Lynwood Unified has been accepted into the League of Innovative Schools, a national coalition of forward-thinking K-12 school districts that work together to improve outcomes for students through the use of learning technologies. The network is organized by Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that strives to accelerate innovation in education and improve the opportunity to learn for all through technology and research.
Fontana School Police officers Amanda Liabeuf and Nicole Hauptmann will receive an Award of Distinction from the California Peace Officers’ Association Statewide Awards Committee for their exceptional leadership of the Junior Fontana Leadership Intervention Program (Jr. FLIP).
El Monte Union students can look forward to a host of new dual-enrollment programs and career technical education pathway offerings – from computer coding and stage production to public safety and education – when the 2019-20 school year begins Tuesday, Aug. 20.
A lush, green surprise will be waiting for Whitaker School students on the first day of school, with the addition of a new wellness garden, complete with native California plants, fruit-bearing trees and herbs to benefit the entire school.
The El Monte Union Board of Trustees at its Aug. 7 meeting unanimously voted to reduce the use of polystyrene, a synthetic resin known by the brand name Styrofoam, from its campuses and administrative offices effective Jan. 1, 2020. The product, which has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the fifth largest source of hazardous waste, comes in various forms, including coffee cups, coolers, cushioning material in packaging and lunch trays. Polystyrene is not recyclable, takes at least 500 years to decompose, and is a main pollutant of urban areas, oceans, bays and other U.S. water sources.
Rio Hondo College will be expanding presentation of its core and elective classes for its groundbreaking Associate of Science and Certificate of Achievement program in Homeland Security.
Baldwin Park Unified Students to Receive Backpacks, Supplies from Kaiser
Baldwin Park Unified students from Pleasant View Elementary, Jones Junior High School and Sierra Vista High School will receive more than 300 backpacks filled with school supplies through a longstanding partnership between the District and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Baldwin Park. This is the 10th year for Kaiser’s Backpack Giveaway, which will take place at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 at Pleasant View, 14900 E. Nubia St., Baldwin Park.
Monrovia Unified Shares Access to Student State Test Reports
Monrovia Unified parents may now access Student Score Reports from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress electronically through the parent portal on the school District’s AERIES portal. The score report, from testing conducted in spring, shows scores for the state’s English language arts and mathematics assessments.
Lynwood Unified Students Tour Colleges, Monuments on East Coast Trip
Nearly 20 Lynwood Unified students visited Columbia University, New York University and several national monuments during an East Coast tour from Aug. 4-9. The chaperoned trip was sponsored by The Lynwood Partners Educational Foundation. Tour stops included the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Liberty Bell.
Inglewood Unified School Holds Sixth-grade Leadership Academy
Sixth-graders at Inglewood Unified’s Bennett-Kew Elementary School created plans to help improve attendance and participated in team-building activities during the school’s three-day Leadership Academy on Aug. 6-8. The event provided students with a head start on the upcoming year as they familiarized themselves with educators and peers on campus. School doors open for the first day of instruction on Monday, Aug. 19.
