Saturday, February 29, 2020

Skyline Families Update - Week of Mar. 2, 2020



Hello Skyline Community,

Lots going on at SHS in the month of March! Be a part of it!! #GoTitans


** PTSA Meeting – Date Change: Please join us at the next PTSA meeting on Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00pm in the campus library, to hear an update on the Schools and Communities Initiative, and updates on other campus events going on. Questions? Please email Guy Spencer (ptsa.president@skylinehs-ptsa.org)



** Support California Public Education: Have you signed the petition for Schools and Communities First? It will allow our state to raise $12 billion annually for schools and community services by requiring businesses to pay property tax on the fair market value of their properties. Residential properties are not affected.  

First, we have to get this on the ballot.  We’re a few hundred thousand signatures short of reaching our goal of 1.6 million signatures.  

If you haven’t signed already, please come do so at your closest neighborhood school or at Skyline on March 4th.  We’ll be collecting petition signatures at morning drop off.  Got 30 minutes that morning?  We’re looking for volunteers to help gather signatures. Sign up here:  https://scf.vote/3-4DayofAction
 
Find out which other schools are participating here: http://www.oaklandscf.org/my-school-status/.  


 


** Dine Out for Skyline: Join your fellow Titans at RedBoy Pizza on 4100 Redwood Road (near Safeway) - all day from Mon. 3/16 through Wed. 3/18, 11am - 8pm. *BE SURE TO MENTION SKYLINE when you order, and RedBoy will donate 20% of your order to fund student and teacher programs at Skyline! This applies to both dine-in and take out orders. Tell family, friends and neighbors to participate as well!



** Ride for a Reason Is Coming! Skyline is one of 12 partner schools this year in the Sat. April 25th, 2020 one-day benefit bike ride to Sacramento. 

Ride for a Reason is Skyline’s biggest PTSA fundraiser and we need parents, students, and teachers to join us as riders or volunteers. The reason we ride is to highlight the importance of public schools and to advocate for increased public education funding. 

Ride: The ride to Sacramento has 45, 65, and 106 mile options. Weekly training rides are underway to help you prepare. Register to ride by March 2nd to get the early registration discount. Check the Ride for a Reason website R4Rschools.com for more details on the big ride to Sacramento and upcoming training ride calendar.
Volunteer: Ride for a Reason is a volunteer-run event with each of the partner schools providing a team of volunteers. Students, parents and teachers can sign up for a shift. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4DAEA8229-ride
For questions about Ride for a Reason, contact Skyline’s ride leaders Jen Ryden and JT Mates-Muchin R4R@skylinehs-ptsa.org.



** Pathways to Law: On Saturday, March 14, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA), UC Hastings Vietnamese American Law Society, and various community organizations will be hosting Pathways to Law, our 11th annual pre-law conference at UC Hastings. The purpose of this conference is to encourage college and high school students - especially those from diverse backgrounds - to pursue a legal career. This is a FREE event, and breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Below are more details about the program, and here is the link to our website: https://www.aaba-bay.com/pathways where you can learn more about and register for this event. Please share this wonderful opportunity with your students, faculty, and staff.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Pam Chung (pamela.chung.law@gmail.com)



** OUSD Facilities Master Plan: At this time, we are encouraging our entire community (teachers, parents/guardians, students, alumni, and connected neighbors) to complete this OUSD Master Facilities Plan survey. In the survey, there is an area to document site-specific requests, and we want our Skyline community voice to be heard. 

Before completing the survey, please take a few moments to view key priorities (as previously outlined by site-based leadership groups) to see if these priorities resonate with your own experiences. If they do, please reference these priorities in your feedback. 

Here is a link to the survey. Thank you in advance for your support of Skyline High School!



** Skyline Families - Get Plugged In Online! Here’s how: 
   
·         Skyline Families Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/skylinehighfamilies
·         Follow the Skyline Families Blog: https://skylinehighfamilies.blogspot.com/ 
·         Sign Up for the Weekly Titan E-Newsletter: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1853444/1801966/ 


      

Monday, February 24, 2020

Law Careers, Pizza, Bicycles and Oh, My!






PATHWAYS TO LAW: On Saturday, March 14, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA), UC Hastings Vietnamese American Law Society, and various community organizations will be hosting Pathways to Law, our 11th annual pre-law conference at UC Hastings. The purpose of this conference is to encourage college and high school students - especially those from diverse backgrounds - to pursue a legal career. This is a FREE event, and breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Below are more details about the program, and here is the link to our website: https://www.aaba-bay.com/pathways where you can learn more about and register for this event. Please share this wonderful opportunity with your students, faculty, and staff.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Pam Chung (pamela.chung.law@gmail.com)
  





RIDE FOR A REASON 2020 IS COMING! Skyline is one of 12 partner schools this year in the April 25th, 2020 one-day benefit bike ride to Sacramento. Ride for a Reason is Skyline’s biggest PTSA fundraiser and we need parents, students, and teachers to join us as riders or volunteers. The reason we ride is to highlight the importance of public schools and to advocate for increased public education funding. 
  
Ride: The ride to Sacramento has 45, 65, and 106 mile options. Weekly training rides are underway to help you prepare. Register to ride by March 2nd to get the early registration discount. Check the Ride for a Reason website R4Rschools.com for more details on the big ride to Sacramento and upcoming training ride calendar.
Volunteer: Ride for a Reason is a volunteer-run event with each of the partner schools providing a team of volunteers. Students, parents and teachers can sign up for a shift. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4DAEA8229-ride
For questions about Ride for a Reason, contact Skyline’s ride leaders Jen Ryden and JT Mates-Muchin R4R@skylinehs-ptsa.org.

  
  
DINE OUT FOR SKYLINE! Wednesday, March 18th - all day, at Red Boy Pizza, 4100 Redwood Road, Oakland. Please see details below, and be sure to mention Skyline when you go!















UPDATES FROM VPA: (Visual and Performing Arts Pathway)
*Student Art Exhibition
February 21 - May14, 2020
M-F 9am-5pm; Sa 10am-2pm
David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way , Berkeley, CA 94704

*OUSD Orchestra Fest - FREE
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
6-8pm
Roosevelt Middle School
Stay engaged with the Skyline Visual and Performing Arts Pathway at skylinevpa.org.