Jurupa Hills High School students Carlos Ortega-Cuellar and Elian Lintang will explore college-level science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects through the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS), a four-week residential program for high-achieving math and science students. Ortega-Cuellar will study engineering mechanics at UC Davis while Lintang will study engineering at UC San Diego.
Students from Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet School lined up to receive Chromebooks during the school’s one-to-one device rollout event on April 10, enhancing the school’s commitment to boost student-learner outcomes by providing a quality education that includes digital instruction. In addition to the Chromebooks, students also received chargers and laptop sleeves to protect the computers.
Three Whittier Union High School District administrators have been named Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 15 Administrators of the Year. La Serna High School Principal Ann Fitzgerald, Central Office Administrator Carlye Marousek and Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Dr. Monica Oviedo were selected by the Whittier Area School Administrators local chapter for the honor. Region 15 is composed of districts across Los Angeles County. The team will be recognized at a leadership conference on Monday, April 29.
Roosevelt Elementary’s Music Immersion Experience (MIE) program will hold its second MIE Unity Festival at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, highlighting electives like Mariachi band, folkloric dance, drumline, show choir and more. The festival will be at the San Gabriel library, 500 S. Del Mar Ave., San Gabriel.
San Gabriel Unified’s Washington Elementary will hold its 10th annual ArtFest at 4 p.m. Friday, April 26, celebrating student talent. ArtFest will feature choral and instrumental performances and family-friendly activities like chalk art and teacher-led sculpting lessons. Washington Elementary is at 300 N. San Marino Ave., San Gabriel.
Baldwin Park Unified’s Central, Elwin and Pleasant View elementary schools were granted $50,000 by the Masons of California to implement Raising a Reader, an early reading intervention program. Eleven transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classes will participate in the program, in which each student receives three different books a week to read with their parents and family members.
Fontana Unified School District on April 17 renamed Dorothy Grant Elementary School and Southridge Middle School to reflect the schools’ efforts to prepare students for the challenges of the future. Grant will be known as Dorothy Grant Innovations Academy, paying homage to the school’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academy and Code to the Future program. Southridge is now Southridge Tech Middle School, reflecting the school’s efforts to prepare students to boost academic achievement through technology and celebrating its status as a Microsoft Showcase School.
West Covina Unified’s Edgewood Schools will host the third annual Subterranean Edgewood Tribute Concert, featuring the songs of Sam Cooke and original spoken word poetry. Performances will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. Friday, April 26 and at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Edgewood Schools are at 1625 W. Durness St., West Covina.
Bradoaks Elementary students will showcase art projects they have worked on throughout the school year during an open house from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at 930 E. Lemon Ave., Monrovia.
Gidley School award winning orator seventh-grader Lauren Tran said she drew her inspiration from her father’s journey to America as a Vietnam War refugee for her speech at the District’s fourth annual speech competition. Tran and 25 other El Monte City School District students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades debated whether conflict improved everyday life on subjects including homelessness, the women’s rights movement and mental health.
