September 6 - September 11, 2021

The Clairemont School Week At A Glance (SWAG) is intended to provide students, staff, and families with timely information about upcoming events and important announcements for the coming week. Check out all the wonderful things happening at CHS next week.

Your CHS Admin Team

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Monday, September 6

• No School - Labor Day

Tuesday, September 7

• Coffee With the CHS Admin Team (9:00 am)

• Girls Varsity Field Hockey at Home vs. Chula Vista HS (4:00 pm)

• Girls Varsity Tennis at Hoover HS (4:00 pm)

• Girls Freshmen & JV Volleyball at Home vs. UC (4:30 pm)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball at Home vs. UC (6:15 pm)

Wednesday, September 8

• ELAC Informational Meeting (4:00 pm)

• Girls Varsity Tennis at Home vs. Mira Mesa (4:00 pm)

Thursday, September 9

• Title I Informational Meeting (4:15 pm)

• Virtual Back to School Night (5:00 pm)

• Girls Varsity Field Hockey at Home vs. Rancho Bernardo HS (4:00 pm)

• Girls Varsity Tennis at Home vs. Madison (4:00 pm)

• Girls Freshmen & JV Volleyball at Home vs. Santana (4:30 pm)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball at Home vs. Santana (6:15 pm)

Friday, September 10

• Girls Freshmen & JV Sweetwater Tournament (3:00 pm)

• Boys JV Water Polo at Home vs. Mt. Carmel (3:15 pm)

• Boys Varsity Water Polo at Home vs. Mt. Carmel (4:30 pm)

• Boys JV Football at El Cajon Valley HS (4:00 pm)

• Boys Varsity Football at El Cajon Valley HS (7:00 pm)

Saturday, September 11

• Girls Freshmen & JV Sweetwater Tournament (8:00 am)

PARENTS NEEDED FOR ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ELAC)

The CHS English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) is a group of students, parents, and staff members that meet on a monthly basis to provide advice to the CHS Admin Team on issues concerning our English Learner population. The ELAC is responsible for helping guide decision making about policies and procedures related to assisting English Learners in making progress toward proficiency with the English Language. CHS will be holding an informational meeting to share the specific legal tasks that the ELAC is responsible for completing and also providing parents and opportunity to indicate their interest in serving on the ELAC. If you would like to attend this informational session, please complete the Google Form below and a Zoom link will be sent to the email you provide.

ELAC INFORMATIONAL MEETING INTEREST FORM

TITLE I INFORMATIONAL MEETING

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. As Clairemont High School qualifies for Title I funding, we will be convening our annual meeting to explain the Title I requirements and the right of parents to be involved in those programs. In order to keep parents informed, we are inviting the parents of children participating in Title I programs to attend a brief informational session on Thursday, September 9 at 4:15 pm (just before our virtual Back to School Night) via Zoom (no longer in Room 114). Please let us know if you plan to attend this event by using the Google Form below:

CHS TITLE I INFORMATIONAL MEETING FORM

PARENT NEEDED FOR CHS SITE GOVERNANCE TEAM (SGT)

Clairemont High School is looking for a parent to serve on our Site Governance Team (SGT) for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years. The purpose of the SGT is to empower the staff, parents, and students to make long-range decisions and changes that will promote student academic, social, and physical growth. This is accomplished through shared decision-making. Shared decision making allows for flexibility and assures accountability. It fosters positive communication, collaboration, and positive consensus. The goal of shared decision-making is to improve the quality of the learning experience and the learning outcomes of students, to improve the quality of education, to enhance working conditions of employees and improve communications and involvement of the parents and community.

The team may be involved in making decisions related to the success of students and staff at Clairemont High School. These areas may include but are not limited to:

• Curriculum

• Discipline

• Safety and Security

• Attendance

• Staffing

• Communication

• Parent/Student Handbook

To nominate either yourself or another parent to be placed on the ballot for the SGT, please use the form linked below. As soon as the ballot has been created, CHS parents will have the ability to select a parent to represent them on the SGT for the next two years.

SGT INTEREST FORM

PARENTS NEEDED FOR CHS SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL (SSC)

Hello Clairemont High School parents. Would you be interested in serving on the Clairemont High School Site Council (SSC) this school year as a parent/community representative? For the coming school year, we have TWO parent/community member openings and THREE student openings.

The SSC is a governing body that is responsible for deciding how to spend categorical money to improve the instructional program at Clairemont High School. Each school in the district receives a different amount of money, based on enrollment. SSC members work together to set goals for improving student achievement at Clairemont High School and allocating the funds to accomplish those goals. SSC members meet eight times a year to oversee the implementation of various programs in the school, including state and federally-funded programs.

Parents will have an opportunity to vote for their parent/community representatives as soon as the ballot has been finalized. If you would like to nominate either yourself or another parent/student to serve on the SSC, please use the link below to do so.

SSC INTEREST FORM

If you have any additional questions about the CHS SSC, please feel free to email Principal Williams at your convenience. (ewilliams4@sandi.net).

PARENTS NEEDED FOR CHS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVISORY COUNCIL (ELAC)

The CHS English Language Advisory Council (ELAC) is a governing body that is responsible for the following tasks:

• Advising the principal and staff in the development of a site plan for English learners and submitting the plan to the School Site Council for consideration of inclusion in the School Plan for Student Achievement.

• Assisting in the development of the schoolwide needs assessment.

• Ways to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.

CHS is looking for parents to serve on our ELAC for the 2021-2022 school year. If you or someone you know would be interested in serving on our ELAC, please use the form below to make your nomination. As soon as the ballot has been created, CHS parents will have the ability to select a parents to represent them on the ELAC for the next two years.

ELAC INTEREST FORM

YOUR FALL PHOTOS ARE READY

Hi Parents and Students

Good news! JostensPIX was recently at your school to photograph picture day, and your student's photos are now available for viewing and ordering! Click on the button below to get started.

VIEW AND ORDER PHOTOS HERE

https://shop.jostenspix.com

PHOTOS NOT APPEARING IN YOUR GALLERY? FIND YOUR STUDENT USING EVENT CODE: FE104021

DID YOU KNOW?

• You can personalize your photos with a variety of backgrounds and
  text

• Photos are shipped directly to your home

• High-res digital downloads are available

• If you have more than one child, you can order together and pay
  once

If you did not take a photo during registration, the school photo make up day will be on Thursday, Sept. 16^th from 8-11 am in the Library. **This is not for retakes, new photos only!

ELPAC TESTING RESOURCES PAGE

You are the expert on your child. Over the course of a school year, you receive a lot of information about how your child is performing that can be combined to give you a more complete picture of your child’s progress. In addition to report card grades and class tests, you can use the ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessments for California) score reports to better understand your child’s progress in learning English to start a conversation with your child’s teacher about how to even better support learning at home.

CHS encourages all English Learners and their parents to take advantage of the free Starting Smarter resources to help families understand ELPAC testing, results, and next steps. The page is available in both English and Spanish.

PARENT INFO SESSION REGARDING OPTIONAL WEEKLY COVID TESTING

Last week, SDUSD provided parents with a School COVID-19 Testing Option Form. This form will allow parents the option to opt in to weekly COVID-19 testing for their child. In order to provide parents with more information about this process, SDUSD and the Family Engagement Department will be hosting an informational Zoom session on Wednesday, September 8 at 5:30 pm. More information about the event, including the Zoom link can be found on the fliers linked below.

English.pdf

Spanish.pdf

A job aid is available with instructions to assist parents/guardians with submitting the form. Those who would like to opt in to the weekly testing should login to the PowerSchool Parent Portal at https://powerschool.sandi.net and select Forms from the left-hand navigation, then select the form named School COVID-19 Testing Option. If parents/guardians do not have a Parent Portal account, they may also login using their student’s ID and password. However, we encourage parents/guardians to create their own Parent Portal account in the future.

Any parents/guardians who indicate that they would like to enroll in the District’s COVID-19 testing program will be directed to one or two additional forms based on school of enrollment. These forms will also show in the PowerSchool Parent/Student Portal Forms area if a parent needs to return to them later.

CLAIREMONT COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS (CCoS)

Clairemont Community of Schools are meetings in which parents and staff from all 5 feeder elementary schools, Marston and Clairemont High School discuss topics like K-12 alignment, district updates, enrollment, marketing and other items brought forth to the committee. The purpose of the Clairemont Community of Schools Committee is to assemble Clairemont Cluster staff, parents and community members to discuss information that will ultimately improve the Cluster’s programs and presence in the Community. Area Superintendents, principals and a SDUSD Board Trustee often attend these meetings.

Each school also identifies a Parent Liaison responsible for attending cluster school PTA meetings and disseminating cluster information to the respective PTA Board (or similar parent group determined by each site). Cluster Parent Liaisons use outreach systems at their respective schools to share news about CCoS work. Parent’s may nominate either themselves or another parent to be added to the ballot and then the parent liaison will be voted on by the Clairemont parent community.

To nominate either yourself or another parent, please use THIS GOOGLE FORM. Once a ballot has been created, parents will have the opportunity to vote on their Parent Liaison.

In order to adhere to the health and safety guidelines set forth by the San Diego Unified School District, the CCoS meetings for the 2021-2022 school year will be held via Zoom. The Zoom link along with the dates and times of the meetings are listed below.

Meeting Schedule for the 2021-2022 School Year

• October 7, 2021 5:00 - 6:00 pm

• December 9, 2021 5:00 - 6:00 pm

• March 3, 2022 5:00 - 6:00 pm

• May 5, 2022 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Zoom Link - https://sandiegounified.zoom.us/j/89336635464

CCoS Website - https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/ccos

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you at our first CCoS meeting on October 7, 2021.

Sincerely,

Principal Williams

SENIOR PORTRAITS

Hey Seniors!

If you have not yet taken your Senior Photo please do one of the following:

• Book a session directly at the studio - https://www.keaneseniors.com/book-session

• Book an on campus Take 2 session on October 15^th

• Book a yearbook headshot only on November 2^nd **these appointments will be bookable after this week.

An optional cap and gown only session will be available in the Spring. Stay tuned. Ms. Heidi Fulton (hfulton@sandi.net) will be your go to contact for all things Senior and will keep you advised.

TEACHER CONTACT INFORMATION

A full list of CHS Staff Contact information can be found on our school website at https://clairemont.sandiegounified.org/.

CHS Player's Creed

It is the mission of the CHS athletics program to teach our student-athletes principles that will guide them for the rest of their lives. CHS athletics isn't just about better athletes, but better people. That is why we are so excited to launch our new CHS Player's Creed (see below). In collaboration with the CHS Athletic Leadership council and various stakeholders, the CHS Player’s Creed was developed to outline what we believe it means to be a CHIEF. Every student participating in athletics at CHS, as well as their parent/guardian will be required to sign the CHS Student-Athlete Contract which states the following:

As a student-athlete at Clairemont High School you have the privilege of being part of a memorable and life changing experience. With this privilege comes great responsibility. Therefore, it is the expectation of the CHS admin team and Athletic Director that all who participate in athletics actively work to model character and integrity of the highest quality in the classroom, on the court/pool/field, and in our community. By signing this contract, you agree to strive to live a life worthy of emulating by exhibiting Courage, Humility, Integrity, Endurance, and Focus in all that you do.

ATHLETICS COACHING CONTACTS

CHS MENTOR PROGRAM

We are excited to start back up our 11th Grade Mentoring Program for the 2021-22 School Year! In this program, all 11th graders will have the opportunity to be matched to an industry community volunteer mentor who will meet with them monthly on campus during the school day to discuss important topics such as goal-setting, future planning, resumes and interview skills and more. We are always looking for quality volunteers from the community to be mentors in our program. Parents - if you or someone in your network would be an amazing mentor, please get the word out and consider signing up today! More about our CHS Mentor Program and Mentor Program Application can be found on our website at https://clairemont.sandiegounified.org/industry_partners/mentor_program. Registration is now open and the deadline to apply is October 7. Mentor Meetings officially begin on October 14, 2021!

For more information about CHS Counseling, check out our Clairemont Counseling webpage.

California Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) are required to post the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) School Guidance Checklist and the COVID Prevention Plan online. San Diego Unified has made these documents available for public review HERE.