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Silva Magnet High School
for Health Care Professions

Volume 1 Issue 2

Home of the Foxes!

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Student
Spotlight
The Mayor’s Top 100 Teens for 2012-2013 include three Silva Studentdents—Daisy Alvarado, Ronda Esper, and Diandra Licon.
High Q Team Has High Hopes
The Jeff/Silva High-Q Team consists of fifteen members who participate in as many tournaments as are offered. So, for at least five Saturdays, one can find red-shirted students playing a form of team Jeopardy against many other schools in the region. One special team is our KCOS Tournament Team. Two years ago, Jeff/Silva placed fourth in the tournament, and earned a trip to the National Academic Bowl in Chicago. This year, they are one of three teams in the winner’s bracket, and if they defeat Valle Verde in early December, will be able to have a “shot” at the championship and another trip to Nationals. The Team TV Team include: Captain Katie Stone, Senior Kei Takingawa, Senior Henry Garcia, Junior Jordan Stiles, and Alternate Jesse Stone. Other team members include: Yen Ting Guo, Sara Estrada, Miguel Carillo, Ivan Miranda, Elizabeth Kim, Itzel Camarillo, Christian Rodriquez. Our team has been fortunate to have parents like Robin Stone attend each competition. The Team’s coach is AP English Teacher, Margaret Zumr, who declares, “Though we have high hopes, we realize that on any given day, we can be blessed with questions we can answer or not. Win or lose, I love my kids and am so very proud of them.” High –Q airs on KCOS every Sunday morning from 10:00 to 11:00.

Silva Magnet Night
Demry Mebane, was the MC for Silva’s 2013-2014 school year recruitment night for incoming freshman and sophomores . The evening of November 14th began with music being played by our talented Silver Foxes Orchestral Quartet. The other Magnet and Specialty School Coordinators were introduced and spoke briefly about each of their programs and what they had to offer students.
The evening continued with Mr. Rojas telling everyone "What it Means to be a Fox.” The Application Process was presented by Ms. Serna. While Mrs. Jabalie provided information regarding the Certification Programs, Rotations, Preceptorships, and HST classes at Silva Magnet. In addition, she informed parents of any specific magnet related requirements and future expenses they may encounter. Sophia Lugo and Ronda Esper outlined the purpose of the HOSA organization and how it is such an integral part of the Health Science Education instructional program at Silva. Mrs. St. Myers spoke about the LVN program, the rigor, hard work and dedication that is required of the students. The video “I Am A Fox! “ depicted the varied lives of Silva students. The evening ended with Mr. Porflitt giving a very motivational speech regarding being a Fox through the various Electives and Sports Programs and the performance of a song by the Jefferson/Silva Choir.

Past Events

Memorial Tree Stones Revitalized
Silva’s Business Teacher, Mrs. Mary Bruton, was taking care of business when she contacted Ricardo Marin, Jefferson/ Silva Art teacher to re-stain the concrete stones surrounding the memorial tree with the names of deceased former Silva Magnet students: Joshua Armendariz, Joshua Mills and Ericka Solis. In addition, the name of Alejandro Ruiz was added and engraved on the fourth stone.
May they all rest in peace!
A very special thank you goes out to Jefferson/Silva’s gardener,
Mr. Daniel Valerio, for his care to the tree and for removing the stones and placing them back to their original locations. We would also like to thank Army Ranger Paul Ramirez who assisted Mr. Valerio with the revitalization project.

Counselor’s
Corner
Look out for
Mid-Term Schedule Changes
Counselors will be working on mid-term schedule changes throughout December. (Valid requests only).
Credit By Exam
Credit by Exams will be administered the week of January 14, 2013.
(Only for students who previously registered during the Fall 2012 semester.)
Dual Credit Students
Students who requested Dual –Credit courses for the 2013-2014 school year need to listen for announcements regarding the application process or see Mrs. Mendoza.
El Paso Community College Honors Program provides opportunity and encouragement to academically motivated students. Dual credit students if you are interested in being a member of the Honors Program contact the EPCC Honors Program Office at 831-2331 for more information
Mrs. Mendoza
Dual-Credit Counselor
Scholarships
Scholarship opportunities are posted on the bulletin board outside the Silva library, flyers that are placed throughout the school and on the coordinator’s website at www. silvacoordinator.weebly.com See Mrs. Mendoza or Ms. Rosales for more information.

Upcoming Events

Winter Holidays December 24—January 3, 2013 December 21 Early Dismissal for students and teachers. Teacher Preparation Day — No Classes held January 4, 2013 January 7 classes resume at Silva and on January 20 at EPCC
HOSA On-Line Testing will be December 5th and 6th
Silva Magnet will continue to collect new blankets for the Braden Aboud
“B Strong” Foundation until December 15, 2012.
All blankets may be dropped off at Silva.
Chemistry Carols to be held December 12, 13, and 14 in the Silva Auditorium.
The JEOPARDY! Teen Tournament with contestant Katie Stone will air starting January 30, 2013.

Thank you to Mrs. Paez for the wonderful decorations
in the Silva Auditorium!

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Silva Magnet High School
for Health Care Professions

Organizations Community LVN Program
Service

Speech and Debate
"Have you considered joining Speech and Debate, but have trouble attending after school meetings? If so, you should enroll in the Debate class! Debate is fun and looks great on college applications. Talk with your counselor to learn more about enrollment opportunities."
Jefferson Silver Fox Band
The Silver Foxes Band has had many performances this year. They include:
Our Drum Line & Flags marching in the 4th of July Parade, sponsored by the Westside Rotary Club.
Performing the National Anthem for an El Paso Diablos Baseball Game in August.
Performing for All Varsity Jefferson Football Games.
Performing for the Clardy Elementary School Literacy Parade.
Performing for the El Paso Children’s Hospital Flag Ceremony.
Performing for the Veterans Day Parade.
Our Band is also very proud of the 5 members—2 Jefferson and 3 Silva students— that perform with the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra.
They are:
Shannon Hinojos/Clarinet
Aneesa Judd/Percussion
Bianca Maier/Clarinet
Silva Ambassadors
The Silva Magnet High School Ambassadors are the official student representatives for the school. The 33 Ambassadors have been very busy this semester fulfilling their duties and responsibilities of representing Silva Magnet in a positive manner for upcoming Silva students. They are to be commended for attending the numerous Middle School Parent meetings, the Magnet Night meetings and career fairs dressed in their scrubs, HOSA attire, or Ambassador attire to provide more information to parents and/or students interested in attending Silva Magnet.
Jingle Bell Rock Run
The UMC Foundation is currently seeking volunteers for this year’s Jingle Bell Rock Run on Sunday, December 9th at 8:00 a.m. If you are interested in volunteering please stop by and see Mrs. Galvez in room 322.
Congratulations!
Two students who have selflessly given their time to volunteer for multiple events are
Alyssa Sanchez (11th grade) and
Samantha Hernandez (9th grade).
On Saturday, November 10, 2012, these two outstanding young ladies completed the CORE Skills Training in affiliation with the UMC Foundation. The training introduces students to the
importance of community service through team building activities. These young ladies never say no and continue to amaze Mrs. Galvez with their willingness to always help others.
For more volunteer opportunities
visit and sign-up at www.silvacoordinator.weebly.com

Editorial by Mallory Jayne Griego, Senior LVN student
Vocational Nursing students, or as most loosely refer to us, “LVN-er’s” are more than just a pair of white scrubs. In the Vocational Nursing Program we are given the opportunity to begin our lives early, but it honestly does not come easy at all. Going into our senior year of high school, many of the LVN-er’s or those I refer to as my “second family” we’re visibly struggling and mentally exhausted, and I myself was a victim to the workload as well. Some of us left, and I even felt the need to as well. The work given in the class is not your ordinary class work, it is something you are actually going to use every day in the nursing field, and if I couldn’t grasp the concepts and studying now, I was inadequate for a nursing job. Fortunately, I stayed and slowly I began to get into the groove of things. Sure, you have to stay up a few extra hours, lug around some seriously heavy books, and maybe sometimes you have a hard time understanding, but that’s why you have your “family,” they make it worth it and they are simply the only one’s that understand. All that hard work becomes even more worth it when you are actually in the hospital. Of course, some patients can be a bit difficult but when you get your first patient that thanks you for everything and gives you a big smile every time you walk through the door, everything changes, it all feels less like sitting in front of a book, and more like becoming a nurse. The Vocational Nursing Program I’ll always admit is challenging, but it is not something I would regret doing; I would never look back and say my life could’ve been better without it, because this is really as great as it gets and I’m sure my “LVN-family” would agree.