 |
|
|
San Mateo Union High School District
A Commitment to Quality Education for a Better Future
650 N. Delaware Street
San Mateo, CA 94401-1732
Phone: 650-558-2299
|
|
|
May 21,
2020 Board Meeting Highlights
|
SMUHSD's Board of Trustees invites you to its Thursday, May 21, 2020 regular board meeting at 7 p.m. via Zoom.
The regular board meeting includes presentations on the following topics of community interest:
- Approval of entities qualified to submit proposals for the purchase of the Crestmoor site and give direction regarding proposal process
- Update to the Board regarding District operation during Shelter In Place
- Approval to change the Burlingame and Mills boundary
The regular meeting will take place online via Zoom.
|
Superintendent Skelly's Updates on School Closures
For news on SMUHSD School Closures, including information regarding food pickup locations, mental health resources, loaner technology and more, please visit:
www.smuhsd.org/school-closures
|
|
San Mateo and Hillsdale High School Students Win Youth Poetry, Music & Art Competition
Music:
Brianna Jacobs (1st place), San Mateo High School
Caroline Robbins, San Mateo High School
Visual Art:
Cielo Contreras (1st place), San Mateo High School
Emma Kotler, Hillsdale High School
|
 Mills Students Appointed to FCCLA Positions
Alyssa Tat
of Mills High School (MHS)
has been elected to the office of Historian in California Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) for the 2020-21 program year. As a State Officer, Alyssa will be representing the state Career Technical Student Organization at region, state, and national activities, as well as other statewide meetings.
Amber Chan, also of MHS, has been elected to the office of Reporter in California FCCLA for the 2020-2 program year. As a State Officer, Amber will be representing the state Career Technical Student Organization at region, state, and national activities, as well as other statewide meetings.
FCCLA leadership and career development activities are an integral part of the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) curriculum. The purpose of California's student leadership and career development program is to assist young people in developing personal and leadership skills as well as to prepare for their future career and college goals.
|
|
Hillsdale High Student Prints 3-D Mask Straps for First Responders
Hillsdale High School (HHS) student Matt Stewart (pictured top left) is really into 3D printing. Since distance learning started, his HHS advisor Emily Witkop has reported that Matt has been making surgical mask straps using his 3D printer. As you know, all healthcare providers now have to wear surgical masks all day and the plastic strap that Matt has been making protect the back of the ears from chronic wear abrasions.
Do you have a 3D printer and want to help out? Check with your local hospital to see if they have a need and visit the link to the printing program that Matt is using: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4249113.
|
|
Local Business Lends a Hand to SMUHSD Families in Need
San Mateo Union High School District's
Bridge Program, which serves English Language Development (ELD) students who come into the district as 11th or 12th graders, has been lucky to find a partner in a local San Mateo business Mi Rancho Market. With the generous help of the Burlingame High School (BHS) Parents Group, the Bridge Program was able to purchase 45 $100 gift certificates to Mi Rancho Market for their students, who are feeling the weight of the COVID-19 shut downs, losing the jobs that helped them support themselves and their families.
During a second round of student support, the market donated an additional 40 bags of groceries for the students. The groceries were safely delivered to the students and their families by
the District's Transportation Department
Students in the Bridge Program typically come from Guatemala and Mi Rancho specializes in serving this clientele and shared that more than 50% of their customers are from Guatemala. The business is owned by a Burlingame High graduate and the market is committed to continuing to support the Bridge Program and are also now working with San Mateo and Hillsdale High Schools.
In addition to the above donations, SMUHSD
Manager of English Learner and Academic Support Programs Samia Shoman and Family Engagement Coordinator Elsa Pulido
coordinated the collection of
$3,000 in donations from friends, family and SMUHSD staff members that helped to support the purchase of groceries and gift cards.
|
|
Capuchino Cares Delivers More Donations to Families in Need
In early May, a team from Capuchino delivered its second round of donated groceries from the school's Cap Cares program. The Cap Cares team delivered gift cards for $125 each to 30 families in need identified by CHS staff.
Between the CHS PTO and CHS staff $4,000 was collected and the PTO donated an additional 50 bags of groceries to go along with the delivery of the gift cards.
The gift cards and groceries were delivered by CHS staff members pictured above:
Tony Cooper, Kyra Sally, Eddy Ortiz and Kelly McLoughlin.
|
|
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
 Thank you to the SMUHSD Wellness Team! They have been working hard at helping students manage during this difficult time.
As a reminder, students can schedule an appointment with their Wellness counselors during Shelter in Place.
Learn how.
|
|
District Partners with CARE Solace Program
Care Solace
is a 24x7 concierge service for students, families and staff. They are experts at guiding families through the mental health
care
process. They navigate insurance, look at availability and wait time of resources, and help families schedule appointments into local and trusted mental health resources.
We know that many of our students, families and staff require more than brief school-based mental health services and find themselves lost in the web of finding a therapist or community resource that is accepting new clients.
Care Solace is a resource for both SMUHSD families
AND
staff.
The Care Solace services program was brought to our District through TUPE (Tobacco-Use Prevention Education) grant funding.
|
SMUHSD In the News
Via KGO-TV: San Mateo teen William Lipton, 'General Hospital' actor, performs songs during COVID-19 hiatus, shares with ABC7 viewers
|
|
Census 2020 Update
Thank you San Mateo County
residents for completing your 2020 Census! We are still the #1 county in the entire state! There are still 30% of our households that need to respond ... do it today:
my2020census.gov.
|
|
2020 Summer School Update
 The San Mateo Union High School District will offer the following
Summer School Programs from June 15 through July 17, 2020.
- Credit Recovery
- English Learners in ELD
- Accelerated Geometry
Given the ongoing requirements related to social distancing, ALL course offerings will be conducted online in a structured independent study model. Participation in these classes will require daily access to a digital device (Chromebook or computer), and internet access.
If you should need more information, please contact your student's school counselor.
If a student who has not yet enrolled would like to, they must reach out to their school counselor from May 15 to June 5 to enroll.
|
|
Did you miss the Virtual Mindfulness Workshop?
 Now more than ever, it is important to exercise self-care to maintain a healthy and happy state of mental well-being.
Mindfulness practice is a tool that can help us cope with all the challenges life throws at us.
Watch the recording of the May 11 workshop which featured
Tanya Hawkins, Certified Mindfulness Practitioner and
April Torres, SMUHSD Manager of Mental Health Services.
Watch the workshop recording to learn tips on
- Mindfulness
- Help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression
- Increase attention and concentration
- Improve sleep
- Increase compassion and empathy
- Improve control over emotions and protect against mental illness
|
|
Registration Now Open for Summer College Essay Strategies
 With many colleges waiving SAT and ACT requirements for now, and spring semester grades provided as Pass/No Pass, essays could play an even more important role in the college application process. This GATE Parents Group-sponsored class focuses on the development of quality essay and personal statement drafts for the UC and Common Application Essay prompts and features one-on-one sessions with the instructor. Classes will be held virtually and are also open to non-SMUHSD students.
Orientation and small group sessions - Virtual
Orientation: Tuesday, June 23; 6-8 p.m.
Two Small Group Sessions: Tuesdays, June 30 and July 2, choice of 6-7 p.m. or 7-8 p.m.
Two private one-on-one follow up sessions with instructor - Virtual
45 minutes each (over course of summer, variety of times to choose from)
Course Fee: $385
Registration dates:
May 18 - May 24: GATE student only registration
May 25 - June 14: All Students registration (in or out of district)
|
|
Make Some Noise for the Class of 2020
Friday, June 12 | 7:00 - 7:15 p.m.
The Cities of Burlingame, Foster City, Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno and San Mateo; as well as the Burlingame, Hillsborough City, Millbrae, San Bruno Park, San Mateo-Foster City and San Mateo Union High School Districts invite all residents to celebrate and recognize graduates from all local public and private high schools, middle schools and elementary schools as a community - safely and while sheltering at home.
Please join your neighbors in MAKING SOME NOISE for our grads. Step outside your front door on Friday, June 12 between 7-7:15 p.m. to whoop and holler, applaud, yell, stomp your feet, bang
a pot, whistle, sing, play an instrument...all in the name of our graduates!
Residents may also
print a sign to post on your front door or window to share your support of the class of 2020. Let's show all of our students who are moving on to the next step in their education or graduating from high school some encouragement and acknowledge their hard work! Let's make some noise for the class of 2020!!
|
Work with Us!
The District posts all open positions on EDJOIN and applications are accepted electronically at
www.edjoin.org.
Register to create your profile and submit your online application today!
View a
current list of all certificated and classified career opportunities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Congratulations to the following SMUHSD students who were finalists and placed first in the Youth Poetry, Music & Art Competition organized by the 
