Friday, February 21, 2014

Apple Distinguished Program Cont'd

The Digital Arts Technology Academy's Digital Imaging program is very proud to further it's recognition as a 2013-15 Apple Distinguished Program for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence. This award truly comes from the amazing talent of the students and the network of educators that support the program!

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Applebaum Award Well Deserved

A very special congratulations goes out to our very own DATA coordinator and counselor, Deborah Applebaum, for being selected by PSUSD as the 2013-14 Site Support Employee of the Year! Mrs. Applebaum was recognized on Feb. 11th in front of the district's school board and interviewed for consideration at the county level.

Everyone in the DATA program knows and appreciates the hard work and dedication that she has put into the Academy over the past 10+ years and understands what a valuable resource she has been for CCHS at large.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2014 Scholastic Arts

Congratulations to the following students for being recognized by The California Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!
Silver Key: Trees of Palm Springs
Manuel Gomez





Honorable Mention: Do What You Love (left) Vibe (right)
Mariafernanda Salazar
Honorable MentionDream Catcher, Leslie Rocha (left), 
Palm Springs Wind Farm, Alberto Colin (right)

Friday, February 7, 2014

DATA Presents to The Ford Foundation


On February 6th, Digital Arts Technology Academy students had the privilege of presenting how they "focus their creativity" to a visiting team from The Ford Foundation.

The team from Tennessee was here to visit PSUSD Linked Learning/California Partnership Academy programs in consideration for a Coachella Valley Model Track Community status as part of the Ford Next Generation Learning network. DATA students excitedly shared

The Rio Vista Collaborations and global iBook publishing
The DATA-SkillsUSA chapter
The CC News app 
The CC Zombies video game 
The DATA Junior Mentoring program

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The Student Creative | 5 Now Live!

DATA DI is very pleased to announce FIVE, the 5th global arts challenge as The Student Creative!

Students and teachers from around the globe are encouraged to investigate the concept and submit works for book publication in support of the Jacaranda Foundation for AIDS orphans in Malawi. 

FIVE is a collaborative project for secondary students. The lesson is deliberately open to interpretation and variation to accommodate various curriculums, ideas, techniques, themes, or approaches to the concept of five.

Learn more about this year's project @ www.StudentCreative.org
OR join the conversation on

All original student works are due April 1, 2014