WEEK 9 – October 9 – October 13
Hello Brahma Parents and Guardians,
I hope your week is off to a great start!
At the end of September, the State released our CAASPP results for this year’s graduating class of 2018. Thanks to our Brahma teachers and students for doing an excellent job!
2016-17
Smarter Balanced Performance Summary
|
CAASPP |
State |
County |
WVUSD |
DBHS |
|
ELA - Standard Met or Exceeded |
49% |
47% |
76% |
79% |
|
Math –Standard Met or Exceeded |
38% |
36% |
74% |
76% |
Reflection:
Last week our Brahmas had a tough loss to Bonita High School in our Homecoming Football Game (Brahmas 39, Bearcats 42). Even though we lost, I am very proud of our team and thankful to Kevin Argumosa for his dedication and hard work with our student-athletes.
Congratulations to Homecoming Queen Kaitlyn Lee and Homecoming King Christian Park. Special thanks to USB Commissioners Virginia Wang and Jackie Gabela, and Mrs. Janna Van Horn for organizing all the events for Homecoming 2017!
Team Sprocket had an excellent competition this weekend. Special thanks to Instructional Dean, Gabriel Aguilar for coordinating and advising our students. Mr. Aguilar said, “We finished our preliminary rounds ranked 7th out of 36 teams, and made it to playoffs as the captain of the 5th ranked alliance.” Great job Team Sprocket!
Our Mathletes began their quest for another national title with a win in their opening 2017–2018 Math Madness competition against Harvard Westlake 38-33. Our top scorers:
Scoring 8 out of 8:
Timothy Yeh, Keshav Sriram, Qinhong Chen
Scoring 7 out of 8:
Michael Wu, Clara Kim, Eaman Tang, Danny Mansour, Rajvir Dua, Sean Chang, William Shao
Congratulations Brahmas Mathletes!
Updates and Reminders:
- Our Brahma Theater Company opens up its 2017-2018 season with a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Show times are 7 p.m. on October 12, 13 and 14, and 4 p.m. on October 15 in the school’s theater. Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for students, and may be purchased online atseatyourself.biz/dbhsdrama.
- Saturday, October 14 - PSAT (Official) @ Diamond Bar High School.
- Saturday, Ocotober 14 - Thundering Herd Marching Bandcompetition, Placentia Parade.
- Is your child a Senior? GLCs Mrs. Brummett and Mr. Desmondwant you to mark your calendar for the CSU and UC Application Workshops on Thursday, October 19. Both UC and CSU Application workshops will be offered on the same night, and seniors can attend both sessions.
- Session One (1) starts at 6:00pm
- Session Two (2) starts at 7:30pm
- CSU Workshop is in the Golden Horseshoe
- UC Workshop is in the Theater
College and Career Info:
- Wednesday, October 11, Concordia, UC Irvine @ lunch Career Center
- Wednesday, October 11, United States Army @ lunch Career Center
- Friday, October 13th, UCLA @ lunch in the Library
Special Thanks to our Hispanic Organization of Parents and Education (HOPE) for sponsoring Catalyst’s two-day ACT Bootcamps. The Bootcamps arm students with go-to strategies for every question they’ll face on the day of the test so they can march into the test with confidence, momentum, and every key strategy fresh in their mind.
- DATES:
- ACT Bootcamp at Diamond Bar High School
Saturday, October 21, 9am - 1pm
&
Sunday, October 22, 9am - 1pm
- COST: Tuition is just $175 per Bootcamp.
- To enroll, visit www.CatalystPrep.com and click on the Bootcamp Sign-Up tab on the website’s menu bar or call us at 800.235.0056.