an Gabriel Unified School District will host a TK-5 Parent Information Night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25 at Jefferson Middle School, 1372 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel. Families can learn about the District’s robust early learning opportunities, including kindergarten and transitional kindergarten, music and Spanish dual-language immersion, STEM curriculum and design-based learning.
Monrovia Unified’s Plymouth Elementary School will welcome the Year of the Dog with a Chinese New Year Family Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23. The event will feature student artwork, performances and traditional New Year treats. Plymouth is at 1300 Boley St., Monrovia.
Lynwood Unified’s Lincoln Elementary School will celebrate Black History Month with a live-action museum featuring students portraying significant African American historical figures. The museum will be open from 9:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 in the school auditorium, 11031 State St., Lynwood.
Professors at Rio Hondo College and UCLA are launching a partnership on Thursday, Feb. 22 that will allow six Rio Hondo College students to conduct research at the UCLA Center for Biological Physics this spring. Dubbed the UCLA-RHC Scientific Exchange Program, the partnership is the brainchild of Rio Hondo College physics Professor Christian Vaca and UCLA Professor Alex Levine. The duo mapped out a pact to allow students to conduct research at UCLA and present their findings at a conference in June. UCLA will help cover some of the students’ costs. The two professors are also seeking National Science Foundation support to expand the program, which is the first partnership of its kind between the two schools.
Baldwin Park Unified’s Bursch Elementary School is launching after-school classes exploring science and the arts, as well as free after-school tutoring to expand student access to enrichment opportunities and study help, starting Tuesday, Feb. 20.The idea started with an art class offered as an incentive through Bursch’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program, which rewards good behavior, Principal Russhell Martinez-Ortega said. Student interest surged, and the teacher, who has a background in art, said she could teach a weekly after-school class. That plan spawned the idea for a hands-on science experiment class and a dance class focused on ballet folklorico. In addition, two teachers will provide after-school tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays in literacy and math.
Edgewood Academy and Torch Middle School eighth-grade students previewed career technical education pathways available at Bassett High School during vocational fairs at the end of January. Bassett High School teachers and students described patient care, business, engineering and education pathways.
Del Mar High School students on Feb. 13 enjoyed Diane Ferlatte’s and Erik Pearson’s storytelling performance “We Were There: Not Black History but Blacks in American History,” as part of the Music Center’s educational programming. The Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts and the San Gabriel Educational Foundation sponsored the performance.
More than 200 Torch Middle School eighth-grade students signed declarations signifying their intent to pursue higher education during the school’s inaugural College Signing Day on Jan. 31. Students compiled a list of three colleges they would like to attend, as well as their dream jobs. Torch Principal Dr. Monica Murray recorded each student’s declaration; the videos will be given to parents during an end-of-the-school-year ceremony.
Bassett Unified fourth-graders are receiving individualized instruction and immersion in computer programs focused on math through an intervention program that strengthens skills needed to meet or exceed California Standards on state tests. Groups rotate between personalized teacher guidance and computer assignments, which are structured similarly to the state’s standardized assessment in math. Photos are available
California High School senior Kelly Clavel’s dreams of finding a cure for cancer were nearly shattered as a child when a south Los Angeles elementary school teacher advised her to choose a more realistic goal. Using the slight as a stimulus to not only excel academically, but to inspire young Latinas in impoverished areas to strive for the impossible, Clavel has become an exemplary leader on the Cal High campus and a standout student in class. Clavel can now demonstrate that anything – including becoming a surgeon and find cures for the incurable – is possible after gaining early admission to Stanford University, one of the top biomedical research colleges in the country
