Superintendent’s Address for September Superintendent Linda Dawson provides a recap from August events, commends outgoing board member Greg Cohen, and celebrates the 19-20 school year’s graduates. Dr. Dawson announces the organization-wide rollout of trauma-informed systems training and other impactful happenings for the 2019-2020 school year.  Read the full update from Dr. Dawson

Congratulations Summer Graduates from SIATech at Los Angeles Job Corps SIATech Los Angeles’ August graduation ceremony featured inspirational speeches from a Job Corps alumnus who had a successful career at Amtrak for 23 years and actress Brittany Hall from HBO’s “Ballers.” But most importantly, the graduation ceremony honored the school’s 62 graduates!   Read on for details and photos

Reaching out to SIATech Staff as a Resource: Jasmine Aleman Prior to coming to SIATech, many of our students felt they were missing a caring and supportive adult in their lives. One of the things students learn at SIATech is to reach out to staff for help. The supportive SIATech team provides countless acts of assistance to students, both current and alumni. A graduate from SIATech Perris, Jasmine Aleman, recently returned to the campus to visit staff and ask for resume help. Learn more about Jasmine

California Senate Approves At-Promise Adoption California recently moved forward with verbiage changes to replace “at-risk” with “at-promise.” The bill (AB413) was approved by the State Senate on an overwhelming 34 to 2 vote. Senator Steven Bradford commented on the bill: “AB413 transitions California to the strength-based approach of at-promise and recognizes the potential of every youth succeed.” Learn more about the change to At-Promise

SIATech Learning Summit 2019 SIATech California staff gathered in Oceanside last month to create a strong start to the school year. The event was organized by SIATech’s Instructional Services team. The keynote was given by Dr. Amy Lansing of UCSD who focuses on trauma-informed systems. Staff members then went to breakout sessions that addressed their subject content areas, administrative and compliance reminders, advances in career pathways, honoring diversity, building your brand, and much more. More about this year's Learning Summit

ALUMNI UPDATE: Oscar Campos It is always a pleasure to hear from previous graduates. Fortunately at SIATech, several alumni are now employees and we get to work with them every day. One such alum is Oscar Campos who works with the SIATech Academy South sites. Oscar grew up in Los Angeles where he was involved in gangs and disconnected from school until he enrolled at SIATech where the teachers helped him turn his life around. Read Oscar's Story

Board Update SIATech expressed its gratitude to Don Haught at the August 20th board meeting. Don served as the Chairman for the SIATech Board of Directors for the past few years. Don was commended for his consistent demonstration of a strong commitment to service and governance of the organization. Don remains on the board as a board member.

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