About 300 students in kindergarten through third grade at El Monte City School District’s Potrero School will receive new pairs of athletic shoes during a special event at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23 sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center. The shoes are provided through Shoes That Fit, a Claremont-based nonprofit that battles poverty by giving children new pairs of shoes. Potrero School is at 2611 Potrero Ave., El Monte.
Bassett Unified held an Oath of Office Ceremony on Dec. 11 for returning Board of Education members Dolores Rivera and Paul Solano and newly elected board member Patrice Stanzione. At an organizational meeting that followed, Rivera was appointed president for a fourth consecutive term, board member Natalie Ybarra was appointed vice president and board member Armando Barajas was appointed clerk.
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 for Southern California schools to develop home literacy routines. Pleasant View hosted the Public School’s Raising a Reader event kick-off on April 9, featuring a performance by Pleasant View transitional kindergarteners and kindergarteners.
Bonita Unified is being honored as a College Board Advanced Placement (AP) District Honor Roll recipient, marking District success in promoting college readiness and achievement among traditionally underrepresented students. The District is one of 373 school districts across the U.S. and Canada and one of 25 in California recognized as a national leader in expanding access to AP courses while improving AP exam performance.
San Gabriel Unified Teacher to be Honored by L.A. Clippers
Coolidge Elementary second-grade teacher Catherine Peters will be honored during the L.A. Clippers Teacher Appreciation Night at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28. Peters was nominated by her peers at Coolidge and will represent San Gabriel Unified.
District to Raise Money for Scholars at 2nd Annual Quartermania
Paramount Unified community members will bring out their quarters to help raise money for college scholars at the second annual Quartermania event at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at Paramount High School, 14429 Downey Ave., Paramount. The event will feature dinner, giveaways and an auction from 6 to 8 p.m., when attendees will bid using quarters. Tickets are $20 and include dinner and a bidding paddle.
Equipped with paintbrushes and garden trowels, Wilson Elementary students, families, teachers and staff gathered to brighten the school campus during the school’s first Beautification Day on Jan. 19. The event is the latest in a series of community service projects at Wilson, which focus on advocating for causes that are meaningful to the school community.
Fontana Unified Elementary Schools to Hold Family STEAM Nights
Fontana Unified will hold science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) family nights to extend learning into the home. The STEAM nights will be held at Dolores Huerta International Academy from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29; at Beech Elementary from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30; and at Binks Elementary from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31.
Bassett Unified Holds Science Fair Series Leading to District Competition
Students from Bassett Unified’s elementary, middle and high schools will compete in a District science fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at Torch Middle School’s Watanabe Center, 751 Vineland Ave., City of Industry. Students in grades three through 12 qualified for the contest by placing first, second or third in competitions at their schools in January. The event also will showcase group projects created by students in kindergarten, first and second grades.
Lynwood Unified Students to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Event
Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School’s Helping Hands Club will give away clothing, toys and other gifts while providing food and entertainment at noon Saturday, Jan. 12 during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event promoting unity. The festivities take place at Firebaugh High School’s Falcon Square, 5246 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lynwood.
