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Your New School Your New Family
It is my pleasure to provide you with our fall edition of the Central Coast New Tech High School quarterly newsletter. It is hard to believe that we are  already a quarter into the school year! We have had a busy and exciting time here at Central Coast New Tech High and it has been very rewarding and exciting to see all the things that we began working on last year come into existence. Beginning with our first parent and student information night last February, to the Beach night in July and the ribbon cutting ceremony is August, our program continues to evolve and develop into an environment focused on our students' academic and personal growth.  |
 Stomp for Innovation November 10, 2012
Please join us at the Lucia Mar Foundation for Innovation Fall Fest on November 10, 2012 from 5 - 8:30 pm
at Edwards barn
1095 Pomeroy, Nipomo
For Tickets & Information Go To:
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 Team World Studies We are off to a strong start in World Studies! We have celebrated the completion of our very first project together, Stranded...Now What? In this project students explored the rise of democratic ideals while reading Ayn Rand's classic, Anthem, to determine what type of government allows for the majority of people to be happy, healthy and engaged. In addition, they discussed what the role of the group versus what the role of the individual is in various forms of government. The first team presentations were a success and students are already improving in their speaking skills and confidence. We included a picture of one teams piece of propaganda for their island nation (see picture to right). Another big thank you to all of our parents and community members for being a part of our panel and evaluating our students oral communication skills using our project rubric. |
Hello from the World of Biology 
Students have been working hard discovering the characteristics of life and cells for the
past six weeks. During this time, we successfully finished our first project, Characteristics of Life. The driving question was "What are the characteristics of life that an organism would need to live on alien planet?" Our students put on their N.A.S.A. scientist lab jackets and began discovering other planets in
our universe that were defined as Goldilocks planets. A Goldilocks planet is defined by N.A.S.A. as a planet that has liquid water, an atmosphere, orbits a star-
like sun, and has a controlled temperature.
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Math
How it Works in the World Around You
Math at Central Coast New Tech High has been very interesting this quarter - I believe that students are truly getting the concept that math is useful in their daily lives and can be found all around them.
For example, the Geometry course is wrapping up a project in which they demonstrate key understanding of geometric terms by taking photographic images of everyday objects that depict these Geometry concepts in the real-world. They then embark on an exploration of how these "building blocks" of Geometry are used to create many of our man-made structures.
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 Espa�ol has been doing some great things this quarter! Students started off the year with a visit from Fria Kahlo, who asked them to look into themselves and learn about their own culture. They then dove head first into their individual exploration projects. Students searched for an area of Hispanic Culture that they found the most interesting. They created some amazing things! Students have brought in: pi�atas, food, flags, currency models, music, poetry and have even recreated the works of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dahli.
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 Digital Media Arts
Students began the year by learning visual design principals through the use of digital cameras and Adobe Photoshop. They created digital collages with the theme of "A Day in the Life of a CCNTH Student". Check out the collages here.
Students have continued to work on the creation and design of our school's mascot, logo and colors. Through our Digital Media Arts class, all students refined one of the top choices from last year, making individually unique products. Check out the logos here.
Student teams are currently working on the final graphics as well as campaign strategies for their choices. All students will vote for the final winner to our official school mascot, logo and color on Super Tuesday, 11/6 to coincide with our national presidential election. Our students will then present to the School Board the winning choice on 11/13.
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Leadership Leadership is a great opportunity for our students to get involved at CCNTH. It is open to all students who would like to make a difference at our school. It is their opportunity to collaborate and create our school culture. Students in Leadership meet twice a week to decide funitivites like Friday lunch games, dress up days, and dances. They also run school tours, serve on various panels that make decisions for our school ( like School Site Council) and provide a new student buddy service. This year Leadership's goal is to create a school culture that will last through the next four years. They want to set the cultural foundation of what they hope that CCNTH will become.
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 Yearbook The student yearbook staff has met each Wednesday at lunch to plan & design the first CCNTH yearbook. Mariah Hunter was nominated and unanimously approved as Student Editor by the staff of Noah Benda, Sydnee Rodriguez, Morgan Kaufman, John Montecillo, Dylan Hert, & Bjorn Thyrring. To make this inaugural yearbook special each student will have their own dedication page. Sponsors who would like to buy ad space are encouraged to contact the school to coordinate the sale with a student representative of the yearbook. Ad space is set at $250 per quarter page. Money generated from sponsors will be used to defray the cost of the yearbook from the current estimated price of $36 per student and establish a seed fund for future yearbook costs.
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Dan Neff, Principal
Raquel Lujano, Principal's Secretary
525 N. Thompson Road
Bldg 900
Nipomo, CA 93444
(805) 474-3350
www.ccnth.org
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"Instruction ends in the school-room, but education ends only with life." - Frederick W. Robertson |
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