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closer are you muted by the way Mister dolls okay I was wondering if I needed to put a tie on Phyllis and tie on some good we are Salon never went home I just got up my negotiations meeting we are live by the way and they're so there are some folks that I've already everybody it is a great day to to be a wildcat and to welcome people will get started at those of you who are already in the waiting room or he will get started in just a few minutes as people join all right mr. As I had some have more Renaissance nasty kids in my walk at show today they may or may not have been strongly encouraged to attend congratulations on your award I would see you for the first time was well deserved yeah she for those of you in the Jordy Nelson participants as we're getting ready for people to have to show up this last really this week I think on Tuesday Miss Lynbrook our system principal there this evening awarded the axial region 15 code ministrator of the Year award and so we're super excited for that recognition does a lot of hard work for us at school and we'll share a little bit about her rule here little bit to get started in just a couple minutes welcome everybody we are as we're Gathering and people participants are joining in and we'll go over a few welcome tidbits of information and get started here in a few minutes this is the Monrovia High School showcase specifically designed for eighth grade parents we're going to talk a little bit tonight about the programs we have in store for you or your children and your questions and get you all geared up for Life as a Monrovia High School Wildcat so we'll get started in a few minutes MSR dolls that the talent that we showcase today or the sophomore the sophomore group had a lot of running chat also we start talking about pets they had we started talking about the talent that they had him so I've got some more kids in the queue for the next next month's Wildcats show ice yes yes very very cool the kids anytime you sort of like hand over the platform to students and give them an opportunity to speak its wonderful things happened that requires a level of bravery yes wonderful things can happen for those of you who are just joining this this week we started for the very first time we call the Wildcat show and it's a no Jennifer kids to join me in for like an extended office hour time where where have some games and quizzes and some Q&A and some information in and it's not LoPresti dialogue and engage our student body in an opportunity to learn a little bit about Monrovia High School learn a little something about that appears that are in their classes and it's something just a little bit different than you know content courses at they're taking which are very important but we want to create opportunities for them to get engaged and so we started the Wildcat show it's loosely around Chino late night talk show where we got some talent and some music and some games and some of its silly some of its intent full but all of it is is designed to connect our kids to our campus so talk to a good start and if it continues to grow you know who knows might be I might learn a Hollywood star someday I think we need to connect with someone at the LA Zoo so they can bring an animal mr. Krause. Needs to be a guest to hold a snake. That's absolutely needs to happen that's okay I have a ball python and as well as a pet in my house right now so I guess it's boring dog and cat stuff alright well good evening everybody we're going to go ahead started a welcome this is the Monrovia High School showcase and this is an opportunity for us to share a little bit about Minerva High School the programs that we have in place for you of your children you're here this evening because you have an eighth grade student either in Monrovia Santa Fe or a Clifton or you are joining us new to our district so welcome my name is Kirk McGinnis and I am the principal of this esteem high school is in pleasure to be here with you this evening and to serve our students and families and community in the associate principal of Monrovia High School I oversee the Madison Center which is the Student Center for all Juniors and seniors and I also oversee the master schedule which is behind me all its Glory welcome thank you Miss limerick hey I am Felicia Lynbrook and I oversee the foothill Center which is the house for the freshmen and sophomores are 9th and 10th grade students I will I also oversee the early college program and the avid and the dual immersion program and those are some of the programs that you will hear about later tonight thank you and I missed your dolls sure everybody has Paul dolls I am the climate and culture coordinator at Monrovia High School dot title kind of has an umbrella over activities where I'm activities director the Renaissance coordinator the link crew coordinator all of which will hear about in a few minutes and my job is to make our school feel like home to your kids that he does and so they are the the my panel of experts and the seating for our presentation this the way this is going to operate is I'm going to be sharing Recon with you I'll be opening up my slideshow here in a moment and kind of explaining all the different programs we have available at the high school for your kids and then in the young people bus Toledo harness Lindbergh monitoring that the chat and questions are going to be answering questions as we go through the evening and then if if we're not able to answer them on the spot will have an opportunity and to do some Q&A so with that let's go started I'm going to share my screen and get this presentation underway we good on the screen right there panelist awesome okay to the Sea and I start at the right no I did not you think after a couple months of of managing what I don't want share stop it presents this is my this is my this is what we called modeling of of perseverance when's it doesn't go right the very first time you just move on welcome everybody this is the our school welcome to the home of the Wildcats are you coming to Stepping foot into a school that is storied with all kinds of accolades and accomplishments were very proud of everything that we have earned where is it as a collective group and the we continue to look forward to Growing our capacity and highlighting the students amazing programs that are School are structural is simple it's focused on three important things critical thinking you want our kids to be thoughtful about the work that they're doing and be problem-solvers you want them a second as academic language we want them to be using the language of discourse the language of a Content the language of stinking and Lashley perseverance we know that when the going gets tough it's important to not give up that whole group mindset capacity is really important we want our students and staff to work through the challenges and learn from them every mistake that you have and if you do you apply yourself you learn from us you've grown as a human being and as a learner as we acknowledge in in our introductions we have our school broken up into two students centers so that we can provide the best level of support for our students in three different areas trust their College and Career preparedness and their social emotional well-being weed for many years hear of talk a lot about educating the whole child not just the academic brain but the heart and the soul the really important concept that we have put a lot of time and energy and effort in and some systems to help our students be so successful those two centers that you've already heard about one is called the foothills that focuses on our 9th and 10th grade students and that's led by our assistant principal Miz Lynbrook movie just came in recently I'm going to brag about you again she was honored as the axial region 15 administrator of the year so that's pretty awesome so congratulations there are two counselors in that Center missed a turken this hearse they are this foot this Center is designed specifically to help steer magician out of middle school and high school they have unique needs and and support set that we have available and then the Madison centers led by Mr Lujan there that are the 11th and 12th graders in the two counselors there is Fernandez Emma's Gezi and they are focusing on the transition out of high school so college application career Readiness things like that and then we have a wellness center on campus nice focusing for the social emotional well-being for all of our students we've kind of sort of the way we do work at our school is the Wildcat Way and so you'll often see the sticker or this logo around maybe on a bumper sticker near you on a on the rear of a car somewhere but it dis is just the way we do business when kids and staff and Brace and leave like the Bobcat way they're making good decisions are you their words in a kind way they're focusing their efforts on the betterment of the whole child and so that's what we asked for kids to embrace when they come to us as well without him and handed over to mr. dolls to talk a little bit about what are the most important things that we focus on in the napkin gauging our kids with us to our school thank you it is an honor to be with you guys I'm really excited not going to lie the sky snuck up on me about 10 days ago and I saw this on the calendar like oh my gosh this is time since the end of January and you guys are probably a little anxious and I think that is completely and totally normal more so this year than ever before I can literally stand not really in front of you but sort of in front of you and say we have no idea what we're going to look like in August when we come back so what we're talking about tonight is things that we can guarantee you and and that is really important so I want to make sure that we recognize it and honor that fact that that anxiety of what your incoming 9th grader is walking into is very different than any other 9th grade classes and so I want to assure you that as Mr McGuinness said it's not just about your kids academic abilities and they're very cheap that is a huge part of what they do and a huge part what where were going after the we are going after the whole child the entire social emotional and academic learning that takes place on her campus there are three programs that I'm responsible for that kind of over in an attempt to Foster that belief of the first of the Renaissance program we have been on campus at the Renaissance program since 2004 and that is is where kind of my my heart and soul has have been residing since 2008 when I took the program over the purpose of Renaissance is to celebrate the academic achievement of our kids and to celebrate the scaffold who are responsible for guiding them to reaching their goals in in chasing their dreams so we do a bunch of different things like we are just actually 2 hours ago I posted the January students of the month we're celebrating 45 kids today tomorrow and Monday for their achievements classroom and they were nominated by our staff to receive that award we do scholar-athlete award which is a unique award to Renaissance where we celebrate our Varsity athlete with a 3.5 GPA at we do Renaissance referrals where we encourage teachers just as submit a referral when somebody is doing something fantastic or somebody has improved my my three colleagues three bosses do on the screen with me get to do that every week where they get a list for me on Saturday and say Here's your list can you get the call and celebrate it's a unique aspect of what we do because if we're real parents don't usually get calls home from administrator saying hey I just want you to know your kids doing great and we're really proud of him the things that we are really focusing on all three programs is something called the five to 15 in the 50 which is what we're focusing on things that we can do in 5 minutes 15 minutes or 50 minutes that are going to change the lives of our students and our staff on her campus it is really about you know making that place the I love with all my heart and soul someplace that every kid loves to be your go ahead and slip to the next 5 mr. McGinnis which I think is a SBC are not there it is ESPN's the student government side of things where we do have a group of students who are both elected and appointed who are responsible for all of the oversight and the spending of student finances so when you purchase a SD card that money goes towards are students as a whole I'm not going to lie to you either this picture on the screen makes me super sad because we did not get to do that this year and that is cat city which is our student section at one of our football games apparently pretty early in the year because it's the light outside but that's coming back and I can't wait for that day that we were able to gather together in that tradition and celebrate our athletes and and more importantly celebrate our school Community responsible for the Spirit rally to the pep rally that we do we do homecoming and prom you know two of my least favorite thing but the kids love them I am not a high school dance Aficionado nevertheless it falls under my responsibilities of bile in the face and you know they only last for hours and then we all get to go home so that's ASB and again they worked hand-in-hand with Renaissance to try to create an environment that kids love to come to school event last but not least in the one that your kids are going to be exposed to the most early on is our link crew and our link crew is charged with the responsibility of for lack of a better term taking care of our 9th graders it is an renovation where I recruit 40 Juniors and 40 seniors and they are teamed up and tear and they receive a group of 10 to 12 9th graders that they Mentor for the entire freshman year they help coordinate fresh orientation that we put on the week before school starts where we welcome all of our 9th graders into the family it is a huge event it is stressful it is fun it is crazy funny and it is a chance to tie your kids immediately to their new school between still the Wildcat Way in them during that day and we explain what that is it's not a day where we tell them everything they can't do it the day that we tell them everything they get to do as part family and that is that is what we attempt to do we attempt to create a climate and culture were kids will Thrive they'll feel plugged in they will find someplace to be and it will find some place to grow that is our goal and do the club we have through the activities that we have to be athletic we have there's always something in my biggest thing for your kids and they'll hear it at orientation you guys will hear it again is get involved find a place because High School is not just about periods one through high school was about growing as a person and interact with people and finding people with common interest and growing and you don't always do that from Bell to Bell well said Paul thank you so what's the word for your leadership in your in your your care and compassion for the programs on our campus been are for kids so you might think that parents aren't involved in high school but they actually are and weary I need your your your help parents we've got a number of different booster and parent organization GTA and we actually put the student in their PTSA are massive Math and Science Academy has a booster large Conservatory has a has a booster organization as well as our Band program and our Athletics program is is Under the Umbrella of the big and boosters and then of course we have a School site Council and helps us guide and provide some decision-making in Zeeland might see some familiar names on this list that's this year's cast of of of parent leaders and I look forward to welcoming you into one or all of these groups depending on what makes most sense for you and your child talking about the program so we have available here at Monrovia High School one of them and Miss Lynbrook Focus. Mention it a little bit early is what we call Early College this is a dual credit dual enrollment program in partnership with Citrus College where students earn high school credits and UCS CSU and UC transferable college credits the classes are offered here at Monrovia High School we have them bracket in the morning 7:30 to 9 so kind of like half of 0. In first. The course is the classes are free to the students we inside to even provide the books the best thing about it is that you're earning High School graduation credits and college credits at the same time as actually college class and in most cases Top by Citrus college professor on our campus just with our students so you're among other students Monrovia High School students there's no other college students is just a high-school students and during that portion of the day you're actually a Citrus College student then after. One is over and then you start the rest of the periods Rob Minerva high school student taking our courses like an AP course this provides a GPA bump so this is how kids are learning and creating Jeep GPA is that are well or 4.0 something I never attained when I was in high school but I know jealous of that now and on average is saves about $70,000 for the which is on the cost of a four-year University so it's a great opportunity for those students that are interested and we have to two different versions of a four-year cohort so students that are interested in participating on their way in as a freshman will participate all four years we also have a two-year cohort the sounds really interesting but you're not really geared up and ready for it just yet you can enter the two-year cohort those are Juniors and seniors so you'd be entering in the the spring of your sophomore year and we have Miss Lynbrook of course in this guess are committed to supporting this program love some information at the end about applying and how to get involved me a program that you may have heard is called the Math and Science Academy AKA Masa this is an honors and AP program where we provide academic Outreach opportunities of her students it involves a collection of courses in math science has advanced and 80 level courses we have to do this for Creative Junior project and and service hours each year they are provided they provide service hours to Arkham DNR School in one of those you'll see here these are the mass of mentors they go and design engaging science and math activities for our elementary schools are in our district there is an application animal share a little bit more information about that with your students and upon graduation in addition to their diploma they get recognition there's a will there's a special acknowledgement a different cord that they and so we honor their their their contributions all four years they also hear some examples of some of their wonderful Junior projects the mass of mentors and some field trips that they take this year taking some virtual field trips but none the less a wonderful growth opportunity for our students if you have questions about Masa you out I'm going to put this this link in the chat start in a moment but Kristen Ford is our Massa coordinator and she is hosting some office hours this coming Friday that's the day I that's tomorrow in the afternoon so if you'd like to join I will put the link in that in the chat here in a moment and you can you can join actually mr. Lujan since I since I'm presenting if you could drag that off of the PowerPoint put that into the happy super awesome thank you okay similar to the Mesa Academy we have and what we call the humanities Academy and it is virtually the same program that's not folks there knocking science is soaking focuses on English and social sciences and the Fine Arts the same platform honors and AP classes with the junior project and the same recognition of graduation application process this year we're doing an online process but this allows kids to be get be part of a specialized cohort specialized Academy really focusing on areas that they're interested in I've often said my my my twins that went through Monrovia High School that both were in the math and science academy and if we had the humanities Academy at that point I think one of them would have jumped over there because she loves riding and and poetry and that was just her way of thinking and so that's why we created not that but we created this program specifically to to meet students needs some of the humanities Academy also does field trips in their junior projects are increasingly really creative kids are are tasked with with finding a topic similar to you know of a thesis or a doctor dissertation you know that Educators might Embark upon kids are given some freedom and some latitude to develop a project that's interesting to them and they research should they create a presentation and so we it's really amazing Out programs and presentation by are are are Humanities Academy likewise if you have questions about Humanity, me Natalie Harrison Hazard a coordinator or office hours are also tomorrow afternoon and got nice to be put in the chat as well in the afternoon to 3 so if you want to find out some more information about that swing by there 2 years ago we started what we call the Fish Arts conservatory and this is a theatrical community on our campus and this is also a way to get our kids connected to something that they're passionate about whether it's singing or dancing on stage and performing or might even be the Stage production all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating a drama or musical on stage there's a lot of responsibilities involved there so we Journal two major Productions a year and and students in the Arts Conservatory are able to gather them their their course of study and focus around preparing themselves for being alive or career in in a few. We're really proud and on and at 2 to brag about this we are the only Comprehensive High School in pretty much the Southern California area with an honors drama program our drama program our drama class is an honors class and so you get an extra additional grade-by-grade boost like an AP course as well there's an application available at Wildcat theatres.com and we'll find out some little bit more information about that but you're before last the Theater Arts Conservatory presented in the height and it was nominated in fact it was nominated eight different thanks for the Jerry Herman Awards and it came away with two best war so best lighting design and best technical crew so we're very proud of their their accomplishments and we look forward to seeing you in if you're interested in theater as well next up is our Career Technical education department it's commonly referred to as CTE and these are a classes and coursework and teachers that are dedicated to helping our kids how to get prepared for life skills in the job Force either right after high school or for a continued studies in After High School couple different Pathways that we have available are automotive in the maintenance of specialization are auto shop class is awesome kids to get their hands in riding the side of those in the get them dirty right away at working on cars and figuring out that those systems our sports medicine program is a few years old now that I think this is our fourth year in an existence with sports med and our students are learning significantly complex skills to help support our student-athletes on our campus but then also positioned themselves for a life in that in that career with video production and and computer programming we have game design development which is super exciting there's a lot of kids that are all amped up about that and I'll show you one of those products here at the moment we've got graphic design and photography I knew this yours is what we have what we call us where do we have 3D Laser Printers and a large-scale printer so we are actually able to design and produce all those little things that you see you know logos labels and t-shirts and all the things that clubs Stalin and you know if we want an emblem on something our kids are going to be able to do that so here's some students in the video game design class I'm & R Sports Med program this is the game that our students made and launched they they program did they designed it and launched it and I do the live link so afterwards I don't want you playing a video game while I'm talking but afterwards you can log in here and click on the on the picture on the screen and I'll take you to the to the game that are kids designed and built and I dare you to see if you can get past level for whatever it's it's it's really hard so next is our advanced placement program about commonly referred to as a these courses are open for all students to take it's a good conversation to have with your counselor to see if this is the right course for your your child to participate in is a rigorous program sees our knowledge college board and colleges and universities look at a student's High School transcript And when they see AP courses on the transcript they are you do a little bit more Market marketable in the in the college application perspective we have a mini courses as you can see here and lots of in lots of different categories and again these provide a GPA bump students to participate in AP testing in the spring and yes we are going to at this point we are planning on hosting AP testing in the spring in a in a safe that virtual I mean in a safe but a socially distance Banner on campus will see how that goes up next is what we call the dual immersion program and we have as you may know we have two dual immersion programs in their District 1 in Spanish and one in Mandarin and so this are this year's Freshman Class currently are the first group of the dual immersion Spanish students that matriculated up to the high school and in three years we will have our dual immersion Mandarin students joining us as freshmen and so our goal is to continue to provide rigorous opportunities for them to to grow in their in their target language so we've got a broad spectrum of courses all the way up to a p level in both Spanish and in French and we are growing our Mentor program currently we have mandarin 3 we're looking to grow to level four and eight SSO students matriculate up so that one that the powerful thing about the dual immersion in our modern language program is that students have the ability to earn What's called the Seal of by literacy so they meet minimum requirements their diploma will also have a special seal on it indicating they met through criteria for either or syllabi literacy next is R Athletics program we are very proud of the diversity that we have on our campus again another opportunity for our kids to connect others on their Campus Sports competition bring great camaraderie and loss of life life lessons right here in the center you'll see our our boys volleyball team we didn't win this is a initial team started a year-and-a-half ago for the longest time we didn't have it with girls volleyball but not boys volleyball so we are growing we have over a hundred twenty-five years of interscholastic competition you started we celebrated 125 years has a school a year and a half ago so we were found in 1893 just a little bit of history for you but we have a collection of over 100 League championships 7 CIF championships and we have a 19 different sports across three different seasons so fall winter and spring our athletic director he is in Monrovia High School alumni and a dedicated English teacher on our campus as well as our athletic director there is his number so if you would like to reach out to him specifically please. AVID program and I think if you are currently in in in participate in one of the Avid programs at Clifton or Santa Fe or if you know about it but we encourage you to continue on that Adventure that's a gray opportunity Avid stands for advancement academic enrichment advancement via interpersonal determination is a long title but it basically is as an academic enrichment elective that is specifically designed are students for success in college show there's a built-in tutorial riding an inquiry there's team building they would take him on campus tours specific intent to create a cohort of students that are better with the support that are preparing them for Life a success of life in college Michigan's Mansion Club we have how many how many cards do you have in your dolls it's like over 40 currently active a lot of active clubs on campus and the design the intention of of a club is to connect kids to something that they're passionate about and so we have a little bit of everything we have service clubs we have clubs as robotics Club e as you might've known we weave accomplish a lot of championships and out of the robotics Club the mountain biking team that you see up there in the top actually began of the club is now a CIF recognize team I wear Ballet Folklorico we've got cooking club we have arts and philosophy with. Club cure and the whole intent as I said is to is to get kids connected to something that they're passionate about ears Club of a lot of excitement is what we called the healing connections club and this is all about kids connection with each other and providing support and nlrb can you take two to learn some skills mindfulness breathing in 10 funnest things like that so we're excited about that up next is our Visual and Performing Arts Department a collection of a lot of different talented artists displaying their their their creativity in a lot of different ways ears are organic steam they were they were Master Champions we've got an annual art art contest we called the art of loser and our band and colorguard in Drumline are coming off first place competitions year before last the work cited about all of that the the music department is built around our marching Wildcats band and colorguard they are scsboa so long acronym but it's the band organization there are cool a list of their first place Drumline and first place Color Guard so here's some pictures of them in action we also have the chamber String orchestra so students that are playing stringed instruments we want you to know that we have a home for you as well do our last Festival ratings were both excellent and Superior which I am very proud of and the chamber orchestra class what we call the F elective credit so this is a through G requirements so this when you transfer your Honda to colleges and University they're going to say wow this kid was was headed and did a lot of work and lastly our eyes are Jazz Ensemble the Jazz city Jazz cats are standing there if you haven't heard them in the past encourage you to to to take a moment and listen to on their wonderful I also in our Visual and Performing Arts department is are his way of drawing and a Ceramics so that you're sincere these are these are current artwork done by students over the distance learning platform where it's just outstanding opportunities for kids to be creative and the show is their talents to work super excited about the work they're doing there I'm going to hand it over to mr. Lujan to fill you in on some of the details and some of the next steps wow that was so much to digest I know your head surprise spinning I know that Miss Lynbrook and I have been answering your questions in the Q&A so thank you so much keep them coming but next steps so you've heard some of the program we do have applications for these programs that we are going to make available to you you can get them from your counselors at your school and you can also get them from us I've been adding them to to the Q&A people. asking for specific applications we've been adding that and then I've also added them in the chat room the reason why we need to expedite this is because of we kind of need to know who is coming and what year first are the first round of applications for AVID for early college for humanities Masa and Theater Arts Conservatory is due next Friday February 5th so if you have questions ask and we're happy to answer them and will guide you toward which program works best for you and the application that's a connect to that program some of the programs require entrance exams I know that our humanities class are the humanities Academy and the Math and Science Academy both have entrance exams so those entrance exams will happen on February 24th the makeup date February 27th and all of the programs will have their acceptance list completed by March 5th and that will be communicated back out to you so that you know which program you've made out of make screen please thank you sir so on March 5th you're going to know which program you're in or you may have decided not to join any particular program and keep all of your send open which is a common for lots of fresh mint you're our counselors will be coming to Santa Fe March 9th 10th 11th and 12th and again on March 16th 17th and 8th and that's a virtual meeting just to make sure that you know they're not actually going to meet with you at Santa Fe normally we would be on campus but we're in the zoom world right now so the counselors will be attending the play the weeks of March 9th and March 16th counselors will be tending to Clifton and the Clifton students March 23rd 24th 25th 26th March 30th 31st and April 3rd so that's when you will get your first connection with the counselors and they'll help you with your course selection we meet with other the counselors meet with every family from Monrovia High cool during the summer you'll have an opportunity to make an appointment to sit with your counselor for about 10-15 minutes and you get a chance to go over your course your courses your schedule for next year you can ask her questions about you know what was the prerequisite and you know what's it like in that class and he knows it's our our our counselors are great sources of information and so this is an opportunity for you to meet them hopefully in person will see what it looks like over the summer but if not we will do a zoom meetings we did that this last summer again those begin in the middle of summer July 20th is approximately 4 weeks and again we will share with you the links for you to a make the appointment with your counselor and then just before school year begins our new freshman orientation will be hosted by mr. and his link crew and that will be August 10th and that's going to happen sooner than you think thank you thank you Miss McGinnis really so that a timeline is is is coming around the corner as as you as you saw and we are but we also want to make sure that you know that we will work through this together so to the middle schools are are there to help support your kid and making informed decisions and selecting the right courses and we are here to support you if you have questions about various programs and the application timeline says we've described so with that I'm in a stop sharing cuz we've come to the end of the the formal presentation and ask if there are any questions that came in the chat Mister Lujan term is Lynbrook that need that could be answered publicly for the whole group right now and if they are not we could we could answer those another fashion so was about when and where can they pick up applique question so is he if it's for one of the Academy's the NASA or Humanities applications my recommendation is that you attend that information meeting tomorrow in those Doom sessions those links are shared right now in the chat room you should be able to open up the chat button and you'll be able to see the links for both the humanities Academy and Masa the Math and Science Academy please attend those informational meetings do they have more information on the programs and they can a steer you toward your application those application links will also be posted on our website at the completion of our presentation as well so that would be a good spot to find it it in addition to the chat anything else okay clubs I I see some questions about clubs is there an app for Early College yes there are there a couple of different piece I can share with you right now for some all there's not we want you to to to balance your time at school club participation is an after-school play meet in the afternoons or evenings are you sometimes even on the weekends or at lunch time so I want you to be mindful of bouncing your time I would suggest that you pick one or two to begin with that you really like. how to do everything because then you're going to spread yourself a little tooth in the early college application is will also be posted the early college program we want to do we take look at you or 8th grade your current 8th grade grades books in in English English language arts and math and there is a short essay that we asked you to write a letter of intent showing your stuck in a little bit about you or your goals and and why you think the early college program would benefit you so that. Application is is looming as well right around the corner eating out so we thought I was Mr dolls or that list is fluid because what we encourage it when it's happen especially this year is if we don't have something as a club that kids are interested in doing we start it so we added we've added an aviation and drone Club this year we had an astronomy earth science club we added a K-pop Club God bless mr. And for being willing to take that on so that that list is fluid if you email me directly I can send you out the most current list as of today I literally am having another club possibly approved at our meeting tomorrow as far as parent volunteers like for advising there's some pretty strange attend code stuff for that that we have to have a faculty advisor on campus as the primary person responsible for each Club but you will never hear me out of the words parents should not volunteered to help so if if you have an interest or a skill or specialty that you can bring to our campus and share with our kids there's always a way to make that happen and you can reach out to any of us facilitate that process to have a half well said I was explaining to the kids that what I want one year we had a turtle Racing Club you know it just depends on what students are interested in who's got the creative the Creative Energy to get something started like that for sure we also I just saw a note in the in the chat or the Q&A as well that we can post also post the information in parentsquare so I can ask both doctors and Jackson to put some things in the 8th grade where is resources there as well again thank you everybody for participating tonight the information this this this resource in case someone was in a how to join tonight this webinar will be has been recorded will put on our website and as well as all the the links to our applications on behalf of the whole entire Monrovia High School Community I'm super excited about your coming to us and look forward to a four years of wonderful engaging opportunities for your child and your family when you join us as at Minooka High School you're joining our family and we look at we look at everybody together and and in that capacity and so with that thank you for participating and I look forward to getting to know you a little bit more personally and with that have a wonderful evening thank you so much

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