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Castle Park High School's Saturday Scholars
It's 8 am on Saturday morning in Chula Vista. Where are all the cool kids? They're not sleeping
in, not zoning out in front of the TV and not hanging out with friends. No more excuses. They're
coming to school instead. At Castle Park High, school is not just Monday through Friday anymore.
It's Saturdays too.
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Bonita Vista High School's IB Program
Students at Bonita Vista High attend a recognized California distinguished school.
And here, one group of students is soaring above the rest. These are the students
in the International Baccalaureate program. They are completing college-level courses,
enrichment activities and community service to earn a diploma recognized world wide.
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Bio Bridge
Inside the science classrooms of the Sweetwater Union High School District, a Nobel-prize winning
discovery is infusing students with the glow of learning. This is ground-zero in an innovative partnership
bringing together UCSD researchers with Sweetwater science teachers and students in a program called Bio Bridge.
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Hilltop High School's Connect Crew
Stepping into a strange, new environment can be stressful for anyone. For students, the move to high school leaves many
new freshmen feeling like fish out of water. To ease the culture shock, Hilltop High School in Chula Vista pairs every
incoming ninth grader with their own personal campus guide. From day one, freshmen are matched with an upper class
mentor from the Connect Crew.
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Reinventing the School Cafeteria
Sweetwater schools are reinventing the school cafeteria, boosting sales while offering students
healthier foods. First in line for the lunchtime make-over is Otay Ranch High. This fall, the school
closed the cafeteria and opened the district's first Food Court.
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[Re]Connect. Miss School. Miss Out.
Rubber Hits the Road in Attendance Drive
The [Re]Connect. Miss School. Miss Out campaign to boost student attendance is shifting into high
gear with the donation of a convertible sportscar. Tim Moynahan, the owner of Tom Moynahan towing
of National City, delivered a 1997 Ford Mustang convertible to an excited gathering of students and district
staff at Southwest High school.
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Compact for Success 2008
Charting a Course to College
The dream of attending college is becoming a reality for more Sweetwater students.
Since the year 2000, the number of Sweetwater graduates admitted to the local four-year
university has exploded by 120 percent. This amazing leap is due to the Compact for Success.
That’s the name of a ground-breaking partnership between the Sweetwater Union High School
District and San Diego State University.
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Sweetwater High School Makes History
Students and faculty at Sweetwater High are celebrating a National City miracle.
The only high school serving National City is one of just two high schools in California
to stage an academic comeback after five years on a federal list of schools needing
program improvement.
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Miss School, Miss Out
ReConnect
Did you know that being absent from school can really cost you? Students who miss just one
day, fall two days behind their classmates. The better plan? Reconnect! And you could score some
hot technology prizes just by coming to school! An iPod, a game system, a video camera. Those are
just some of the prizes Sweetwater students won last year for improving their attendance.
This year it gets even better. Those students who don't miss a single day of class will have a chance
to win the keys to some hot new wheels!
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Surf's Up Café
Forget the cafeteria ladies in hairnets. Gone are trays of beef stew with peas.
More appetizing and healthier choices are now on the menu for lunch at several
Sweetwater Union High School District campuses. With the opening of Surf’s Up Café,
Hilltop Middle School in Chula Vista joined five other Sweetwater schools in bringing fresh
and fitness-conscious choices to campus.
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Olympian High Recording Artists
Joaquin McWhinney is the lead singer and guitarist of local Reggae band Big Mountain.
Now he is at Olympian High School molding the talents of future musicians, producers and sound
engineers. The recording studio class is the first of its kind in the Sweetwater District.
With facility space donated by the school and equipment provided by the Regional Occupational Program
(R.O.P.), students not only learn about cutting edge technology, they get to use these tools to record
their own music.
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Watch Joaquin McWhinney perform his band's biggest hit
"Baby, I Love Your Way".
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