This year during the math 8 portions of the STEMulate program students has been challenged to navigate through the Silicon Valley Elevate Curriculum. During such time the students investigated patterns of functions and how to transform shapes on the Euclidean plane. In between their hard work, students enjoyed zoom sessions with a college mentor and also found some time to socialize with other rising 8th graders from other schools in Hayward. I have been very impressed at all of the students' willingness to participate in the class activities and hope they can bring some of their knowledge from summertime into the upcoming school year.

Elevate Math (EM 7) is a new program in HUSD offered by Silicon Valley Education Foundation. EM 7 is a part of the HUSD STEMulate Program provided by YEP Summer Academy. In Elevate Math, students are introduced to math concepts and skills that they will encounter in the upcoming school year. They have worked on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, conversions, proportions, graphing, charting, and negative & positive integers. Students are using several modalities which allow them to self-reflect, create artistic math projects, and strengthen their math processing skills. In addition, the program incorporated Nearpod to help keep students stay engaged and challenged.

From Chabot Space & Science Center

"Chabot’s mission is to inspire and educate learners of all ages about the Universe and Planet Earth. Chabot Space & Science Center is a non-profit institution and community resource located on 13 trail-laced acres in Redwood Regional Park in Oakland amid the largest stand of coastal redwoods in the East Bay. Chabot features a 241-seat full dome planetarium, interactive and hands-on exhibits, space artifacts, a giant screen theater, a Challenger Learning Center, and the only research-level telescopes regularly available to the public for weekly live viewing in the Western United States."

Located at the ocean's edge, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is a window to marine life -- for dive masters and non-swimmers alike. It's home to sea otters, penguins, sharks, jellies, and thousands of other marine animals and plants. Its mission is to inspire the conservation of the ocean.

Where Did Boxing Come From?

Boxing is one of the oldest known sports today, with 2,000-year-old depictions on the walls of tombs in Egypt and stone carvings indicating that Sumerians—who lived in what is now Iraq—boxed at least 5,000 years ago. Boxing got its start as an exhausting and brutal spectacle.

In ancient Greece, two men would sit face to face with their fists tightly wrapped in strips of tough leather. They would then hit each other until one of them fell to the ground unconscious, or even worse, dead. Roman fighters or gladiators, on the other hand, fought with the primary intent to kill their opponent, wearing leather straps around their fists plated with metal. However, boxing was soon abolished around 393 AD because it was deemed too savage.

Boxing didn’t really resurface again until the early 16th Century in London. You see, the English aristocracy developed a keen interest in recovering the knowledge and tradition of antiquity, so boxing became a means to handle disputes among the rich. Wealthy patrons would support their pugilists and put large wagers down on their fights. This is actually where the term ‘prizefighters’ was coined.

1. Prepare your workspace, dye and fabric

2. Tie the fabric in knots

3. Immerse in dye

4. Rinse the dye from the fabric

5. Repeat for new colors

6. Dry

New Alameda County Indoor Mask Mandate

Posted 6/8/22

See the June 28 update here.

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Effective this morning, the Alameda County Public Health Department announced a new indoor mask mandate for most settings due to a new surge in COVID-19 infections. This order applies to non-school buildings, summer activities, and pre-schools. It does not apply to K-12 school settings through the end of this academic year.

Accordingly, in line with the ACPHD order, we will adopt a new face-covering policy as such:

• Reinstate an indoor masking requirement at the district office, non-school site buildings, the HUB, and pre-schools, effective today.

• Continue to strongly recommend mask-wearing, and actively encourage people to do so, in all indoor K-12 settings, even though the county has not recommended it.

• Require masking at summer schools and programs, as practicable, as well as year-round school sites beginning July 11.

• Maintain the current optional masking policy at traditional-year K-12 school sites through the end of the school year.

All along, we have supported proper mask-wearing as a tool to help prevent the spread of the COVID virus, and we have strongly recommended that employees and visitors to our building continue to mask, even in the absence of an official order.

This new order has no expiration date. We will keep you abreast of any new developments.

Melva and Yuri are our lunch ladies. Melva and Yuri are in charge of serving our fruits, veggies, and drinks. They expect us to wait nicely in line, do not play, and enjoy our food. Thank you Melva and Yuri for serving our food daily.

Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s College Readiness initiatives are designed to increase the number of students who have the option to go to college by accelerating pathways and eliminating barriers. We achieve this by engaging with districts to adopt policies that open more opportunities for students, hosting motivational events that promote college-going mindsets, providing support and resources to individual students and families to on track for college, and by managing scholarships with private partners to support college-bound students.

Many friendship groups developed during the YEP STEMulate Progam at Cesar Chavez. The students realized they have common interests, opinions, and goals. The young adults at YEP STEMulate have built their friendships based on mutual appreciation of each other's values and respect for their cultural differences. As they learn to build life-long academic skills , the community has learned to interact wih each other while making and keeping friends.