College and Career Readiness

San Mateo County Community College District's Promise Scholars Program (PSP) helps students earn certificates and associate's degrees within three years by providing comprehensive financial, counseling, and academic support. Students receive dedicated academic counseling, personalized career development, tutoring, enrollment fee waivers, textbook assistance, and transportation assistance to support their enrollment, completion, and transfer/career goals.

PSP also provides special class scheduling options such as blocked classes during convenient times and classes with other PSP students. As students approach graduation, they receive personalized assistance to help them transfer to a 4-year college or transition into the workforce. If you're thinking of attending Cañada College, College of San Mateo, or Skyline College, the Promise Scholars Program could be right for you!

Click here to learn more.

In partnership with South San Francisco Unified School District and Skyline College, JUHSD hosted the Next Steps Event on April 22nd. The event provided Career Technical Education Capstone students the opportunity to gain an understanding of post-secondary options and career readiness knowledge through workshop sessions and the Skyline College panel.

Workshop sessions were conducted by our industry and community partners, click here to view the digital brochure of workshops and presenters. We are grateful for their dedication and commitment to preparing JUHSD students for the 21st-century workforce.

Students felt that the workshops were relevant as they equipped them with tools and resources for the Next Steps. One student commented, Thank you for all the hard work! I learned a lot of new things that I can apply to future opportunities; the programs were very engaging.

Are you interested in learning about robotics but there isn't room in your class schedule? JUHSD is offering a summer Introduction to Robotics course. The session will be from June 6th until June 29th (8:00 AM - 12:35 PM). The course will be held in person at Jefferson High School in the Engineering/Maker Space Lab. Hope to see you there!

Click here to complete the summer school application.

Nova! Where Stars are Born. Terra Nova Arts were proud to present Nova, a Spring Arts Show of Monologues, Songs, Music, and Dance, last weekend in the Terra Nova Theater. Mr. Schneider and his students did an amazing job producing this production. The students gave an outstanding performance and were happy to be back on stage!

Westmoor High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) members, along with advisor Mr. Ben Pham, participated in the California State Leadership Conference with over 1,500 student members in attendance. During this event, 66 California FBLA school chapters competed in business and information technology events. Westmoor students performed exceptionally well with several students who qualified for the National Leadership Conference in Chicago this summer. To view a list of participating students, along with their competition results, please click here. Way to go, WHS FBLA!

Introduction to Business students brainstormed, planned, and developed a Public Service Announcement (PSA) video on a topic of their choice for the marketing unit. The students did a job in bringing the student voice to important topics. Click the links below to view.

Insecurities

Next Step (Taking action for a change)

How do you see yourself?

Are you interested in hands-on work? Skilled trade careers in

the manufacturing, transportation, and water/wastewater

sectors offer great benefits and opportunities for advancement.

Learn more about these career opportunities in our 5-week (35

hours/week) summer program at Laney College in Oakland.

Students completing this program will be prepared for entry

level positions and continuation into community college skilled

trades classes.

Click here to view the flyer.