Mrs. Frazier's Weekly Wildcat Words

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

• Parent Resources: The IT department has created a series of instructional videos to guide parents on navigating the Aeries Parent Portal and accessing report cards.

These videos are available at https://bit.ly/ousdparentportal

These resources can also be found on the ITS webpage at www.oside.us/departments/information-technology-services-its/aeries-parent-portal.

Come join EC PAWS tomorrow, Monday, January 13th, at 6pm for their general membership meeting. The meeting will be held in room 625 which is next to the basketball courts and Herb Meyer Stadium.

The Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) survey for families is now available for you to provide our district with information on your experiences with OUSD. This year, we will collect demographics and share the group data with our LCAP committee. If you do not have a strong opinion about a question, you may leave it blank. Your feedback will be used to make recommendations to the Board of Education based on the needs of our OUSD community. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey by January 31, 2025.

Your input is valuable to our school and our district. Please consider completing the LCAP survey by clicking on this survey link. If you would prefer to complete the survey on paper, you can pick up one to complete at our Front Office.

Please note that there will be NO SCHOOL for students on the following dates this month:

• Monday, January 20th in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• Monday, January 27th as teachers will be participating in district-wide professional development

The San Diego County Office of Education presents its 8th annual San Diego Black College Expo! This event is FREE and will be held on Thursday, January 30, 2025. 11th and 12th-grade students have the opportunity to attend the upcoming Black College Expo. This event provides a unique and valuable experience, connecting students with representatives from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other institutions. In previous years, we have had students receive acceptance letters and scholarships on the spot.

OUSD will provide transportation to this event for students. If your student is interested in attending the Black College Expo, they can reach out to BSU advisor, Ms. Barnes in room F-427.

Grad Nite Tickets

Grad Nite tickets go on sale on Monday, January 13th, and they are first come first serve. The cost is $289, which includes the Park Hopper ticket to Disneyland and the bus fee. Tickets must be purchased at the ASB window. Once the ticket is purchased a field trip packet must be completed and turned in to Ms. Perkoski in B202. Please see the senior class Instagram page, the school website or this flyer for more information.

Yearbook Baby Pictures

Seniors, please send in your baby photos for the yearbook. Each senior may only submit 1 baby picture. You must submit the baby picture with this link and the deadline is this Wednesday, January 15th.

If your student is behind in credits, they should consider enrolling in Credit Recovery. The Credit Recovery Program is designed to give students an opportunity to recover credit for previous failed courses or to make up “D” grades in “a-g” College Prep Courses. Students will complete courses after school using an online curriculum.

For more information, students should check out the Credit Recovery announcement which can be found in their Counselor's Google Classroom.

Now that 6-week grades are out, we are asking all parents and guardians to review those grades with your students. If you student earned a D or an F grade in any academic course, we encourage you to have them access Tutor.com which is a FREE resource for all OUSD students.

Students also have access to use drop-off writing review, self-paced test prep from The Princeton Review®, as well as other learning resources. To access Tutor.com, students just need to click on the Tutor.com tile on their student dashboard on their district device. No username or password required. Students can access Tutor.com 24hrs a day every day of the year (including summer break), except Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

• Short slide deck on how to access Tutor.com
• Top 10 Facts for Parents - ENGLISH Flyer; Top 10 Facts for Parents - SPANISH Flyer
• How it Works - ENGLISH Flyer; How it Works - SPANISH Flyer

If you are looking for information regarding our El Camino policies and procedures, please be sure to take some time to check out our updated 2024-25 ECHS Student/Parent/Guardian Handbook.

• Cell Phone Policy: The purpose of our school wide Cell Phone Policy is to ensure all students will not be distracted by cell phone use. To ensure that our scholars can focus on their academics, we will support them by having students place their cell phones in the cell phone pocket holder as they enter the classroom for each teacher. For more information, check out our ECHS Cell Phone Policy as well as our district policy of Off and away during the day - OUSD.
  

• Tardy Policy: As a Responsible student, being on time to each class allows time to organize materials to focus on the lesson and/or activities for that class. Alternatively, students who are late to class, disrupt instruction, distract their classmates and may have a lower grade point average (GPA) due to missed instruction. Link to ECHS Tardy Policy

• Community Resource Guide: OUSD is pleased to partner with several community organizations to provide our families with resources for food, clothing, shelter, health and mental wellness, and many other services. For more information, check out the links below to the Community Resource Guide or contact our School Community Advisor.
  

Community Resource Guide English

Community Resource Guide Spanish

• Care Solace: We believe that mental health and personal well-being is a vital part to your student’s success at school. With this in mind, we have partnered with Care Solace to provide an extra layer of support to our entire community. OUSD students and their families can use Care Solace to quickly find verified mental health, behavioral health, and substance use treatment options matched to their needs, regardless of circumstances. Care Solace’s team is available 24/7/365 and can support you in any language. To use Care Solace to help you find a provider:
• Call 888-515-0595 available 24/7/365
• Visit www.caresolace.com/ousd and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.

El Camino High School is a proud recipient of the 2024 CA Distinguished Schools award! The CA Distinguished Schools Program honors some of California's most exemplary and inspiring public schools. EC is one of 293 California middle and high schools receiving this recognition this year. Schools selected for the Distinguished School Award demonstrate significant gains in narrowing the achievement gap.

ECHS Mission

The mission of El Camino High School is to foster an inclusive, challenging environment that creates a clear educational path for all students. Our focus is to create well-rounded, contributing citizens who can value others, think critically, act responsibly, create and collaborate with others, and effectively share their ideas while respecting the ideas of others.

ECHS Vision

Students and staff work together to develop a community where diversity, acceptance, and tradition are respected and our students will graduate as lifelong learners prepared for continuing education or career and for active citizenship in a global and technological-based society.

ECHS Core Values

PERRC Up, Wildcats!

Perseverance

Empathy

Respect

Responsibility

Collaboration

Website: https://www.oside.us/Page/9
Location: 400 Rancho Del Oro Drive, Oceanside, CA, USA
Phone: (760) 901-8000