Eagle Family Update

Friday, January 23, 2026 - Sadie Hawkins Dance - 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, January 19, 2026 - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday - No School

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 10th grade students hearing test

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - ELAC Meeting 3:30 pm in the Library

Pay for your AP Exams NOW!

Students may now register and pay for their AP Exams in Total Registration. Students must create an account with TR if this is their first time using TR. Students who have a TR account must log into their previous accounts. If students need help with logging in, they can use TR's login assistance. Students have until March 6th to register and pay for their AP exams. Students seeking financial assistance can request support by following the prompts in TR as they are registering. After the March 6th deadline, students will incur a late fee of $45 (per AP exam), imposed by the College Board and it is not able to be waived, even with financial assistance.

If you are interested in having a locker this Block, please see Tre or Damaree in the Campus Monitor's Office. The deadline to get a locker is January 23rd.

The next school rally is Friday, January 23rd. If a student does not want to attend the rally, they may instead go to the rally quiet room. Please complete the form on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13Bt-Q45_zmk3h7DpgPogW4AhSp2OzrpEyrt-YvTeoE8/edit

Students who want to go to the quiet room instead of the rally need to RVSP by 3pm on January 22nd. Those students who RSVP by the deadline may take their backpacks, but cell phones need to stay put away. Students will receive a pass to their 2nd period class which will be their ticket to bring their belongings to the cafeteria. Please show this to your teacher so he/she will allow you to take your things with you to the cafeteria. Students who do not complete the RSVP may still go to the cafeteria, but they may NOT take their belongings with them.

Sadie Hawkins Dance (previously called TWIRP) Friday, January 23, 2026 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Tickets on sale now. Cost: Flat fee of $15 per person in the Finance office with cash or check only. You may also pay on GoFan $15 plus a small fee. NO GUEST PASSES for this dance.

If you want to by a yearbook, come by the Finance Office. The price right now is $85.00 and goes up on February 1st.

The San Juan Unified School District has renamed its annual district climate survey to the School Experience Survey. This new name better reflects what the survey is about: your experience at your school!

Parents, staff and students are invited to participate in the School Experience Survey. Your feedback is important and helps school and district leaders identify and make changes needed in their communities. The deadline for the survey is Feb. 6.

Surveys are available online in multiple languages at:

• Staff Survey - sanjuan.edu/staffsurvey
• Parent Survey - sanjuan.edu/parentsurvey
• Student Survey - sanjuan.edu/studentsurvey

We greatly value your feedback and thank you in advance for your participation.

Grad night tickets on sale - Flyer is attached and here's the link to the website: https://sites.google.com/sanjuan.edu/echsptsa/home/grad-night

They are also looking for sponsors for Grad Night? Support the EC Seniors to keep this tradition alive and make their night special. We need: cash, raffle prizes, and food donations. Bring your payment or permission slips/waiver to the Principal's Office.

Come fly with the Eagles in June of 2027! Mr. Hasdovic is offering a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime experience, as I tour Eagles for 13 days through Spain and France! This tour will focus explicitly on "art" - so you will see some of the most amazing painting, sculpture, architecture, stained glass the world has to offer! We will also watch live flamenco performed by some of the world's best dancers (with live music accompaniment!) Students and their family members are welcome to go!

Mr. H will be hosting an informational meeting about his trip that will cover the itinerary, costs, safety, etc. on Thursday, January 22nd, from 6-7 pm in his classroom, Room #45. Reach out to jhasdovic@sanjuan.edu if you have any questions!

The El Camino Lyceum Honors Program recognizes students (at the end of senior year) who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and community service. Students who meet the Lyceum Honors requirements as seniors become Lyceum graduates (either Honors or High Honors). They receive special recognition at graduation.

If you are interested in earning this honor as a senior...you can grab an application and start tracking your progress now! Interested students may get applications in the Counseling office, or it is attached in this link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pho8m4w4YDZAYIThliw78h2la0ahLsm-/view?usp=sharing

The final Lyceum deadline for current seniors is: March 27th, 2026.

Please see the application for a list of all requirements for this program. If you have questions please contact school counselor Beth Hein Sanchez at beth.hein@sanjuan.edu

California Department of Education (CDE) and the Consulate General of Mexico encourage you to visit their web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/el/le/yr25ltr0918.asp and https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/el/le/yr25ltr0918sp.asp regarding Steps to College 2026 Event and Scholarship Opportunities.

Congratulations, Eve Piceno!

Eve's a fantastic freshman artist from my Beginning Painting & Drawing class last block. Of her symbolic self-portrait final, she commented:

"For my symbolic self-portrait, I chose to draw a heart and rope ripping as it tied against their wrist, drawing the heart from a 3d model seeing the colors and variations of colors in it. A wing represent the breakage of the heart and setting it “free.” The rope around the hands is slowly torn as the heart begins to set release, showing that this beat of the heart is breaking them off, as when losing someone or a breakup."

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