Baldwin Park Unified students from Pleasant View Elementary, Margaret Heath Elementary, Jones Junior High School and Sierra Vista High School searched through a multitude of backpacks on Aug. 14 to find their favorite one. Through a partnership with Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Baldwin Park, more than 900 BPUSD students received backpacks filled with school supplies during Kaiser’s 10th annual Backpack Giveaway.
Monrovia Unified School District students bid farewell to summer and hello to a new school year on Aug. 14, as they participated in orientations, toured campuses, picked up class schedules and committed to a successful 2019-20 academic year. Monrovia Unified offers a slate of innovative instructional and enrichment programs, including Code to the Future, dual-language immersion, robotics, music, theater and arts – giving all students an opportunity to explore their passions and develop new skills.
Monrovia High School’s Wildcats will face Alta Loma High School during a home game at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 at Wildcat Stadium, 845 W. Colorado Blvd., Monrovia. The event will feature a celebration of an upgraded field and track, renovated over summer. Work included re-leveling the field, new turf installation, upgrades to a cool-fill product and relocation of communication boxes to outer parts of the field.
Bassett Unified will hold its three final Back to School Nights beginning with Bassett High School from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 followed by Torch Middle School from 5 to 7 p.m. and Sunkist Elementary School from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29. Each event invites parents and members of the community to connect with teachers and staff on academic goals for the 2019-20 school year and tour classrooms.
Lynwood Unified School District will welcome back about 14,000 students to campuses with improved facilities and new programs when classes begin Wednesday, Aug. 21. The District has launched a new Mental Health Project that will provide occupational therapy and assessments to students and their families. In the classroom, the District will offer every student a personal tech device and update tech programs through its partnership with the League of Innovative Schools – a coalition of K-12 school districts that work together to inspire students through technology education. In October, Lynwood Unified will celebrate a new athletic field.
Paramount Unified School District students will return to the classroom with increased technology when classes begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21. The District has reached a 1:1 device-to-student ratio, with each student in grades three through 12 receiving a Chromebook laptop. In addition, Paramount Unified has launched an Entrepreneurship and App Development course that teaches young scholars coding while helping them develop an entrepreneurial mindset.
El Monte City School District will hold Back to School Nights at Cherrylee, Potrero and Shirpser schools on Wednesday, Aug. 28; Cortada, Durfee, Gidley, Rio Hondo and Wright schools on Thursday, Aug. 29; LeGore School on Wednesday, Sept. 4; and Cleminson and Wilkerson schools on Thursday, Sept. 5. Each event will run from 5 to 7 p.m. and allow parents and community members to connect with teachers and staff to learn about academic goals for the 2019-20 school year and tour the campus.
Mountain View High School is launching year two of its Zoo Crew: Engineers Gone Wild! career technical education pathway on the first day of the 2019-20 school year with a visit from a gray fox, courtesy of the Nature of Wildworks. The program will take place from 10:35 to 11:25 a.m. and 12:10 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 in the school’s media center, 2900 Parkway Drive, El Monte. The Zoo Crew engineering pathway provides students the opportunity to study the health and well-being of animals in the wild and encourage their interest in careers architectural design and engineering fields.
Bonita Unified will start the 2019-20 school year on Monday, Aug. 19 with a renewed focus on achieving academic goals through the core values of equity, mastery and a focus on results. A staff orientation day and an all-staff Welcome Back assembly helped energize educators and staff throughout Bonita Unified for their work in guiding about 10,000 students to live their purpose.
Dr. Arturo Reyes, named the 10th superintendent/president of Rio Hondo College in July, will welcome new students to their first day of college from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19. Rio Hondo College is starting the new year with a new program in homeland security, increased student support services and signature programs in policing, nursing, firefighting, law school preparation and automotive technology.