SD Met Family Updates

Each year, the San Diego Met as an independent study school is required by state law to gather input from parents and families about your experience with our school. This process includes a parent survey that is linked here, which we are asking all Met parents/guardians to complete by July 15, 2024. This year, the state of California was late in providing the relevant online platform and tools for this process, and that is why we are asking for your input over the summer in order to meet our state deadline. Please take just a few minutes to complete this survey, which includes only 7 quick questions.

In addition, we are asking all students to take a different survey at this Student Survey link. Please encourage your students to take this survey by July 15. THANK YOU!

We hope you are having a wonderful summer! We are at the halfway point of the summer break, so please mark your calendars for our first day of school on Wednesday, August 7. As part of our Met tradition, the first three days of school, August 7 to 9, are our Week of Welcome (WOW)! All students will experience community-building, fun activities and workshops, introductions to new programs and opportunities, and the chance to start their internship search. During the three days of WOW, the school day will start at 8:30am and end at 1:15pm. Please plan accordingly for pickup.

For other important dates, the 2024-25 academic calendar is linked here.

We send our best wishes to our registrar, Suzana Valis, who after 5 years at the Met, will now be joining the team at University City High School. Thank you for all you contributed to our community, Suzana! You leave behind a lot of good relationships and happy memories.

Stay Nourished this Summer with Free Meals, School Pantries and SUN Bucks

This summer, schools, YMCAs, military sites, public libraries, parks & recreation centers, and other neighborhood organizations are turning into meal and nutrition hubs, offering free breakfast and lunch to children and teens in the community.

Along with tasty and nutritious meals, the summer meal sites offer nutrition education resources, reading activities for children, and food benefits for families to purchase groceries.

• Free Summer Meals for 18 & Younger

The Summer Meals Program runs until August 2 at convenient locations across San Diego. Children do not need to be San Diego Unified students to participate, and there are no registration requirements or forms to complete.

For a complete list of summer meal locations and hours, visit sandiegounified.org/food.

• School Pantries & Distribution Sites

Families can also access fresh produce and pantry items through the Feeding San Diego School Pantry Program, including distributions at Lincoln High School, Pendleton Elementary School, Porter Elementary School and Rosa Parks Elementary School.

To find food distributions hosted by Feeding San Diego, visit feedingsandiego.org/find-food.

• SUN Bucks

Combined with the traditional summer meals, the new California SUN Bucks program is helping families buy food during the summer break. Families will receive $40 for each eligible child to buy groceries for June, July and August ($120 total).

Eligible families will receive SUN Bucks on a card mailed to their home. Families can use SUN Bucks just like a debit card to buy fruits, vegetables, meat, whole grains, and dairy at grocery stores, farmers markets, and other places that accept CalFresh EBT benefits. SUN Bucks does not affect immigration status.

Together, these efforts aim to help ease the burden of rising food prices during the summer months and ensure kids have access to healthy food when school’s out.

The Met is on Summer Break, and our office will be staffed intermittently. Summer hours are by appointment only. Please email Principal Fung at rfung@sandi.net with any questions or to schedule an appointment.

For new students and families, completed enrollment packets can be placed through the mail slot of our office door in K203.

SD Met has been informed that EXTENDED summer hours for Wellness Together mental health services will be available for the students/families in San Diego Unified School District. Our mental health specialist will be available to be seen virtually from July 1st - August 9th on Mondays only.

Please reach out to Principal Fung at rfung@sandi.net if you would like to be connected for services.

Thanks to all our students and families who purchased a yearbook! Yearbooks will be delivered around July 31, and will be distributed to all returning students during our Week of Welcome at the start of the Fall 2024 semester. Seniors will be getting their yearbooks based on prior arrangements with our yearbook advisor, Kathy Baker. The reason for this timing is that we have always coordinated with Jostens (the yearbook company) to submit our final yearbook pages closer to the end of the school year in order to capture some of the great events that happen in April and May, and thus create a more comprehensive yearbook. Since we are such a small school, Jostens supports us in doing this, as opposed to regular schools, where yearbooks must be finalized in March. This does mean that students have to wait through the summer before receiving their yearbooks, but we believe that the purpose behind this is worthwhile. We look forward to distributing yearbooks in August!

The main website for work permit information is here.

As the Met is closed over the summer, all work permits are currently being processed through the steps linked above.

Working minors who have not graduated from high school need work permits for their new jobs, even through the summer months. A work permit is needed for every job.

The San Diego Unified School District issues work permits for minors residing within the district boundaries and enrolled in district schools. During non-school periods (summer and spring break), minors may have their work permits issued by the Work Permit Office.

1. Complete and print an application for a work permit: Form CDE B1-1

2. The application must be complete including your parent/guardian and employer signature and date. It is necessary to include the social security number.

3. Submit the work permit application to the work permit office at your home school site, if open, or CCTE Office.

4. Please allow 3-5 days for the processing of the work permit.

If you have questions, please email Andreanna Murphy, CCTE Head Counselor at amurphy@sandi.net or Dawn Marino, Work Permit Technician at dmarino@sandi.net for assistance.

Work permits expire one week after school starts and minors who are still working must renew their work permit.

All Mesa Summer and Fall 2024 class enrollments are complete except for a few students who have been waitlisted. Please go on your MySDCCD Student Portal to check your class enrollments. If you haven't done so already you must set up your MySDCCD Student Portal. See link below. If you have an account set up then just go to Mesa website and click on MySDCCD link at the top of the page.

To see your classes in MySDCCD:
Click on My Academics and then My Classes.

SDCCD Email Account Setup
If you haven't done so already it is important that you set up your SDCCD email account so that you are receiving communications from Mesa College. You will need to do this so that you can access Canvas as well. It is highly encouraged that you set up your SDCCD email to auto-forward to your personal email account.

Steps to Complete to access to mySDCCD, SDCCD Email and SDCCD Canvas:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M__NuENTDQrpvKz0dWehkq6WtUfwOm2LBfNsAvioubI/edit?usp=sharing

Books and Materials for Summer Classes
Please make sure you know when your summer class starts. The 1st 5-week session starts June 3rd, the 8-week session starts June 17, and the second 5-week session starts July 8th. It's every student's responsibility to get their books from the bookstore and be ready to start their class on the start date.
Please 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 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 Mesa ID#. All books and materials are paid for by the Met. You should do this as soon as possible.

If you have any questions about Mesa College, please email Jason Moravec at jmoravec@sandi.net.

San Diego Squared (SD2) has opened the application for the Fall 2024 cohort of their Squared Fellows yearlong mentorship program for incoming 10th – 12th grade San Diego County high school students. The goal of the program is to connect marginalized students to San Diego’s most innovative companies to help them launch their careers in STEM. Starting this September, Fellows will enjoy a series of industry site tours at top San Diego employers, networking with STEM professionals, and 1-on-1 mentoring for the 2024-25 school year.

Program Details

Where: At students’ school sites and various employers across San Diego.

When: September 2024 – September 2025. Individual dates will vary based on student schedules.

To Apply: Complete this application before Friday, August 9th - https://forms.monday.com/forms/8723cca0b146d6b6a176bf0a05db01ce?r=use1

Eligibility: Applicants must…

• Be incoming 10th – 12th grade students at a San Diego County high school.
• Commit to one after-school mentoring session per week and one Saturday session per month for the program duration.
• Be from a population underrepresented in STEM industry sectors. SD2 staff interpret this broadly and it can include ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, experience of barriers to education/employment (i.e. experience in the child welfare system or justice system, poverty, homelessness, immigration), experience of a disability, and/or any other experiences the applicant thinks may be relevant.

For questions or additional information, contact Airrell Gaither (cc’d) at airrell@sd2.org.

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:

• August 5 - Staff returns to campus
  
• August 7 - First day of school for the 2024-2025 school year!
  
• August 7-9 - Week of Welcome (WOW) - All students return to school for our annual Week of Welcome to build culture with advisories, learn about our new schedule and programs, and get started with finding an internship for the fall semester.

Attendance and Absences

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

Sylvia Hoffman - shoffman1@sandi.net

Records and Transcripts

To request student records or transcripts

Sylvia Hoffman - shoffman1@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

Jason Moravec - jmoravec@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

Sylvia Hoffman - shoffman1@sandi.net

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