MetUp - Club Rush!
Friday, September 27, will be our FIRST MetUp of 2024-2025! For all students and families new to the Met, MetUps are monthly schoolwide gatherings where we focus on community building and connect as a school in a different way than through traditional classes.
Please note that all community building days are REQUIRED days for students, and attendance is not optional. As part of our Big Picture model and our Met vision of supporting both academic and social-emotional learning, we intentionally schedule unique programs such as MetUps and Leaving to Learn days so that students are engaging in collaboration, community exploration, relationship-building, and learning opportunities that go beyond the core curriculum. Thank you for supporting your student in accessing the full Met experience!
Save the date: Student Led Conferences - Oct. 9,10,11
As part of the Met's vision of personalized learning and family engagement, we host Student-Led Conferences (SLC) twice a year at the midpoint of each semester. Our Fall 2024 SLCs take place on Oct. 9, 10, and 11, which coincides with the release of student Progress Reports on Oct. 8. More information to follow!
Sharp Rees-Stealy Healthcare Partnership
San Diego Met High School has partnered with Sharp Rees-Stealy to provide a unique internship opportunity for Met students. Up to five students per semester are partnered with a mentor in Sharp Rees-Stealy leadership. The mentor not only has students job shadow in leadership positions, but students will have opportunities to work in patient care spaces and network with medical providers in a variety of areas. This brand new program is the result of two years of planning between our school district and Sharp. Here's a peek at what our students have been doing so far this semester:
- Observing procedures in OB/GYN and urology
- Observing pediatric clinic at family care and will start OB/GYN
- Observing optometry and eye procedures. Will be moving to radiology
- Observing and practicing putting on casts, how doctors put Botox in a woman's bladder, hearing tests, removing cancer cells from skin and going into labs to see how tissues are tested for cancer.
As our partnership develops, the opportunities for our students are endless. Sharp is also committed to providing job opportunities for students once they are 18 and graduate from high school.
We are very fortunate to have this opportunity for our students at the Met. If you have any questions, please reach out to Gini Mann-Deibert, Internship Coordinator.
FAQ: When do I keep my student home for illness?
Coming out of the Covid-19 years, it felt like you were supposed to keep your child home with the tiniest of symptoms, from sneezes to tummy aches. The good news is that isn't the case anymore! Our goal is to keep our students safe, keep dangerous infections out of the school, and still support your child in being present as much as possible.
There are some circumstances when we will send a child home from school or ask you to keep them home. First and foremost, if your child is very sick or your doctor says not to return to school, keep them home! Here are some of the situations that parents ask us about:
- Fever. A temperature over 100 degrees is considered a fever. If your child is wearing a hat or has been running around outside, have them uncover their head and cool off before taking their temperature. Please wait 24 hours after the fever has resolved without medication before sending them back to school! Any student with a fever at school will be sent home immediately.
- Vomiting. Vomiting is actually a normal bodily function that is designed to protect us. Many students will vomit when they smell something gross, run around in the hot sun, or eat too much in one sitting. We do not consider that a sign of infection and once they are feeling better, we will send them back to class. Please keep your child home if they vomit twice or more in a day, until they have stopped throwing up for 24 hours.
- Stomach ache or nausea. Without a fever or multiple bouts of vomiting, your child CAN attend school in this case. The most common cause of a stomach ache in school is a child who skipped a nutritious breakfast. Good news: We provide free breakfast at school! Otherwise, we encourage them to sip water slowly but frequently throughout the day, nibble on crackers or something easy to digest, and wash their hands frequently with soap and water.
- Headache. The most common causes of a headache are skipping a meal and not drinking enough water. Disrupted sleep can also cause headaches. Headaches are rarely infectious, though, so as long as the headache is not accompanied by a fever, your child CAN come to school. Encourage them to drink a lot of water, and talk to your child's doctor about whether they should take any medication in the morning to help them get through the school day.
- Cough. When your student has a cough, as long as they do not have a fever, they CAN come to school. We encourage them to wash their hands frequently, drink a lot of water, and go to bed earlier to get rid of the virus as quickly as possible.
- Cramps. Please talk to your child's doctor about appropriate medication and other treatment options for cramps. We encourage students to come to school if discomfort is manageable.
- COVID-19. Students who have COVID-19-like symptoms (fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea) should test for COVID. Students who test positive and are feeling symptoms should please stay home. Students may return to school once they are fever-free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication AND other non-fever symptoms are mild and improving. Upon returning to school, students should take additional precautions including:
- Maintaining hygiene practices
- Wearing a mask
- Physical distancing
- Testing regularly
If you need to call out your student because of illness, please contact our front desk at 619-388-2299. A doctor's note will be needed if a student is being called out on an ongoing basis.
Please reach out to Nurse Emily at edeckenback@sandi.net if you have any questions.
Attendance, Absences, Appointments
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!
Free School Meals for All!
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!
Parking Options @ Mesa for the Met
For parents/guardians who need to park on campus, there are two options for free parking:
Limited availability: 1 Hour Visitor Parking in front of the I-400 building.
Obtain a temporary parking permit from the Mesa College Police Office. If entering campus off Highway 163 on Mesa College Drive, you will see a 4-story parking structure on the left. DON’T park in the structure; park in the small lot in front of the building next to it - the Police Office is there. Hours are M-Th 8:00am-5:00pm, Fr 8:00am-4:30pm. Let them know you are visiting the Met and would like a temporary permit.
Senior Early Dismissal Policy
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.
Contact Us
Website: https://sdmet.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 7250 Mesa College Drive, Room K-203, San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: 619-388-2299
Twitter: @wearesdmet