Grizzly Community Update

Hello California High School Community,

We are a few short days away from the beginning of the school year and our staff has been on campus working hard to prepare!

The first day of school is almost here, Wednesday, August 10, and in this message you will find a couple short videos from me and Mr. Osborne with some important updates for the beginning of the school year. Please make sure to read all the way to the bottom, as our counseling team has added some important information on schedule.

We are welcoming a large group of new group of Grizzly staff, so below I will list them, including some of the details on our new admin team members for those of you that have not been introduced to us all yet.

As you may know we have a new website this school you. We are still in the process of making the full transition, so there are links that are not working and some pages are not updated yet. Thank you for your patience as we rebuild our site. Our website will continue to be the place to go to get your most up to date information on all things California High School. Thank you for your support as we get back to where we need to be.

Enjoy the last few days of summer break!

Respectfully,

Mr. Ball

The Annual Update is a Districtwide process held each year beginning in June to verify household and emergency contact information as well as complete annual release acknowledgement and permission requirements. All families are required to complete the Annual Update each year.

The 22-23 Annual Update Portal is open in Infinite Campus Parent Portal, and you have until the beginning of the 22-23 school year, Tuesday, August 9 to complete the Update.

https://srvusd.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/sanRamon.jsp

California High School Online Registration

Future Fund Registration is live. In Future Fund you can support our school financially by making purchases (ASB packages, parking permits, etc.) and essential donations to support our school and all of our booster organizations. Thank you for your patience as we have had to work through some technical difficulties.

To begin your online registration, please go to:

https://calhigh.futurefund.com/registration

Please see the CHS website for new student enrollment

To increase safe operations here on campus, we are adjusting the drop-of/pickup procedures on campus. Please see below map and video for the details on our new traffic pattern.

For sale in Future Fund registration for Seniors only. After the 1st day of school, we will assess how many we have and sell the remaining permits for Juniors.

10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who have not previously attended a Start Smart course must attend one course to be eligible to purchase a parking pass. One parent or guardian must attend the class woith the student.

For more information or to register, visit the district's Start Smart webpage.

TRAFFIX is a traffic congestion relief program that allows families to be a part of the solution to

traffic congestion on routes to our school. It is a great avenue for kids to learn independence and make new friends on their journey to and from school. Please follow the link below to find out more information on the California High School routes and cost for a pass.

TRAFFIX website

WING is a way for incoming 9th graders to connect with other students, become familiar with Cal High's campus, and get any and all questions answered before the start of the school year! At WING, students will meet Admin and the Leadership teachers and students, build community in small groups, get locker info, and an insider tour of our campus. After WING, there will be festivities in the quad! Students are free to stay after their campus tours! This event will be held on Monday, August 8th @ 10AM - 12:30PM. Additionally, feel free to bring water and snacks for yourself!

Sophomore and Transfer Students Open House will familiarize students with the CHS campus by providing tours and answers to questions to support students coming back to Cal High. This event will be held after WING on Monday, August 8th from 12PM - 1:30PM. Students may arrive at any time between 12-1:30PM for games, campus tours, and questions for our student leaders. Additionally, feel free to bring water and snacks for yourself!

The first addition of this year's Bear Facts, our official newsletter, the trusted source for information from school admin, PTSA, boosters, clubs and students, will be published Monday, August 8th.

Sign up to receive Bear Facts!

Several emails were sent out at the end of last school year regarding the new bell schedules for California High School. Our start time every day is 8:30am. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, dismissal for students without a B period is 2:35 pm. While students with B Period, the school day ends at 3:41 pm. On Wednesday we have an early release day. Our dismissal at the end of 5/6th period is 2:05 pm, and there is no B period.

You will notice that we have "Support" listed before lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. This time will be incredibly useful for us to address both academic and social/emotional learning. Students are responsible for signing up to get the support they need.

We understand that there are some students that are participating in after school activities and their school day ends at 5th/6th period. For all students that do not have transportation off campus and must stay after school for their activity, we will have the Commons open with supervision. This will be an opportunity to begin homework or just rest before activities begin.

• Schedules will be released on Monday, September 8th!
• The schedule is very full and due to the limitations in the master schedule and space availability, many changes may not be possible. Specifically, there are few offerings available during B/7th period and students must have requested and qualified for a 7th course in the spring during the course registration process.
• Counselors will be available outside of the counseling office during the first week of school to answer general questions.
• During the first FULL week of school, counselors will be adjusting schedules based on the following reasons ONLY:
• Hole in schedule (NOT including B/7th period, i.e. I do not have a 3rd period class).
• Current 12th grader missing graduation requirement class (i.e. I do not have senior English on my schedule).
• 9th-11th grader missing core class (i.e. English, History, or Math)
• Took a course over the summer and needs to be placed into the next level (i.e. took Geometry over the summer and needs to be placed into Algebra 2).
• Wrong level of class (i.e. enrolled in Spanish III, but should be in Spanish II).
• Schedule change requests will ONLY be accepted for the above reasons through this REQUEST FORM. Access to form is provided to students with an SRVUSD email only. This form will also be available on the Cal High Website, CHS Counseling Instagram page, and throughout campus with a QR code.
• Schedule change requests will NOT be accepted via phone, e-mail, or in-person. They must be submitted through the link listed above.
• Any preference changes (I changed my mind about my elective choice) may be requested AFTER the first full week of school.
• It is very important that students check their Infinite Campus portal regularly to see if their request has been granted. Unless this happens, it is expected that students follow their current schedule as listed in Infinite Campus.

Two assistant principals left over the summer, Mrs. Hawkins and Mr. Farrar, along with athletic director Mr. deClercq. We are welcoming to the team Mr. Sam McClymont, and Ms. Azine Davoudzadeh as our new assistant principals. Our new athletic director is Mr. Chad Ross. We are also welcoming Ms. Michelle Mascote to the admin team in the role of administrative teacher on special assignment.

Assistant Principal Azine Davoudzadeh

Azine has worked for SRVUSD since 2015. She taught History, English, and Video Production at Gale Ranch Middle School from 2015-2018 and more recently has taught AP Computer Science, Vs.net, and XR for Social Good at Dougherty Valley High School. In 2018 she founded XR EDU, an organization that aims to research Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Realities as resources for education. She was a Curriculum Designer for the San Ramon Valley Education Association in 2017, Educator at Quarry Lane School from 2011-2014, Educator and Assemblies Coordinator at Carden West School from 2007-2011, and a middle school teacher at Francisco Middle School in San Francisco Unified in 2006-2007. Azine recently spoke at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE22) on the topic of Deep Learning in Education. Azine has a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema from San Francisco State University and a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership from CSU, East Bay.

Assistant Principal Sam McClymont

Samuel joins the SRVUSD administrative team from San Lorenzo Unified School District where he has been serving as High School Assistant Principal at Arroyo High School for the last 3 years. He brings with him extensive training and experience with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), including direct work with staff, students and families. Before his time at Arroyo, he was Assistant Principal at Washington Manor Middle School for a year. Sam also served a year as Assistant Principal at Lovonya DeJean Middle School in West Contra Costa Unified and was a high school teacher and AVID Coordinator for 9 years at San Leandro High School. He has B.A. in History from CSU, Hayward and an M.S. in Education, Curriculum Specialist, from CSU, East Bay.

Along with myself and the other new admin, we are welcoming a number of additional new staff members.

Please join me in welcoming them to the team:

• Darlene Addiego - PE

• Deborah Bertoni - Resource

• Alondra Briseno - Attendance

• Torrey Busboom - Spanish

• Chloe Elliott - English

• Cynthia Faupusa - English

• Alexis Fernando - English

• Alex Geller - Social Studies

• Maggie Graney - Bookkeeper

• Claire Hall - SDC

• Sophea Ng - MTSS

• Pat O'Brien - Health

• Jonathan Ridley - Ceramics

• Rohini Singh - Resource

• Ashley Tran - English

• Dakota Valdez - English

• Tamara Weatherton - Attendance

• Lahari Yanthrawaduge - Math

Mr. Cerna has been leading an outstanding band camp with the California High Marching Band. It has been a week of bonding, growth, and development for this group of young artists!

We are welcoming a great group of new teachers to the Cal High teaching core! We are excited to see them creating outstanding learning environments in their classrooms this year.

Monday, August 8: Welcome In New Grizzlies - 9th graders (WING Day) 10:00 am - 12:30pm. Welcome Tours of new upper class students, 12-1:30pm

Wednesday, August 10: First Day of School - Minimum Schedule (School starts at 8:30am, ends at 12:05p [6th period], 12:40p [B period])

Wednesday, August 31: Back to School Night (6:30pm)

Monday, September 5: Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

He/Him

Principal

California High School

Email: dball@srvusd.net
Website: https://chs.srvusd.net
Location: California High School, Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon, CA, USA
Phone: 925-803-3210
Twitter: @Demetrius_Ball