Principal's Message

Green Machine Families,

There is quite a bit happening on and around campus, and there is cause for celebration and notification around many items of interest.

First, I want to say thank you to the teachers and parent volunteers for the time they are taking to ensure our students are getting a robust and first rate educational experience, especially regarding field trip opportunities. Visiting colleges and universities, industry partners, museums and more are always valuable experiences for our students. The coordination and time investment required are aspects that often are overlooked, so thank you to everyone involved for enabling students to deepen their learning.

It is also important that as many students as possible are afforded these same opportunities. Just last month, our English-Learner classes visited UC Santa Cruz, and Gear Up is hosting a multi-college tour for 9th and 10th grade students who wish to attend. We are committed to making sure the best educational experiences are not for the few but for all.

Congratulations to our Winter athletic teams as everyone had very successful seasons. Highlighted are our two individual CCS Wrestling Champions, Ella Myers and Perla Hannah, the Girls Basketball team for their playoff victory, our Boys Basketball team for their CCS Semifinal appearance, and our Boys Soccer team for their CCS Championship appearance, just falling short to King City. Congratulations and thank you to all student-athletes for their sacrifice and dedication.

With the start of the 4th quarter comes SBAC season. These are some of the most important assessments of the year and having huge implications on student placement, school ranking and much more. The second week of April will be the kickoff and each 11th grade student will have four days of testing. Exactly which days those are and where your student will be testing is shared in the document (shown below), so please reference for any details you need. Please talk to your 11th grade student about the importance of doing their best and also remind them to have their Chromebooks fully charged and present for the testing session.

Finally, great news! The Stadium Improvement Project, which includes lights for Albert Stadium, a new multi-use field below, a new press box, visitor stands and more, has gone out to bid! We are looking to have a ground-breaking ceremony sometime in early April! Further details will follow as the exact date and time are finalized, but this is an incredibly exciting development for our entire school community. On a personal and professional level, this has far-reaching positive implications for everyone associated with Monterey High School. I look forward to celebrating with all of you soon.

Go Dores!! Go Green Machine!!"

Thank you!!!!!

Tom Newton

Head of School

Monterey High School

IB World School MYP/DP