Monday, May 21, 2012
A new teaching style gives students a chance to learn online at home.
C.J. Morris Elementary fourth grade teacher Tara Noelte is head over heels about using a new teaching style in her classroom. For the past few months, she has utilized the “Flipped” method of teaching. Flipping the classroom is a concept where the teacher videotapes and posts lessons online for students to watch at home on their laptops. Noelte’s students each have personal MacBook laptops for both school and home use through the school’s innovative iImagine One-2-One laptop program. When the fourth graders come back the following day, they engage in activities based on the lesson that they viewed the night before. During a recent lesson, they learned how to convert fractions and decimal numbers. For their homework, students …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Walnut High School Drama and Suzanne Middle School Drama hold year-end production.
“How do you measure a year?” This was the theme explored by drama students on Thursday night at the Walnut High School Performing Arts Center. Walnut High School Drama and Suzanne Middle School Drama held their spring show with scenes, one-acts, and improvisation. A few years ago, Joanne F. Karr, Walnut High School drama’s supervising director, and Helen Papadopoulos, Suzanne Middle School’s supervising director, decided to team up for the year-end production. “We decided to involve Suzanne Middle School kids to help them transition to the drama department here,” said Karr. Both comedic and dramatic moments were highlighted on the stage. “My favorite was ‘Dying Light’ – it was so sweet how she talked about falling in love, talked about her…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Amber Marani, Elaine Brown, and Ari Anaya will be playing their respective sports at the college level in the fall.
They started playing the sports they love as little girls. And now three young women from Walnut High School will be taking their talents to college. The high school Wednesday had a lunchtime scholarship letter signing ceremony for graduating seniors Amber Marani, Elaine Brown, and Ari Anaya. Marani, a soccer player will attend UC Riverside in the fall. Fellow soccer player Anaya plans to play for Bethany College in Kansas and Elaine Brown, a softball player, heads to Florida Tech. Principal Jeff Jordan praised the teens for their hard work and success. “We are extremely proud of their accomplishments,” he said. “As they go forward, they will represent our school proudly.” Jerry Person, the athletic director, said the signing marks …
Thirteen schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District were recognized for demonstrating consistent high levels of student academic achievement.
Thirteen schools in the Walnut Valley Unified School District were recognized by the California business community for demonstrating consistent high levels of student academic achievement. Those named to the Honor Rolls “Scholar Schools” for 2011 by the California Business for Education Excellence were Castle Rock, Collegewood, C.J. Morris, Evergreen, Quail Summit, Maple Hill, Westhoff, Vejar, and Walnut elementary schools, Chaparral and Suzanne middle schools and Diamond Bar and Walnut high schools. After an extensive analysis of student achievement data for every public school in California, these schools stood well above the rest in getting students to grade level proficiency and beyond, district officials said. Schools received the …
The Associated Students led a rally and march on campus Wednesday to voice concerns about education funding cuts and tuition hikes.
Decrying the increase in fees and the cuts to classes, Mt. SAC students Wednesday gathered in protest in the quad outside of the library. Around 50 students rallied, holding up signs lamenting the state budget crisis. The group later marched across campus. The protest follows Gov. Jerry Brown’s release Monday of his May budget revise, which cuts $8.3 billion in an effort to bridge a nearly $16 billion shortfall. Brown did not call for additional cuts to community colleges in his revise this time around, but his plan does call for slashing education spending if his proposed tax initiative does not get voter approval in November. Mathew Foresta, 22, one of the organizers of the protest, urged his fellow students to stand up for their …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Randall Planetarium will have a special program Saturday that is free to the public.
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The Mt. San Antonio College Randall Planetarium will present a special program to celebrate the annular solar eclipse that will include observations with the planetarium’s solar telescopes on Sunday, May 20, 4 to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The annular solar eclipse on May 20 will be the first central eclipse of the 21st century in the continental United States and the first since May 10, 1994. The next solar eclipse is October 2023, according to NASA. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and sun, totally or partially obscuring the image of the sun. During an annular solar eclipse, the moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the sun, which causes the Sun to look like a ring of light around …
About 25 students had the opportunity to interview Mayor Chang at the end of Tuesday's City Council meeting.
Students with Cal Poly Pomona’s Reporting 2 class attended Tuesday’s Diamond Bar City Council meeting armed with a full list of questions for Mayor Ling Ling Chang. “At this level, they go out and cover live events,” said Doug Spoon, instructor and faculty adviser for the Poly Post. About 25 students had the opportunity to interview Mayor Chang at the end of the meeting. They were to stick to what was addressed at the meeting. The students asked about the city’s budget, the recent birthday celebration and the city’s use of social media.
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The school's automotive technology program has a state-of-the-art garage with all of the new equipment.
One thing is clear when looking at Nogales High School’s renovated auto shop. The $2.1 million facility, with its state-of-the-art technology and airy, spacious feel isn’t the typical dark and dirty high school shops of old. Nogales High on Tuesday hosted an open house to let attendees get an up close look at what the career technical education program has to offer. Principal Nancy Padilla recalled when she first came to the school six years and how dark, old, and dirty the shop looked. “This building was completely gutted,” she said. “There was not a single thing left in this room.” A grant the district secured helped with the renovation. Matching funds from a bond measure also were used to make the upgrades. The changes enabled the …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The district children who live within the boundaries for the 2012-13 school year.
The Walnut Valley Unified School District is now registering for the 2012-2013 school year for children residing in within District boundaries. Students must be 5 years old by November 1, 2012 to enroll in kindergarten. You may register for transitional kindergarten if your child turns 5 between September 1st and December 2nd 2012. Please contact your local school to register. Details are also available on our website at www.wvusd.k12.ca.us or call (909) 595-1261 ext. 31360 for additional information.
Friday, May 11, 2012
The school board rescinded 24 layoff notices Friday that had been issued to teachers in March.
The success of an early retirement program helped the Walnut Valley Unified School District avoid teacher layoffs, according to officials. In March, the district issued 24 preliminary layoff notices, the bulk of those to elementary school teachers. The board had until May 15 to issue permanent notices, but on Friday, those pink slips were rescinded due to an early retirement plan also approved in March. Superintendent Dean Conklin said that the district looked for ways to get a little smaller, and with 90 percent of the budget dedicated to personnel, that involved looking at the number of employees. “The budget is a distraction,” he said, “but if we’re not fiscally solvent, the budget is not a distraction. It’s everything.” Assistant …
Lorraine Perea
4:52 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Congrats to Amber and Ari,2 beautiful young ladies now off to college. Im going to miss seeing them play. Best wishes girls! more ›