SD Met Family Updates

On this Memorial Day weekend, we honor the members of our armed forces who serve our country every day, especially those members who are part of our Met community. Thank you for your service! We hope you are enjoying this 4-day weekend, and look forward to your return on Tuesday, May 30.

This week is our last week of the spring semester, and that means it is once again time for Exhibitions! At the San Diego Met, Exhibitions are our end-of-semester presentations of learning, where every student shares out examples of their learning and growth from this semester, with an emphasis on presenting their LTI Projects!

Exhibitions for grades 9, 10, and 11 will be held on May 30, May 31, and June 1. Here are the rubrics that will be used with students to evaluate their LTI Projects and Exhibitions. At the Exhibition, every student will present before a panel, and at least one parent/guardian must be present to help celebrate the student’s achievements and provide feedback. Students are expected to attend their own Exhibition, as well as several others that they have signed up for. This is the only attendance expectation for this week, as there will be no regular classes on these days. Exhibitions will be the final graded component of students’ academics for the semester, and all grades will be finalized by Friday, June 2.

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 San Diego Met was established as a school of choice, and as such, we are required by law to collect relevant survey data from parents/guardians on an annual basis. Please support our school in meeting this State of California requirement by completing this survey by Wednesday, May 31. Thank you!

The staff and administration of the San Diego Met High School would like to recognize the contributions of our retiring Foundation board members, and thank them for their service to our school community! Lillian Vania (Secretary), Julie Bonnardel (Member at Large), and Meridith Coady (Vice President) have completed their current terms and are retiring from the board. In particular, we honor Meridith, who was a founding member of our SD Met Foundation over eight years ago, and has been a steady hand guiding the board, helping it to flourish over the years in its various roles, including fundraising campaigns to support student learning, managing Foundation finances to ensure fiscal responsibility, ensuring proper reporting and oversight of grants, and more. Thanks to Meridith, Julie, and Lillian, for supporting our students!

This is also the ideal time for us to recruit new board members. We are interested in any parents and family members who would like to participate in activities related to fundraising for our school, developing our parent community, and supporting various ways to improve the learning environment for every student.

If you are interested in learning more about our Foundation or would like details about joining the board for the 2023-2024 school year, please reach out to our Foundation President, Justin Schiffer (jschiffer@sandi.net) or Principal Robert Fung (rfung@sandi.net).

All Met students who plan to return for the 2023-2024 school year were given an enrollment packet to complete. Please complete and return the enrollment packets for your students as soon as possible. Our office will officially go on summer hours on Tuesday, June 6, so please return your enrollment packets by that date.

Thanks to the exceptional efforts of our Yearbook team, we have almost sold through our entire stock of yearbooks for this school year! We only have 2 yearbooks remaining! To purchase one of the last two yearbooks, place your order at this Jostens website by June 2, 2023! If you have any questions, or you are not sure if you have already ordered a yearbook, please contact Kathy Baker at kbaker@sandi.net.

Students who are planning to take Mesa College classes this summer should look on your MySDCCD student portal and confirm the classes you are enrolled in for summer. You can click on the Course Number and get to class details. There you can see what books or materials are assigned to the class. Go over to the Mesa Bookstore and see a customer service attendant (near the bookshelves). You should have your class information handy so they can identify the books/materials you need. Then take your books/materials to the cashier and tell them you are a San Diego Met student and give them your ID #. All books and materials are paid for by the Met. Please do this as soon as possible! Please contact Mr. Moravec at jmoravec@sandi.net with any questions.

There is one more window to register for a Mesa College class, for any students who missed the first opportunity to register or for those who want to add an additional class:

• Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11 (We will be back from summer break by this time)
  

Please use the class schedule for FALL 2023 on the Mesa website. You will use the same format for the course request email as usual: your 1st choice and two alternates. Make sure you put the Course Name, Course Number, the format of the class (e.g. Online or In-Person), and days/times of the class.

As soon as you hear back from Laura Mathis confirming your class you can complete the JIRA. If Laura does not respond to your course request email in a couple of days, you should resend it. Please see Mr. Moravec if you need help with the process.

All 12th graders should complete this Google Form to inform us of what college you have committed to, which allows us to send your final high school transcript after you graduate on June 2. Please complete the form ASAP if you have not already done so.

Ms. Valis and Mr. Moravec are working together to send your final transcript either by email, through US Mail, or electronically through Xello. If you want to go through Xello, you need to log in with your school computer login info through Clever. Then go to Xello and follow the directions below:

1. From your Student Dashboard, under GOALS & PLANS, click COLLEGE PLANNING and then COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, View My Applications.

2. From your list of institutions, select the one to which you’d like your Final Transcript sent.

3. Under the APPLICATION CHECKLIST, find TRANSCRIPT.

4. To the right, click on the OPTION box and select REQUEST NEW TRANSCRIPT.

If you need to send a Mesa College transcript to the college of your choice, you need to send it from your MYSDCCD Mesa student portal. You can either send it electronically or hard copy. Please contact Mr. Moravec (jmoravec@sandi.net) if you have any questions.

We have concluded our school recruitment days for the year, but interested families may still request to come visit our school. Starting on June 6, 2023, we will be on summer hours, and all requests should be emailed to BOTH sdmetadmissions@gmail.com and rfung@sandi.net for quickest reply. Thank you for helping us spread the word to other families who may be looking for the kind of educational design that the Met provides.

The SD Met Foundation raises money to support our students, with all proceeds going directly to supporting supplies and resources for teaching and learning. Please consider donating to our Foundation by clicking this link, and please share with your friends and network!

We are building out The Met Closet, an opportunity for students to have access to free professional clothes for interviews and internships. If your family has professional clothing that is appropriate for teens, please bring them in to Ms. Mann-Deibert’s classroom (K201B) or send the clothing with your students. Contact Ms. Mann-Deibert at gmann-deibert@sandi.net if you have any questions.

San Diego Unified School District has approved mental health services to continue through the summer months through our partners at Wellness Together. Mental Health Specialists (MHSs) are scheduled throughout the summer session and are available to connect with students and families on-site and virtually during summer school hours. Students who wish to receive services from our current mental health specialist should inform us as soon as possible, so we can begin the scheduling and informed consent process.

At this time, pre-registration for summer school has ended. Any student who ends up needing to register for summer school may go directly to their school of choice after June 1 to enroll in person. Here is the list of High Schools that are accepting students from other schools:

• Canyon Hills

• Kearny

• Point Loma

• Clairemont

• La Jolla

• Lincoln

• Scripps Ranch

• University City

• Madison

• Hoover

Please reach out to Mr. Moravec at jmoravec@sandi.net with any questions.

Innovation Family Community Theatre (IFCT), led by a San Diego Met parent, is happy to announce its partnership with the Met in developing its new performing arts program. We envision SD Met students being able to audition and perform in a theater production produced by IFCT during the 2023-2024 school year. All members of the Met community are invited to learn more about IFCT and its programs at their grand opening Summer Cabaret and Auction on Saturday, June 24, from 12:30pm to 5:00pm. Come for food, refreshments, and fun! For more details, check out their website at www.theifct.info.

All parents are highly encouraged to get access to the PowerSchool Parent Portal (sign in here), where you can look up your student’s grades, attendance, and other information. Please contact Ms. Suzana Valis at svalis@sandi.net if you need an Access ID and Password, or if you have any other questions.

Attendance and Absences

To call in an excused absence, late arrival, or early departure

Suzana Valis - svalis@sandi.net

Records and Transcripts

To request student records or transcripts

Suzana Valis - svalis@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

PowerSchool Access

For questions about PowerSchool access for students and parents

Suzana Valis - svalis@sandi.net

Nursing and Wellness

For health concerns and reporting medications

Angela Sloskey, School Nurse - asloskey@sandi.net

Enrollment and General Information

For enrollment information

Sylvia Hoffman - shoffman1@sandi.net

Principal

Robert Fung - rfung@sandi.net

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Email: rfung@sandi.net
Website: https://sdmet.sandiegounified.org/
Location: 7250 Mesa College Drive, Room K-203, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: 619-388-2299
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