane Conboy Co-Captain Niki Roos  
Wrapping up a very busy week......Registrar, Monteen Solberg, assists a senior student
Vice Principal, Anne McCarty, prepares the new Master Schedule Board
for 2014-2015
 Head counselor Cathy Hutchins
Many thanks to our dear parents April Goodjohn, Lori Young and their team of volunteers who cooked up a beautiful and delicious Valentine's Breakfast to honor our hardworking Faculty and Staff 
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 LJHS junior, Noah Wilson, is the original playwright of this edgy, funny and authentic comic-drama (featured in LJ Light Feb. 13).
Production of a student-written play is a FIRST for LJHS.
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Upcoming Events...
Feb. 19th at 3 p.m., Feb. 20, 21, 22 at 7 p.m., Parker Auditorium- LJHS Drama - Little BoxesFeb. 24th, Monday, 7-9 p.m. at Mission Bay High School, 2475 Grand Avenue, San Diego - Vision 20|20 Forum
March 5th, Wednesday - Minimum Day,
12:07 p.m. Dismissal
March 6th, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., LJHS Parker Auditorium - "Protecting your Digital Identity" program for all to attend.
(Sponsored by LJ Cluster Association) March 7th, Friday, 7:45 a.m. - LJHS PTA meeting in the library. Please join us! March 13th, 5:30 - 6:30 PM, Auditorium at Muirlands Middle School - Parent meeting regarding Common Core State Standards March 22nd - SAVE the DATE!
 March 31st - April 4th - Spring Break, NO SCHOOL
Please click here for the most up to date Calendar information including the Sports Calendar at LJHS.
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 Foundation
of LJHS Corner
Are you interested in joining the Foundation? If so, please go to our website by clicking here and fill out an application. Applications may be submitted through the end of March, 2014. If you have any questions about membership, please contact Dan Farley, Membership Chair, at dhfarley1@gmail.com or any Foundation member. |
NEEDED...VOLUNTEERS to help on the day of the Burning Red Event.
DATE: 3/22/2014 (Saturday)
LOCATION: Green Acre
at Campus Point
Please sign up by clicking here!
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SAVE THE DATE!!
GRAD NIGHT 2014 WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!
June 7, 2014
Seniors will receive entrance into Disney California Adventure® Park earlier that day and a private party inside Disney California Adventure® Park from 10:00 PM, June 7 to 2:00 AM, June 8. We will be leaving school around 1 pm to enjoy Park Hopping privileges between Disneyland® Park and Disney California Adventure® Park during park operating hours. Chaperones will be needed and greatly appreciated. It's a fun and memorable experience!!
To volunteer, please contact Lenna Doyle (858)449-6560 lennadoyle@gmail.com OR
Betsy Mitchell (858)254-4881 betsy.f.mitchell@gmail.com
More information coming soon!!
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If you are interested in being a chairperson or helping the LJHS PTA during the 2014-15 school year, please email the Nominating Committee Chair, Betsy Mitchell at betsy.f.mitchell@gmail.com
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ARE YOU A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER?
Wednesday, May 21st, 5 PM - 8 PM, LJHS Foundation will sponsor Athletic Clearance Physicals with volunteer RN/NP/PA/MD's and others. Please save the date. For more information about volunteering, contact Alexe Page ( alexe.page@gmail.com).
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La Jolla High 2014-15 Enrollment
If you are a parent of an 8th grade student currently attending a non-public school, reside in the La Jolla area, and would like your student to attend
La Jolla High School for the
2014-15 school year,
please call LJHS prior to
March 10th for an enrollment appointment.
(Appointments will be scheduled for the weeks of March 10 - 21.) Please call 858-454-3081, and ask for 'Enrollment'.
*8th graders currently enrolled at Muirlands Middle are already pre-enrolled for LJHS*
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 Aviso para padres de estudiantes en La Jolla High School Hola! Soy miembro de la Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTA) en La Jolla High School. Por favor, póngase en contacto conmigo si usted tiene alguna pregunta acerca de la escuela o el trabajo del PTA, y estaré encantada de ayudarle. Me pueden contactar por correo electrónico al elizsantrob@gmail.com Gracias, Elizabeth Santillanez Robson elizsantrob@gmail.com Notice for parents of La Jolla High School Students Hello! I am a member of the La Jolla High School PTA (Parent Teacher Association). Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the work of the PTA, and I would be happy to provide assistance. You can contact me at elizsantrob@gmail.com Thank you, Elizabeth Santillanez Robson elizsantrob@gmail.com |
PTA Volunteer Hours...
Please report your volunteer hours for the month by clicking here!
The PTA records these hours and reports them to the PTA Council. We announce the total hours that parents have volunteered throughout the school district for the school year to the School Superintendent every May!
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Dear La Jolla Cluster Parent,
The La Jolla cluster schools have organized a parent night to learn more about Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the impact they will have on middle school mathematics instruction. As we transition to CCSS, there are a lot of changes for mathematics and the courses we offer.
We hope you attend this informational meeting on Thursday, March 13, 2014 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM at the Muirlands Middle School Auditorium. We will have presenters from the San Diego Unified School District Math Department.
Thank you for your support.
Jennifer Nash
Vice Principal, Muirlands Middle School
1056 Nautilus St., La Jolla, Ca. 92037
858-459-4211 ex. 184
jnash@sandi.net
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The "Vision 20|20 Forums" will be sessions to provide input on what is working, what could be improved upon, and how will the district and
community work together to accomplish the district's Vision 2020. The answers to these questions will help chart the course of California's
second-largest school district.
The "Vision 2020 Forums: What Kinds of Schools Do We Want" series offer parents, staff, students, and community members an opportunity to give input to the superintendent and the board members on priorities for our
students and schools.
"These forums will yield a clear and collective sense of our district-wide long-term priorities," said Superintendent Cindy Marten. We look forward to continued stakeholder engagement beyond these forums as we work together to create quality schools in every neighborhood.
San Diegans are encouraged to attend the meeting in their Sub-district but can attend any of the meetings listed below.
PLEASE NOTE: The Vision 20-20 Forum for Sub-District B scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18, has been postponed. A replacement date has not yet been determined.
-- Monday, Feb. 24, 7-9 p.m., Mission Bay High School, 2475 Grand Ave.
(92109), Sub-District C, Trustee Scott Barnett
-- Monday, Mar. 3, 7-9 p.m., Mira Mesa High School, 10510 Reagan Rd.
(92126), Sub-District A, Trustee John Lee Evans
-- Monday, March 10, 7-9 p.m., Crawford High School, 4191 Colts Way
(92115), Sub-District E, Board Vice President Marne Foster
Childcare and Spanish translation services will be provided. Attendees are asked to RSVP by visiting http://www.sandi.net/vision2020forums or emailing vision2020forums@sandi.net.
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(prepared by Linda Dowley)
Seniors - Tom Petty sang, "the waiting is the hardest part" - and that can certainly be the case as you wait to hear from colleges. My advice to you is to not sit idle - use this time wisely, certainly in terms of continuing to work hard in high school, as colleges do want to see your senior grades remain strong. Additionally, if you have been deferred in an early round, hopefully you have contacted the regional admissions representative for that college to let them know any additional information - particularly if you have received a recent accolade, appointment or award. You want to make sure they consider that when making their final decision. Even if you have no significant news to report, you can contact them to ask if they need additional information and let them know you are interested in their school. Just don't become a pest or stalk them, no matter how much you hope to attend their college, as that will certainly work against you. Lastly, since it is February and you will want to visit your top choice schools before making YOUR final decision, begin to think about how to structure a trip over spring break. Obviously, you don't want to spend a great deal of time planning a trip to a certain school, only to find out you haven't been accepted. However, if there are schools where you are admitted, definitely make plans to visit before making your final choice - and schedule an overnight stay, if at all possible (I wrote about that previously). Don't be impatient - the answers will be here within six weeks. Enjoy your senior year and don't do anything to jeopardize your college admission.
SPECIAL NOTE TO SENIORS REGARDING MID-YEAR REPORTS - If you have applied to colleges which require a mid-year report (most private colleges do) you MUST see Ms. Solberg. If you have not seen her yet to order mid-year reports, you are late! See her before school, at lunch or after sixth period.
Juniors - Last week I wrote about SAT Subject Tests which are still required or recommended at many colleges. I hope you are keeping those tests in mind and have registered for them as part of your personal testing plan. And if you haven't yet mapped out your plan for when to take your big college admission exams (SAT or ACT) please do so now. Go online and check dates - and register to take one of each during your junior year - remember, all colleges will accept either one. After you have an official test under your belt for both the SAT and ACT, you can decide which one you prefer - or the one where you have scored higher (since I'm not sure most students "prefer" either test). Then, study over the summer, and take the one you identified as the lesser of two evils, again in the fall of your senior year. Colleges will usually accept scores of tests taken until December. However, if you are planning to apply Early Decision, check to see what that college's requirements are and get your testing taken care of in accordance with their deadlines. And if all of this talk of standardized college entrance exams brings too much anxiety, check out the colleges listed on the website for the National Center for Fair and Open Testing - www.fairtest.org. There you will find over 800 colleges which do not require standardized tests, or do not consider them as significant admission criteria. So, if you cannot bear take an SAT or ACT, know that you will still have college options!
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Newsletter Information
The eNews is sent by email every Tuesday during the School Year except during the weeks of Thanksgiving, Winter & Spring Breaks. If you have an announcement or article that you would like to submit please email it by Monday at 12 Noon to Betsy Mueller, LJHS eNews Editor, at muelbert@hotmail.com or to eblast@ljhighpta.org.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (619) 226-4415 or (619) 838-1500.
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