March 2016

Letter from the Principal

Tyson Tlachac

414.390.0835

ttlachac@seedsofhealth.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mar. 1 ACT with Writing

Test

Mar. 2 ACT WorkKeys

Test

Mar. 15 ACT with

Writing Make up Test

Mar. 15 Early Release

Mar. 16 ACT WorkKeys

Make up Test

Mar. 16 Parent/

Teacher Conferences

4-8 p.m.

Mar. 17 School in

Session 8:15-noon

Mar. 17 Parent/

Teacher Conferences

1-8 p.m.

Mar. 18 Teacher Work

Day—No Student

Attendance

Mar. 23 Family Night

Mar. 24 Incentive Day

Mar. 25-Apr. 1

Spring Break

Apr. 4 School Resumes

Apr. 5 Early Release

Apr. 19 Early Release

Apr. 22 Spring Fling 7:00

-10:30 p.m.

Apr. 22nd, 25-29th

MAP Testing

Tenor High School News

© Seeds of Health, Inc.

Tenor Students in MATC Healthcare Programs

MATC offers opportunities for Tenor students get a head start toward careers in

healthcare. The Healthcare Customer Service Certificate (including Medical

Terminology, Healthcare Customer Service and Intro to Computing for

Healthcare) and Nursing Assistant Technical Diploma teach students the skills

healthcare organizations need in entry level positions. Seniors Diana Mendoza

and Gianna Ricks, completed the customer service program, fall semester, and

others will do so this spring. The Nursing Assistant program teaches hands-on

caregiving and includes a two week practicum in a nursing home. Diana

Mendoza will complete this diploma before she graduates in June. Both of these

programs fulfill requirements for healthcare degrees that allow students to

advance their careers. Aurora Hurtado began the Bilingual Dental Assistant

program last fall, and will soon begin her practicum, helping real patients in

Milwaukee clinics. Jair Muro, Dental Technician and Ryan McMillon, Emergency

Medical Technician will also earn technical diplomas this spring. Other students

who plan to pursue health related degrees are taking the required classes to

enter programs including Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy Assistant, Registered

Nursing and Ultrasound Technician.

© Seeds of Health, Inc. March 2016

As we move into the second semester, it is hard to believe that the school year is over half

complete. We have seen many great activities going on inside and outside classrooms

and we look forward to another successful semester with new and exciting things

occurring.

I would like to take this time to remind parents of the importance of parental involvement

in their child’s education. Former Arizona governor Jane D. Hull once said, “At the end of

the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of

parents.” The faculty and staff at Tenor High School pledge to do everything we can for

your child to make sure that he or she is getting the best possible education. With

continued parental involvement and our commitment, we are able to give Tenor students

a quality education that will set them up for a successful future.

Our commitment to students includes providing opportunities to receive additional help

outside of classroom time. Students whose grade point average is below a 2.0 must

attend mandatory Homework Club Mondays and Thursdays after school from 3:20-4:20

PM. This time is dedicated to students who are struggling to help them improve their

grades so that they can be successful at Tenor and be prepared for MATC. If your child’s

grade point average falls below a 2.0, it is important that you make sure your student is

attending Homework Club every Monday and Thursday. Teachers are also available

before and after school for extra help. If your child is struggling in any of their classes,

please encourage them to take advantage of the opportunities provided for extra help.

Our dedication to student achievement along with strong parental involvement will

ensure student success at Tenor, MATC and beyond.

If you have questions about mandatory Homework Club, please feel free to give us a call.

A great place to learn Tenor High School is a program of Seeds of Health, Inc.

Aurora Hurtado (above) practicing

her skills on a fellow classmate.

Alumni Update

Since graduating from Tenor High School in

June 2014, Priscilla Tavarez has continued

her education at MATC. Having earned

her Nursing Assistant license and

completing the required courses to

petition for the Registered Nursing

Associate Degree program, Priscilla is

studying to become a nurse. She is gaining

hands-on experience through clinical

placements – last semester working with

residents in a nursing home, and this

semester at Aurora Sinai. She observes that

“it takes hard work to study and lots of

practice to master the skills” for nursing.

She advises students of the importance of

mastering basic math skills, as well as

avoiding procrastination. While academic

and professional skills are essential for

keeping patients healthy, Priscilla believes

“it is important to remember that

healthcare is a caring career.” Students

learn to work with people who have

different attitudes and backgrounds. She

observes that “nursing school is not too

easy,” but her MATC instructors are

encouraging and assure

students that “it’s tough,

but in the end it’s worth

it.”

Priscilla Tavarez

MATC Registered Nursing

Student

The Tenor School Spirit Committee

Invites You To Join Us!!

NEWS March 2016

Seeds of Health, Inc. is a

K-12 system of schools offering innovative

options to meet the needs of students. It

includes Seeds of Health Elementary,

Grandview High School, MC2 High School,

Tenor High School, and Veritas High School.

© Seeds of Health, Inc. March 2016

Teacher Spotlight

English 10’s semester is off to an exciting and graphic (novel!) start:

we’re reading Marjane Satrapi’s critically acclaimed coming of age

novel Persepolis. In the age of Instagram, today’s teens need

stronger visual literacy skills than ever before. Through critical analysis

of Persepolis, which is written in comic book style, students will

strengthen their literacy “muscle.” Ultimately, students will create

their own comic books that reflect their coming of age.

English 11 students are creating some of the most important

documents of their young careers: a resume, cover letter,

and thank you note. Most young people don’t learn these

essential business writing skills until they’re applying for jobs

in their senior year of college. Our students will graduate

from Tenor with a professional portfolio that they can build

upon as they enter their chosen professions.

Laura Dobroth

English

Teacher Spotlight

9th grade earth and space science class students have been out of this world this year!

This semester they are starting with the make-up of the atmosphere and working their

way into outer space. Currently, students are completing a project on the layers of the

atmosphere and will be quickly moving into cloud identification and space exploration!

Earth and space science students are really going to infinity and beyond this semester!

In biology, students have been very busy as well at the start of this spring semester.

Students started with meiosis and heredity. They will soon be figuring out blood types and

their own genetic makeup!

Environmental science students have also been busy analyzing

and compiling their own views on the global warming

controversy. Students are currently identifying both sides of the

debate and will soon write their own scientific stance through a

research report! Things are sure heating up in the science

courses!

In the photo (left) freshman Zyeira Hall creates a visual aid for her

atmosphere layer project.

ROBOTICS

Haley Perez

Science

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Teacher Spotlight

Geometry: At the start of the semester we began a unit on

circles. Students are completing investigations to learn of

the many properties related to circles. Some of these

properties are the relationships that happen between

tangent lines, chords, central and inscribed angles, and

circumference with their circle. We have completed the

investigations in a few ways. At the start, students were using an interactive online applet

from Geogebra to discover properties of tangent lines and chords. Students had to use

their observation skills and deductive reasoning to make conclusions and complete

conjectures. Coming up we will be learning about the relationship between the

circumference of a circle and its diameter.

Algebra 2: This semester we started a trigonometry unit. Students had a brief introduction

to some of the trigonometric functions; sine, cosine, and tangent. Our work in this unit will

take the students’ understanding of these functions and their reciprocals, cosecant,

secant, and cotangent, much further. Students will learn about inverse tangent, the

different transformations of the graphs, trig identities, and solving trig equations.

Kristen Suitor

Math

Students in Robotics

class built a Lego

e l e p h a n t a n d

programmed the

elephant’s legs to

walk and the trunk to

move up and down.

Pictured are: PLTW

teacher Todd Smith, Ladi

Jones, and Claudia

Villagran.

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