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Health Services
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Gardena H.S.
Locke H.S.
Washington Prep H.S.
WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES IN FEBRUARY
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Ongoing – 9th Grade Health Careers Speaker Series
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February 8, 2013 - 9th Grade Field Trip to USC and the California Science
Center
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Speaker Series features panels of health service professionals. Participants are asked to share
information about their educational path, career, challenges in their field and in the health care
community, and other aspects of health services with our students.
Students will tour USC’s campus and receive a presentation from current students and the
Director of Cultural and Student Affairs. Following that presentation students will head to the
California Science Center to investigate topics that they’ll present at a later date in their
Medical Science 9 class.
February 19th and 21st 2013 – 11th Grade Field Trip to California State
University, Long Beach
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Students will receive tours and presentations of departments and labs within the College of
Health and Human Services (Family and Consumer Science, Kinesiology, and Nursing).
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February 27, 2013 – Westside Family Health Center’s Mobile Clinic on campus
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February 28th and March 14th – 10th Grade Field Trip to California State
University, Los Angeles
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Students will go on a campus tour and a tour of the Forensics Center housed on CSULA’s
campus. They will also receive a presentation from CSULA’s Forensic Science professors.
WORK-BASED LEARNING
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN MARCH
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Ongoing – 9th Grade Health Careers Speaker Series
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 – 10th Grade Field Trip to UCLA
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HSA students will participate in UCLA’s CityLab program. Students will receive hands
on experience conducting a Forensic DNA fingerprinting experiment under the guidance
of UCLA professors and students.
March 5, 2013– 9th Grade Field trip to UCLA and the School
of Medicine’s Simulation Lab
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Speaker Series features panels of health service professionals. Participants are asked to
share information about their educational path, career, challenges in their field and in
the health care community, and other aspects of health services with our students.
Students will tour UCLA’s campus and get a chance to tour the university’s Simulation
Lab. There students will get the chance to see and use some of the same technology that
medical students and future physicians train on.
March 18th-22nd - 11th Grade CPR/First Aid Re-Certification
during Medical Science 11 class
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
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STEP-UP High School Program
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Project STRIDE (Students Training in Research Involving Disparity
Elimination)
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STEP-UP is a program designed for students that have completed the 11th grade. The purpose is to expose participants to
research in: diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, and hematologic diseases. Students
receive a participation allowance (stipend)
Application must be completed by February 15th. Program Dates: June 17-August 9, 2013
Location: Charles Drew University with a culminating experience and presentation at the University of Maryland
This is a 10-week clinical research program that requires to students to work full-time under a mentor on a research
project of their interest surrounding diseases prevalent in underserved minority and low-income communities. Students
who will have completed the 11th grade by the program start date are eligible to apply. Students will receive a
participation stipend at the middle and end of summer.
Application must be completed by March 15th. Program Dates: June 10th – August 9, 2013
Location: A research facility close to the participant’s home.
Special Note: An HSA Senior participated in this program last year – Charles Drew is excited for more HSA students to
participate this summer.
Cedars-Sinai Teen Volunteer Program Summer/Academic 2013-2014
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Students between the ages of 14-18 may submit an application to participate in Cedars-Sinai’s Teen Volunteer Program.
Students will volunteer for one 4-hour shift a week during the summer, or one 2-hour shift during the academic year.
Participation in this opportunity will allow participants to apply for other Cedars-Sinai internship opportunities in
the future.
Application must be submitted online. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Program Dates: Dates are provided during the acceptance interview.
COUNSELING NEWS
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Revolution Prep
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We have organized for Revolution Prep, a company
that offers test preparation courses for standardized
achievement tests, to offer classes at H.S.A. ALL
juniors have been offered to take this course.
Students must see Ms.Rivas if they have not signed
up for the classes.
Calendar for Revolution Prep
COUNSELING NEWS
Advisory
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Healthy Relationships
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10th-12th grade students will begin a new program in
Advisory addressing healthy relationships. Listed below are
the benefits of the program.
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Students become aware of them selves and learn to
communicate with others.
Students will become better citizens-build their
interpersonal, social, emotional, and relationship skills.
The skills students learn from these curricula will assist
them as they attend college and become adults.
CAHSEE Prep
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10th grade students will begin CAHSEE prep in their
advisory class in addition to Saturday Bootcamp CAHSEE
sessions (March 2nd and March 9th)
COUNSELING NEWS
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Allied Treatment Center
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Allied Treatment will provide drug/alcohol counseling and
anger management counseling for HSA students on our
campus. The program will be free of charge to HSA
student.
Ongoing Counseling for all Students
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Guidance and support for students and parents with college
exploration, college funding, college admissions test and
more.
SENIORS NEWS
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Financial Aid (SSN through Deferred Action does not qualify. You must complete
the Undocumented students process. See below)
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Undocumented students
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Dream Act Application – https://dream.csac.ca.gov/
Non-SSN Cal Grant Form- http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/nonssn_gpa_verification_form.pdf
Foster Youth
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FAFSA - www.fafsa.ed.gov
nd, 2013
 Due: March 2
PIN (electronic signature) – www.pin.ed.gov
 Takes 1-3 days (maybe more) to be verified. Apply early!!!
 Both parent and student need a PIN.
Cal Grant Verification Form - http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/gpareleaseform.pdf
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 Due: Friday, February 8 , 2013
CHAFEE Grant - https://www.chafee.csac.ca.gov/default.aspx
Scholarships
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Hsahs.org  Students  Counselor Connection  Scholarships
SENIORS NEWS
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These notices are as of today. Students will
continue to receive admission notices until late
March.
UPCOMING PARENT
MEETINGS
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Parent University
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Parent Conferences
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Thursday, March 7th at 4pm
Parent University
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Thursday, February 21st at 4pm
Parent Association
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Saturday, February 9th at 9am
Saturday, March 16th at 9am
Spring Break
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No school beginning Monday, March 25th until
Monday, April 1st. School will resume Tuesday, April
2nd.