News & Announcements

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for May 13-17; Jasmine Rosales. Jasmine was selected by her teachers for her newly found work ethic and commitment to completing school work. She is determined to succeed at Del Mar so she can return to Gabrielino next year for her senior year. One of our main goals at Del Mar is help students repair their work habits and self confidence so that they can transition back to Gabrielino at some point. While we love it when our Dolphin family stays with us through graduation, we are just as excited for our students who return to Gabrielino and are successful. We are so proud to see the growth she has shown in the last few weeks.
Congrats Jasmine, we are very proud of you!

On Thursday March 21st Author Julie Berry came and spoke to our students about her book “Lovely War”. It is a novel based on WW I. Mrs. Berry gave our students the history of thr era through its music, art, and energy of the war. Mrs. Berry presented historical slides and related the lives of her characters through the pressing issues of the time period. Our students related well to the themes in Mrs. Berry’s book, especially the actions of the all African American “Harlem Hellfighters” unit. This topic closely relates to our History Day theme of Redlining. We thank Mrs. Berry for coming to Del Mar. It was an experience our students will think about for a long time to come. We also thank the San Gabriel Education Foundation and Mrs. Adela Angiuli for making this visit possible, and for supporting Del Mar!!
Please click on the headline of t his article to see more pictures of Mrs. Berry’s visit.

On Saturday the 9th the Del Mar History Day team competed at History Day LA. History Day is a competition amoung individuals and teams in theme based performances and historical exhibits. Del Mar sent 4 groups in 4 different divisions. We are very excited to announce that DMHS swept all 4 divisions and all 8 of our students are headed to History Day California in Sacramento, May 10-12. Del Mar is the only continuation high school in the competition. All other schools competing are large traditional high schools from all over Southern California, and in May, the entire State. We are so proud of Mrs Kloster and her team. Good Luck at State, and Go Dolphins!!
LA County winners!
Individual Exhibit: Alize Oveido.
Group Exhibit: Liliana Reyes, Jeannine Saldana.
This duo also won two prestigious awards in addition to qualifying for State. The “Dr. Ruben and Sarah Zepeda Humanitarian Project Award” and the “Chinese Americans Citizens Alliance Award”. These two young ladies were the most decorated duo at History Day LA.
Individual Performance: Andrea Quevado
Group Performance: Joshua Polanco, Isaiah Subia and Anthony Valdez.

For more pictures of History Day, please click on the heading of this article.
Also please see the "Featured Video" for videos of our two performances.

Congratulations to our 5 Early Graduates. All 5 of these students have worked hard to not only recover incomplete credits, but to push ahead and graduate one trimester early. We are very proud of all 5 of them!
Congratulations;
Gio Carrasco
Jonathan Garcia
Jenifer Melara
Alize Oviedo
Andrea Quevado
Dolphins for Life!!!!

On Friday we took students to Eaton Canyon Falls for a school outing. It was a great bonding time for our Del Mar family. The afternoon hike was followed by by our second Movie Game Night from 6:00 to 9:00. Students came back to Del Mar to challenge teachers in "Just Dance", watch movies, eat pizza and ice cream and just hang out. It was a great day/night to be a Dolphin.
For more pictures of the hike and Movie/ Game Night, please click on the headline of this article.

On February 7th Del Mar visited the Huntington Library as a part of our Cultural and Environmental Enrichment program. Students toured the interior and exterior grounds. The field trip was sponsored by funds from the San Gabriel Education Foundation (SEF) who supports Del Mar yearly with a grant for our field trip program. For other photos of the trip, please see the Photos tab and open the Huntington Field Trip folder.
Thank You to SEF for their continued support of the Del Mar program and students.

Del Mar English and Science students have been participating in Designed Based Learning projects this year with their teachers. Ms Villasenor in English and Mrs. Masri in Science have been participating along with other teachers in San Gabriel Unified to study and implement DBL this year. Students in their classes have built and designed cities based on what they are studying. DBL helps students to better retain and synthesis information. Del Mar is proud to be on the forefront of DBL with the rest of our schools.
Please tap on the top of this article to see other DBL pictures.

For all families, especially those in need of assistance. We have uploaded the Districts Community Resource Guide under the "Parents" tab at the top of the website. It is also included here if you click on the headline of this article.
The Guide is filled with resource links from counseling to food and clothing banks, shelter resources and many hotlines that may provide assistance. You can also dial 211 on your phone or go to the LA 211 website to access resources.

Congratulations to our Student of the Week for February 4-8, Karla Martinez.
Karla was chosen by her teachers because she has made so many positive changes since she has come to our school. Before Del Mar, Karla was a student who did not feel comfortable attending school. Since enrolling at Del Mar she has blossomed into a student who participates in her classes, who interacts well with her peers and who is a very contentious student who works hard to complete her work with quality. Karla has found a home at Del Mar and we are so glad that she has joined our family!
Congratulations Karla, we are very proud of you!!