Buena Park School District to Host Special Olympics Field Day
Pendleton Elementary School will host a Special Olympics Field Day from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Friday April 14, to celebrate the athleticism of some of its student athletes. The event will demonstrate the athletic skills gained by Pendleton’s students, which include coordination, balance, focus, endurance and more. Students will also receive medals for their participation, hard work and dedication. Pendleton School is located at 7101 Stanton Ave., Buena Park.
Buena Park Middle School students are diving into learning proper swimming etiquette and safety while having fun at the Long Beach Yacht Club, thanks to the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Sailing/Swimming program. The STEM Sailing/Swimming program, which has been available to Buena Park Middle School students for six years with support from the Long Beach Yacht Club’s Sailing Foundation, is held each spring, turning new and novice swimmers into naturals. This year, more than 30 students are participating in the program with help from four Long Beach Yacht Club volunteer swim coaches on Mondays from March to May.
Beatty Middle School students learned how they can train guide dogs, build advanced robots, delve into foreign languages and plan their careers when Sunny Hills and Buena Park high school representatives visited on March 7 and 8. Gordon H. Beatty Middle School students got a glimpse of their futures as Coyotes and Lancers as they spoke with students and faculty from both schools, who provided insight on how to prepare for the transition to high school in 2023-24.
Buena Park School District Education Foundation Hosts Casino Night
The Buena Park School District Education Foundation welcomes residents 18 and over to participate in Casino Night, which is being held to raise funds to support teachers, grants and support programs for the Buena Park School District. Casino Night will be held at the Buena Park Community Center from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 6. The Buena Park Community Center is located at 6688 Beach Blvd., Buena Park. To purchase tickets, go to https://buff.ly/402C6q4.
Buena Park School District’s Board of Education unanimously appointed longtime leader Dr. Yvette Cantu to serve as the District’s interim superintendent during the Feb. 21 Board meeting. Dr. Cantu was approved for the District’s top administrator role following the announced departure of Dr. Ramon Miramontes, who accepted a position as deputy superintendent of instructional services at the Orange County Department of Education.
Buena Park School District students dressed as homemade superheroes while vividly describing tales of action, horror and comedy at the inaugural Comic Creator Fair, held on Feb. 18 at Buena Park Middle School. Held in Buena Park Middle School’s band room, the Comic Creator Fair welcomed scores of parents and family members onto campus to hear and see the creative writing and artistic skills of some 50 third- through fifth-graders from the District’s elementary schools.
Buena Park School District’s new Percussion Program wowed audience members and judges at Southern California Percussion Alliance (SCPA) Regional Show on Feb. 11 with their “Left Brain/Right Brain” themed performance – earning them first place and a chance to qualify for the SCPA Championships. The Percussion Program, which consists of 26 Buena Park Middle School students, competed against 33 other schools and independent drum groups at La Quinta High School in Westminster. After taking home first place, the team is set to compete in one more show to qualify for the SCPA Championship.
Buena Park School District students spelled a variety of tongue-tying, treacherous words, putting their spelling skills to the test during the District’s 2023 Spelling Bee on Feb. 9. The Spelling Bee, held in the Buena Park Middle School gymnasium, featured 51 students from each school in grades four through eight. Fourth- and fifth-grade had their own division, while the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade spellers competed to see who would advance to the Orange County Spelling Bee.
Buena Park School District Students Learn Compassion, Kindness
Buena Park School District students learned about charity, friendly attitudes and helping others during the District’s second annual Kinder Kindness Week celebration, held Jan. 23 to 27. Some 375 kindergarten students were given medals and superhero capes for learning various ways to make their campus, community and homes better by spreading kindness. Students also created artwork about how they’re reaching out to make new friends, planting trees, cleaning up their neighborhoods and being polite.
Buena Park School District will celebrate its youngest students as they learn to spread the concept of kindness, during Kinder Kindness Week, to be held from Monday, Jan. 23 to Friday, Jan. 27. Kinder Kindness Week will focus on kindergarten students learning about concepts such as sharing, empathy and compassion and putting those ideas into practice through artwork and other presentations. At the end of the week, all kindergarten students will receive medals to show their excellence in kindness.
