From edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org Tue Sep 1 15:17:45 2020 From: edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org (El Diamante High School Daily Bulletin) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 22:17:45 +0000 Subject: Daily Bulletin for Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Message-ID: El Diamante High School A California Distinguished School & Home of the Miners! Daily Bulletin Wednesday, September 2, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * Club Rush is August 31- Sept 4. Club will be available for sign up during each day at lunch through Zoom. Remember to check you grade level Google classroom and email for registration information * Club Rush Line up for Wednesday Sept 2 is Mock Trial, American Sign Language, AcaDec, Ablaze, California Scholarship Federation, Class of 2023 and Class of 2022. Register using the link: https://forms.gle/DkLJEFV6Ep1Zxyha8 and links. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @all4theMiners. * * Please click HEREand watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. * If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. New Announcements: * Tulare County Virtual College Night will be on Tuesday, September 8 from 5-7pm. Please click HERE to register for the event. All students and parents are welcomed to sign up! * Current CSF Members: Officer Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom (join code: hs63glo). If you want to run for an officer position, please read the packet CAREFULLY and submit your application by Friday, September 4. No late applications will be accepted. Only sophomores, juniors, and seniors who were in CSF last semester will be able to vote at this time, as we have not yet officially accepted any applications for this semester. Applications for general membership will start going out next week. For more updates, join the CSF Remind (81010 text @minercsf). * CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 280-2388. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 25th via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, September 07, 2020 Labor Day Holiday- Student Non-Attendance Tuesday, September 08, 2020 TCOE College Night - Virtual Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. * If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * Club Rush is August 31- Sept 4. Club will be available for sign up during each day at lunch through Zoom. Remember to check you grade level Google classroom and email for registration information * Club Rush Line up for Thursday, Sept 3 is Spanish, FCA, Basketball, Chess, BSU, Yoga, MAA, Miner Diamond Players. Register using the link: https://forms.gle/DkLJEFV6Ep1Zxyha8 and links. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @all4theMiners. [cid:91bf7c3b-59c3-4759-a3be-b54175433d0c] * Current CSF Members: Officer Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom (join code: hs63glo). If you want to run for an officer position, please read the packet CAREFULLY and submit your application by Friday, September 4. No late applications will be accepted. Only sophomores, juniors, and seniors who were in CSF last semester will be able to vote at this time, as we have not yet officially accepted any applications for this semester. Applications for general membership will start going out next week. For more updates, join the CSF Remind (81010 text @minercsf). * CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. * Please click HEREand watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. * If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. New Announcements: * PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. * Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. * They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. * SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. Previous Announcements: * Tulare County Virtual College Night will be on Tuesday, September 8 from 5-7pm. Please click HERE to register for the event. All students and parents are welcomed to sign up! * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! SENIOR NOTES * Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 25th via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, September 07, 2020 Labor Day Holiday- Student Non-Attendance Tuesday, September 08, 2020 TCOE College Night - Virtual Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. 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Name: Bulletin Template 9-2-2020.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 912536 bytes Desc: Bulletin Template 9-2-2020.pdf URL: From edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org Thu Sep 3 15:59:58 2020 From: edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org (El Diamante High School Daily Bulletin) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 22:59:58 +0000 Subject: Daily Bulletin for 9-4-2020 Message-ID: El Diamante High School A California Distinguished School & Home of the Miners! Daily Bulletin Friday, September 4, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * Monday, September 07, is Labor Day Holiday, Student Non-Attendance- There is no school on this day * The last day of Club Rush is Today. Club will be available for sign up during each day at lunch through Zoom. Remember to check you grade level Google classroom and email for registration information * Club Rush Line up for Friday are Class of 2024, GSA, Key Club, Creative Corner, Miner Nation, and Green Club. Register using the link: https://forms.gle/DkLJEFV6Ep1Zxyha8 and links. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @all4theMiners. * Current CSF Members: Officer Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom (join code: hs63glo). If you want to run for an officer position, please read the packet CAREFULLY and submit your application by Friday, September 4. No late applications will be accepted. Only sophomores, juniors, and seniors who were in CSF last semester will be able to vote at this time, as we have not yet officially accepted any applications for this semester. Applications for general membership will start going out next week. For more updates, join the CSF Remind (81010 text @minercsf). * CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. * Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. * If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. New Announcements: * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form<../2-%20September/gpa_opt_out.pdf> online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. Previous Announcements: * Tulare County Virtual College Night will be on Tuesday, September 8 from 5-7pm. Please click HERE to register for the event. All students and parents are welcomed to sign up! * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! * PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 25th via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. * They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. * SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. See the UC Insight questions attached. * Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, September 07, 2020 Labor Day Holiday- Student Non-Attendance Tuesday, September 08, 2020 TCOE College Night - Virtual Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. * If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin Milee Vang El Diamante High School Assistant Principal, Student Services (559) 735-3504 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Senior ad form 2020 (updated) - Milee Vang (1) (1) (1).pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 25235 bytes Desc: Senior ad form 2020 (updated) - Milee Vang (1) (1) (1).pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. * Pick Up your World History and US History Textbook Consumables & Media Arts Equipment TODAY! When: Wednesday, September 9 Where: El Diamante Parking Lot for consumable(in front of main office), Media Arts equipment needs to checked out in the EDHS library Times for Pickup Daytime 10:00am to 2:00pm Evening 5:00pm to 7:00pm New Announcements: * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. Previous Announcements: ? CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES ? Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. The flyer is attached. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES ? Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: September_23 El Diamante Presentation Q&A.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 34173 bytes Desc: September_23 El Diamante Presentation Q&A.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Daily Bulletin Thursday, September 10, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. New Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * ASB and the Ed Hews Crewis making a video rally and we would like you to be a part of it! We would love all of you to send in videos of yourself dancing to El Diamante's fight song for a chance to be featured in the rally video! If you are interested: Please film in landscape mode(side to side not up and down). Please place your phone on a flat surface when you record. Having someone else hold your phone when you record may result in a shaky video. Please send your videos by Sept. 16 to: mediasubmissionbox at gmail.com Previous Announcements: ? CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES ? Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? 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CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? CSF Applications are now available on the CSF Google Classroom. You must first join the classroom in order to access the form (join code: hs63glo). Remember, members must re-apply each semester that they qualify. Applications run September 1 - September 11. FRESHMEN: Because last year?s middle school grades ended abruptly, any freshman who wishes to join this academic club is welcome to do so this first semester. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . New Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * ASB and the Ed Hews Crew is making a video rally and we would like you to be a part of it! We would love all of you to send in videos of yourself dancing to El Diamante's fight song for a chance to be featured in the rally video! If you are interested: Please film in landscape mode(side to side not up and down). Please place your phone on a flat surface when you record. Having someone else hold your phone when you record may result in a shaky video. Please see your grade level Google Classrooms for the song. Please send your videos by Sept. 16 to: mediasubmissionbox at gmail.com Previous Announcements: ? CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES ? Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin Milee Vang El Diamante High School Assistant Principal, Student Services (559) 735-3504 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: Previous Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES ? Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Daily Bulletin Tuesday, September 15, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * Fresno Pacific: Meet with Joy Rubio Are you considering attending Fresno Pacific? Join this live webinar and ask their representative Joy Rubio what it is like to be a student at this great campus! The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 16 at 9:30 AM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE. * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. Previous Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES ? Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? 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CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * Fresno Pacific: Meet with Joy Rubio Are you considering attending Fresno Pacific? Join this live webinar and ask their representative Joy Rubio what it is like to be a student at this great campus! The webinar will take place TODAY at 9:30 AM. There is still time! Put it on your calendar and register HERE. * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * Today, Wednesday Sept. 16, we will be hosting two lunch break activities. Come join for a game of Pictionary or Kahoot. The Zoom room will open at 11:15 and games will start at 11:20. Use the link to register HERE. See ya there! * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?Face Masks.? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 Previous Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. ? Please click HERE and watch this short video if you are getting the internal error message when trying to login to Zoom. ? If you have chrome book or technology issues and have not been able to resolve them please contact the Tech Support Center at 690-3002 or CLICK HERE for self-guided supports. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 Monday, September 21, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * The First EDHS Ablaze Catholic Club meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 9/17 at 11:30am, email Mrs. Jacobsma at njacobma at vusd.org for the zoom link! * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. Previous Announcements: * P1 Grades are coming up quickly, Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?Face Masks.? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. ? COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS? Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 To Be Determined Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Bulletin for 9-17.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1071027 bytes Desc: Bulletin for 9-17.pdf URL: From edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org Thu Sep 17 17:14:36 2020 From: edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org (El Diamante High School Daily Bulletin) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:14:36 +0000 Subject: Bulletin for 9-18 Message-ID: El Diamante High School A California Distinguished School & Home of the Miners! Daily Bulletin Friday, September 18, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * P1 grades end today- Friday, September 18. Make sure your assignments are turned in and to reach out to your teachers if you have questions about your grade. * Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! * A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 - xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 - plypdjy Previous Announcements: * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is "Face Masks." Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts' College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is "First Day/Weeks of School" Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! * PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices' College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS' Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. * SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. * Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait - Summer - Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS' Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 To Be Determined Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. * If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student's Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Invite_UCLAFallOpenHouse2020 (2).pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 395927 bytes Desc: Invite_UCLAFallOpenHouse2020 (2).pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Bulletin for 9-18.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1064767 bytes Desc: Bulletin for 9-18.pdf URL: From edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org Fri Sep 18 15:01:23 2020 From: edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org (El Diamante High School Daily Bulletin) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:01:23 +0000 Subject: Bulletin for 9-21-2020 Message-ID: El Diamante High School A California Distinguished School & Home of the Miners! Daily Bulletin Monday, September 21, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * College of Engineering at UC Davis has opened registration for the Prospective Engineers Mentorship Program that closes on Thursday, September 24! This Fall, SWE is hosting a 10 week long mentorship program to support female and non-binary high school seniors who are interested in applying to engineering majors. There will be weekly sessions with UC Davis College of Engineering advisors, faculty, current students, and alumni, as well as smaller group mentorship sessions with current engineering students to help answer questions and provide individualized support. The program will run from September 24th to November 22nd and is open to high school seniors who identify as female or non-binary. The registration form can be found here: http://bit.ly/swe-prospective * Many of you have begun requesting Letters of Recommendation. Please submit this form when requesting a letter of recommendation from Mrs. Garcia: https://forms.gle/rJMU4izmmJq1cpaL9. Ms. Garcia has also uploaded resources for you to refer to for Resumes, Brag Sheets and Activity Charts. EDHS website - Senior Information page: https://www.vusd.org/Page/6545 Previous Announcements: * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! * A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 - xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 - plypdjy * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is "Face Masks." Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts' College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is "First Day/Weeks of School" Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! * PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices' College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS' Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. * SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. * Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait - Summer - Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS' Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, October 5, 2020 Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. * If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student's Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: * The Yearbook Theme for the week is "Social Distancing." Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/1mGxKMpNwcYTjMs48 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. * Update- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB Test) - Due to the pandemic and the campus being closed, we are not able to administer the ASVAB Test on site. Here is how you can still take the ASVAB Test in the Visalia office location: o You must be at least 17 years old AND have parent permission AND o You must contact our representative, Mr. David E Sanders, staff sergeant by email: David.E.Sanders48.ml at mail.mil or by phone- Office # 559 627 1906. Cell # 559 309 5427 to schedule an appointment * CSU Application Workshop: Seniors-if you intend to apply to one or more of the CSU campuses, be sure to RSVP using the link HERE to attend the Zoom CSU application workshop, which will be held on Tuesday, October 13th from 3:30-7:30pm. Space will fill up quickly. To complete your application, you will need the following: * A copy of your transcript-you can get this from the Student Services office * Test scores-SAT, ACT, AP * Your social security number, if you have one * Your citizenship status * Your parents' citizenship status * Your parents' annual income If you are applying to the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) you will need your parents' employment background and two recommendations. If you have questions, email your Learning Director, Ms. Garcia. Previous Announcements: * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! * A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 - xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 - plypdjy * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is "Face Masks." Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts' College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. * VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. * Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is "First Day/Weeks of School" Here is the link to this week's Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! * PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices' College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. * Seniors Portraits: We are working with Essence Photography to confirm a date and time where we can provide the opportunity for seniors to take their senior portraits on campus. We are following CDE and Health Department guidelines. Please contact Essence directly if you want to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. As soon as a date is set, we will inform parents and seniors. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. * COS Senior Informational Meeting: There will be a COS Informational meeting on Wednesday, September 23 via zoom. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Following this session, there will be a Questions and Answer session with COS' Mrs. Salazar from 9-10am via zoom. The 9am Q & A link will be shared with your senior homeroom teachers and posted on Schoology. The prerecorded video will be emailed to all seniors through Schoology too. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. * SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. * Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait - Summer - Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS' Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm CSU Application Workshop via Zoom October 13 @ 3:30-7:30pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, September 18, 2020 End of Grading Period 1 To Be Determined Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. * Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante * El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. * Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. 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Name: Bulletin for 9-22.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1145299 bytes Desc: Bulletin for 9-22.pdf URL: From edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org Tue Sep 22 16:30:01 2020 From: edhs-bulletin at mailman.vusd.org (El Diamante High School Daily Bulletin) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:30:01 +0000 Subject: Bulletin for 9-23 Message-ID: El Diamante High School A California Distinguished School & Home of the Miners! Daily Bulletin Wednesday, September 23, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? COS Senior Informational Meeting is TODAY! You should all receive the prerecorded COS video via email. Attached in the email you will find the 9-10AM Q and @ session and zoom invite link with COS? Crystal Salazar. All seniors who are interested in attending COS after high school must watch this prerecorded information session hosted by COS. Please email Ms. Garcia if you have questions. * Our first Assembly kicks off today! The Media Arts Team and ASB Leadership class have provided a prerecorded virtual assembly that will be shared with all of you during homeroom class tomorrow! Your homeroom teachers will have this link tomorrow morning. * Update on Seniors Portraits: We have been able to reschedule to have senior portrait make-ups on Wednesday, October 14 from 11am-6pm in a drive through format (similar to Class of 2020 commencement). If you would prefer to still schedule an appointment with Essence to take your senior portraits at their facility, please contact Essence directly to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. More information will be shared with parents and students via email and you will receive an automated call regarding the details. Previous Announcements: * The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?Social Distancing.? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/1mGxKMpNwcYTjMs48 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. * Update- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB Test) - Due to the pandemic and the campus being closed, we are not able to administer the ASVAB Test on site. Here is how you can still take the ASVAB Test in the Visalia office location: * You must be at least 17 years old AND have parent permission AND * You must contact our representative, Mr. David E Sanders, staff sergeant by email: David.E.Sanders48.ml at mail.mil or by phone- Office # 559 627 1906. Cell # 559 309 5427 to schedule an appointment * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! * A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 ? xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 ? plypdjy * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?Face Masks.? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/JLxHNDPD8nLzaef98 * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * Grand Canyon University: Meet with Kayla Waters. Come listen and ask questions about this college life! This is a live webinar with admissions representative Kayla Waters. The webinar will take place Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 PM. Put it on your calendar and register HERE! * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? Yearbook: The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?First Day/Weeks of School? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/FsnJnBD1ZEk6peBm9 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos and hearing how everyone is doing! ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * CSU Application Workshop: Seniors?if you intend to apply to one or more of the CSU campuses, be sure to RSVP using the link HERE to attend the Zoom CSU application workshop, which will be held on Tuesday, October 13th from 3:30-7:30pm. Space will fill up quickly. To complete your application, you will need the following: * A copy of your transcript?you can get this from the Student Services office * Test scores?SAT, ACT, AP * Your social security number, if you have one * Your citizenship status * Your parents? citizenship status * Your parents? annual income If you are applying to the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) you will need your parents? employment background and two recommendations. If you have questions, email your Learning Director, Ms. Garcia. * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm CSU Application Workshop via Zoom October 13 @ 3:30-7:30pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS To Be Determined Academic Awards Night 6:30pm @LJ Williams (Spring 2020 recipients AND Fall 2019 recipients) Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Welcome Rally during homeroom SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? 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Daily Bulletin Friday, September 25, 2020 VUSD Announces Grab-n-Go Meals Services Meal service will continue during the school year but ONLY ON THURSDAYS at two service times: 10-12pm and 5-7pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for the entire week. Click here for resources and/or more information. CAMPUS INFORMATION Student Attendance - If you need to call Attendance to clear an absence or have your student excused for an appointment in advance, please call your Attendance Office at 735-3501 directly. STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? Starting Sept. 29, we are designating Tuesday as "College T-Shirt Tuesday". So wear your favorite college shirt or hoodie. * Update on Seniors Portraits: We have been able to reschedule to have senior portrait make-ups on Wednesday, October 14 from 11am-6pm in a drive through format (similar to Class of 2020 commencement). If you would prefer to still schedule an appointment with Essence to take your senior portraits at their facility, please contact Essence directly to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. More information will be shared with parents and students via email and you will receive an automated call regarding the details. Previous Announcements: * The Yearbook Theme for the week is ?Social Distancing.? Here is the link to this week?s Google Form where students can submit photos and answer interview questions: https://forms.gle/1mGxKMpNwcYTjMs48 Students can fill out the Google Form on Chromebooks or phones. * Update- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB Test) - Due to the pandemic and the campus being closed, we are not able to administer the ASVAB Test on site. Here is how you can still take the ASVAB Test in the Visalia office location: * You must be at least 17 years old AND have parent permission AND * You must contact our representative, Mr. David E Sanders, staff sergeant by email: David.E.Sanders48.ml at mail.mil or by phone- Office # 559 627 1906. Cell # 559 309 5427 to schedule an appointment * Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. * Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! * A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 ? xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 ? plypdjy * Class of 2024: Hello, Miner families! In hopeful anticipation of athletics resuming in late December, we need to get names of all 9th graders interested in athletics. Please click on the click here to complete this survey link. * CAL GRANT OPT OUT: With the implementation of Assembly Bill 2160, California public high schools are required to submit a Cal Grant high school Grade Point Average (GPA) for all graduating seniors, unless the student or parent has opted out of the submission process. If you do not want El Diamante High School to report a GPA, please fill out the Opt Out Form online and email it to Mrs. Marsh, mmarsh at vusd.org in the Student Services Office before October 1st or drop it off to Student Services Office. * For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. * Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . * A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola * Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES * CSU Application Workshop: Seniors?if you intend to apply to one or more of the CSU campuses, be sure to RSVP using the link HERE to attend the Zoom CSU application workshop, which will be held on Tuesday, October 13th from 3:30-7:30pm. Space will fill up quickly. To complete your application, you will need the following: * A copy of your transcript?you can get this from the Student Services office * Test scores?SAT, ACT, AP * Your social security number, if you have one * Your citizenship status * Your parents? citizenship status * Your parents? annual income If you are applying to the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) you will need your parents? employment background and two recommendations. If you have questions, email your Learning Director, Ms. Garcia. * Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. * All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. * College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am-3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 Immediately or wait until school is able to schedule this. Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm X COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm CSU Application Workshop via Zoom October 13 @ 3:30-7:30pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES * Our first PTSA (Parent/Teacher/Student Association) meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Here is the link to the meeting PTSA Link. All are welcome to come and hear what is happening at El Diamante! There will be reports from our ASB student leaders, and Principal Hohne will also be there to give a report. There will be a Q & A time with Mr. Hohne, to help parents & students navigate this new way of doing school! Any questions, please contact Dawn Vink at dvink10 at gmail.com. Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el-diamante-high-school-ptsa * Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735-3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the bulletin http://mailman.visalia.k12.ca.us/mailman/listinfo/edhs-bulletin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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STUDENT NOTES AND ACTIVITIES Today: ? Update on Seniors Portraits: Wednesday, October 14 from 11am-6pm in a drive through format (similar to Class of 2020 commencement). All cars must enter on Crenshaw and exit on Akers. If you would prefer to still schedule an appointment with Essence to take your senior portraits at their facility, please contact Essence directly to schedule an appointment with them, phone number 741-1257. If you have already taken your senior photos at the Essence facility, you DO NOT need to attend this make-up session. Please arrive during your allotted time: Seniors last names A-F please come from 11-1pm, Seniors last names G-M please come from 1-3pm, Seniors last names N-Z please come from 3-5pm. From 5-6pm will be make-up times for any other senior who is not able to make their assigned time. If you have questions, please contact Ms. Garcia at 735-3518 or at mgarcia02 at vusd.org. ? Athletic Conditioning will start for Fall sports (cross country, water polo, volleyball, football, and cheer) on Monday October 5th. If you have not been contacted by your coach, please contact the coach or the athletic director at jkiser at vusd.org for further information. Go Miners! Previous Announcements: ? Update- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB Test) - Due to the pandemic and the campus being closed, we are not able to administer the ASVAB Test on site. Here is how you can still take the ASVAB Test in the Visalia office location: o You must be at least 17 years old AND have parent permission AND o You must contact our representative, Mr. David E Sanders, staff sergeant by email: David.E.Sanders48.ml at mail.mil or by phone- Office # 559 627 1906. Cell # 559 309 5427 to schedule an appointment ? Key Club Registration time! Key Club International is a service club that works with the West Visalia Kiwanis to serve our school and community. Please complete the following Google Form to show your interest in being a part of Key Club International for the 2020-2021 school year. Message Miss Elder at selder at vusd.org if you have any questions. Our first official club meeting will be scheduled soon. ? Register to Attend the UCLA Fall Open House October 5-10! See the attachment! ? A reminder to please sign up to receive Activity and School Update by registering for your grade level Google Classrooms: 2023 - m4u3q53, 2022 ? xnlqahb, 2021 - q5hd2hv, 2024 ? plypdjy ? For a DMV Pink slip request, please go to the website here: DMV Pink Slip and allow one week for processing. ? Register to attend the various College Presentations being hosted by our Districts? College and Career Readiness Office. Freshmen and Sophomore Parent Night has been schedule for September 30th and you can RSVP HERE . ? A Message from our Librarian- Hi to all our EDHS students! We would love for you to view our Schoology site and request a library book or two or three. Our plan is as follows: Print requests, fill requests, check books out and have them available by the following morning. We will email you when your books are ready, all you need to do is stop by the attendance office and pick them up! We are excited to hear from you soon........ Mrs. Evaro and Mrs. Coppola ? Join the VUSD Equity Instagram Page by following vusd_equity. ? VUSD Social Emotional Wellness provides resources for students and families during this time. Please click here to be directed to the website directly. ? PSAT testing date has been moved to January 26, 2021. More information to come as we receive updates from College Board. Contact Mr. Elms at 735-3511 if you have questions. SENIOR NOTES ? CSU Application Workshop: Seniors?if you intend to apply to one or more of the CSU campuses, be sure to RSVP using the link HERE to attend the Zoom CSU application workshop, which will be held on Tuesday, October 13th from 3:30-7:30pm. Space will fill up quickly. To complete your application, you will need the following: o A copy of your transcript?you can get this from the Student Services office o Test scores?SAT, ACT, AP o Your social security number, if you have one o Your citizenship status o Your parents? citizenship status o Your parents? annual income If you are applying to the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) you will need your parents? employment background and two recommendations. If you have questions, email your Learning Director, Ms. Garcia. ? Seniors! Please check out the updated District Website for resources on College planning and application season. Click HERE. ? All College and Career Presentations will take place primarily through our District Offices? College and Career Readiness Department. To keep updated on college speakers and presenters, please reference this website and RSVP using the links provided. Click HERE for more details. ? College Application Season is here. We have available resources for launching your UC, CSU, Community College and FAFSA application through CCGI. This is the best way for Ms. Garcia to be able to assist you with monitoring what you have submitted. Please remember to launch your applications through your California College account. Please reach out via email to Ms. Garcia if you have questions about this process. ? Senior Students are able to order Cap and Gown for Graduation 2021 right now or wait until October 28th for the virtual presentation in Homeroom. If you prefer to order now, student and parents can put in an order in the following ways: 1. going to Jostens.com OR 2. Mail their order to the local Visalia Office OR 3. Place their order in person at the local Visalia Office at 1222 W. Murray Ave. a. They have extended their office hours in October and early November on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-7pm and be open on Saturdays from 10am- 3pm in addition to their regular MWF from 10am-5pm. ? SENIORS- UC Application Workshop will be held via Zoom this year with Mrs. Elizabeth Lopez from UC Merced. The application workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7th from 10-11am. Please fill out the form HERE to RSVP for the workshop. Seniors will receive the zoom invite the day prior to the event. ? Seniors below are some important dates to remember: Senior Check List Check Important Event Date Senior Portrait ? Summer ? Call Essence @ 741-1257 10/14/2020 by Alpha Senior Portrait Make-ups To Be Determined X TCOE Virtual College Night September 8 @ 5-7pm X COS Virtual Senior Meeting in Homeroom, Q &A session at 9am via Zoom with COS? Mrs. Salazar September 23 UC Application Workshop October 7 @10-11am FAFSA/Dream Act Virtual Application Workshop October 12 from 5-8pm CSU Application Workshop via Zoom October 13 @ 3:30-7:30pm Virtual Cap, Gown and Announcements in Homeroom October 28th PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION UPCOMING EVENTS SPORTS Athletics continues to be suspended until further notice. ? Attention Juniors and Seniors who are thinking of playing sports in College. You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center to be eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in a certain number of academic courses in high school to qualify to play at the college level. Qualifications vary based off of the division in which your college participates in athletics. See your Learning Director if you have questions or concerns. PARENT NOTES ? Join PTSA here: https://jointotem.com/ca/visalia/el diamante-high-school-ptsa ? Attention Parents: To purchase Miner Swag please visit the EDHS Fan store on the EDHS Website. http://vusd.org/ElDiamante ? El Diamante School Marquee messages available to purchase for $50 a week. Say Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your student. Call the office at 735- 3501 for details and ask for Ms. Trevino. ? Congratulate your Senior with a Yearbook Ad! Send a message to your graduating senior that will last forever. Get them an ad in the senior section of the yearbook. This year, because of Distance Learning, senior ads will be created and paid for on Jostens.com. Just go to the website, search for El Diamante and follow the instructions. Also, please fill out the attached form and send a picture or scan to Mark Abbott (mabbott at vusd.us) so the Yearbook team knows who is planning on doing a senior ad. ? If you are interested in requesting a meeting with your student?s Learning Director, please fill out the appointment request form by clicking HERE. 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