Forty-six firefighters from across California are hewing their way through structures and carving up cars today through Friday, Feb. 2 during Rio Hondo College’s annual Regional Truck Academy at the Rio Hondo Fire Training Center, 11400 Greenstone Ave., Santa Fe Springs. The program runs for 88 hours over 11 days. Firefighters are training for forcible entry into burning structures, high-rise operations, elevator rescues, rope rescues, thermal imaging, auto extraction and rapid intervention tactics.
Gabrielino High Speech and Debate Team Named to Elite Eight Society
San Gabriel Unified’s Gabrielino High speech and debate team has been named to the National Speech and Debate Association’s Elite Eight Society, which honors teams that earn at least 800 tournament points over the course of the year.
In partnership with Foothill Family Service, El Monte Union is hosting Spanish-language workshops to provide parents with information, resources and guidance on such issues as bullying, goal setting, drug use and anxiety. The parent-child workshops run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. once a month on Wednesdays. Upcoming workshops will be on April 18 at El Monte High School and May 9 at South El Monte High School.
Fontana Adult School to Host Free ESL and Citizenship Classes
Fontana Adult School will hold free English as a Second Language (ESL) and citizenship classes from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6. Classes will be held at Eric Birch High School, 7930 Locust Ave., Fontana. Call 909-357-5310 to learn more.
San Gabriel Unified Parent Seminar to Highlight AP Program
Gabrielino High School will host a parent seminar on the school’s Advanced Placement courses from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 in the Goodson Theater, 1327 S. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel. Parents will learn about the rigors of the college-prep program, discover the advantages of AP classes and explore course offerings.
Fontana Unified’s Eric Birch High to Offer Parents Free Computer Classes
Eric Birch High School will hold free computer literacy classes for Fontana Unified parents every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 7930 Locust Ave., Fontana. Classes will run for eight weeks. Call 909-357-5310 to learn more.
Rio Hondo College will host about 160 high school counselors from three area school districts as well as officials from other local high schools for its fifth annual Regional Counselor Breakfast at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19. The event, which runs through 11:30 a.m., will be held in the Rio Café at the Rio Hondo College campus, 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier. This year’s breakfast focuses on the College’s effort to support student success, including an effort to guide students along the pathway from high school through college and into careers. Counselors will also receive an update on the Rio Promise, an initiative launched in spring 2017 that covers first-year tuition costs for local high school graduates, as well as presentations about the College’s transfer, honors and STEM programs.
Bassett Unified’s three elementary schools, K-8 academy, middle school and two high schools were recognized as Common Sense Schools for completing lessons on internet safety, privacy and security, relationships and communication, and information literacy. Nueva Vista senior Joshua Almeida, for example, completed a series of digital citizenship and was inspired to write a skit on the consequences of cyberbullying to perform in front of Edgewood Academy students. Photos are available
More than 200 Lynwood Unified African American students were inspired when they connected with successful leaders at the Martin Luther King Jr. “Against All Odds” Leadership Conference on Jan. 19. Young Black Achievers Student Union Members from Firebaugh, Lynwood and Vista high schools were joined by guest panelists as the group explored ways that students can make a positive impact. Ten presenters guided panel discussions, including Lynwood Unified Board of Education Member Gary Hardie as well as YBASU coordinators from each high school.
Baldwin Park Unified’s Kenmore Elementary School has qualified as one of 18 U.S. honor roll schools in the 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award given by the National Center for Urban School Transformation (NCUST). The award honors schools in urban areas with high percentages of low-income students that create a thriving academic community. A NCUST team will visit Kenmore in spring and decide whether it will be among those chosen as bronze, silver and gold medal schools.
