DeAnza High School

Achieving Excellence

Announcements

Weekly What’s-Up

May 29th - June 2nd

Monday

5/29

No school. Memorial Day.

Tuesday

5/30

Senior Finals Begin.

Wednesday

5/31

Senior Finals Completed.

240pm Academy Collaboration

350pm ILT

6pm LCAP meeting @ Kennedy High

Thursday

6/1

Final day to pull Senior Fail Notices.

Senior Graduation Practice begins, Laptop return, locker clean out.

10am ARM Research Fair (9th Grade)

Regular Finals Periods 1 & 5 only.

2pm Senior Bills Due.

Friday

6/2

Advocacy: Field Day

Senior Lunch by Senior Leadership Students

Regular Finals Periods 2, 4 and 6.

4pm WCCUSD Employee Appreciation Awards

Instructional Highlight!

This week Senior Finals are due, Senior Grades are completed, and regular finals begin on Thursday!

Shout-Outs

Way to go Leadership class for a great last rally (Where Mr. Nickles got carried on the shoulders of Seniors for his game winning shot) as well as the students selling 400 Prom tickets, the most we have ever sold in the past decade!

Thank you to the chaperons that made it to Prom. It was a great event that went smoothly. We even had a local Bay Area music group accidentally crash the fun too.

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Student Rights Under Title IX

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On Wednesday, April 26th De Anza High School took 100 Juniors to see the Hamilton Musical in San Francisco as part of the EduHam event! The students were able to even perform on stage with a rehearsed and original performance seen here. Go Dons!

We are honored and proud to congratulate our very own Paula Raj for winning Teacher of the Year in WCCUSD District. Over the many years she has worked at De Anza Paula has been a successful Spanish teacher with one of the highest passing percentages in any AP class, as well as being an excellent Teacher Coach and overall helpful presence on campus everyday for both students and staff alike. Congratulations Ms. Raj and Thank You!

Congratulations to our students who have been accepted into college!

Congratulations to Seniors Cindy Reyes, Luis Arreola and Devon King for receiving full ride scholarships to UPenn, Stanford and UC Davis! Congratulations to Brandon and Allen Espejo for being accepted into Berklee School of Music. They will be attending the schools this fall and will be part of the 2021 class. Congrats to bright futures for our DA Dons!

Principal's Message

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful first quarter! We started the year out strong, and in true De Anza Don style our students excelled both in and out of the classroom. Both the football and volleyball teams made it to playoffs! Student clubs have been active on campus! And, last Thursday evening 685 students were able to participate in the Quarter 1 Honor Roll assembly!

Along with our successes, it is important to acknowledge that the current political climate has had an emotional impact on students across the state. Last week, students from many schools chose to protest the results of the election by walking out of school. Very few De Anza students participated in these walk-outs. They chose instead to attend a student-lead Peace Rally on campus. The Peace Rally had some of the most powerful moments of people coming together that I have ever witnessed. Students from all backgrounds and groups on campus spoke, shared their personal stories, and gave words of encouragement to each other. The resounding message was that De Anza is a community in which students and staff support and listen to each other - and that no matter how challenging times may seem we can find hope here. Students repeatedly encouraged each other to get educated, get involved, and to become leaders. Towards the end of the event a student summed it up when he said, "look around at all of the people here listening to each other, this is what we need, we will be okay because we are amazing." I couldn't agree more.

Thank you to all of the families and community members who contribute to De Anza, and create opportunities for our students to shine. On behalf of all of the De Anza staff, we look forward to continuing an excellent school-year.

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WCCUSD Highlights

Graduation Highlights From The Class of 2017

For the past two weeks, WCCUSD students from Middle College, Adult Education, De Anza, Kennedy, and Richmond have completed their K-12 education and graduated high school. We have tracked them all. Check out photos, videos, and find out what is next for some of our graduates.

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El Cerrito High School hosts Special Olympics Basketball Competition

More than 100 special needs students from Crespi, DeJean, Hercules, Korematsu, and Pinole middle schools, and De Anza, El Cerrito, Hercules, Kennedy high schools and Transition school participated in a morning of basketball and celebration.

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Superintendent's Message -- April 2017

Welcome back from a much deserved spring recess. As we usher in April and prepare for the final nine weeks of the school year, our students, their families, and our teachers are in the midst of testing. This is the third year that California students will take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), which measures our students’ academic progress in English Language Arts and mathematics.

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De Anza Teacher Named Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year Finalist

De Anza High School Spanish teacher Paula Raj is among four teachers chosen as a Contra Costa County Teachers of the Year (TOY) Program finalist, the Contra Costa County Office of Education recently announced.

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Chevron Richmond Seeks WCCUSD High School Students for Summer Internship Program

Chevron Richmond is recruiting up to 10 WCCUSD high school students for their annual Project Seed internship program. Students must apply by April 15. Click the headline for more information.

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District Spring Music Festival and Concert Dates Announced

The West Contra Costa Unified School District has announced the Spring Festival and Concert dates for all bands, orchestras, and choirs. Click the link to view dates and times.

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Ed Fund Accepting Applications for African American Male College Scholarship

The Ed Fund will award eight $1,500 scholarships to deserving African American male high school seniors in WCCUSD. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years. Click the link to learn more and apply by March 3.

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West Contra Costa Unified to Host HBCU Recruitment Fair

The West Contra Costa Unified School District in partnership with the Black College Expo will host the 2nd Annual HBCU College Recruitment Caravan on Friday, February 17, 2017 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.at Richmond High School for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing higher education at a historically black college or university.

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Surprise, Surprise 2017 Teaching Excellence Award Winners Announced

Grant's Tiffany Chieudjui, El Cerrito's Jessy Kronenberg, Korematsu's Sarah La Due, and De Anza's Paula Raj recognized by the Ed Fund

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Signing Day: Four WCCUSD Athletes Off to College

On National Signing Day, De Anza High School's Loren Calhoun, Devon King, and Rico Tolefree and El Cerrito's Damon Cole each signed letters of intent to play football.

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Fall Sports Season Ends With High Honors for District Student-Athletes

It was a season of history for a number of West Contra Costa Unified School District athletes and teams with one student scholar posting the highest individual finish at a state event and two other student athletes helping their school rewrite its history books.

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WCCUSD Students Take First Step in Their Healthcare Careers

A group of West Contra Costa Unified School District seniors got a jump on their medical careers, becoming the fourth cohort to graduate from Contra Costa College’s Nurse Assistant Certification and Home Health Aide Program.

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