Edgewood International Baccalaureate Schools will hold their annual Shakespeare Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 6, including performances and family-friendly games. Attendees are encouraged to wear Renaissance attire. Edgewood IB Schools are at 1625 W. Durness St., West Covina.
The Edgewood International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools will offer campus tours for prospective students and families from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 8. Families can learn about campus life, activities and course offerings, and the benefits of the IB Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme. Edgewood IB Schools are at 1625 W. Durness St., West Covina.
Fontana Unified will offer its sixth Parent University workshop of the year, continuing its efforts to boost family engagement in the educational process. The free sessions will provide parents with insights into the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 at the John D. Piazza Center, 9680 Citrus Ave. Translation services will be available.
Monrovia High School’s spring production, “In the Heights,” will premiere at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22 at the Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center, 845 W. Colorado Blvd., Monrovia. Additional performances will be staged March 23, 29 and 30. “In the Heights,” directed by Nathanael Overby, follows the life of a young store owner in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan as he observes the joys and heartbreaks of his tightknit community.
Arroyo High School has earned the first College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in its AP Computer Science Principles course. Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, the El Monte Union high school is one of only 685 to reach this achievement. Arroyo was recognized for either reaching 50 percent or higher female representation in the AP course or having a percentage of the female examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population.
More than 15 Monrovia Unified students are “rocking the bald” look after the fourth annual Old Town Monrovia FuzzFest on March 15, when they helped raise more than $25,000 for childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Students from Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet School, Monrovia High School, Clifton Middle School and Monroe and Mayflower elementary schools raised money. Photos are available.
Torch Middle School and Edgewood Academy students competed in the Los Angeles County Math Field Day competition on April 27 at Glendora High School. Students in grades six through eight qualified for the contest by placing first in competitions at their schools in November and again during the District competition in March.
El Monte City School District will host a series of meetings to notify parents about transitional kindergarten and kindergarten options from Tuesday, March 26 through Thursday, April 4. Each school will hold a morning and an evening session to outline programs. For times and dates, contact the District at (626) 453-3700.
Dolores Huerta International Academy (DHIA), in partnership with California Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, will host civil rights leader Dolores Huerta for her 89th birthday celebration at 10 a.m. Monday, April 15. DHIA, Fontana Unified’s state-of-the-art Spanish dual-language magnet school, was named after Huerta to honor her activism on behalf of farmworkers, immigrants and women. The academy is at 17777 Merrill Ave., Fontana.
High School Nation, a traveling music and arts festival, will bring music and arts performances to Paramount High School during a two-hour showcase beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, March 22 at the campus, 14429 Downey Ave., Paramount. The festival will include musical guests, a music zone where students can learn how to play the drums/guitar/DJ equipment and a style zone where students can design their own shirts.