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 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’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 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.
The Baldwin Park High School community is joining together from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 for the fourth annual Driving Toward a Cure Car Show to help raise money for Class of 2016 graduate Jorge Aquino, Jr. who was diagnosed with Leukemia in October 2018. The car show will be held at Baldwin Park High School, 3900 Puente Ave., Baldwin Park.
A.B. Miller High School seniors Maritza Padilla and Gerardo Pena were named 2019 Dell Scholars by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, an honor that comes with a $20,000 scholarship. Padilla and Pena, who both belong to A.B. Miller’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) college-readiness program, will also receive a laptop and textbook credits.
Baldwin Park High School, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, will host a Relay for Life 5K fun run to raise funds for the fight against cancer and to celebrate and remember those affected by the disease. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, community members and families can enjoy student entertainment, engaging activities and local vendors. The 5K event will be held at Baldwin Park High School, located at 3900 Puente Ave., Baldwin Park
Jefferson Middle School students learned about the benefits of working in music composition, aerospace engineering, public safety and more than 40 other professional pathways during the school’s annual Career Day on March 29.
Bassett Unified held a Winter Sports Celebration on March 27 in honor of Bassett High School wrestling, boys’ and girls’ basketball, soccer and cheer and a Spring Sports Rally to kick off the new season of sports on April 5. Coaches gave speeches and presentations, which highlighted student and team achievements, video footage and athlete interviews during the Winter Sports Celebration.
San Gabriel Unified’s efforts to provide high-quality arts and music instruction at all educational levels have been recognized with a Best Communities for Music Education designation, an award given to just 18 school districts in the state and 623 districts nationwide.