Lynwood Unified School District celebrated the summer graduating class of 2020 from Lynwood and Firebaugh high schools with a virtual commencement ceremony, featuring recorded speeches from principals and student representatives.
Baldwin Park Unified will launch its enhanced distance learning program to begin the 2020-21 school year, featuring online academic support groups, emotional and mental wellness check-ins and support systems for parents. BPUSD’s Distance Learning 2.0 program will provide students with live online instruction five days a week and devices for all K-12 students.
Families interested in enrolling in Fontana Unified School District for the 2020-21 year may begin the process online. Fontana Unified offers an array of academic and enrichment programs that begin in transitional kindergarten and kindergarten – such as coding and robotics, dual language immersion and leadership development – and prepare students for hands-on career technical education and professional pathways in high school. Visit www.fusd.net/enrollment to begin the enrollment process.
Monrovia Unified’s Board of Education on July 14 announced that the District would start the school year on Aug. 19 with distance learning. The District will have the option to transition to a hybrid model when health conditions improve. The distance learning model will include daily, live interaction with teachers for instruction, progress monitoring and maintaining school connectedness. The program will also provide academic and socio-emotional support, and additional support for language acquisition, including the District’s dual language programs in Spanish and Mandarin.
Fontana Unified School District will begin the 2020-2021 school year on Monday, Aug. 24, with online instruction for all students. The decision to start the school year on Aug. 24 was announced during a July 22 Board of Education special meeting. The new start date supports Fontana Unified’s continued efforts to ensure all students are equipped with devices needed to engage in distance learning and provide parents and teachers with additional trainings prior to the start of the 2020-21 year.
El Monte City School District will launch a Mandarin Dual Language (DLI) program at New Lexington School when the 2020-21 school year begins Thursday, Aug. 20, offering students the opportunity to gain intercultural understanding and develop biliteracy in English and Mandarin. The program will launch with an inaugural kindergarten class and build upon the success of El Monte City’s Spanish DLI program.
Buena Park School District will start its 2020-21 school year on Tuesday, Aug. 11 with three weeks of distance learning as part of a plan to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The District has a five-phase plan to shift students back onto campus, including minimum days, blended learning for online and in-person learning and staggered lunch periods.
West Covina Unified’s Edgewood High School will welcome the Class of 2024 with a virtual orientation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, held via Google Meet. The virtual orientation will provide freshmen with the opportunity to bond with their peers and tour the campus before the 2020-21 year begins. Edgewood High School is part of the International World Schools of West Covina, which offer a TK-12 International Baccalaureate continuum.
Fontana Unified is helping families prepare for the 2020-21 year, which will begin with distance learning, by offering a series of technology trainings on how to use Microsoft Teams and make the most of digital learning tools. The trainings – which began July 21 and run through Wednesday, July 29 – are offered in English and Spanish and highlight how parents and students can attend virtual meetings, find class resources, complete digital assignments and more.
Whittier Union High School District is exploring adopting a quarter system for the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year, which begins Aug. 12. The instructional model is part of a four-stage teaching and learning plan that is adaptable to the continuously changing environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the recommended instructional model and one of the four stages in which schools will reopen, which range from 100% online to 100% in-person, during a special meeting Tuesday, July 28, when health conditions will be clearer.