IRS-certified students from Rio Hondo College will offer income tax return aid for people who earned $54,000 or less in 2017. The program runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 13 at the Rio Hondo Administration of Justice Building, 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier.
Nearly 60 Lugo Elementary School third-graders, inspired by talks from Delta Air Lines employees during a Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) celebration on Jan. 11, studied the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and wrote letters thanking the civil rights leader for fighting to obtain racial equality during the 1950s and 60s. Photos are available
Fontana Unified’s Alder Middle School will hold free nutrition classes from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, providing families with tools to learn healthy recipes and plan budget-friendly meals. The classes, provided by the University of California Cooperative Extension, will be at the school’s parent center, 7555 Alder Ave., Fontana. Call 909-357-5330, ext. 30237 to register or learn more.
Baldwin Park Unified’s Kenmore Elementary School has qualified as one of 18 U.S. honor schools for the 2018 America’s Best Urban Schools Award given out 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 thriving academic communities. A NCUST team will visit Kenmore in spring and decide whether to name it a bronze, silver or gold medal school.
Pioneer High School senior Sabrina Hawthorne has been accepted to Cornell University, an Ivy League research university in New York where she will study industrial and labor relations, paving the way for her to become a civil rights lawyer. Hawthorne, who has a 4.2 GPA, is the first in her family to attend college and credits her mother for instilling in her the inspiration to believe in herself. She also credits the Pioneer High staff for their support in the classroom and securing financial aid. Hawthorne is captain of both the varsity swim and varsity water polo teams and a member of the volleyball team. She is also in the Pioneer High Leos Club and is founder and president of the Good Eats Health Club and Science Club.
Four Gabrielino High School speech and debate students – Annabelle Cook, Jannelle Dang, Angelina Liang, Jason Tran, Leon Tran, Meng Vong, and co-captains Josh Raymundo and Richelle Chow – were named Academic All-Americans by the National Speech and Debate Association. The award goes to fewer than 500 of the 141,000 association’s student members each year. Students must earn a 3.7 GPA and superior distinction at speech competitions.
Lynwood Unified families will learn how to use email to connect with teachers during a 21st-century learning workshop at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Abbott Elementary School, 5260 Clark St., Lynwood.
San Gabriel Unified’s special education department will host a family-focused workshop titled “Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Behavior” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 in the board room of the District office, 408 Junipero Serra Drive, San Gabriel. Family members, teachers and staff who support special needs students will learn strategies for managing behavioral challenges and applying positive reinforcement.
Paramount Unified will hold its final informational meeting about its new STEM high school at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at Odyssey STEM Academy, 3701 Michelson St., Lakewood. The meeting will brief families on the school, which will open in fall with a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum. Applications will be accepted through Friday, Jan. 19.
Nearly 100 El Monte-Rosemead Adult School students completed their respective programs and celebrated with end-of-year ceremonies in December. A dozen students lit candles and devoted themselves to the care of others with the Nightingale Pledge as part of the vocational nursing program's pinning ceremony on Dec. 15. The program prepares students to take state nursing board exams, which qualify them to work in the field or continue their studies in a college-level registered nursing program. On Dec. 21, 80 English as a Second Language (ESL) students received certificates of completion, providing them the opportunity to pursue a career technical education program at EMRAS or advance in their careers.
