Nearly 1,000 parents, administrators, teachers and community members gathered March 1 for the 23rd annual Parent Involvement Academy, hosted by a consortium of eight educational organizations, including El Monte Union, to support parent engagement and involvement in their children’s success.
El Monte High School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate renovations to its stadium – including a snack bar, restrooms and bleachers to seat more than 2,000 spectators – on March 20. El Monte High broke ground on the project in 2017. Lion Stadium was renovated to increase seating capacity for spectators to enjoy a broad range of sports, including football, soccer, and track and field, and celebrate student milestones, such as graduation. The site includes new fencing, landscaping, a gate entrance and ticket booth.
Student chefs from three El Monte Union high schools squared off to prepare a full meal – complete with a protein, vegetable and starch – in Cooking Showdown, the District’s first-ever cooking competition on March 15. Filmed by Mountain View's VISTA Academy video production class, the game show-style competition featured three teams of six students receiving identical surprise ingredients and being given 75 minutes to plan and prep their dishes. The winner will be announced at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, May 1.
El Monte Union recently partnered with the City of El Monte to host two leadership conferences, dubbed INSPIRE, for hundreds of boys and girls who were provided with mentorship, inspiration and encouragement to ensure their success in high school and beyond. Students participated in three empowerment workshops, followed by luncheons with community leaders.
The Rosemead High School Science Olympiad team will return to the Southern California State Science Olympiad Tournament for the first time since 2016. The final will be held Saturday, April 6 at Caltech. The 15-member Panther squad scored a fourth-place finish at the nearly 30-team Los Angeles County Science Olympiad, held Jan. 26, advancing to the finals. Every member of the Panther team placed in the top six in at least one of the 23 events.
For the second year in a row, Rosemead High School’s Academic Decathlon team will compete in the California State Championship from Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 24 in Sacramento. Rosemead took fifth place in the Los Angeles County Office of Education Academic Decathlon. The nine members earned 34 medals, including a third-place trophy in Super Quiz.
El Monte Union High School District held its second annual State of the District with Superintendent Dr. Edward Zuniga on Feb. 20, during which he recapped the year thus far. The program featured student performances and a live broadcast from the Mountain View High School Vista Academy students.
Arroyo High School seniors Ethan Wong and Molly Hake share an affinity for academics and athleticism. After years of diligence in the classroom and in athletic competition, the students have been recognized as two of the top scholars in the nation. Wong, a tennis player, scored his most impressive ace when he earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36, a perfect score reached by only 2,760 students – or 1/10 of 1 percent – of the more than 2 million who took the exam in 2017. Hake, a distance runner who has garnered many awards on Arroyo’s track and cross country teams, was recently recognized as a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
El Monte Union hosted a CTE Fair on Jan. 23 for area middle school students and their parents, introducing them to a host of career technical education pathways available at EMUHSD schools. Students and parents learned about pathways in business/finance; engineering; arts/media/design; health care; hospitality and food service; building and construction; transportation; and manufacturing.
El Monte Union will host a CTE Fair to introduce local middle school students to a host of career technical education pathways available at EMUHSD schools from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Grace T. Black Auditorium, 130 Tyler Ave., El Monte. Students and parents can learn about pathways in business/finance; engineering; arts/media/design; health care; hospitality and food service; building and construction; transportation; and manufacturing. Students and parents will also have the opportunity to meet CTE teachers from the five comprehensive high schools, local community college representatives and El Monte community business partners.