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Vote to send the Santa Ana High School Chamber Singers to Carnegie Hall

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Help the Santa Ana High School Chamber Singers get to Carnegie Hall by supporting their video in the “GLEE! Give a Note” campaign for a chance to win up to $50,000. The video is titled “Help Us Shoot for the Moon, and Land Among the Stars.” Seventy-three schools from across the country have the chance to receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. There are nearly 400 schools attempting to win one of the 73 spots, Santa Ana High School being the only school in SAUSD among them.

Lend your voice to the cause by voting for Santa Ana High School. Here’s what you have to do: Continue reading→

The SAUSD shows off their new school facilities improvements

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, (714) 558-5555

SAUSD Shows Off New School Facilities Improvements

Facilities Team Recognized by Board of Education for Their Diligence and Efficiency in Completing Projects

SANTA ANA, CA — September 15, 2011 – Some 56,000 students in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) returned to new or improved school campuses this new school year as a result of the summer work of SAUSD’s Facilities and Governmental Relations Department. The team ensured that new classroom buildings were completed, campuses were remodeled, blacktops were resurfaced, fencing installed, synthetic turf fields installed, and maintenance tasks checked off in time for students’ return from summer break. As a result, the department’s leaders and workers were recognized by the SAUSD Board of Education this week for improvements made Districtwide. Continue reading→

Fundraiser today to help Santa Ana High School alum whose home burned down

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Santa Ana High School grad Brenda Coronado and her family lost their home to a fire on July 22.  Click here to read about that in the O.C. Register.  Coronado and her three kids lost everything.  They are having a fundraiser today and are asking for donations of clothes in particular.

Here are the details, from Facebook: Continue reading→

Mayor Pulido tries to save historical trees at Santa Ana High School

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Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido personally intervened to save three jacaranda trees at Santa Ana High School, after he found out that the SAUSD School Board had approved the destruction of those trees and a number of historical deodora pine trees to pave the way for a new drop-off and pick-up area, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Santa Ana High School’s Robotics Engineering Club takes on Cerritos H.S.

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Santa Ana High School’s robotics engineering club took on the Cerritos High School robotics team on June 4, at Cerritos High School.

All of the robotic vehicles are original designs by students. They are fully autonomous robots using Parallax microcontrollers programmed in P-Basic.

Students had 30 minutes to develope a strategy and program their vehicles to achieve the highest score possible in a given time period.

Click here to find out more about Santa Ana High School’s robotics engineering club.  Kudos to Dr. Gary Reynolds for inspiring and teaching these students.  Many of his past students are now studying engineering in some of the top colleges in the U.S.

Santa Ana High to host “Arts in the City” on Friday, May 27

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Santa Ana High to Host Arts in the City on Friday, May 27

The Santa Ana High Visual and Performing Arts Department will host “Arts in the City: Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song” on Friday, May 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The event is a collaboration with the City of Santa Ana, Downtown, Inc. and Arts Orange County as part of the Imagination Celebration.

The event will honor the culture and people of Japan, and will be held on the 2nd St. Promenade in the heart of the Artist’s Village in Downtown Santa Ana. Refer to the attached FLYER for additional information.

Santa Ana High School seeks volunteers to conduct senior exit interviews

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Santa Ana High School is looking for community leaders to help out with Senior Exit Interviews.

A few years ago Santa Ana High School began senior exit interviews. They are a wonderful event for seniors and involve them being interviewed by a panel of two adults about their accomplishments, experiences and plans.

Santa Ana High School needs help from the community this year.  They are looking for 40 volunteers.

This year the Senior Exit Interviews will be Friday, June 3, from 8 am to 10 am.

Please contact Bob Dukus if you can help, by clicking here.  Or, please call Elizabeth Enloe at (714) 567-4900 Ext. 64383 or click here to RSVP before May 27,2011.

Please plan to meet in the Main Office between 7:45 and 8:00 a.m. You will be escorted to the room where your interviews will take place. You will be partnered with an experienced teacher who will be able to take a lead role in the process.

Each panel member will have a rating sheet for each student to be interviewed and a list of possible questions to ask. Students are prepared to discuss the contents of their portfolios, their plans for the future, and how their experiences at Santa Ana High School have helped to prepare them.

Your participation is very much appreciated.

Book about Santa Ana High School wrestling team makes a great Christmas gift

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Looking for a great Christmas gift or stocking stuffer?  How about a copy of “A Saint in the City: Coaching At-Risk Kids to Be Champions,” by Scott Glabb?

In A Saint in the City: Coaching At-Risk Kids to Be Champions, Glabb shares his inspiring wrestling experiences from years of coaching the boys of Santa Ana High School with little hope for success, let alone a bright future. They had no prayer of a win, but Coach Glabb roused his athletes to bravely overcome their disadvantages to raise their school from being the pariah of Southern California wrestling to one of the most respected athletic programs in California.

A Saint in the City openly describes the crime-ridden lives of athletes who didn’t even hope for more until they started wrestling and found a coach who stirred them to greatness. Through Coach Glabb’s reflections and his athletes’ own words, A Saint in the City chronicles the tribulations and triumphs of one team that wrestled for victory.”

Here is an excerpt:

“With time running out, he had to chase his man down at the center of the mat before locking up again. His opponent blocked his move, maintaining his lead with less than ten seconds left. José lunged in for a front headlock and used all his strength, calling on all his hours of training and conditioning. I watched the final second tick away as José became a national wrestling champion.

220 pages – $18.99 (paperback).  Christmas special: Only $15 if you buy a signed copy directly from Coach Glabb.  For a signed copy, call Glabb at 714-609-6607, or email him at glabb@prodigy.net.

You can also buy this book online at www.sawrestling.com, or on Amazon.com.

Santa Ana High School team wins robot tourney against Cerritos High School!

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Did you know that a group of students from Santa Ana High School recently faced off against students from Cerritos High School in an autonomous robot vehicle competition, which was held in Santa Ana, this year, on June 12?

Check out the video above and see for yourself!  Amazing.

Kudos to Santa Ana High School teacher Dr. Gary Reynolds for leading the Saints to victory!

Santa Ana Students Show Off Artistic Flair In Arts on the Lawn Event

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Santa Ana Students Show Off Artistic Flair In Arts on the Lawn Event

SANTA ANA, CA — May 7, 2010 – Santa Ana High School’s Arts on the Lawn event will take place on Thursday, May 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the blossoming Kubba Gardens courtyard area. The annual exhibition is a platform for students to showcase their visual and performing arts talents in a variety of art forms. The school is located at 520 W. Walnut St. in Santa Ana. Admission and parking are free of charge.

Student musicians, actors, singers, dancers and artists will feature performances and exhibits inspired by Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Keith Haring and Paul Gauguin. The fusion of visual and performing arts and an assortment of other special activities including the opportunity to create replicas are suitable for the whole family. The event will also feature chalk artists as well as a caricature artist. Continue reading→

Help Gloria get to Harvard’s Graduate School

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The haters will tell you that Mexicans cannot amount to anything – the truth is that our young people are just as capable as anyone else.

In the video above, you will meet Gloria Montiel, a graduate of Santa Ana High School.  She was accepted into Harvard – and she finished an undergraduate degree.  Now she wants to go to Harvard’s graduate university, to get a Master’s degree in education, but the cost is $50,000.  Because Gloria is undocumented, she cannot avail herself of the student loans that the rest of us take for granted.

But Gloria isn’t giving up!  Her friends are helping her raise $39,000 so she can finish school and get her Master’s degree.  You can help out by clicking here and printing out the event flier, and going to La Casa Garcia tomorrow, Wednesday, May 5, anytime from 10 am to 10 pm, to enjoy a $10 plate of Turkey Mole, with the works, including rice, beans and tortillas.  La Casa Garcia is located at 531 W. Chapman Ave., in Anaheim. Continue reading→

How can we save our Santa Ana public schools?

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The SAUSD is in denial about the persistently low performing public schools in Santa Ana

If you glance at the Santa Ana Unified School District’s website, you might come away thinking everything in the district is great.  Headlines include: “Academic Achievement Abounds;” “Measure G Facility Improvements;” and “SAUSD Congratulates its Top Educators of the Year.”

There is no mention of the fact that four of the seven Santa Ana High Schools have been placed on the State of California’s “Persistently Low Performing” list, necessitating massive changes which might include transferring teachers, replacing administrators and even the possibility of becoming charter schools.

But check out what overmatched SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo has to say on her website, under the headline, “Success is the Standard:”

We are dedicated to high academic achievement, in a scholarly and supportive environment, ensuring that all students are prepared to accomplish their goals in life.  Failure is Unacceptable! Success is the Standard…It’s Up to Us All!

Is it just me or is Russo in complete denial? Continue reading→

Teachers react to placement of 6 SAUSD schools on low performing list

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Susan Mercer, the President of the Santa Ana Educators’ Association (SAEA) has sent out an email to her members regarding the placement of six schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) in the California “Persistently Low Performing” schools list. 

Once a school gets on this list, the school district has to take incredible measures to get back in compliance with the state.  These include changing school administrators and reassigning teachers.

Here is Mercer’s email message:

On March 11, the California State Board of Education added an additional thirty-eight schools to the 188 “Persistently Low Performing” schools identified during the prior week. Century, Valley and Willard were identified during the first round and Santa Ana High, Saddleback and Sierra were added to the list last Thursday. Continue reading→

State Senator Lou Correa to host cash for college workshops in Santa Ana

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Free cash for college

State Senator Lou Correa has begun outreach efforts to help Orange County High School Students apply for Cal Grants and Federal Financial Aid. The deadline to apply is March 2nd, 2010.

The District Office is hosting a series of 4 Cash for College workshops in Orange County: Thursday, January 21st at Santa Ana High School, Thursday, January 28th at Valley High School, Saturday, January 30th in Westminster, and Thursday, February 4th 2010 at Anaheim High School.

Students who attend will have the opportunity to win a $1000 scholarship just for attending! Please help us get the word out.  Click here to see the Santa Ana High School Flier.  Click here for the Valley High School flier. Continue reading→

Relámpago del Cielo presents Ritmos de la Costa Tropical this Saturday at S.A. High School

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Ritmos de la Costa Tropical Flier

Relámpago del Cielo’s Ritmos de la Costa Tropical concert will be held this Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Santa Ana High School.

Tickets are selling fast! Contact the office to reserve tickets: (714) 836-8715.

Relámpago del Cielo Inc. (RDC) , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization is celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary. Continue reading→