Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet School opened its doors to the community to highlight its coding, computer science and robotics programs on March 8. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory demonstrated a Mars rover replica and other gadgets, sharing with students where computer science skills can take them.
Gabrielino High School junior William Tantribeau and senior Janet Han were selected for the 2018 Carson Scholars fund, a $1,000 college scholarship awarded for academic excellence and humanitarian qualities. Students must be nominated by their school and perform community service efforts beyond what their schools require.
Fontana Unified School District will hold free Parent University workshops from 9 to 11 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, highlighting the district’s community partnerships and resources available to FUSD families. The workshops will be at the Piazza Educational Center, 9680 Citrus Ave., Fontana.
Rosemead High School Culinary Arts students are using their kitchen techniques and entrepreneurial skills to serve nutritious breakfasts and fresh-baked treats at the student-run Panther Café, which opens every school day at 6:50 a.m. The Panther Café, which derives all its income from the nearly 150 food items sold per day, will receive a boost in funding during the A Taste and Sound of El Monte/South El Monte event on Thursday, March 22 at Grace Black Auditorium, 3130 Tyler Ave., El Monte.
The Whittier Union High School District’s five comprehensive high schools are inviting future freshmen and their parents to attend Future Frosh Night at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22, where the members of the class of 2022 will receive information about the classes and programs at each campus. Teachers, students and administrators at the high schools will host the eighth-graders. Locations are as follows: California High School, 9800 S. Mills Ave. in the large gym; La Serna High School, 15301 Youngwood Drive in the Locke gym; Pioneer High School, 10800 Benavon St. in the quad; Santa Fe High School, 10400 S. Orr & Day Road, Santa Fe Springs in the Mendez gym; and Whittier High School, 12417 E. Philadelphia St. in the auditorium.
Gabrielino High School will host a parent seminar highlighting college-prep transition tips and summer school course offerings from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 21 in Jefferson Middle School’s gym, 1372 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel.
Lugo Elementary School students will explore the wonders of dinosaurs and the moon landing through a presentation of the Google Expeditions Augmented Reality Pioneer Program at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 21 at the school, 4345 Pendleton Ave., Lynwood. A Google representative will train teachers in the program, allowing them to share with their classrooms. The program also will be showcased at Abbott Elementary on Monday, March 26.
Santa Fe High School English language arts teacher Isela Garcia-Valencia was beloved on campus for the empathy she offered all students, particularly those struggling with language barriers and economic hardships – challenges she was all too familiar with. Garcia-Valencia died on Jan. 30 after a four-year battle with cancer. She was 41. Garcia-Valencia joined Whittier Union's Santa Fe High School in 2005, passionate about working with first-generation English learners and advocating for mental health services for students. First diagnose with breast cancer in 2014, Garcia-Valencia continued to work while undergoing treatment, defying the odds before falling ill again late in 2017.
Students at Baldwin Park Unified elementary schools will be judged Thursday, April 12 on their construction of Rube Goldberg devices – complicated machines that do simple tasks – as part of the District’s 21st Century Challenge, a science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) contest. Student teams worked on the devices for more than three months and recorded videos of the machines in action.
More than 500 Paramount High School students and community members are expected to come together at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 30 for the District’s ninth annual Unity Day, which provides resources for LGBT students while discussing suicide prevention and anti-bullying. Attendees can enjoy music, food, short films and yoga at the school, 14429 Downey Ave., Paramount.