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Silva Magnet High School
for Health Care Professions

Volume 1, Issue 1

Home of the Foxes!

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(915)496-8100 FAX (915)533-3695
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Student
Spotlight
Congratulations to Katie Stone a National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist.
Congratulations to the following Commended Students for outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2011 are Rebecca Belmontes, Ashley Hernandez, and Sophia Lugo.
HOSA State Officers for 2012-2013
President — Sophia Lugo
HOSA Area 4 Officers for 2012-2013
President — Ronda Esper
Reporter — Ashley Duenez
Daisy Alvarado, Ronda Esper, and Diandra Licon were recognized Tuesday, October 30th as three of this year’s 2012-2013 Laureates Mayor’s Top 100 Teens.
Congratulations to Kassandra Sanchez who has been accepted to attend the High School Presidential Inaugural Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. from January 19 to January 23, 2013.
Congratulations to Yvonne Galindo who won 1st place in the 146 pounds division at the NUWAY Southwest Kickoff “The Freak Show” National Tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, November 3, 2012.

School Recognition
Silva Magnet High School has received the 2012 College Readiness Award from the Texas ACT Council. Silva received the recognition for increasing the number of students taking the ACT Assessment over the past five years and significantly increasing the level of achievement and college readiness for all students.

Silva Magnet’s Newest Additions
Mary Smith—Attendance Clerk
Larry Escobedo—Campus Patrol
Katherine Thummel—HST teacher
Tobias Block—Social Studies teacher
Heber Martinez—Science teacher
Christina Rodriguez—English teacher
Paul Bustamante—Math teacher

Past Events

The sixth Annual Washington Leadership Academy (WLA ) was held in Washington, D.C., September 15-18, 2012. Silva Magnet was well represented by Sophia Lugo, Texas President of the Health Occupations for Students Association (HOSA).
Harley Puett and Gabriel Solano were this year’s Silva’s Pink Foxes team coordinators providing a week full of activities in the promotion of breast cancer awareness. A local television station selected the Pink Foxes to do the commercial spot for Strides against Breast Cancer. The commercial may still be viewed at the silvacoordinator.weebly.com website.
Silva/Jefferson held its annual College Fair Monday, October 29th which was a huge success!

Upcoming Events

Silva Magnet Night will be held Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 6:oo p.m. in the Silva Auditorium for all students interested in attending Silva next year.
Stephanie Anguiano ( former student from Silva and graduating from UTEP next May) will come talk to the Forensic and Biotech classes about the Clinical Laboratory Specialist ( CLS) program at UTEP.
Seniors—Josten’s will be on campus during lunchtime November 8 and before school or during lunchtime on November 9 taking orders for
graduation caps and gowns.
Thanksgiving Holiday No Classes will be held at Silva Magnet November 19-23, 2012 . No Classes will be held at EPCC on November 22 and 23, 2012. Classes resume at EPCC on November 24, 2012.
HOSA On-Line Testing will be December 5th and 6th
Silva Magnet will be collecting new blankets for the Braden Aboud “B Strong” Foundation until December 15, 2012. All blankets may be dropped off at Silva.
Please watch Jeopardy the month of January as our very own Katie Stone will be an official contestant during Teen Jeopardy week.

Counselor’s
Corner
Look out for
2013– 2014 Pre-Registration
Nov. 27 for 2013-2014 Seniors
Nov. 28 for 2013-2014 Juniors
Nov. 29 for 2013-2014 Sophomores
Pre-registration will be held during the day in the Silva Auditorium.
Pre-Registration for Parents
A specific night has been designated for parents on November 27, 2012 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Any questions will be answered by the Silva counselors.
Senior Interviews
Silva counselors will continue to provide individual counseling with seniors to evaluate the status of graduation and of graduating under the Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP).
Senior interviews will be completed by November 16, 2012.
Dual Credit Students
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 or see Mrs. Mendoza for more information.
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.

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Silva Magnet High School
for Health Care Professions

Speech
And Community HOSA Week
Debate Service

We would like to recognize the following Speech and Debaters for their participation and success in the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) tournaments: Joseph Jordan, Sophia Lugo, Demry Mebane, Ivan Miranda, Geneva Nieto, Jovana Nieto, Harley Puett, and Luis Suira.
1)Bel Air Tournament *Lincoln Douglas Debate Jovana Nieto Luis Suira *Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Demry Mebane (2nd place) 2)Coronado Tournament *Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Joseph Jordan Ivan Miranda Harley Puett(broke into Semi-Finals) *Lincoln Douglas Debate Sophia Lugo (2nd place) Jovana Nieto (3rd place) Luis Suira (3rd place) 3)Del Valle Tournament *Lincoln Douglas Debate Sophia Lugo (1st place) Jovana Nieto (broke into Semi-Finals) Luis Suira 4)Loretto Academy Tournament *Lincoln Douglas Debate Sophia Lugo (1st place) Luis Suira *Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Ivan Miranda Sophia Lugo(3rd place) 5)YISD Tournament *Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Demry Mebane (2nd place) Ivan Miranda (6th place) *Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking Demry Mebane (1st place) *Lincoln Douglas Debate Jovana Nieto (2nd place) Luis Suira (1st place) *Most Outstanding Public Speaker Award-Demry Mebane 6) Ysleta Tournament *Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Joseph Jordan Ivan Miranda (broke into Semi-Finals) Harley Puett(6th place) Demry Mebane (1st place) *Student Congress Sophia Lugo (broke into Finals) Geneva Nieto (8th place) Luis Suira
Strides against Breast Cancer
The Pink Foxes participated in the
annual Strides against Breast Cancer Walk which took place on
October 21st at Cielo Vista Mall.
Dr. Nixon Elementary School’s Annual Fall Festival
Silva Health Magnet students volunteered at Dr. Nixon Elementary School’s Annual Fall Festival that was held on October 26, 2012 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Students assisted with setting up and running games, with food concessions, and other duties as assigned.
Love for Scrubs
The first annual Ana Maria Carrasco 5K Run/Fun Walk was open to Silva’s entire student body as volunteers or participants on November 3rd at Ascarate Park. All funding provided from the race will endow the Ana Maria Carrasco Scholarship Fund to be awarded to a select group of nursing students at the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing.
For more volunteer opportunities
visit and sign-up at www.silvacoordinator.weebly.com
November 8-10, 2012
Mrs. Tapia and Sophia Lugo will kick off HOSA Week by attending a planning session for this year’s state competition in Galveston, Texas.
Silva HOSA Chapters
November 11-16, 2012
Sunday, Nov. 11
HOSA Picnic at Memorial Park
11:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 12
HOSA T-Shirt Day
Wear your favorite HOSA shirt
Tuesday, Nov. 13
HOSA Attire and Officer Installation
11:30 a.m. Silva Library
Wednesday, Nov. 14
“Sailing Ashore with Area IV”
Nautical/Career Theme Day
Thursday, Nov. 15
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day
Wear a fact concerning CF on your shirt today
Breathing Games will be conducted during lunch at the Picnic Tables.
Donations for CF will be collected.
Friday, Nov. 16
Chapter Spirit Day
Wear your chapter designed T-Shirt
Seniors-Turquoise
Juniors-Lime Green
Sophomores-Purple
Freshman-Orange
November 2012

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