Baldwin Park Unified’s Sierra Vista High School has won a NASA-sponsored Regional Challenge Rookie Team Grant that will provide the school’s robotics team with the funds to cover registration for the FIRST Robotics Competition, representing the team’s first time entering such a contest. The grant provides Sierra Vista’s Robodons with $6,000 for competition registration and a robotics kit that includes a base model with frame, controller, gears and motor. Bryant Hong, a junior at Sierra Vista and the robotics club president, applied for the grant.
Fontana Unified to Host Free Family Wellness Workshops for Parents
Fontana Unified School District will hold free Parent University workshops from 9 to 11 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, highlighting strategies for promoting health and wellness for the entire family. The workshops will be at the John D. Piazza Educational Center, 9680 Citrus Ave., Fontana. Childcare services for children ages 3 to 11 will be available, as well as translation services. Call 909-357-7600, ext. 29409 to register or learn more.
Clippers to Honor Paramount Unified 6th-Grader for Reading Excellence
Melody Bradley, a sixth-grader at Paramount Unified’s Frank J. Zamboni Middle School, will be honored for her prolific reading by the Los Angeles Clippers before their game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The award is part of the team’s Read to Achieve literacy program. Melody logged the most reading minutes among her Zamboni classmates.
Nearly 100 Abbott Elementary School students enjoyed clearer outlooks when they received new eyeglasses on Jan. 19. The service was provided by Vision To Learn, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating vision issues as a barrier to education. Students received eye examinations in fall 2017 to determine if they needed glasses.
Holland Middle School’s robotics team snagged fourth place in the qualifying round of a VEX In The Zone Competition on Jan. 6 – far outpacing its previous performances. The Bulldogs also placed third in the elimination round, edging out experienced magnet and private school teams. This is the first year the Bulldogs have competed in VEX Robotics. The team is on the waiting list for a competition on Saturday, Jan. 13 and will compete on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley.
Michael Tidwell, the newly installed president of the University of Texas at Tyler, still muses on the lessons he learned as a Lynwood Knight, especially from Donald Jones, the school’s former accounting teacher. Tidwell considers Jones a mentor since even though he was never enrolled in his classes, Jones still took the time to provide him with guidance about his future. “Mr. Jones was always so intentional about helping us students think about our future and helping us understand that where we are today is not necessarily where we would be tomorrow,” Tidwell said. “He never let us rest on our laurels and he constantly pushed us to think bigger and better.”
