Erin Knott

Good afternoon!

The Learning Differences Virtual College Fair will be held on February 23, 2023 from 9am-11am (PST) and 3:30pm-5:30pm (PST).

• Chat live with college reps
• View college presentations
• Attend educational sessions

Click here to register and explore .  Attendees will learn more about what to expect in college, find colleges that fit their learning needs as well as gain access to virtual college booths loaded with resources, virtual educational sessions, and live admissions representatives.

Monday (13th) & Tuesday (14th) will be Decades Day. Come in your best decades outfit inspired by Black fashion, and prepare for a mini fashion show at lunch!

Thursday (16th) & Friday (17th) will be Valentine’s themed. Come wearing pink, red, or white! If you’re more into “Anti-Valentine’s”, wear black! On those two days, we will also be passing out the Candy Grams and playing a Kahoot during Advisory!

UC Berkeley is hosting a free program for current high school juniors called Experience Berkeley.  The Experience Berkeley Program for High School Students (EBHS) is a free 10-month program that provides Black, Latinx, & Native American rising high school seniors (Class of 2024) with mentors, tools, and resources to complete a competitive UC college application and the opportunity to get a close, personal look at UC Berkeley.

The 2023 Program Application is now open and we’ll be accepting applications until March 31st, 2023 at 11:59pm. Click on this link: About Experience Berkeley 2023 for an informative PDF slidedeck about this program.

ONE MORE spring PJ Test Prep FREE SAT/ACT PRACTICE TEST, on February 26th.  There won’t be a paper flier for this one but info is attached – the free ones we’ve been doing this spring have been VERY popular/full now that families are beginning to remember the importance of test scores in helping applicants stand out in an ocean of good GPAs.  Any students who might want to join would just head to http://www.pjtestprep.com/RSVP.

Spirit Day next week! Come dressed your BEST, choose an era, and dress in fashion inspired by that era. Join us in the Student Union at lunch for a “fashion show” runway display of everyone’s looks. Teachers, students, staff, and everyone in between, we’re encouraging you to join too!

The 2023 theme of Black History Month is Black Resistance and the BSU has LOTS of events planned for the entire month. This week we have a student from LMU’s BSU coming to speak with our students about college life, on Tuesday Feb. 7th over zoom during lunch time – 12:25 – 12:50. If Mon/Thursday cohort students would like to join over zoom here is the link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6173950341?pwd=aDk4ZUVLV2wxdFd4YjRXUC9uVjRIUT09

Tying into the theme of Black Resistance, we are also having a screening of the movie The Woman King after school on Friday the 10th, which both cohorts are invited to attend. 

Don’t forget to keep checking the Black facts and figures pasted around the school for the Battle Of The Advisories Kahoots coming soon 😉

Kinecta provides eight $2,000 scholarships each year to help full-time students achieve their educational goals. Students are eligible if they are:

• Age 24 or younger
• A high school senior applying for, or already accepted as, a full-time student at an accredited college or university, or
• A full-time student attending and continuing at an accredited college or university.

Applications will be accepted Feb 1 – Mar 1, 2023. Completed applications must be received by March 1, 2023. Funds will be paid directly to the winner’s college/university on or around August 1, 2023.

CLICK HERE to apply and for more info!

CLICK HERE for the flyer and eligibility!

If you have photos you would like to submit to be considered to put in the yearbook, please click on the link below:

https://uploads.picabooyearbooks.com/9685650

The UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute introduces high school students to game-making as an artistic practice, teaching them techniques and tools to develop analog and digital games that reflect their own creative vision. No previous game-making skills are required. Students with an interest in games and visual arts will find the curriculum especially rewarding–and those who complete the two-week program receive 4 units of college credit!

This summer we’re featuring two sessions of the program: an online, virtual classroom version, as well as an in-person, residential program on campus at UCLA. The two sessions offer nearly identical instruction and game design projects—but now you can choose between an online or an on-campus experience! The dates for Summer 2023:

• Session A (online, virtual classroom): July 10, 2023 – July 21, 2023
• Session B (in-person, residential): July 23, 2023 – August 5, 2023

The Summer Institute program is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we welcome students of all cultural, racial, gender, linguistic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds and physical abilities.

Registration starts February 15 at the UCLA Summer Sessions website. Spaces in both programs are limited—and they tend to fill up pretty fast. So if you’re interested in learning all about game design this summer, please visit that site soon–and please read on to learn more about what makes the UCLA Game Lab Summer Institute so special!

Scholarships are available:

UCLA Summer Sessions Summer Scholars Support

Qualified students attending grades 8th – 11th in Spring 2023 in the state of California may be eligible for Summer Scholars Support, a need- and merit-based scholarship offered by the UCLA Summer Sessions Office. A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available to support enrollment in SCIP/eSCIP, one Summer Course, or a Precollege Summer Institute.

Summer 2023 deadline to apply: March 15.

Hello Seniors,

El Camino College will be hosting Cash for College Financial Aid Resource Event:

Saturday, February 25, 2023 – 10am -12pm

Student Services Building – Free parking

FREE food by In-N-Out Burger

$1,500 Scholarship raffle