Paramount Unified School District has partnered with Compton College to launch an Administration of Justice Early College Program, emphasizing the District’s key focus of creating college and career ready graduates. Students will have the chance to earn their Associates Degree for Transfer in Administration of Justice, while earning a high school diploma at the same time. The program begins in summer 2019 with a cohort of up to 30 ninth-grade students.
Bennett-Kew Elementary School will cut the ribbon on a new playground beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 11 at the school’s campus, 11710 S Cherry Ave., Inglewood. The school is updating its facilities as it prepares to expand to accept sixth-grade students in fall 2019 when it launches a Leadership Academy to prepare kids for success inside the classroom and out.
Buena Park School District’s GATE Super Saturdays Nurture Creativity
Buena Park School District’s GATE program has held bi-annual Super Saturdays for 13 years, bringing together students from across the District for competitions that focus on engineering. The most recent Super Saturday tasked about 70 students in teams of five to seven to build pasta- and paper-based structures to guide marbles into plastic cups.
Rosemead High Team Advances to the Science Olympiad State Final
The Rosemead High School Science Olympiad team will return to the Southern California State Science Olympiad Tournament for the first time since 2016. The final will be held Saturday, April 6 at Caltech. The 15-member Panther squad scored a fourth-place finish at the nearly 30-team Los Angeles County Science Olympiad on Jan. 26. Every member of the Panther team placed in the top six in at least one of the 23 events.
Lynwood High School Hosts Red Cross Blood Drive
Lynwood High School hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive for students and staff on April 4. The drive was open to anyone 16 and up and promoted a community of giving. All donors received a free American Red Cross t-shirt.
Lynwood Elementary School Hosts College Fair
Washington Elementary School parents and families learned a student-run lesson in colleges and universities during the school’s College Fair on March 28. Students prepared presentations that showcased college options and answered questions during a tour for those in attendance.
Inglewood School Holds Informational Meeting About New Expansion
Beulah Payne Elementary School held a parent informational meeting to discuss the school’s expansion to eighth grade this fall on April 3. The meeting gave parents the opportunity to ask questions about the school while learning about programs and the newly renovated campus.
Lynwood Unified to Host 6th Annual Arts Festival and District Showcase
Lynwood Unified School District students will put on their dancing shoes and grab their musical instruments for the District’s sixth Annual Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at Lynwood High School, 4050 E. Imperial Hwy., Lynwood. The event is free and will feature art, music, drama, dance and food. A Ballet Folclórico Do Brasil performance will also take place as well as a Conga Kids Dance Competition.
Bassett Unified Schools Host Open Houses
Bassett Unified’s Bassett High School, Torch Middle School, Edgewood Academy, Sunkist Elementary, and Don Julian Elementary held open house events April 4-11, highlighting classroom tech innovations, offered programs, CTE pathways and clubs, as well as student projects for families and friends.
Gidley School Underwater Robotics Program Nurtures Creativity
Gidley School eighth-grader Ying Lin said she loves being a mechanical engineer for her school’s SeaPerch program, which teaches students about building robots for aquatic applications, because it tests the limits of her imagination to find solutions for real world problems.
