By Jennifer Osborn

Final chance for 2018-19 enrollment

Tuesday, Feb. 27 is the last day to attend an Information Night, which is required for all new students wishing to enroll for 2018-19. The meeting will be held in the Helix Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m. At the meeting, families will receive an access code that will allow them to complete the online enrollment application for the lottery, which is required for all interested students. Enrollment applications are due no later than Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m.

Judges needed for Senior Boards

Community members are invited to participate as judges for upcoming Senior Defenses and Senior Boards. All Helix seniors must complete the Senior Project, which entails creating a product, coordinating an event, planning a performance, or providing an actual service that has been designed by them. The final phase of the Senior Project is Senior Defenses and Senior Boards, which provide an opportunity for our students to shine and to feel a sense of accomplishment as they demonstrate their knowledge and skills to their community.

Senior Defenses will take place on April 11, 12, and 13 from noon-3:30 p.m., and Senior Boards will take place on Tuesday, May 29, and Wednesday, May 30, from noon-4 p.m. Community members are welcome to participate in any or all dates. Please contact me at [email protected] to confirm your participation.

The Senior Project is just one example of Helix’s ongoing efforts to provide graduates with the tools necessary to succeed in their future endeavors, whether it is college, full-time employment, trade school, or the military.

Winter sports successes

Winter sports teams are heading into the CIF playoffs! Highlights for Helix include the girls water polo team making it to the Division I quarterfinal game, while the boys and girls basketball teams, the boys tennis team, and the boys and girls soccer teams, are all competing in the CIF playoffs as of this writing.

Girls wrestling team member Destiny Lyng repeated as San Diego Section champion. The wrestling team will compete for a bid to the state championships in the CIF Masters Tournament.

Good luck to all of our student-athletes and their coaches.

Rotary speech contest features Helix students

Helix juniors Ivan Jimenez, Jonah Leota, and Chase Osborn competed in the La Mesa Sunrise Rotary 4-way Test Speech Contest on Feb. 16. Jimenez took first place and will move on to the next level of competition coming up in March.

Helix choir success

The Helix show choirs competed in the San Diego Sings! Choir festival. HD, the all-girls show choir, finished second in their division, and HLX, the boys and girls advanced show choir, finished first in their division. The Mixed Voices concert choir earned a rating of “Excellent,” and the Highland Singers Advanced Chamber Choir earned a “Superior” rating in the festival.

Excellence in Education

If you are interested in finding out more about Helix Charter High School, please attend one of our Excellence in Education tours. The next tour is March 7 at 8:10 a.m. Reserve your spot using our website, helixcharter.net.

As always, we welcome your input. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected].

— Jennifer Osborn writes on behalf of Helix Charter High School.