Baldwin Park Unified Students Train to Become Chess Masters
Baldwin Park Unified students are learning about the strategies and tactics of chess through Chess Masters, a 10-week program that will culminate in a final tournament at the Elwin Professional Development Center in November. The chess experience is open to students in Think Together in transitional kindergarten to eighth grade, as well as Geddes and Tracy elementary students in the District’s pilot program. Chess Masters launched at the start of the 2023-24 school year with more than 1, 700 students participating.
Baldwin Park Unified Announces 2023-24 Student Board Members
Baldwin Park Unified Announces 2023-24 Student Board Members
Baldwin Park Unified announced the three 2023-24 student board members who will serve as representatives for their peers during a regular Board of Education meeting on Sept. 12. Gustavo Trujillo, Jr. will serve on behalf of Baldwin Park High School, Lindsey Castro will represent North Park Continuation High School and Valeria Hernandez will serve for Sierra Vista High School.
Baldwin Park Unified Middle School Students Inspired by Writer
Baldwin Park Unified students at Sierra Vista Middle School were inspired by author Tom Phillips to pursue their creative talents after an informative visit on Sept. 14, during which students collaborated with Phillips to create a short story through mad-lib style and call-and-answer activities. Phillips discussed overcoming learning disabilities, the process of writing short stories and books series, and how to plot out a story.
Baldwin Park Unified Recognizes Attendance Awareness Month
Baldwin Park Unified is joining a nationwide campaign to promote Attendance Awareness Month in September, and is working to reduce chronic absenteeism for the 2023-24 school year. BPUSD will highlight the importance of good attendance throughout the year, with a focus on providing individualized support to ensure students can overcome any barriers they face in achieving consistent attendance. Good attendance is essential to academic success; however, many students are at risk academically because they are chronically absent. Chronic absence is described as missing 10% of the school year — or about 18 days — for any reason.
Baldwin Park Unified to Host Positive Discipline Workshops
Baldwin Park Unified families are invited to learn ways to boost their child’s self-esteem, how to help teach their children responsibility and encourage their independence through the District’s Positive Discipline Workshops. The workshops will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Elwin Professional Development Center, located at 13010 Waco St., Baldwin Park. Classes are in Spanish and interpreted into English, and will be held on Thursday, Sept. 14, Thursday, Sept. 21 and Thursday, Sept. 28.
Baldwin Park Music Educator Named Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Baldwin Park Unified’s Orchestra Director Paul Grant was named a 2023 Outstanding Orchestra Teacher of the Year by the American String Teacher Association, Los Angeles Chapter, for his dedication to ensuring student success through equitable access to instruments. Grant was recognized for advocating for the purchase of hundreds of stringed instruments for the District’s orchestra program and overseeing an overhaul of overused and damaged musical instruments and supplies for band and orchestra.
Baldwin Park Unified was awarded a $25,000 grant through Kaiser Permanente’s Attendance Motivation and College Exploration project, which will support the District’s efforts to encourage regular attendance and promote college visits among high school students. The Project will focus on high school sophomores who had poor or irregular attendance during their freshman year at Baldwin Park High School, North Park Continuation High School and Sierra Vista High School. Funds will also be used to provide incentive field trips at UC and Cal State colleges at the end of the school year so students can discover the different communities and find what each institution has to offer.
Baldwin Park Unified to Host Annual College and Career Fair
Baldwin Park Unified will host its 15th annual College and Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Baldwin Park High School, its first fair since 2019. Baldwin Park students, families and community members will have access to numerous informational and support services, including college and university recruiters, job opportunities with local businesses and healthcare resources at mental health agencies. Baldwin Park High School is located at 3900 Maine Ave., Baldwin Park.
More than 10,000 Baldwin Park Unified students returned for the first day of the 2023-24 school year on Aug. 17, welcomed by energetic staff, cheer teams, colorful posters, balloons, photo backdrops, and Associated Student Body (ASB) and Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) student leaders across District campuses. From Early Childhood Education to the Baldwin Park Adult and Community Education, and transitional kindergarten through high school, Baldwin Park students were met with enhanced academic and enrichment opportunities, as well as bolstered mental health and wellness resources, including onsite wellness rooms, therapists and guidance counselors.
Baldwin Park Unified Reaches Milestone with Braves Gym Project
Baldwin Park High School alumni, administrators, future Braves students, District leaders, Board of Education members, and city and local officials made a lasting mark on the school’s new gymnasium when attendees signed the final structural beam during a special ceremony on Aug. 3. The Baldwin Park High School gymnasium project, expected to be completed in fall 2024, is one of the first projects funded by Measure AE. Bond Measure AE was approved by voters in 2018 and will support the enhancement of learning facilities and the expansion of school safety and security.
