NEWSLETTER March 15-19, 2021 CURRENT NEWS It’s Time! The deadlines to sign up for next year’s running Start, College Success Program and Upward Bound programs are coming up soon. See the opportunities that are available and links to applications on pages 2-3! Congratulations Tyee DECA students! I wanted to take just a moment to let you know that we have a success story to share. This past weekend was the DECA State Competition. I’m proud of each our th students who qualified to participate in this event—especially with the many ad- March 5 was Maintenance ditional challenges that are part of so many of our student’s lives with the pan- Workers Appreciation Day demic and distance learning this year. I’m excited to also share that six students Tyee sends a HUGE shout-out who competed at DECA State have qualified to advance to the International DE- to our District Facilities De- CA Competition in April. partment for all the support Each of these students collaborated on a three person team to plan, implement they lend to Tyee! We appre- and evaluate a hands-on project. As part of this they also documented the pro- ciate the attentiveness they ject in a 20-page written project and created a 15 minute presentation summa- provide us, and how they rizing their project. help keep Tyee looking Our Community Giving team of Lucia Garcia, Gabriela Nunez and Dayanara Sar- good!!! miento focused on bringing the basic need of food to our Need Chromebook repairs? students at Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- Tyee through day from 8am to 2pm, Mr. Vegar and several mini- Ms. Ramos will be available in the Tyee projects. They Library to assist with Chromebooks and hot spots. placed 3rd overall in Students can stop by to pick up a their event. Chromebook or bring theirs in for repair. Our Career De- A parent or guardian velopment team of Kyndal Wiebe, Carter Van and Malina Collier dealt with the signature is required challenge of student engagement around DECA Competition during distance for hotspots. learning coordinating several mini-projects with the goal of keeping our students engaged. They placed 1st overall in their event. Students can check out books These pictures from the Library by putting them on are from their hold using the Follett/Destiny Library State video catalog link, located in ClassLink. Stu- presentations dents can then pick up Library books with their pro- during Wednesday distributions from ject title slides. 8am-4pm in front of Room 305. If you have questions, please email Li- — Alana Vinther, DECA teacher brarian Bob Vegar [email protected]. Attention Freshmen! The Upward Bound program at Tyee High School is accepting applications for its next cohort of students! Upward Bound (UB) is a partner with Tyee for students seeking to move on to college after they complete high school. UB is a three-year program, with limited space. Each year we take about eighteen (18) Tyee students into our program. What is the program? School year class, that focus' on college and career prepara- tion, you earn 1 credit of elective each year Tutoring for Math, Science, ELA and history When not in lockdown, annual fieldtrips with a three-day trip to visit colleges in Washington state your Junior year Summer program, six weeks, earn .5 credit in Art and PE, earn $$$$$ through program stipend (Last year students earned up to $450) Access to leadership opportuni- ties Mentor- ship for all your needs while in high Attention 10th and 11th Grade Students! school (Ti and Roger Believe it or not, it is already time to begin the regis- are fun to tration process for the 2021-22 school year for the work with) Running Start program. It allows students to enroll simultaneously in high school and Gain life college. This very challenging program is an option for students skills and in 11th and 12th grade, which is you! confidence about your We are hosting a MANDATORY webinar for all interested stu- future dents, which will be recorded for anyone that cannot attend. To be clear, you must go through the webinar and complete the exit ticket to receive a contract from us and sign up for Running Start. Meet new friends from Tyee and Evergreen HS If you want to learn about the program, this webinar is for you! If you already know about the program and you want to begin Reach your personal goals the registration process, this webinar is for you! And this is all free, but you must take the next step! To attend, simply click this link on March 31st at 6:30pm and What next? Need more information? Check out this video. come learn about Running Start. https://tinyurl.com/ TyeeRS2021. There is a flyer attached for you to have all the Fill out the application here. It takes about ten (10) minutes to information in one place. fill out the application and you will need to ask you parents for some information you may not know. Deadline to apply is We look forward to seeing you in exactly 3 weeks to begin the March 19! process of enrolling in Running Start. Take care, Tyee! We will be selecting students to interview after March 19. Once the interviews are complete, we will announce selections for the next UB group of students from Tyee. If you have any (P.S. For all students in Running Start already, you do not need questions about the UB program or the process to join, please to attend. You can check your Google Classroom in the next email [email protected] or Diem- few weeks for the 21-22 school year contracts that you and [email protected] your parents will have to sign to enable you to do Running Start next year.) Good luck and we look forward to meeting you soon! Attention 11th Graders! Are you interested in applying for College? Join the College Success Foundation Achievers Program! What does the Achievers Scholars Program offer? • Summer Achievers College Experience • Academic and college planning • One-on-one transcript evaluation and course planning • Monthly group meeting with other Achievers on College workshops • Personal statement writing • Preparing for college admissions tests • Completing a college application Celebrate Women’s History Month • Paying for college including FAFSA/WASFA completion and scholarship search support • High school to college transition support • Connection to college campus resources and opportuni- ties • Access to college and career workshops Check out this series highlighting local women leaders: https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/03/01/womxns- *Must be an 11th grader to apply for this program. And not in history-month-rad-pacific-northwest-womxn-part-1/ any other college support programs such as Upward Bound. Deadline: March 31st, 2021 41 available spots! Link to the application: https://formstack.io/9DBF1? Applicant__c.Application_Type__c=Achiever For more info, please contact Dahir "DJ" Jigre College Preparatory Advisor C: 206-250-3723 [email protected] Celebrating Education Support Professionals Week! In the last 12 months, our school support staff has gone above and beyond to serve our students, families and fellow staff members. In honor of Education Sup- port Professionals Week, we want to share a special thank you to our school support staff – including paraeducators, kitchen staff, office staff and bus drivers -- for helping us through the pandemic. Thank you to everyone who gives of themselves every day to ensure our students are safe, healthy and ready to learn. We could not oper- ate our schools without you. ATHLETICS IT IS NOT TOO LATE!!! Sign Ups close on the 13th of March for Season 1. We can still clear you after that day, please get signed up now if interested: FamilyID Great win this week by Volleyball to start the season. Cross Country also had their first race of the year. Theo France placed 6th in the boys race. Hillary Gonzalez placed first in the girls race, beating the nearest competitor by over 2 minutes. Please bookmark https://tyeeathletics.org/ It is now the best site for all up today athletics Cross Country: (From Left to Right) Noah Dooley, Anthony Pina, Hillary Gonzalez and Theo France about to head to information at Tyee. the starting line before their race Thursday Evening @ Website is under continued construction, but Phillip Arnold Park in Renton. will be a one stop shop for all things Tyee Ath- letics. Monday 3/15 Thursday 3/18 Boys Tennis @Highline 3:30 Cross Country @ Valley Ridge in Renton 4:30 PM Start Time. Volleyball vs Foster JV 5:15 PM, Varsity 7:30 PM Friday 3/19 Tuesday 3/16 Football Evergreen/Tyee v Highline @Highline Memorial Boys Golf @ Maplewood 3:30 7:30 PM Wednesday 3/17 Saturday 3/20 Boys Tennis v. Highline/Foster 3:30 PM Mount Rainier Football v Tahoma @Highline Memorial Volleyball @ Foster JV 5:15 PM, Varsity 7:30 PM 7:30 PM We are not currently allowing specta- tors at events, but will be able to broad cast most events live and for FREE. All you have to do is sing up. Follow the link to get an account to Stream Live Sports at Tyee. Watch Tyee Athletics For more information: Rob Clements – Athletic Director [email protected] 206-693-9403 work cell Volleyball: Our girls beat Renton 3 sets to 0! Here’s a fun story from last week’s volleyball game. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n01KyPHpufnmuUDB6Y7xVFhnVtf_nQ-h/view VISUAL ARTS No Boring Photos! Photography students learned about composition and stud- ied ideas to create more impactful photos.