New Classes Available for UC High Students Next School Year
Beginning next school year, new classes will be available to interested students at UC High. The addition of new courses in the mathematics and elective departments will provide two new choices for...
View ArticleDr. Sandra Mann Retires after Teaching at UC High for 13 Years
Biology Teacher and UC High Teacher of the Year Dr. Sandra Mann will be retiring at the end of the 2012-2013 school year after teaching at UC High for 13 years. Mann did research at the University...
View ArticleSD Museum of Contemporary Arts Exhibits ArtsTech Work
On April 18, UC High’s ArtsTech Academy students exhibited work in the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art (MCASD) through a new partnership that aims to give students access to viewing art museum...
View ArticleCalifornia Standardized Tests Replaced with Common Core Standards
Starting in 2015, juniors across the country will be evaluated in regards to the Common Core Standards, a new set of national educational standards and will be taking a new style of standardized test,...
View ArticleAn Increase in Early-Out Days Starting Next School Year
A committee of volunteers whose task was to figure out a way to better assist struggling students has proposed having early out days most Wednesdays next school year to form Professional Learning...
View ArticleUC High Deemed a Challenging School
According to The Washington Post, UC High has risen from 955 in 2012 to 609 in 2013 on a ranking of America’s most challenging high schools. The school’s four year high school graduation rate is 98...
View ArticleGirl’s Physical Education Locker Room Burglaries Investigated
On Wednesday, December 12, Freshman Alison White entered the girls’ locker room to find her iPod Touch stolen. Freshman Hirari Watanabe found that her iPod Touch had also been stolen, along with a...
View ArticleAnnual Grad Nite Provides Seniors with Graduation Send-off
On June 9, UC High parents will host the twenty-second annual Grad Nite in the UC High gymnasium. According to the UC High PTSA website, Grad Nite will be held the night of graduation, from nine at...
View ArticleUC High Seniors to Partake in Disneyland Grad Nite
Seniors will go on the annual field trip to Disneyland from June 6 to June 7 to celebrate their graduation, and spend time with other seniors. According to Parent Volunteer Kendra French-Noack,...
View ArticleDel Mar Fair Expected to be Full of Fun, Festivities, and Fried Foods
The annual San Diego County Fair will be held on the Del Mar Fairgrounds from June 8 to July 4 with a multitude of rides, games, contests, and foods. The fair will be open every day during this span...
View ArticleAnti-Bullying Week Raises Awareness
From September 22 to 27, ASB hosted a week-long Anti-Bullying event, complete with daily awareness activities. Anti-Bullying Week Coordinators Jacqueline Vallon and Daniella Veloria worked with the...
View ArticleUC High Adopts New Policies
UC High adopted a few new policies this year, including a 36-student class cap, a different minimum day schedule, and the new online school database system, PowerSchool. According to Principal Jeff...
View ArticleQ&A: Superintendent Cindy Marten
The San Diego Unified School District welcomed Superintendent Cindy Marten as she took office on July 1, 2013 (utsandiego.com). She has over 25 years of work experience in education as a teacher,...
View ArticleStudents Perform in Cabaret The Dead End Tavern
Under the direction of Drama Teacher Belinda Brown, the ArtsTech Theatre Department presented its variety show The Dead End Tavern on October 29 through November 1 in the auditorium. The Dead End...
View ArticleL.A. Museum of the Holocaust Trip Inspires ArtsTech English Class
UC High students in sophomore ArtsTech English classes explored the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) on November 5 as a supplementary field trip for their current unit on the Holocaust era....
View ArticleNew Downtown Central Library Opens
After 38 months of reconstruction, the newly-named San Diego Public Library @ Joan ^ Irwin Jacobs Common opened to reveal an entirely new layout and location, according to the San Diego Public Library...
View ArticleBiomed Students Visit Health Care Tech Company CareFusion
UC High Biomed students went on a field trip to healthcare company CareFusion on October 25 to learn how health care technology is produced. According to Biomed Teacher Ellie Vandiver, students in...
View ArticleUC High Welcomes New Vice Principals
This month, UC High welcomed Vice Principals Mike Paredes and Jo McGlin to the administrative staff. Mike Paredes According to Paredes, this will be his fifteenth year working for the San Diego Unified...
View ArticleASB’s College Fair Brings Universities to Prospective Students
ASB hosted its first annual College Fair this past Tuesday, November 5 in the quad. All teachers were invited to take their students to the College Fair during periods 1 through 4. The College Fair...
View ArticleBarnes and Noble Bookfairs Benefit UC High
This December, Barnes & Noble hosted two book drives to benefit UC High, according to Music Boosters Treasurer Bonnie MacRitchie and a University City Community Association newsletter. One drive,...
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