Edgewood Academy students will connect with ESPN and representatives of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a special Shred Hate Assembly celebrating the school’s No Bully initiative. The event will be held Wednesday, May 8 at Edgewood Academy, 14135 Fairgrove Ave., La Puente.
Buena Park Junior High School will face off against five area junior high schools when it hosts Robot Nation, a robotics competition from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Students will be judged on the design of their robots and teamwork while demonstrating driving skills with their creations. This event is open to the public. Buena Park Junior High School is at 6931 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park.
Sierra Vista High School art student Kevin Bautista has been awarded a Judge’s Choice Award in U.S. Rep. Grace F. Napolitano’s 32nd Congressional District High School Art Competition for his work “Through the Cam.” Bautista and his art teacher Chuck Rowley will receive Congressional certificates at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4 at the Walker House, 121 N. San Dimas Ave., San Dimas.
Inglewood Unified’s Warren Lane Elementary School will launch an Academy of the Arts and expand to include seventh grade in 2019-20. All students will receive musical instruments of their choice and will be exposed to professional performances and cultural expeditions.
West Covina Unified Director of Student Services Dr. Marc Trotavore received the Association for California School Administrators (ACSA) Leadership Award at the Region XV spring awards banquet on April 29 at Castaway Restaurant in Burbank.
Arroyo High School on May 1 was declared the winner of El Monte Union’s inaugural Cooking Showdown, a cooking competition in which student chefs from three El Monte Union high schools squared off to prepare a full meal. Filmed by Mountain View's VISTA Academy video production class, the game show-style competition featured three teams of six students receiving identical surprise ingredients and being given 75 minutes to plan and prep their dishes.
Twelve seniors from Baldwin Park Unified’s two comprehensive high schools received awards from the East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program (ROP) during a Merit Scholar Recognition Ceremony on May 1. Two seniors from Baldwin Park High School earned Counselor Awards: Salvador Olmos took home an award for video production and Nayley Orellano won an award for early childhood education. Seven seniors from Baldwin Park High and three students from Sierra Vista High School were recognized as Merit Scholars.
Lynwood Unified will hold its second annual Comedy Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 in the Lynwood High School auditorium, 4050 E. Imperial Hwy., Lynwood. The event is a benefit for the Lynwood Partners Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund.
West Covina High School and Edgewood High School celebrated college-bound students with College Signing Day activities on May 1, including concessions and goody-bag handouts and photo booths where students could pose with memorabilia from their college of choice.
Baldwin Park Unified School District’s Director of Student Achievement Dr. Maria C. Rios earned an Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region XV Charter Leadership Award on April 29. Region 15 is composed of districts across Los Angeles County. Rios started her career in BPUSD as a bilingual instructional aide after graduating from Sierra Vista High School. She was recognized for her exceptional leadership and innovative approach to education.