Volleyball Starts Season 2-1
A great start to 2025 for Spartan boys volleyball. The Spartans first road trip was one for the ages--the boys had a game at Pescadero High School, and after a two hour journey settled in for a grueling five game match, that found Emery needing to recover from a 2-1 deficit and trailing in game four. But big Blue stormed back to roll the home team and come home a winner. The Volleyball boys remain road warriors traveling to Contra Costa Christian on Friday March 21 hoping to keep the good time rolling.
Artist of the Week shares the love
From Ms. Crichlow's classroom, to you, the photography assignment was to picture something you love--so Brenda simply said, "Being a girl"!
Track Team takes top honors
The speedy Spartans dashed to first place this past weekend. Our long and short distance sprint medley team took top honors from Saturday's meet. This week the crew, Sahib, Vikram, Mahki and Qias are back on track, going to Pittsburg High School. But you better be swift or you will miss out
Third Quarter Progress
It is the halfway point of Quarter three, we just issued progress reports and that determines a bunch of different elements. If you are making adequate progress then this is a good indicator, if you are looking to have eligibility for Spring sports then you will need a 2.0 or better GPA from this report card, and of course it can serve as an inspiration or guide to what it is you need to do to boost your grade in the weeks ahead to finish up and mark the end of quarter three.
Women Got Game
The Women of Sparta were known as warriors who could give as good as they would take. We are keeping that ferocious spirit alive with our study trip next week to San Francisco's Creativity Museum and the Women Got Game convention. Twenty of our young women will meet with Gamers and Esport designers to hear everything they need to know to make their mark in the high tech world of computer games and play. We promise to come back with our shields or on them.
Making Music all Year Round
In the words of choir director, Tom Salvatore, we now have a bumper sticker that tells the world what Emery High is all about. Look to spruce up your car this year with a message that will draw the attention and hopefully not cause accidents that tell people from the outside, something we already know namely that there is a pretty rocking band here and that they are in your town too. Proud of the work from semester one, and looking forward to more during semester two. A one and a two!
Dine in--Emery cafeteria dishes it up all month
Every day is the best day in our school cafeteria. Offering free lunches to all (and free breakfasts too). You can see that our Ms. Parham and her skillful team make every meal one to remember. There are specials served too meaning there is no such thing as the same old thing at Emery. In addition, healthy snacks and grab and go fruit is always on the menu year round. We are lucky to have such a fine way to make meal teams good times at our school.
Tutoring here and 24/7
Getting ready for the next report card means that you should be visiting teacher office hours and tutoring every chance you get. Fortunately that chance happens every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday after school, and when those times don't work, we have tutor.com which offers one on one instruction for every discipline (including a great writing review) on demand. The only excuse for not using it is if you are already dominating all the classes you are taking. In which case, take a new class, free of charge when it works best for you.
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Emery welcomes NHS
Our top scholars were part of a schoolwide celebration for the National Honor Society induction ceremony on Thursday March 13. Dr. Cornell from Pixar came to the school library to share his pathway to success and gave a stirring keynote speech highlighting what it takes to excel. Mayor David Mourra of the city of Emeryville came in to award the pins and honors to our high achieving upperclassmen who represent the top of their class and the first crew of NHS at Emery High
Seniors helping Seniors
The language of this generation is technology. The fact is though is we all live in a tech world. We can now have the students teach the teachers. We are looking for student volunteers willing and able to go to our senior center and help our elders to master the basics of the 21st century. Smart phones, speakers and iPads are all devices that may be familiar to our students but not their families. Let's bring it all together, and help bring your world to them.
Best of the Best--Senior Superlatives and Quotes
A senior year is not complete without celebrating the years we have had together. The 2025 yearbook is on its way and will feature Senior portraits, senior quotes and Senior superlatives (Best Couple, Best Laugh, etc). We need your contribution to our memories, so please submit them all by March 14 as yearbooks aren't the same without You.
High Schoolers tryout Higher Education
Stanford University is hosting a great workshop this summer and if you are a Black Emery student who applies and makes the commitment, this could be you too. We welcome all 9th, 10th and 11th grade students to apply but because the Stanford folk are sure to fill the slots soon, we are urging you every day to make certain, you do not get left behind. This summer program starts off early, mid-April so the time to apply is yesterday or now!
Squash It!
We have a table for Tuesday's guests from the world of Squash. This fun and fast moving court sport is sitting a table at lunchtime and if you are interested in what happens next,, the select students are going to be doing a six week trial in Oakland and then potentially be part of a team. Find out more about this unique sport right here at Emery.
Building Career Skills at Rising Sun
We had a great time at Oakland's Rising Sun academy where young adults and older ones recreate their pathway with work in the trades as a place to be. The Spartan upperclassmen got a chance to see the interns and new hires working in the classroom (doing math!) and in the field. And many of our students had a chance to do their own work, like those working on the saw. We loved the visit and for some students, maybe a glimpse at a career opportunity
The best summer is an Artistic summer
The KALA art center is offering a great series of opportunities all summer and Emery students can apply for any or all. Not only are skills like screen printing, painting with acrylics or cartooning available to name a few, but if our student applicants get their request in early, they can earn scholarships for the nearby studio, and really make magic this summer.
Testing, Testing
This week we wrap up our preparatory testing for the big Spring exams with a performance based assessment in English Language Arts on Tuesday March 18 and a performance band exam in math on Thursday March 20. The point it to simulate and inspire students to do their best on the CAASP that comes around in May. Each of the performance tasks asks a more long term question, with students being asked to look at multiple documents and interpret and answer with some deeper meaning and thinking
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