{"id":318015,"date":"2022-12-19T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=318015"},"modified":"2022-12-19T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:11:00","slug":"helix-charter-high-has-busy-first-semester-as-holiday-breaks-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/helix-charter-high-has-busy-first-semester-as-holiday-breaks-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Helix Charter High tiene un primer semestre muy ocupado a medida que se acercan las vacaciones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Helix staff has been busy the last few months. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In November, we accepted the National Blue Ribbon Award in Washington D.C. and met with state and local representatives to share our success. East County Schools Federal Credit Union made a great video celebrating this accomplishment. You can find it at eastcountyschools.org\/learn\/education\/videos, along with other videos about schools in the local area doing interesting things.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We have also been hard at work preparing for our WASC accreditation cycle in February and look forward to hosting the committee in February. If there are any community members who would like to join us for a discussion about the school\u2019s most important initiatives in the next few years, please email <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"mailto:knuth@helixcharter.net\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">knuth@helixcharter.net<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. The discussion will be held in the Helix Library on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 4 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our Career Technical Education staff attended the Fall Conference in Palm Springs. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318020 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix-300x193.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix-768x494.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix-750x482.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094541\/Palm-Springs-LMC-Helix.jpeg 1020w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/193;\" \/>Staff representation from the business, biotechnology, education, and sports medicine pathways participated in workshops to further grow and develop the pathways. Mrs. Trevino, our grade level principal and CTE admin lead, presented at the conference on &#8220;Effective Evaluations of Career Technical Education Pathways&#8221;. Our staff also revised and modified their 2023 action plans aligned to specific goals to further student development within the industries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our College &amp; Career center hosted an \u201cI\u2019ve Applied\u201d Party to celebrate all of the seniors who worked hard to turn in college applications. The college application process is a huge undertaking and our students and staff have done an amazing job getting it all done.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Performing Arts:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Helix Charter High School had the pleasure of hosting the Grossmont Union High School District\u2019s Marching Band and Color Guard District Fall Showcase last month.\u00a0 For the first time in three years, this annual event recommenced and bands from all 11 schools in the district performed individually, then amassed for the grand finale where they were joined by the SDSU Marching Aztecs. It was a great night of music and an opportunity for family and friends to see the Helix Highlander Band&#8217;s 2022 field show, The Pursuit of Happiness, along with performances from all other schools at a local venue while supporting music education in our schools. Congratulations to all District Bands for your support and participation. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318022 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094750\/Helix-Fall-Cabaret-2022-90-2-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Helix Choir &amp; Dance Team had some great performances which got us all in the holiday spirit. Look out for the Highland Players performing the musical \u201cRent\u201d from Feb. 1-11.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Athletics:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Helix Fitness Course class ran a 5k at Lake Murray and t<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">he Advanced Sports Medicine course students were there providing medical care during the race. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Our girls varsity volleyball team played through the CIF and State Playoffs for the first time in Helix history. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318019 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC-750x562.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094435\/Helix-High-girls-volleyball-photo-LMC.jpeg 1059w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> The team finished as the CIF State SoCal Regional runner-up to the top seeded Buckley School. They traveled more than 1,400 miles in their last week. They represented our school and community well on this historic, wild, and memorable trip through California.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cheer finished second at the CIF competition, the boys water polo team worked their way up to the CIF DII Finals and lost to Rancho Bernardo and girls water polo kicked off the season by winning the RB invitational. C<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">heck out our website (helixathletics.net) and app (Helix Athletics) for scores and live streaming options as winter sports are underway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Clubs:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Chess Club hosted a successful tournament in the Helix Library. The Helix Chess Club is very popular and has also become a place where English Learner students can connect with their English-speaking peers, since chess is an international language. Thank you <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"mailto:margarito@helixcharter.net\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Marco Margarito Jr.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">for advising the club, facilitating the tournament and hosting practice every day during lunch.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The ACE Club (Architecture, Construction &amp; Engineering) at Helix is very active, they meet weekly and take field trips exploring different careers and trades. They recently attended Trades Day at SeaWorld <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318023 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/cdn.sdnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221219094942\/Helix-Sea-World-rotated.jpeg 1512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/> to learn about different construction trades through hands-on activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The National Honor Society club ran a successful winter clothing drive \u201cGive Cozy to Get Cozy\u201d event.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Helix Journalism Club is getting up and running and you\u2019ll start to see new content from them on our website (helixcharter.net) and on social media (instagram.com\/helixstudentlife and facebook.com\/helixcharterhighschool).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Upcoming Events:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To increase connection among our families, we have been hosting Parents Night Out events. Last month, we hosted Webinar Watch Parties, where we viewed informative webinars about mental health. We had counselors and social workers on-site to answer questions and enjoyed a nice discussion with each other over dinner.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We have a lot of parent events happening in the new year, including <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Parent \/ Guardian Shadow Day (1\/19)<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">y <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Back to School Night (1\/26). We\u2019ll send a school-wide newsletter out in January with more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Enrollment season for the 2023-2024 school year is on the horizon. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/helixcharter.net\/enroll\">helixcharter.net\/enroll<\/a> for the latest information and a list of FAQs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Winter Break will be Dec. 19 &#8211; Jan. 4 and school will resume on Jan. 5, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Lauren Knuth is the community relations &amp; engagement coordinator at Helix Charter High School<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Helix staff has been busy the last few months. In November, we accepted the National Blue Ribbon Award in Washington D.C. and met with state and local representatives to share our success. East County Schools Federal Credit Union made a great video celebrating this accomplishment. You can find it at eastcountyschools.org\/learn\/education\/videos, along with other [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1505,"featured_media":318017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Helix staff has been busy the last few months.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11564,11548],"tags":[12998,14435,12907,12649],"class_list":["post-318015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-la-mesa-courier","tag-athletics","tag-clubs","tag-helix-charter-high-school","tag-performing-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}