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Events and Admissions
Graduating senior Diego Alvarez (MSET '21) renovated the Parent Council room for his Eagle Scout project. (Below) NHS, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, and Key Club members filled and donated more than 280 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child. (Right)
Frontline health care professionals appreciated the Christmas cards and notes of encouragement written by Bosco Tech faculty, students, and parents. (Left) Sophomores took their PSAT exam on campus during distance learning. (Above)
New Ways to Tell Our Story
“While this has been an extraordinary year full of pandemic-related obstacles, it was surprisingly very rewarding,” said Bosco Tech Director of Admissions John Garcia. “When the world situation demanded an adjustment to the way we introduce ourselves, we more than rose to the challenge, switching formats and finding new ways to meet families where they are, and to let them know what Bosco Tech can do for their sons.”
“Instead of traditional face-to-face meetings and group tours, we found creative ways to share our unique program. We had to be adaptable in presenting the advantages of a Tech education.”
In addition to virtual Open House and introductory meetings, student Ambassadors created a series of brief video messages that could be shown to prospective students and their families; each message contained a vital advantage to attending the Tech from current students. “In the video, I specifically discussed the technologies, emphasizing their special curriculums that prepare students at the college level,” said senior Nathan Chao. “I want them to know how great our tech program is and that Bosco Tech truly offers something that not many other high schools can.”
Private in-person tours were still available to those who preferred, scheduled days apart. The Admissions team also hosted virtual tours, capturing particular areas of prospective student interest on tablets during live Zoom sessions.
“Among creative adjustments, I think what really had the greatest impact was the fact that none of our existing programs stopped because of the pandemic,” John said. “For example, our popular Summer Scholars program was modified accordingly and went virtual, with students actually building projects in their homes during real-time sessions with teachers and other participants. For the students’ sake, we made every effort to not miss a beat, kept it fun and interactive, and our incoming freshman families appreciated that.”
ACADEMICS, SCHOLARSHIPS, HONOR ROLL
• Bosco Tech students continued to excel across disciplines. 139 students took a total of 309.
Advanced Placement exams through the College Board. The
Tech offered 16 AP classes this year; while students took exams in 5 additional subjects on their own. • 76% of the Bosco Tech student body made the honor roll in both the first and second semester grading periods. • The class of 2021 had both graduation and college acceptance rates of 100%, consistent with past years and far exceeding national averages. • IDEA senior Aidan Chavez was named a 2021 Edison
Scholar and granted a $40,000 scholarship from Edison
International to pursue his
STEM studies in college.
FAITH, GIVING, OUTREACH
• ASB officers reconstructed the student-led program to be more efficient and effective, with adjustments made for online learning. The modifications included a goal system for pivotal positions, making student leaders more accountable to each other.
The creation of a centralized document system means that important information is shared instantly, and online
Discord groups allow student leaders to communicate and share best practices. • ACE senior Ziqi (Joey) Zhao created and donated face mask straps employing 3D printers. His updated design includes a gear logo mid strap, tailored specifically for
Bosco Tech. He has donated the popular accessory to Tech instructors, teachers at his former elementary school, and to an international flight crew who wear masks for extended periods of time. • In November, young scholars were inducted into Bosco
Tech’s chapters of the
National Honor Society (66 new members) and Sociedad
Honoraria Hispanica (Spanish
National Honor Society) (18 new members). The students were invited to join the campus chapters because of demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. • Bosco Tech’s National Honor
Society, Sociedad Honoraria
Hispanica, and Key Club joined forces to help make Christmas brighter for children all over the world!
Through a massive effort, the clubs’ members set a new school record, filling more than 280 shoeboxes for Operation
Christmas Child, a ministry long-supported by students at the Tech. • In efforts led by ASB and
Youth Ministry leaders, members of the Tech community created Christmas cards full of encouraging messages for COVID nurses at Kaiser Downey and Baldwin
Park! Mr. Rudy Herrera and
Mr. Luis Garza delivered more than 300 cards on Christmas
Eve to the hard-working and very appreciative care givers! • In December, members of the
Tech’s Key Club, National
Honor Society, and Sociedad
Honoraria Hispanica collected and assembled 1,000 HOPE meals to be donated to families in the Montebello Unified
School District who are under resourced and/or experiencing homelessness. The intention s for youngsters to have food over holiday breaks when school lunches are no longer available. • The Tech’s talented students in the Music Program showcased a beautiful night of holiday spirit and cheer by performing an arrangement of assorted holiday favorites during their first-ever Virtual
Winter Concert. • There were seven Eagle Scouts and one Life Scout among the graduating class of 2021. • Members of the Tech’s
National Honor Society and
Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, revitalized Techman Tutoring, a peer assistance program that helps classmates with their studies. • The National Honor Society collected more than 500 pairs of work gloves, gifts for kids and backpacks for farmworkers and their families located in
Central California through San
Gabriel Mission’s Campesino
Work Glove and Gift Drive. • Bosco Tech’s American Red
Cross Club, cheer program, and National Honor Society joined together to collect hundreds of hygiene items for homeless veterans, through the Red Cross’ International
Relief Division. • Seniors Nathanael DeBerry (ACE ‘21), Giovanni Meyer (MSET ‘21), Keani Moya (IDEA
‘21), Joseph Rivera (IDEA ‘21),
Antonio Robles (IDEA ‘21) and
Ziqi (Joey) Zhao (ACE ‘21), and their instructors, Brother
Tom Mass, SDB, and Mr.
Brendan Chua, traveled into the Angeles National Forest last summer to renovate an outdoor competitive arena at the Saint Edward Retreat
Center (SERC), formerly Camp
Mariastella, in Wrightwood.
