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PatriotConnectionFor the Parents, Staff, Students & Community of Beyer High School

November 2016 • Volume 9 • Issue 6

Beyer High School

1717 Sylvan Ave.Modesto, California 95355

Phone (209) 576-4311Fax (209) 576-4301

Administration

Dan ParkPrincipal

Sara GilAssociate Principal

Nadene GalasAssistant Principal

Chris ChillesAssistant Principal

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Secondary Math 1 Parent-Student ResourcesIs your student enrolled in Secondary Math 1? If so, here are some parent-student resources to assist your student in this course:• Math Tutoring Monday through Thursday, 2-3pm, in C-25. (FREE!)• YouTubetutorial videos: https://goo.gl/N4LYlv (FREE!)• MathematicsVisionProject: http://www.mathematicsvisionproject.org/homework-helps.html

○ Helps, Hints and Explanations (printed book $45) ○ Online Video Help subscription ($3 monthly subscription)

With Fall Homecoming festivities finished, the ASB Leadership class has been busy at work planning out events for the rest of the year, ensuring that the rest of the year will be just as memorable and fun. On

November 11th, Beyer High School hosted their annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony, in the Little Theater. Students arranged to have two speakers,

recognized Veterans and gave thanks to them for their service to our country. Additionally, the ASB Leadership class has been planning the annual Winterfest event which takes place at Beyer. At this event, many of the clubs on campus and other school sponsored programs take part and host a booth to interact with children by doing activities such as: decorating cookies, taking pictures with Santa Clause, playing fun games, etc. The Community Service committee has just recently finished wrapping up Socktober, and is now planning the next Blood Drive which will be held on November 18th at Beyer. If your student is interested in donating blood, please have them pick up a form from the Student Body Office. The Spirit Coordinators are working to promote student attendance at the rest of the football games for this season, especially in student participation in our school spirit section, The Red Sea. The Senior class officers are busy planning for senior year festivities, as well as fundraising for senior trip. The Junior, Sophomore, and Freshmen class officers are busy selling class t-shirts and doing fundraisers to raise funds for their class. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Love your Library! Ø Library Hours:

7:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ø Electronic databases accessible in

library or remotely 24/7: ○ Gale: http://www.galepages.com/mode86562 ○ (Contact Librarian, Mrs. James for username/password information)

Ø Donations are greatly appreciated Ø Credentialed librarian/Information

competency instructor, Jennifer James: [email protected] or 209-576-4322

Ø Special shout-out to the top 10 student “checker-outters”:

○ Christopher Adamakis ○ Marialuisa Ramirez ○ McKenzie Celello ○ William Rocha ○ Samuel Bejarano ○ Angelina Garcia ○ Shaunarie Silva ○ Rylan Root ○ Daisy Victoria ○ Claire Bardsley

Work Experience Beyer students continue to get hired as the holiday season is soon upon us. Even though the job may be seasonal, it provided experience which is very important. See Mr. Myers for assistance with job hunting.

ASVAB The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) will be administered on November 23rd in G-2 (small gym) from 7:55-11:30. Students who want to take the assessment need to sign up in the counseling office.

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“Patriot Connection” • Nov. 2016Published Six Times Per Year

Modesto City Schools426 Locust Street

Modesto, California 95351-2699Issue # 6

Renaissance The Renaissance program is in full swing at Beyer. We have added a new element to Renaissance with our first ever “A” day. This is where students were able to bring their original report card to school and receive a ticket for each A on their report card. Those tickets were then put into a raffle full of prizes for students. We had students with one A and students with up to 8 A’s come and receive their tickets. With hundreds of tickets in the drawing here is the list of our 1st ever Renaissance “A” Day! • Congratulations to: Ear Buds: Kevin Daniels, Alexa Kassels and Ravann Tep• Water Bottle filled with Candy: Victoria Mejia, Michael Pascal and Jacqueline Khanna• Stanford Bag: Arieana Mabugat, • Beyer Pride T-Shirt: Jazmin Gonzalez-Loreto and Miles Lacour• $10 Subway Gift Card: Emiliano Ortega, Michael Pascal and Madaline Norton• $10 Starbucks Card: Kristin Hawkins, Dang Lu and Grace Sanders• $10 Yogurt Mill Card: Jenna Stanislaw and Victoria Areco• Winter Formal Tickets: Christine Berry and Jair Frias• Yearbook: Gabriel Hernandez• Portable Speaker: Benjamin Berry• Tickets to Great America: Holly Mahnke• Tickets to Discovery Kingdome: Sammy Bejarano• Amazon Fire Tablet: Jackie Rubio• Lunch with Mrs. Gil for four: Jarrett Eastwood• TV: Claire BardsleyUpcoming Renaissance events include:• 2nd Quarter Reward – Friday, December 9th.• Renaissance Crab Feed – Saturday, February 18th. If you are interested in donating an item for our next events, or would like to get involved with our Renaissance program, please contact Tasha Hutton @ 576-4309.

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Computer Science – STEM

Beyer currently offers many STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) courses and is the only high school in Modesto with a designated STEM center. Computer Science education is a growing segment in STEM education and Beyer is proud to offer three Computer Science courses: Pre-Engineering Programming, AP Computer Science A and coming soon, AP Computer Science Principles. Students can ballot for these courses at Beyer for next school year!Didyouknow?• Computing occupations

make up two-thirds of all projected new jobs in STEM fields, making Computer Science one of the most in-demand college degrees.

• California currently has 68,388 open computing jobs.

• The average salary for a computing occupation in CA is $109,410.

Source: www.code.org Parents are encouraged to explore STEM career fields, such as Computer Programming, with their student.

Instructional Norms – College and Career Readiness This year, teachers are continuing to place emphasis on three instructional norms as we continue to ready students for their college and career aspirations after high school.• During instruction, teachers provide students with multiple and frequent

opportunities to discuss and collaborate using complete sentences and academic language.

• While reading, teachers create predetermined text-dependent questions requiring students to cite textual evidence in their responses.

• During mathematics instruction, teachers provide frequent and ample opportunities for teachers and students to demonstrate the standards for mathematical practice.

College News from Mrs. PittsCollege Applications: UC and CSU Applications are due no later than November 30th. All Applications must be submitted online by the deadline. I suggest that students submit applications before Thanksgiving to avoid last minute rush! Private Colleges: There are various deadlines for private colleges. Students must ask teachers for letters of recommendations. All letters must be completed before the holiday break on December 16, 2016.Financial Aid: FAFSA filing period opened on October 1, 2016. The deadline to file is March 2, 2017. www.fafsa.gov is the official site to file FAFSA. Some private colleges also require an additional form including the CSS Profile, check with the individual campuses. This year there is a big change, parents and students are required to use 2015 income tax to fill out FAFSA. Always apply for FAFSA on the 2017-18 application. Cal Grant: There is NO additional form needed for Cal Grant GPA verification. We send all verifications electronically for all seniors You must first file FAFSA before you can be considered for Cal Grant! Students should create an account to get information about their Cal Grant: https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/. General Cal Grant information: www.csac.ca.gov. Scholarships: Check the Beyer Scholarship Bulletin regularly for all new scholarship listings. It can be found on the Beyer website, follow the link on the main page or it is accessible through Naviance Family Connection.

A few spots are left!

We need you!Tami Rubalcava

Beyer High School209-576-4311

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TLC – Tutoring Learning Center The first semester is coming to an end on December 16…there is only a few short weeks to ensure students have their grades up to par. Encourage your student to utilize the Tutoring Learning Center before or after school for academic assistance, studying, computer research, etc. There are teachers and peer tutors available to assist students.

Period 0 7:00-7:49am Period 8 2:06-2:59pm

Monday through Friday

NOTE: TLC will be closed afterschool on Early Release/Collab Days

Tutoring Learning Center

ROOM I-25 HELP AVAILABLE FOR ALL SUBJECTS/CLASSES! COMPUTERS AVAILABLE!

BEYER PRIDE!

Period 0 7:00-7:49am Period 8 2:06-2:59pm

Monday through Friday

NOTE: TLC will be closed afterschool on Early Release/Collab Days

Tutoring Learning Center

ROOM I-25 HELP AVAILABLE FOR ALL SUBJECTS/CLASSES! COMPUTERS AVAILABLE!

BEYER PRIDE!

College Visit Field Trip Grade 9 Students

We want YOU to experience College Life for a day!

Freshman students will be eligible to participate in a College Visit field trip in the Spring to tour local colleges/universities

by achieving one of the following during Quarter 2:

GPA 2.5 or higher for S1/Q2

GPA increase of .5 or better (from Q1 to Q2)

Perfect attendance in Q2

Students will not be eligible for the field trip if they have any F’s, unsatisfactory citizenship marks or excessive conduct code violations.









































Freshman College Visit Field Trip During Quarter 2, freshmen students can qualify to attend the College Visit Field Trip to visit two local universities: University California, Merced and California State University, Stanislaus. Students must qualify by achieving one of the three categories on the flyer in this issue. The field trip will take place in the Spring and no cost to the students!









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Beyer High School

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The band has also had competitions in Dublin and Union City, garnering more awards such as best percussion and auxiliary. Next up is state championships on November 19-20. This year the preliminary competition is held in Merced with finals being held in Clovis. In addition to competitions, the band performed for some Japanese Homestay students in a rally at Beyer. They also play pep tunes at football games and do a lot of fundraising. If would like more information about the band, their schedule, or any fundraising activities, please visit our website at: www.beyerband.org.

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Congressional Merit Award

Congratulations to senior Andrea Samano, who was presented the CongressionalMerit Award by Congressman Jeff Denham at an awards reception in October.

Beyer Marching Band and Color Guard The show this year is titled Joy, based on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and using original music written by the band staff. The finished show will be about seven minutes long. This means each band member must memorize the entire piece plus their field movements for the entire seven minutes. On September 24, which was Weekend Band Camp, they had the entire show finished and premiered the show for parents, friends, and alumni. It was a great start to the competition season.

National Merit Semifinalist

About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program based on scores from taking the 2015 PSAT. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. From the approximately 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the finalist level. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from the group of finalists. Beyer High School extends our congratulations to Pratima Gangupantula as a National Merit Semifinalist for the Class 2017!

The band’s next competition was the Sierra Cup Classic held at Fresno State University on October 22. The band did very well at the competition taking 1st place along with best music, general effect, percussion and visual awards. Performing in Bulldog Stadium is always a thrill, especially with the challenge of going up and down the ramp that leads into the stadium. It takes a lot of help to get all of the band’s equipment and instruments into the stadium. One of the highlights of this competition is the opportunity to hear the Fresno State Bulldog Band. Each year they put on a show that makes you say “wow”.

After spending several months in preparation, the band is now in competition season. Their first competition was the Valley Christian Quest Classic held at Chabot College in Hayward on October 8. It was a good first time out, performing in perfect weather. The band came away with 1st place and top awards for general effect and percussion. For the freshman, this was the first time they had competed in full uniform. The weight and bulkiness of the uniform takes a little getting used, but they all did well and learned a lot.

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