Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year!!

Periods 1: English 10SEI-

We will be hard at work this year!

We’ll:

* Learn about culture & what defines our own cultural identity

* Develop an understanding of diversity and analyzed the similarities & differences in cultural traditions, beliefs, foods, music, language, and values of certain countries

* Analyze various poems and works including the art of Frida Kahlo

* Research & Analyze social issues which impact our communities and raised awareness by presenting our findings on issues like education, lack of access to healthcare, food insecurity, drug abuse, homelessness and others

* Write to our local elected officials (mayor, senators, congresspeople) letting them know how important it is for them to help our communities

* Read Night by Elie Wiesel & Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and learn about how history impacts culture and literature

* Hear a Holocaust survivor speak about his/her experience during WWII

* Analyze our transcripts and learn about what courses are available to us next year

* Learn about the importance of effort & success

What we will do in the second semester:

* Learn about how cultures are connected & affected globally

* Research environmental issues and how they impact our communities

* Analyze digital and informational texts, including documentary films produced by activists like Leonardo DiCaprio (The 11th Hour & Ice on Fire)

* Compile our Research to Raise awareness about these issues

* Create a website featuring to raise awareness and to show how our community can help us be advocates for change

* Prepare for AP Language and/or English 11

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Period 2 & 4: AVID Junior Seminar (AVID 11)

This year we will:

* Write our 8 Personal Insight Questions (PIQ's) in preparation for next years UC Application period.

* Research the pathways to college including both public and private colleges & universities

* Learn about the cost & benefits of college as well as how to finance our future

* Analyze our A-G requirements & kept track of our progress

* Create an account & started our Common App

* Hear from a variety of guest speakers including our SV alumni & AVID Tutors

* Collaborate during tutorials and improved our listening & speaking skills including our grades in various subjects

* Build confidence and a community with one another

* Practice academic discourse in Socratic Seminars in both AVID 11 & with AVID 12

* Learn about (& how to cope with) stress & anxiety

* Help our community through various community service projects which include helping the homeless, tutoring middle school students & raising awareness about important issues.

* Have fun!

* Attend a college field trip

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Period 5 & 7: Chicanx Literature (Dual Language Pathway)

What we will do this school year:

* Read Bless Me Ultima, Pocho, Zoot Suit, & Borderlands: La Frontera

* Have academic discussions about relevant issues that impact our educational experience

* Develop our critical thinking, speaking & listening skills in preparation for our future

* Research social issues that impact our communities

* Help our community through various community service/advocacy projects which include helping the homeless, tutoring/mentoring middle school students & raising awareness about important issues like equity in education, access to health care & environmental education

* Analyze our A-G requirements & kept track of our progress

* Apply to various scholarships

* Plan events to bring our community together (Dia de los Muertos & Posada)

* Build confidence & community with one another

* Attend a cultural field trip

* Obtain our District Recognition (pending grad check/eligibility)

* Earn our state Seal of Biliteracy (pending eligibility)

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CONTACT INFORMATION/ INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO:

Students: should you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me by email, by text via Remind or through Google Classroom./Estudiantes: si tienen alguna pregunta o inquietud, no duden en comunicarse conmigo por correo electrónico, por mensaje de texto a través de Remind o Google Classroom.

Parents: you can contact me anytime via email, through ParentSquare or by phone, and I will return your call/Padres: pueden comunicarse conmigo en cualquier momento por correo electrónico, por medio de ParentSquare o por teléfono, y les devolveré la llamada:

Preferred Contact/Método de Contacto Preferido: [email protected]

SVHS Direct Phone #/linea directa: 626-960-7741 ext. 87056

Parents: if you'd like to communicate via text message, use ParentSquare. Si desean comunicarse por mensaje de texto, utilizen ParentSquare.