California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will visit Inglewood High School at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 23 to speak to students about voting and the importance of civic engagement. The event will include an assembly that features voter registration. Inglewood High is at 231 S. Grevillea Ave., Inglewood.
Fontana Unified has been recognized by the state’s 2018-19 Model School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Recognition Program, celebrating district strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism and increase student attendance. The District is among just 23 in the state to receive the award and will be celebrated at the California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance conference on Friday, April 19 in Napa.
The Inglewood High School Band was presented with a trophy during a campus ceremony on April 17 to celebrate winning the annual Kingdom Day Parade contest. In January, the band marched and played its way to victory by showcasing its woodwind, percussion and brass instrument sections, along with a drumline and cheer squad.
West Covina Unified administrators and Board of Education members signed their names to the final steel beam raised for Edgewood High School’s new Event Center during a “topping out” ceremony on April 9. Edgewood High School Event Center, funded by the voter-approved Measure ES, will feature a 350-seat auditorium for school and District stage events and meetings, as well as studios and classrooms for career tech programs like gaming design, video production, International Baccalaureate dance and theater production.
Paramount Unified School District is video recording its Board of Education meetings, providing community members who cannot attend in person a way to follow the initiatives and achievements of the District. The District began archiving meeting videos on Feb. 12 and is making the videos available through YouTube at: tinyurl.com/PUSDBoardMeetingVideos . The District is working toward live-streaming meetings for its remote audience.
Firebaugh High School hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive for students and staff on April 11. The drive was open to anyone 16 and up and promoted a community of giving. The event followed a drive put on by Lynwood High School the previous week.
Lynwood Unified School District students put on their dancing shoes and grabbed their musical instruments for the District’s sixth annual Arts Festival on April 6 at Lynwood High School. The free event featured art, music, drama, dance and food. A Ballet Folclórico Do Brasil performance took place as well as a Conga Kids Dance Competition.
Students, teachers and PTA members joined together on April 10 to paint tiles to be added to the school’s tile wall, which aims to tell a story about the school’s rich diversity and school pride. Students painted what they felt was a representation of Clifton Middle School and the community. The tiles will be glossed and kiln-fired before being added to the tile wall outside by the cafeteria.
Lynwood Unified Community Adult School (LCAS) student Henry Velasco has been nominated to receive an Every Student Succeeds Program award, an honor given to students who have shown growth and gained the knowledge and skills necessary to participate effectively as citizens in their community. Velasco holds a 3.85 GPA as a full-time student and also works 40 hours.
California High School teacher Doug Nordquist was honored with a Patriot Award by California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) on April 5. The award recognizes individuals who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to their employees. Nordquist, the school's band director, has been an educator at Whittier Union for 38 years, 23 of those at Cal High. ESGR, a Department of Defense program, seeks to foster a culture in which employers support and value the employment and military service of members of the National Guard and Reserve.