Monrovia families are buzzing about expansions in instructional options at Wild Rose School, including this year’s successful restructuring as a School of Creative Arts and the 2019-20 addition of dual language immersion in Spanish. Spaces in the Spanish language program are already limited and the school is celebrating a partnership with Disney Musicals in Schools that helped bring students to the big stage at Monrovia High School’s Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center.
Gidley School’s class of 2019 promotion ceremony was packed with smiles, applause and cheers from its 166 eighth-graders as they reached the end of their elementary school years and celebrated the start of their high school careers.
Rio Hondo School’s eighth-grade class of 2019 was showered with cheers of encouragement and pride from visiting parents and community members, which echoed throughout campus during its June 4 promotion ceremony.
Gabrielino and Del Mar high school students recalled their struggles and successes on the path to graduation during emotionally charged commencement ceremonies on June 4 and 6 celebrating 432 graduates.
Nearly 500 Buena Park Junior High School eighth-graders broke out in thunderous applause during their school’s promotion ceremony on May 29, with some jumping from their seats to signify their eagerness to start their high school careers.
The El Monte Union High School District celebrated more than 2,000 members of the Class of 2019 during commencement ceremonies that brought together teachers, staff, families and community members, who cheered on graduates as they received their diplomas and leaped into the next chapter of their lives.
Former Baldwin Park Unified Board of Education member Jack B. White – who served on the school board for 22 years and as Baldwin Park’s mayor for 10 years – will be recognized and celebrated for his lifelong dedication to his community during a memorial service.
The Whittier Union High School District celebrated the Class of 2019 during commencement ceremonies that featured poignant speeches, tears of joy and cheers of excitement from families and staff, and close to 2,800 seniors ready to pursue the next step of their academic and professional careers.
American Legion Post 8 in East Los Angeles recognized 26 El Monte City School District eighth-graders for displaying courage and leadership traits with the prestigious American Legion School Award during ceremonies held May 22-23.
Inglewood Unified Students Inspired During Dodgers STEM Day
A group of 500 third- through fifth-grade students experienced the joys of science through interactive STEM experiments on May 31 during a Science of Baseball STEM Field Day, led by the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) and the Science of Sport organization. Students learned about reaction time, ball trajectory, measuring the strike zone, pitching aerodynamics, and sequencing player’s statistics.
