SD Met Family Updates

The Class of 2025 is doing a fundraiser and we are selling Met PJs! This fundraiser would help our senior class pay for Grad Nite, Prom, and other fun activities we can enjoy.

The Met PJs come in Black/White Plaid, Solid Black, Black/Grey Plaid, and Camo. Both Plaid color combinations will come with SD Met color print and solid Black and Camo PJs will come with a pink print. The graduation year is only available to seniors. ALL orders must be placed by Friday, Nov. 22nd!

We will collect orders through this Google form and accept payments via Venmo, Cashapp, and cash in person.

On behalf of the senior class officers, thank you very much for supporting our fundraiser and we hope you enjoy your PJs!

Save The Dates! Met Monday is November 25 and Giving Tuesday is December 3. These are the two biggest fundraising days of the year for the SD Met Foundation, and we appreciate your donations, which all go toward supporting student learning and engagement. This year, we are raising money for "Leaving to Learn" field trips, including what we hope will be our first ever college road trip for our junior class in the spring! Other planned Leaving to Learn trips include the performing arts, industry tours, curricular enrichment through museums, and more experiences that benefit every grade level! Your donations will go toward funding buses, entrance and registration fees, and curriculum materials. To make a donation, Click here to donate any amount! Thank you for supporting your students!

Our 9th grade Biology class is developing a interactive installation as a class project! We are looking for donations of materials, including large boxes, old paint brushes (1+ inch), butcher paper, streamers, old bedsheets, and unused PVC pipes. This installation will be part of our School Showcase on Dec. 18, and we are hoping to get donated materials by Friday, Nov. 22. Donation may be dropped off in Ms. Kohmescher's classroom (K202). Thank you for your support!

Exhibitions for this semester will be held over a two-week period beginning December 9 and lasting through December 18. Exhibitions are a powerful conclusion to each student's semester-long internship, and a chance for each student to be celebrated, as well as to have their LTI Project assessed by a panel of adults and peers. As a part of making the Exhibition experience more authentic, we slightly restructured our format this year to enable as many internship mentors as possible to attend their student's Exhibition. In addition, each student's panel will include two teachers and two students who will contribute to assessing the student's presentation. As always, at least one parent/guardian must attend their student's Exhibition, which is why we began reaching out to schedule Exhibitions over a month ago. For 9th graders, the Exhibition format is slightly modified to account for the fact that they started the year in LTI Gateway, and thus had much less time than older students at internships this semester.

If you have any questions about LTI Projects and Exhibitions, please contact your student’s Advisor. We look forward to welcoming you to campus to celebrate your students!

The Fall Exhibition schedule is as follows:

Just a few of our students' current internships

In preparation for this year‘s Aspen Challenge, Met students participated in a mini-challenge. Students had forty minutes to design a week-long community project that would serve a group that the students were excited about. Students then shared their ideas with others across our school district and in Boston, which is the other host city of the Aspen Challenge this year. The full Aspen Challenge will begin next semester. Students can reach out to Ms. Kohmescher or Ms. Mann-Deibert for more information.

Art Club students made sensory bottles! Met students have the opportunity throughout the week to join many clubs, including: Theater, Community, Pokemon Go, Dungeons & Dragons, Fashion, Met Maker Space, TV & Film Appreciation, and GSA.

SD Met High School / IFCT

The Curious Case of "Murder at Marston Manor"

By Natasha Starbuck-Smith and Fredrick Smith

Friday, Saturday, Feb 14th & 15th @ 7pm

Sunday Feb, 16 @ 2pm

Auditions were completed, but if families have questions, please reach out to IFCTmyshow@ gmail.com

Good attendance is of the utmost importance for your student's learning. As an independent study school where students only attend their classes three days a week, it is vital that students are on time to EVERY class, EVERY day. Parents/guardians are required to inform our office (619-388-2299 or email Carolyn Dumas at cdumas@sandi.net) if your students will be absent or late. If you wish to request an early dismissal for your student, please notify our office no later than 10am that same day.

Please schedule all medical and dental appointments outside of school hours. We know that appointments can be challenging to get at times, but please do your best to support good attendance for your students so they do not miss any valuable learning at school!

We are supported this year by a mental health clinician from Wellness Together. Our clinician is on campus on Mondays from 8:30 to 3:00. Students who are in need of mental health services may be referred to the clinician for one-on-one support. Please speak with your student's advisor or our counselor, Mr. Moravec, for more information.

As part of the State of California's Universal Meals Program, all students in our school district are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch at school. Meals will continue to be "grab and go" bags, and this year we have expanded our menu to include hot lunch options for the first time. If you would like your student to receive free meals at the Met, please sign up by emailing our interim administrative assistant, Carolyn Dumas, at cdumas@sandi.net. Students may also sign themselves up with Carolyn in the office.

Meals may be picked up inside K203 (office). Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 8:25, and lunch is served from 12:10 to 12:25. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, lunch is served from 11:30 to 11:45 for any student who wishes to take a lunch at the end of the Gateway class.

Click the links below to see our menus!

Breakfast menu

Lunch menu

See this link for more information about how to schedule your senior portraits.

As part of supporting our 12th graders in having diverse opportunities for success, the Met has an early dismissal policy for qualified seniors. Students and parents/guardians must submit this Senior Early Dismissal application and await approval by the principal before any early dismissal can begin. Please note that the earliest that seniors may be dismissed is 12:10pm, and early dismissal does not apply on MetUp days (one Friday a month) or other special events that require student attendance until the end of the school day. Please refer to this Senior Early Dismissal Policy document for more details.

Our Met families can help us secure critical funding by completing the Federal Impact Aid form. This is a friendly reminder to please complete the very short Federal Impact Aid Survey through your PowerSchool Parent Portal by our extended deadline of Friday, November 22. The Federal Impact Aid Survey is critically important for helping our school and district receive funding, and the information is kept confidential.

All students were sent home with a paper form last week to be signed and returned to their advisor. Alternatively, you can complete the form through the PowerSchool Parent Portal as follows:

1. Login at https://powerschool.sandi.net/
2. Select Forms from the left-hand navigation menu, then select 2024-25 Impact Aid Program Survey Form under Annual Forms.
3. Follow the prompts and submit the form. Please be sure a confirmation appears before logging off.

If you need support with submitting this form, please contact Carolyn Dumas at 619-388-2299 or cdumas@sandi.net. Thank you for supporting our school and helping us stay fully funded!

We are continuously enrolling new students. Please share this tour schedule with interested families.

We continue to update our school website so that it can be helpful and relevant to our entire community. Please forward any suggestions or comments to Veronica Doyle at vdoyle@sandi.net. Meanwhile, bookmark it for easy reference: SD Met HS.

The PowerSchool Parent Portal provides you with access to your student’s grades and current progress. If you need support with setting up your PowerSchool Parent Portal access, please contact Mr. Moravec at jmoravec@sandi.net for support.

The Academic Calendar for 2024-2025 is linked here. Please refer to this for holidays, grading periods, Exhibition dates, Student-Led Conference dates, and other important information. Here are some important upcoming dates:

• November 22 - MetUp: Potluck (8:30am-1:30pm) and Fall Festival (4pm-6pm)
• November 25-29 - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)
  
• December 9-18 - Exhibitions
• December 13 - MetUp: Zoo Trip
• December 16 - Fall Mesa College Classes End
• December 20 - Last Day of Semester 1 – Quarter 2 (Q2) Ends
• December 20 - Staff Professional Development (NO SCHOOL)
• December 23 - January 17 - Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)

PowerSchool Access

For questions about PowerSchool access for students and parents

Jason Moravec - jmoravec@sandi.net

Counselor

For questions about counseling services, college admissions, and Mesa College

Jason Moravec - jmoravec@sandi.net

Internship Coordinator

For questions about our internship program

Gini Mann-Deibert - gmann-deibert@sandi.net

Nursing and Wellness

For health concerns and reporting medications

Emily Deckenback, School Nurse - edeckenback@sandi.net

Enrollment and General Information

For enrollment information and general questions about the school

Principal

Robert Fung - rfung@sandi.net

PowerSchool Parent Portal

Academic Calendar

Daily Schedule

School Site Council Landing Page (Agendas and Minutes)

Parent and Family Engagement Policy

School-Parent Compact

SDUSD LEA-level Parent and Family Engagement Policy - English - Spanish

Title I Parent Information Meeting

How to obtain a Work Permit

District Facts for Parents

School Accountability Report Card (SARC) Notification

Website: https://sdmet.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 7250 Mesa College Drive, Room K-203, San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: 619-388-2299
Twitter: @wearesdmet