Bring your parent to school day was a huge success! 54 parents
attended the first annual Bring Your Parent to School Day. Parents
met in the gym for breakfast and then had the opportunity to attend
classes with their students, and a variety of workshops including
college and career planning, creating and using a parent portal,
tobacco use prevention, how to talk to your teen about drug &
alcohol use, teaching your teen accountability/homework help and
Friday Night Live Mentoring. If you were unable to attend this
year's event, we hope you can attend next year's event. We'd like to
thank our amazing parent club for all that they have done so far and
for organizing this event. They have made a huge impact here at
Calaveras High.
Independent
Living Skills Class
The students in Mr. Outland’s Independent Living Skills class at
Calaveras High will be participating in a daily classroom simulation
this semester. The simulation, called “Living On Your Own”,
provides students with the opportunity to learn skills required for
independent living in the community, including locating and
acquiring employment, finding affordable housing, budgeting and
money use, using local transportation resources, planning social and
recreational activities, managing a household and identifying and
solving potential problems and challenges while living in the
community.
In past semesters, the setting for this simulation has been a
fictional city. However, during this semester the simulation
will be set in Sacramento, and students will use actual community
information resources to find work, transportation and goods and
services, and will use real locations for housing, employment and
recreation and leisure activities.
Among other specific skills, students will practice
interviewing for a job, keeping accurate checking and savings
records, completing simple tax returns, comparison shopping and
establishing life-time healthy eating habits, developing and
adhering to a realistic budget, living with room-mates, and locating
critical community information in phone-books, newspapers and
transit schedules.
The Independent Living Skills class prepares students for successful
living in the “real-world”, using functional curriculum (often
taught in the community) which focuses on teaching those critical
academic, self-help, social and community skills necessary for
students to live as independently as possible after leaving the
educational system.
Art
Spirit
The Annual High School Art Show is Starting Sat. March 10th with a
reception-opening from 1p.m.-3p.m. Show will
run from March 10th- April 28th hosted by the Calaveras County Art
Council ….located downtown San Andreas on Main
St.
Library News
Just a reminder: All library books must be turned in and fines paid
to participate in CHS activities.
ROP
Medical
Current job market analysis demonstrates immediate openings for
radiology techs and psych techs. The future demands for health care
workers include all aspects of the field including nursing and
information technology as increasing numbers of facilities convert
medical records to computerized systems. Part-time as well as
full-time workers usually qualify for medical and retirement
benefits.
The ROP Medical Science Class is available to Calaveras County
students during their senior year. Students in the ROP Medical
Science Class will actively apply information and skills that are
learned in the classroom; they train in REAL facilities,
side-by-side REAL medical professionals, and deal with REAL
patients. They will experience the health care field
first-hand and gain an understanding of medicine. The ROP Medical
Science Class allows high school seniors to “try on” a medical
career to see if medicine “fits” them while earning high school
credits.
The class meets the UC elective requirement and participating
students may earn college credit, and develop skills for a career in
various medical fields including First Responders (EMT, Paramedic,
and Fire Fighter), dental assisting, veterinary assisting, nursing,
diagnostic services (radiology and laboratory), restorative services
(physical therapy)and many other medical careers and support
services.
Encourage your student to include the ROP Medical Science in his/her
education plan—plan NOW so your student will be able to participate
in the program during his/her senior year. Seats are limited.
Contact via email: jsmith@calaveras.k12.ca.us for more information.
Parent Portal
If you haven't set up your parent portal yet and would like to,
please contact Jessica Munson in the office for more information.
CALAVERAS STARTS
TWEETING
Calaveras High School is going to start tweeting! This will give
students, parents, staff, and community members the ability to keep
connected with the happenings at CHS. Tweets will go out with
notification of upcoming events such as early release, testing,
sports, extra-curricular events, etc. Follow CHS on Twitter
@CalaverasHS.
