News and Views

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News and Views

WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Junior & Senior
High Schools
in the Santa
Clarita Valley
NEWS & VIEWS
VOL. VIII, NO. 3 ● DECEMBER 2007
The Official Publication of the William S. Hart Union High School District
Ceremony Celebrates Completion
Of Arroyo Seco Modernization
More than 1500 students, staff
members, parents and guests filled
the amphitheater at Arroyo Seco
Junior High School this fall to celebrate the completion of more than
three years of modernization construction at the school. The ceremony also marked the school’s 40th
anniversary, featured presentation
of the school’s newly awarded
California Distinguished School
flag, and dedicated portions of the have been removed, added, or
“new” campus to the memory of removed again from the campus.
beloved staff members who have We lost a gym, gained a library and
technology lab, and ultimately
died in recent years.
The campus has undergone a gained a larger, brand new, state-ofnumber of changes in the past five the-art gymnasium. After two
years, Principal Rhondi Durand years of delays, a two-story moduSee CEREMONY, pg. 13
told the crowd. “Thirty portables
Principal Rhondi Durand addresses the crowd which fills the
amphitheatre at Arroyo Seco Junior High School during rededication ceremonies for the school’s newly modernized campus.
Students Move Outside Cliques Sean Herron Appointed
For Mix-It-Up-Day Programs Student Board Member
Students in the Hart District
moved outside their established
social zones during the annual
Mix-It-Up Day program in district schools. In fact, some
schools embraced the concept
so thoroughly that they scheduled a full week of Mix-It-Up
activities, according to Greg
Lee, the district’s diversity
coordinator.
Rancho Pico Junior High
School started with student surveys and discussions based on
“Diversity Becomes Unity” on
Nov. 9. They started Mix-It-Up
Week with a focus on Respect
on Tuesday, Tolerance on
Wednesday,
Diversity
on
Thursday and Unity on Friday.
Each day started with students
in the campus Peace class hand-
Sean Herron, a senior at West
Ranch High School, has been elected Student Board Member by the
Hart
District’s
Student
Communications Council. The
council, composed of student leaders from all of the district schools,
chooses a member each year to rep-
resent students on the Hart District
Governing Board to present the student viewpoint before the district’s
governing body.
Herron currently serves as student body president at West Ranch
and chair of the City of Santa
See HERRON, pg. 7
Wal-Mart Names Cindy Pharis
California Teacher of the Year
ing out stickers as students
entered the school, explaining
the day’s activities.
Throughout the week, students filled out personal tire
tracks on the school’s “RU
Inside
■ A Letter From the Superintendent. . 2
■ City Grant Funds Recycling. . . . . . . 5
■ Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Makin’Tracks” graffiti board to
show how they are making a
difference toward respect, tolerance, diversity and unity in
their school. Each day in
See MIX-IT-UP, pg. 7
William S. Hart District News & Views
21515 Centre Pointe Parkway
Santa Clarita, California 91350
Contact us: (661) 259-0033, Extension 227, or visit http://www.hartdistrict.org
Cindy Pharis, an art teacher at
Valencia High School, has been
named California Teacher of the
Year by Wal-Mart. Pharis, who
received $1,000 when she was
named a local winner by the Santa
Clarita store on Kelly Johnson
Parkway, earned another $10,000
for her school by receiving the state
honor.
Pharis’ nomination was selected over 36 finalists by Phi Delta
Kappa, which judges the applications for Wal-Mart. She was
selected as state winner on the
basis of her instructional and
teaching expertise, her personal
talents and community involvement and service.
See TEACHER, pg. 15
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Parent Council Facilitates Communication
The newly formed Parent
Communication Council is now
up and running, and we are
receiving very positive feedback
from parents who are participating. The council’s purpose is
basically an exchange of information between the Hart District
and parent leaders on each of
our campuses.
At each meeting, the assistant
superintendents and I report on
what is happening within our
departments, and parents are
able to ask questions about topics of interest to them and
request topics to be covered at
future meetings. At the last
meeting, we responded to
requests for more information on
preparation for college and transition from junior high to senior
high school.
The council is one more way
to open up lines of communications. Parents have told us they
left feeling very informed and
positive about things happening
in our district. This fits well with
two goals of the district’s
Strategic Plan: communication
and parent partnerships.
On the same note of communication, we’d like to point out
the wealth of information located on the Hart District’s Web site
at www.hartdistrict.org. There
are links to the district construction and modernization updates,
graduation requirements, the district’s technology plan, the
Measure V Citizens’ Oversight
Committee, Measure V financial
and audit reports, the district’s
diversity plan, the Strategic Plan,
and much more. When an emergency exists, there is a pop-up
window giving up-to-date information, and a full text of emergency messages that go out over
the ConnectED telephone message system.
A visit to the Web site will
answer many questions that parents or members of the community may have about the Hart
District. Of course, schools and
the district office are always
more than happy to provide
information by telephone.
I have been devoting two
days each week to visiting
classrooms around the Hart
District and observing students
and teachers. It’s one way to
get a good handle on the type
and level of instruction taking
place in our classrooms.
During these visits, I am gratified to see teachers talking about
academic vocabulary specific to
their subject matter. This has
been an area of major focus for
the school year. Academic
vocabulary is more than a tool to
be used in English and language
arts classes. It is essential in every
subject area-science, social science, physical education, etc.—
because there is a tremendous
amount of subject matter vocabulary that students need to learn in
order to be able to master the
concepts of what they are being
Campus Directory
From the
Superintendent’s Desk
Academy of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
(661) 362-3056
Arroyo Seco Junior High School
27171 North Vista Delgado Drive
Valencia, CA 91354
(661) 296-0991
Bowman High School
(661) 253-4400
Canyon High School
19300 West Nadal Street
Canyon Country, CA 91351
(661) 252-6110
Jaime L.
Castellanos
taught within each of the academic disciplines.
Earlier in the school year at
two separate meetings, the Board
of Education brought forth a proposal to implement a mandatory
random drug testing policy for all
extracurricular activities in the
Hart District. The discussion was
based on information board
members have received over the
past years about drug use in our
community and our schools.
In September, the Hart
District convened a committee
composed of parents, students,
teachers, coaches, law enforcement and site administrators to
talk about the issues of drug use,
the type of drugs being used and
the extent of the problem in this
area. This issue has also been
discussed with the Student
Communications Council, comprised of students from all of our
Early College High School
17200 Sierra Highway
(661) 476-3859
schools, and the District
Advisory Committee, comprised
of parents, students, teachers and
classified personnel.
These discussions allowed us
to share information, gather input
from various groups, and answer
any questions about the proposed
testing program. Overall, there
has been good support for the
concept, while there have been a
number of questions involving
implementation, legal issues,
types of testing, deadline for
implementation, etc. Currently,
district staff is working on contacting organizations that have
had experience in the area of
mandatory random drug testing
to look at such areas as pricing,
frequency of testing and reliability of the various tests. We are
also working with legal counsel
to provide guidance with any
legal issues that may arise.
Golden Oak Adult School
23201 Dalbey Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 253-0583
Golden Valley High School
27051 Robert C. Lee Parkway
(661) 298-8140
Hart High School
24825 North Newhall Avenue
Newhall, CA 91321
(661) 259-7575
La Mesa Junior High School
26623 May Way
(661) 250-0022
Learning Post High School
23007 West Dalbey Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 255-8338
Placerita Junior High School
25015 North Newhall Avenue
Newhall, CA 91321
(661) 259-1551
WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Rancho Pico Junior High School
26250 W. Valencia Blvd.
Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381
(661) 294-3260
Regional Occupational Program
(661) 259-0033
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Rio Norte Junior High School
28771 Rio Norte Dr.
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 295-3700
Saugus High School
21900 Centurion Way
Saugus, CA 91350
(661) 297-3900
NEWS & VIEWS
William S. Hart Union High School District
Junior & Senior
High Schools
in the Santa
Clarita
Valley
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December 2007
Santa Clarita, CA 91350-2948
Phone (661) 259-0033
FAX (661) 254-8653
E-mail: news@hartdistrict.org
Internet: www.hartdistrict.org
Questions? Call Pat Willett at 259-0033
“News and Views” is published by the
William S. Hart Union High School
District in cooperation with The Signal,
the Santa Clarita Valley’s hometown
newspaper.
Printed by The Signal.
Sequoia Charter School
(661) 259-0033
Sierra Vista Junior High School
19425 West Stillmore Street
(661) 252-3113
Valencia High School
27801 Dickason Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 294-1188
West Ranch High School
26255 W. Valencia Blvd.
Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381
(661) 222-1220
William S. Hart Union High School District News and Views
Vision
An Update on School Facility Construction Projects
for the William S. Hart Union High School District
Modernization Plans on Track
For Three Hart District Schools
Plans for major modernization
programs at Hart High School
and Placerita and Sierra Vista
junior high schools are on track
to start this summer, the
Facilities Department told a
recent Governing Board meeting. Plans for the Placerita work
have already been submitted to
the Division of State Architect’s
(DSA) office for approval, and
plans for Hart and Sierra Vista
are due to go to DSA this month.
Construction at Sierra Vista
will include modernization of
classrooms, upgrades for dis-
abled access to all areas of the
campus, upgrades to the school’s
fire alarm system and a new
electronic marquee. The administration building will be modernized and expanded for more
efficient use, and fencing will be
added to protect classrooms
which currently have access
from the street.
Placerita Junior High is
scheduled to receive complete
modernization of classroom
buildings 200, 300 and 800
through 1100, the administration building, library, gymnasi-
um and multipurpose room. The
administration building will be
modernized to create a public
entrance from outside the
school perimeter.
The project also includes disabled access, a new electronic
marquee, work on the school’s
irrigation and draining systems.
Hart High School’s modernization plan includes a new science building, full modernization of classroom buildings K,
M, J, C, F and R, an upgraded
fire alarm system and drainage
system. A new instrumental
Students and staff at Rancho Pico Junior High School are enjoying their
first winter season in a new gymnasium, complete with sports equipment,
bleachers, weight room and dressing rooms. The school has been using
portable dressing room facilities and outdoor athletic fields. The school
opened in 2004 without a full gymnasium because of restrictions under the
music classroom would be created and the current instrumental music room converted to a
choir room.
A restroom facility would be
added in the Q portable classroom section.
The district hopes to go to bid
on the Hart science building in
about 30 days, with completion
projected for next August. The
full Hart High project is on an
18-month timeline, and the junior high school projects are
expected to break ground next
June with a 12-month comple-
tion schedule.
That would allow the two
middle school modernization
projects to be completed for the
start of the 2008-09 school year,
while Hart would be completed
by winter break 2009, opening
in January of 2010.
The Hart District Governing
Board approved conceptual
plans and estimated costs for all
three projects in June, and the
Facilities Department expects to
have more precise budgets and
plans ready for presentation to
the Governing Board in January.
state hardship funding with which the school was built. The new building
includes a full-size gymnasium, band room, student store, offices, classrooms and an adjacent shade structure. The project was budgeted at just
under $9 million, funded by Measure V construction bonds approved by
local voters in 2001.
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Michele Krantz, Bryan Wilson Hart District ThreeNamed New Administrators
year Calendar To Help
Michele Krantz, who has been
serving as assistant principal at
West Ranch High School, has
been named the new principal of
Rancho Pico Junior High School.
Accepting a new position as assistant principal at West Ranch is
Bryan Wilson, who has served as
a junior and senior high school
teacher in the Hart District for the
last four years.
Krantz replaces principal Dave
LeBarron who was recently promoted to the position of director
of curriculum.
Krantz came to the Hart
District in 1998 as a history
teacher and activities director at
where she served for three
years. She then transferred to
Saugus High School as a video
production and history teacher
for two years. Krantz was
selected as an assistant principal
at Sierra Vista in 2003 where
she remained for 3 years before
moving to West Ranch.
“Michele is passionate about
middle school students,” said
Rochelle Neal, assistant superintendent of human resources. Her
enthusiasm and energy will have a
tremendous impact on the educa-
Long-range Planning
Michele Krantz
Bryan Wilson
tional program at Rancho Pico
Junior High School. She is the
consummate team player who
successfully develops people by
valuing individual strengths and
talents.”
Wilson replaces assistant
principal John Costanzo, who
recently accepted the position of
principal at Rio Norte Junior
High School.
Wilson came to the Hart
District in 2003 as a teacher at
where he served for three years.
He served as summer school principal at Hart High School in 2006.
Wilson transferred to Canyon
High School in the fall of 2006 as
a science teacher and assistant
varsity football coach. Prior to
coming to the Hart District, he
was a teacher and coach for seven
years at San Marcos High School.
“Bryan spreads his enthusiasm
for exemplary teaching and educational equity to other teachers,
counselors, and administrators,”
Neal commented. “During his
time in the Hart District, Bryan
has proven to be an exceptional
teacher, visionary leader and an
advocate for quality classroom
instruction. We are thrilled to
have him join the administrative
team at West Ranch.”
Families that like to plan
vacations well in advance
will be interested to note
that calendars for the next
three school years are
already posted on the Hart
District
Web
site
at
www.hartdistrict.org. The
calendars are part of the
agreement between the district and its employee
unions and the long-term
calendars were adopted to
help families and other community agencies with longterm planning.
For the 2008-2009 school
year, classes will begin on
begin on Thursday, Aug. 14,
and the term will end on
Thursday, June 4. The calendar includes a fall break on
Sept. 29 and 30, winter
break from Dec. 22 through
Jan. 9, and spring break
April 6 through 10.
In 2009-2010, classes
start on Thursday, Aug. 13,
and the term ends on
Thursday, June 3. The 200910 school year also includes
a fall break on Sept. 28-29,
winter break from Dec. 21
to Jan. 8, and spring break
April 5-9.
Classes start on Thursday,
Aug. 12, in 2010, with a fall
break scheduled Oct. 4-5.
The schedule includes a
three week winter break
from Dec. 20 through Jan. 7
and spring break April 4-8.
The term ends on Thursday,
June 2, 2011.
Parents, Student Orator Receive ACSA Awards
Bowman High School parents Patric Grier and
Carmen Rios were honored at the Region XV Fall
Partnership Banquet hosted by the Association of
California School Administrators to recognize the
importance of parent partnerships in schools. Eric
Smith, a senior at Valencia High School, was honored
the same evening as one of three winners of ACSA’s
annual oratory competition.
Theme for the evening was "Shaping the FutureLeadership Matters!" and Smith wowed the judges
with his enthusiastic presentation of issues he would
take on as President of the United States. His entry was
selected as a winner out of 18 semifinalists for the
region, and he won a $1,000 prize as a region finalist.
Grier and Rios received bronze pins for their outstanding leadership roles in Bowman’s parent partnership program. Grier, father of Bowman students Myles
Thompson and Devin Austin, serves on the Hart
District Advisory Council, Bowman's School Site
Council, and on Bowman's WASC Accreditation and
Model School Parent Team.
Rios, mother of Daniel Rios, serves on the Action
Team Partnership (ATP) and School Site Council. She
is an active ASB supporter, working many hours at
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December 2007
Patric Grier and Carmen Rios serve breakfast
to Bowman students arriving to take the
California High School Exit Exam, one of
many volunteer tasks the parents perform in
service to the school.
Back to School Night organizing and serving dinner to
families. She attended the recent City of Santa Clarita's
Teen Summit with Bowman's ASB students.
Not only does World Languages Department Chair Patty
Stephenson’s son Marc Stephenson teach chemistry at
Saugus High, but now her mother, a retired French and
Spanish teacher, is volunteering her services. Eighty-nine
year old Angagh MacKellar comes in once or twice each
week to help with the French II students. She loves it,
insisting that she has the best of the deal since she gets to
converse with the students and help them practice their
language skills while her daughter does all the lesson
planning and grading.
City Grant Funds Recycling
Efforts in Local Schools
Recycling efforts have been
expanded in six schools of the
William S. Hart Union High
School District this year, thanks
to a $18,500 grant from the City
of Santa Clarita.
The grant is being used to support recycling programs at
Bowman, Saugus, Valencia and
Golden Valley high schools and
Rio Norte and La Mesa junior
high schools. Specific programs
at each school were developed
with assistance from the recycling coordinator and head custodian at each school.
The grant will fund 1,000 large
plastic recycler bins, blue recycle
bins with recycle log and recycle
hole in the lid, dollies to help
transport the bins to collection
areas, large desk-side containers
to be placed in copier areas at
each site, 32-gallon lunchroom
and outdoor containers, and large
green recycle bins. The grant also
will help cover costs of advertising the recycling program
through in-house campus television ads, posters and publications.
Two students at Hart High School show their prowess at
dunking their recyclable bottles into special bins at the
school.
“The Hart District is already
committed to helping the City
meets its recycling goal,”
explained Leigh Hansen, supervisor of purchasing for the district.
“This grant will allow us to
aggressively pursue recycling on
half of our campuses.” She added
that two more district schools
expressed interest in the program
but could not participate in the
grant program because they are
outside the city limits.
The Hart District has been a
major supporter of the city’s
recycling effort since 2005, when
the district reduced the number of
trash containers on its campuses
and replaced them with recycle
and green waste containers.
Bowman High School’s recycling program also received a
boost from the City grant.
“The district also receives
support from LA Conservation
corps,” Hansen explained.
“They pick up the recycle material from our Burrtec bins and
issue a check directly to the
school for the redemption value.
Golden Valley and Valencia
have been using this program
for two years.”
Two Receive Hero Awards National Security
From Bar Association
Agency Featured at
Jose Garcia, co-president of
Change of Hart Club and diversity
commissioner for Hart High
School ASB, and Amber Gaines,
an active member of ASB at
Valencia High School, were honored as “local heroes” during Law
Appreciation Day hosted by the
local Bar Association. The association awarded $500 to each of the
schools as part of the program.
Garcia is a Hart High senior who
also volunteers at the Newhall
Community Center and is enrolled
in honors and advanced placement
courses on his way to a career in
law or medicine. Much of the
award was based on Change of
Hart’s very ambitious ongoing program to celebrate the diversity of
Hart’s student population.
Gaines received the award based
Career Seminar
Amber Gaines
Jose Garcia
on her outstanding service to both
Valencia High School and the City
of Santa Clarita. This past year
Amber organized a backpack campaign for underprivileged students
and was involved with Valencia
High School’s Let Me Sail program, which provides social oppor-
tunities for differently able students. She also played a key role in
organizing a prom for special needs
students.
The two were honored at an
awards luncheon which also saluted law enforcement and fire fighting professionals in the community.
Robert Baker, Canyon
High School graduate and
director
of
the
Wired/Wireless Division of
the
National
Security
Agency, met with students
at Canyon High during the
school’s recent Career
Seminar to discuss various
career opportunities with
the NSA. He covered such
topics
as
educational
requirements and job duties.
Baker spoke about the
agency’s
tremendously
interesting mission covering
Intelligence and Information
Assurance and students
learned about high-tech
communication
systems
used worldwide.
Career seminars are
scheduled each month and
are an excellent career
exploration resource for
Canyon students. The seminars, which take place in the
library, are open to all grade
levels. Students are encouraged to visit the campus
Career Center to learn about
upcoming seminars.
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Two Receive
Golden Apples
For Hart
District Service
Richard Kramer, manager of
CVS pharmacy on Sierra Highway,
and Mike O’Connor, owner of
O’Connor Photography, have
received Golden Apple awards
from the Hart District as part of the
annual community awards ceremony hosted by the Santa Clarita
Valley Administrators Association.
Kramer and his store were honored for providing the entire staff
at Golden Valley High School
and La Mesa Junior High with
goody bags filled with personal
items at the beginning of the year.
Many of the items were also used
to reward students for scoring
well or showing improvement on
STAR testing. Items included disposable cameras, school supplies
and hygiene products.
O’Connor was honored for serving a number of Hart District
schools with every photographic
need over a number of years. His
staff contributes everything from
portraits and dance photos to pictures for staff directories and
brochures. He provides photographic support on a district level as
well, donating framed portraits of
the district’s Teacher of the Year
and Classified Employee of the
Year honorees, the Governing
Board and key administrators.
The Castaic School District presented its Golden Apple awards to
parent volunteer Diane McGrowry
and Board member Steve Sansone.
Sulphur Springs school district
honorees were retired educator and
classroom volunteer Mary Smith
and Board member Denis
DeFigueiredo. Newhall School
District honored Margaret Shapiro
and Sally Swiatek.
The room filled with sheriff’s
deputies to honor Golden Apple
recipients from the Saugus
School District. Their awards
went
to
Deputy
Casey
McMichael, who presents the
STAR program in Saugus classrooms, and to the entire SCV
sheriff’s station for their service
to schools across the district.
The awards celebrate those who
offer their support to local education, and proceeds from the event
help to sponsor scholarships for
students who have come up
through local elementary and junior high schools on their way to
high school graduation.
Golden Apple honorees Mike O’Connor (l) and Richard
Kramer (r) receive their awards from Hart District
Superintendent Jaime Castellanos. All of the honorees
received framed artwork by Hart District students.
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December 2007
Bowman Principal Robin Geissler was honored with the Continuation and
Educational Options Administrator of the Year Award at the recent Leadership
Summit sponsored by the Association of California School Administrators
(ACSA). She received an engraved crystal bowl at the awards ceremony, attended by over 3,000 administrators throughout the state. Geissler said of the award:
“I felt so honored to represent the many dedicated and hard working
Educational Options administrators throughout the state who work tirelessly
every day to realize the dream that 'failure is not an option' for our of-promise
students." She is shown with the Ed Options poster celebrating Region 15.
Businesses Honored for Hiring
Persons with Disabilities
The
SCV
Mayor’s
Committee recently hosted its
annual Employer Appreciation
and Recognition luncheon to
recognize local employers who
have trained on-site and/or
hired persons with disabilities.
The luncheon is held each year
during October to celebrate
Disabilities Awareness Month.
This year’s celebration honored 67 businesses/employment sites and drew more than
50 people to thank the honorees
for their participation over the
past year. These sites worked
directly with students from the
Hart School District as well as
adults from agencies such as
Pleasantview
Industries,
Avenues, Los Angeles County
Regional Center and the
California Department of
Rehabilitation.
In addition to the employers,
the luncheon also honored
Portia Boord from the Hart
District’s Career Visions program and community volunteer
Bob White for their many years
of service to the Mayor’s
Committee, and students and
adults with disabilities.
Purpose of the SCV Mayor’s
Committee’s is to encourage
the employment of people with
disabilities. Scholarships are
available. More information is
available by calling 259-0033,
extension 500.
Portia Boord from Career
Visions is recognized for
her years of service to the
Mayor’s Committee.
Advisory Committee Chooses
Officers, Areas of Focus
William S. Hart Union High School District
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
T
he Hart District offers a sampling of the talents of its students in a variety of performances hosted by theater, music
and dance groups and open to the public. Some are fundraisers, while others are available for a small admission charge or
are free to the public. The following performance calendar covers
programs in December through February.
Dec. 4 & 5 – Canyon High School Choral Winter
Concert – 7:30 p.m., La Mesa JHS multipurpose room.
Tickets $6 adults and students without ASB card; $5
with an ASB card; children 10 and under free.
Dec. 6 – Canyon High School Band Winter
Concert – 7 p.m., La Mesa JHS multipurpose room.
Dec. 6 – Golden Valley High School Happy
Holidays Winter Concert, featuring Solid Gold,
Goldentones and student soloists – 7 p.m., gymnasium.
Admission $3. For information – Rachael Singleton,
298-8140 ext. 1608 or goldenchoirs@aol.com.
Dec. 6 – Rancho Pico Junior High Fall
Instrumental Concert, featuring the Rancho Pico beginning, intermediate, advanced and jazz bands and
orchestra – 7 p.m., multipurpose room. Tickets, $3 at
the door.
Dec. 7 – Hart District Theater Project, an organization of drama teachers from all six Hart District high
schools, presents HDTP Winter Showcase, an opportunity for all six high schools to show off their individual
works – 7 p.m., location TBA. Public welcome, admission $5.
Dec. 11 – Choral concert featuring the concert
choir and women’s choir from West Ranch High School
and the Rancho Pico Junior High School choir – 7 p.m.,
Rancho Pico multipurpose room. Admission $5.
Dec. 13 – Sierra Vista Junior High School Winter
Concert featuring the Chorus Concert and Jazz Band – 7
p.m., multipurpose room. Admission is $5.
Mix-It-Up
Continued from page 1
Advisory class, students followed a journal prompt based
on the day’s theme and took
part in a Crossing Boundaries
activity and discussion.
At lunch each day, students
were encouraged to sit in areas
marked by their favorite color,
their birthday month and other
categories designed to mix up
regular social groups. Each
table had activities the students
could do together with their
new acquaintances.
On the district’s designated
Dec. 13 – Golden Valley High School Holiday
Concert, featuring the Concert and Jazz bands – 7 p.m.,
gymnasium.
Dec. 19 & 20 – Hart High School’s five show
choirs present 200 voices in winter concert – 7 p.m.,
Hart Auditorium. Tickets, $6 students and seniors; $8
adults; $15 premium seats. Information: ghart@hartdistrict.org.
Jan. 24 & 25 – Cabaret Pops concert featuring
five Hart High show choirs – 7 p.m., Hart Auditorium.
Tickets, $6 students and seniors; $8 adults; $15 premium seats. Information: ghart@hartdistrict.org.
Feb. 2 – Golden Valley High School Choral
Department welcomes SCV students in grades K-8 to
the second annual Youth Workshop, featuring Solid
Gold – workshop 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., show at 4 p.m.,
Golden Valley HS gym. Workshop $20; concert is free.
Information - Rachael Singleton 298-8140 ext. 1608 or
at goldenchoirs@aol.com.
Feb. 12-14 – Placerita Junior High School’s
Theater Arts Program presents “Alice in Wonderland” –
7 p.m., Tanner Hall, featuring students in Placerita’s
after-school Drama Club. Tickets $6.
Feb. 22 & 23 – Hart District drama students will
participate in the annual HDTP Shakespeare Festival in
collaboration with College of the Canyons’ Theater
Department – Feb. 22 at Hart Auditorium; Feb. 23 at
College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center.
Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Mix-It-Up Day on Nov. 13,
Rancho Pico students were
given letters on a random basis.
During lunch, they searched for
enough other letters to spell
Mix-It-Up in order to earn a
treat.
Students at Placerita Junior
High started lunch at a table
based on their favorite color,
sports team or other random
choice. A Musical Tables activity encouraged them to mix
again according to a different
set of “favorites” and make new
acquaintances who share their
same interests.
In a Mix-It-Up Scrabble
activity, Placerita students had
their hands stamped with a letter at each lunch table. They
then had to find fellow students
whose stamped letters combine
to spell MIXITUP in order to
win a treat.
At Rio Norte, students in the
Associated Student Body and
Teen Summit groups visited
various home rooms to lead
Mix-It-Up games. Discussions
followed on the topics of diversity and breaking down social
barriers.
A
program
of
lunchtime activities involved
pairs of students from different
teams.
Valencia High School also
See PROGRAM, pg. 11
The Hart District’s District
Advisory Committee (DAC) will
focus on the topics of parent
involvement, facilities/occupation center and student achievement during the 2007-08 school
year. The committee consists of
parents, students and staff from
each district school, plus one
member appointed by each
Governing Board member.
The committee also elected
officers for the coming year,
naming Sally Swiatek, the parent
representative from Hart High
School, as chairperson. Other
officers are Marc Emmer, vice
chair; and Suzan Solomon, secretary. Emmer is the parent representative from Rio Norte Junior
High School and Solomon represents Governing Board member
Dennis King on the panel.
The subcommittee on parent
involvement will look at such
topics as parent education, com-
munication and Internet safety.
The facilities subcommittee will
look at district facilities in general and a proposed occupational
center in particular. The student
achievement subcommittee will
focus on articulation between
district schools and their feeder
schools, and post high school
planning.
Subcommittees will explore
their areas of focus during the
upcoming school year and issue
their findings and recommendations to the Governing Board at
the end of the year.
The DAC also organizes the
Parent Volunteer Recognition
ceremony which salutes the
many contributions made by
parent volunteers to district
schools.
Students
Taylor
Underwood from Valencia High
School and Nicole Bergantino
from Hart High will co-chair
that program.
Herron
Clarita’s
Youth
Advisory
Committee. He is secretary of
Santa Clarita Safe Rides and a
member of the Future Business
Leaders of America (FBLA),
National Honor Society and Green
Club, an environmental awareness
organization. He was a 2007 Boys’
State delegate.
He shares his own expertise as a
high school mentor with the
Placerita Junior High School robotics and KidFlix video programs. He
also is a member of the West Ranch
Symphonic Band and the SCV
Blue Ribbon Task Force, which
combats alcohol, drug and tobacco
use.
As a high school senior, he has
taken a number of college classes
through College of the Canyons
and completed 13 Honors and
Advanced Placement level classes
at West Ranch, with a overall grade
point average of 4.16. He spent last
summer at Brown University
studying international relations.
His awards and accolades
include special congressional
recognition from Congressman
Howard
“Buck”
McKeon,
Sean Herron
Lockheed Student of the Month,
and Santa Clarita Hero of the
Week. He was a finalist in NASA’s
Greatest Fan video competition, a
California state champion and
national finalist in computer concepts with FBLA, and a winner in
the International Student Media
Festival.
“As a student board member, I'd
really like to be proactive in my
role,” he said. “I want to bring
issues to the board that students are
concerned about and try and give
them a clearer view of how students
are thinking.”
December 2007 7
Hart District Schools Aid
Fire Victims, Salute Heroes
Students in Hart District schools Kiosk to donate proceeds from our community safe," said one
looked beyond their personal con- sales to local families affected by ASB member.
cerns both during and after the the fire, and also invited local fireStudents at West Ranch High
recent wildfires, helping in evacua- man and police to the campuses for School donated more than $1500
tion shelters, raising money and free drinks on select days.
for local fire victims with a onesupplies for victims, and offering
Hart High School ASB and day Dollar Day activity. ASB voltheir thanks to firefighters
unteers went to all classwhose heroic efforts saved
rooms to collect $1 and
many of their neighbormore from each student in
hoods.
an activity organized by
At Canyon High School,
West Ranch Community
where the largest number of
Service Commissioners
homes were lost, the
Mikhailia Manshon and
ASB/Renaissance held a
Rana Tabrizi. The money
penny war between classes,
was given to the Red Cross
with proceeds donated to
and
SCV
Disaster
KHTS Radio and the SCV
Coalition.
Disaster Coalition.
The Valencia High
The school also offered
School choir turned a disapschool supplies, referrals to
pointment into a positive
service agencies, textbooks
note when their annual
and replacement yearbooks
fund-raising bake sale at
and other means of support
Lombardi Ranch was canto Canyon families who lost
celled due to the fires.
their homes. Canyon’s
Instead, students took their
ASB,
under
director
already-prepared baked
Jennifer Ambrose and Saugus students helped set up the evac- goods to local fire stations
Assistant Principal Jan uation shelter and then settled in to help to thank firefighters for
Hayes-Rennels, gathered entertain young children at the center.
their work during the emerclothing and basic supplies
gency.
for those students displaced by the Future Business Leaders of
Students and staff at Saugus
fires.
America raised more than $1,000 High School showed their commuStudents also created a large through a “loose change” donation nity spirit when their school gymbanner to thank local firefighters campaign. Students went around to nasium was turned into a Red
and posted a thank-you message on all the classrooms and collected Cross evacuation shelter for disthe marquee in front of the school. money for the American Red Cross placed Santa Clarita Valley resiStudents at Bowman High - Santa Clarita Fire Relief, so the dents. Staff members from five difSchool offered their support funds remained in the local com- ferent local schools showed up at
through Dillon’s Dollars, a pro- munity.
Saugus to help in various ways,
gram established by a fifth grade
Golden Valley High School and local parents came to ask how
Canyon Country boy to raise ASB and the GV Football Boosters they could be of help.
money for people in Canyon pooled their efforts to collect a total
The varsity football team helped
Country who lost their homes and of $300 for a Golden Valley set up gym tarps, tables and chairs
belongings. Some of the proceeds employee and her family who lost and assisted in bringing hundreds
went directly to fire victims in part of her home in the fire. The of cases of water and soda from the
Canyon Country and the remaining family, which also has a student at ASB warehouse and ice from the
10 percent was sent to the Red Golden Valley, was living in a hotel school’s weight room. Members
Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
until the repairs can be made.
of the cross country team and choir
ASB
coordinator
Stacey
In addition, the Golden Valley were present to help out, while
Weatherman coordinated the ASB made treats and delivered ASB students made sandwiches to
efforts to solicit at least $1 from them to the local fire stations. serve those evacuees who arrived
each Bowman student to support Students stayed at school until first.
the effort. Bowman counselors about 9 p.m. one evening making
Once the initial set-up was comSuzy Mansfield and Lori Wilson as Rice Krispie treats, brownies ands plete, students stayed to help as
well as Assistant Principal Don cookies in the school’s home eco- shelter volunteers, many of them
Sanders and Principal Robin nomics lab. They delivered the helping to entertain smaller chilGeissler volunteered at the Red first batch to three local stations dren with games and activities.
Cross evacuation center at Saugus and followed up with another three
Placerita Junior High School’s
High School.
trays later in the week.
ASB conducted a penny war to
Students at Hart and Valencia
“We wanted to show our appre- benefit the SCV Disaster Fund.
high schools partnered with Coffee ciation of their hard work to keep Large water jugs representing each
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December 2007
ASB students bake thank-you treats for firefighters at
Golden Valley High School.
West Ranch High School students contribute to fire relief
efforts during a Dollar Day campaign.
Volunteers count the Dollar day proceeds at West Ranch.
academic team were available on dedicated hard work of the men
campus at brunch and lunch for a and women who protected and
week, with students contributing saved the local community. The
silver coins and dollar bills to their banner was delivered to the tempoown jugs for positive points and rary control center at Central Park.
pennies into competing teams’ jugs
Throughout the emergency and
to count as negative points.
in the following weeks, the Hart
Students at Rio Norte Junior District’s students showed the abilHigh created a banner signed by ity to rally around those in need,
students and staff to show their even as they faced crises in their
appreciation and support for all the own neighborhoods.
Job Shadow Introduces
High Schoolers to Careers
Twenty-six students from
Hart District high schools got a
close-up look at potential
careers at a recent Job shadow
day hosted by the SCV Rotary
Club. Rotary members have
been participating in the program for more than 10 years,
giving students a chance to
view the world of work at club
member businesses.
Hart High students Mitchell
Heiman shadowed Steve Colf
at Came to Believe Ranch
because he wants a career in
ranch management. Hart student Caroline Williamson
chose the ranch because she
likes horses, even though she
prefers a law career. Colf suggested that she combine both
interests and consider the field
of equine law, a rapidly growing career opportunity.
Job shadow programs allow
students to determine careers
that might not be what they
thought, as well as those they
would like to continue to pur-
Santa Clarita Animal Hospital provided hands-on experience for Hart students Alexa Velasco and Anna Beketova.
Hart students Caroline Williamson and Mitchell Heiman
work with animals at Came to Believe Ranch in Newhall.
sue, according to Ann Kerman,
executive director of the SCV
School & Business Alliance.
The Alliance will host its
own annual Groundhog Day
Job Shadow in February, which
drew some 450 students last
year. In order to meet increased
demand and provide some more
Local Students Are Tops
In Stock Market Game
Teams from Rio Norte and
La Mesa junior high schools
are holding the four top spots
out of 917 teams in Los
Angeles County for the
Merrill Lynch Stock Market
Game.
The top two spots currently
are going to students in
Melinda Moore’s computer
technology class at Rio Norte,
thanks to the expertise shared
by Jeff Aronsky, who advises
the same program at La Mesa.
Rio Norte’s top team had
already “earned” $45,000 on
their initial $100,000 “investment” as of early November.
Aronsky’s classes are
ranked third and fourth in the
county. Representatives of
both schools attended a recent
game symposium in Etiwanda
which will drew such notables
as the U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury and California
Superintendent of Public
Instruction Jack O’Connell.
Aronsky was one of the conference presenters.
The
symposium
was
organized to train teachers
and administrators on how to
work the Stock Market Game
into the school’s curriculum.
La Mesa is participating for
the third year and last year
was a tenth place winner out
of 3500 teams in Los
Angeles County.
in-depth on-the-job experiences, this year’s event will be
expanded to cover the full
month of February.
Local businesses interested
in hosting one or more students
during that program can contact Sharon Kramer at 2590033, extension 230.
Students share their shadowing experience at the Rotary
Club luncheon.
Hart Regiment Performs At Grand Nationals
by Charlotte Aldridge
From November 14 to 18, the
residents of Newhall found their
mornings strangely quiet. The
drums, percussion and wind instruments that usually provide an
accompaniment during the early
morning hours in Newhall were
absent. During that time, Hart High
School's Hart Regiment was
halfway across the country participating in the Bands of America
Grand Nationals, the most prestigious high school marching band
competition in the country.
As one of only eight Southern
California bands in history to participate in this event, the Hart
Regiment has been practicing,
rehearsing and performing their
show since band camp started at the
beginning of August. Their show
this year, entitled "Pop!" features
music composed by Key Poulan
and various elements never before
seen in a Hart Regiment marching
The Hart Regiment employs music, dance and special
effects in its show.
show, including a 16-count dance
number and stunning visual and
musical effects.
The Hart Regiment performed
in four competitions earlier in the
year, earning third place at the
Bands of America Los Angeles
Regional. At their three prior
competitions, the Hart Regiment
took first place in their division
each time.
These various competitions and
performances have all been in preparation for Grand Nationals, where
the Hart Regiment was one of 100
high school marching bands in the
event and one of only two Southern
California bands competing.
December 2007 9
Performers Support Literacy, Earn Money for Class Grants
Dozens of Hart District students were very much in the
forefront at the first Children’s
Literacy & Arts Festival hosted
by the SCV Chamber Education
Foundation. The first-time event
offered storytelling, drama,
music and craft activities aimed
at making reading fun for SCV
children.
Performers at the event
included the Placerita Junior
High School chorus, Rancho
Pico Junior High School orchestra, and the Placerita Drama
Club. ROTC students from both
Valencia and Golden Valley
high schools helped throughout
the day and were invaluable at
set-up and take-down times.
In addition to the free literacy
activities for local children,
sponsorships will help provide
funds for classroom grants and
scholarships offered by the
foundation.
(Clockwise From Top Left) Festival participants enjoyed music by the Placerita Junior High chorus. Students in the Placerita Junior High Drama Club performed
an excerpt from their upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland” on the main festival stage. The Rancho Pico Junior High orchestra performs in the festival’s
Music Tent. Characters from Placerita Junior High line up on stage in a quiz show format while children in the audience try to name the story they represent.
Trail Crew Earns Appreciation
The Hart District’s Career Visions trail crew earned a certificate of appreciation from the
United States Department of Agriculture and the Pacific Crest Trails Association during a
recent visit from
Jonathan Stephens, head of National Scenic Trails for the Forest Service in Washington D.C.
Stephens and officials from the Pacific Crest Trail visited the crew to demonstrate the
work that is being done to maintain area trails through such programs as the career-oriented school team. The certificates were given to recognize the crew’s outstanding work
in maintaining the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and stewardship of National Forest
System Lands.
Issues discussed in the meeting/work project included offering Hart District students the
opportunity for advanced training in forestry, trail construction and maintenance, wilderness
first aid, and wildland fire suppression technique. Representatives also discussed a desire to
provide additional funding to the program to make the district trails program accessible to
more students.
The Hart District team has adopted a seven-mile portion of the Pacific Crest Trail, and
their efforts were featured in an article in the September issue of “Pacific Crest Trail
Communicator” magazine. Students in the program learn trail skills as well as leadership development.
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December 2007
Program
scheduled a full week of MixIt-Up activities. The program
started Nov. 13 with The Great
Student Match-up, in which students were randomly given an
accessory item such as a
bracelet, necklace, hat or shirt.
They had until lunch to find the
student with an exact match of
their accessory.
Wednesday broke down barriers between generations as
well as social groups in a
Dancing with the Staff program. Accompanied by an
eclectic selection of music, students taught new dance moves
to staff members, and students
also learned a few old tricks.
On Thursday, students participated in a STAND assembly,
featuring a series of skits produced by students from Los
Osos High School to reflect
real issues of diversity and
prejudice.
On Friday, Valencia students
participated in a Jumping for
Peace activity, as students tried
to see how many students they
could get to jump rope at the
same time, accompanied by
lively music.
Valencia
teachers
were
encouraged to support Mix-ItUp activities by rearranging
their seating charts, creating
new groups to work together on
class projects, visiting each
other’s classrooms during their
conference periods, and even
switching teaching assignments
with another teacher for the day.
Canyon High School students
celebrated Mix-It-Up Day by
choosing name tags with various animals and then finding 10
students with matching animal
tags. Each group then completed a survey of questions to help
students get acquainted and find
similar interests, returning the
completed survey for a treat.
Hart High students gathered
in one of four corners of the
quad at lunch time, based on
their favorite ice cream flavors.
Once in their new groupings,
the students received ice cream
treats to share with their new
acquaintances. ASB students
and other campus groups welcomed students into each group
and encourage students to mixit-up.
At West Ranch High School,
Mix-It-Up
Day
offered
lunchtime activities on the
lower
campus.
Students
received color cards during
fourth period and sought as
many students as possible to
gather in their color groupings
during lunch, combining stu-
dents they knew and those they
did not. Once students were on
the lower campus together, they
enjoyed different activities such
as a disk jockey, hot car exhibit,
food day and school-wide
conga line.
Bowman High students
formed groups wearing different
colored wrist bands, answered
survey questions, and worked
collaboratively to build pieces
of Bowman Village. Students
and staff discussed how the
activity really brought different
groups of kids together to work
on a common project.
Each class made a part of the
town; for example, a store,
school, skate park, etc. The
individual parts of the town
were put together to make
Bowman Village, which then
went on display in the school
office. A few teachers even
switched classes to show the
students that they are not the
only ones who should get out of
their box and mix it up.
“The idea of Mix-It-Up Day
is to get students outside of
their comfort zones,” Lee
explained. “Once they break
their usual social patterns, they
will find that they have much
more in common than they may
have thought with people who
are very different from themselves.”
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STAND Assembly Presents
Stories of Discrimination
A diverse group of students
from Los Osos High School in
Rancho Cucamonga presented
assemblies to students at
Golden Valley and Valencia
high schools during Mix-It-Up
Week, using skits to demonstrate real pain that teens have
suffered through cultural misunderstandings.
This is the second year that
the Hart District has welcomed
participants in the STAND program, which stands for Socially
Together
and
Naturally
Diverse.
“As adults, we can talk with
teens as much as we want
about the pain caused by discrimination,” explained Greg
Lee, the district’s diversity
coordinator, “but when they
hear it from their peers it is
very powerful.”
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December 2007
Students in the Advancement
Via Individual Determination
(AVID) program at the Hart
District’s new Early College High
School are developing a culture of
community service along with high
academic achievement.
Thirty ECHS students volunteered to work at the recent Heritage
Haunt event in Hart Park, assisting
with set design, construction, painting and decoration; costume design
and make up; and acting.
The school’s Parent-TeacherStudent Association worked with
ECHS students to organize a bake
sale. The $600 proceeds from the
project will help support the SCV
Homeless Shelter.
Students and staff at the school
also sent letters to military service members as part of the
school’s ongoing community
service outreach.
Sequoia Classes Get Tips
On Job Interviews, Success
Students from STAND present stories of cultural misunderstandings at a Mix-It-Up Week assembly at Valencia
High School.
In skits, the students pre- Hispanic girl who was presented such stories as the sumed to know “all about
Muslim girl whose birthday is gangs” simply because of her
on September 11, and a cultural heritage.
Two Honored as Students of the Month
Valencia High School sophomore Riley Reiss is recipient of
the Lockheed Federal Credit
Union Student of the Month
award for September, and Canyon
High School senior Nicole
Debbini is the winner for
October. The two honorees were
selected on the basis of overall
performance, including academic
accomplishments, extra curricular
activities and leadership abilities.
“It greatly pleases me to see
students who are committed to
improving school and community
relations. Riley (Reiss) is definitely an exemplary student who
demonstrates this commitment,”
said Valencia Counselor Joshua
Nowak, who nominated Reiss.
Reiss holds a 3.33 GPA with
grades of a B and higher in college prep courses, and is a member of Valencia High’s Safe
School Ambassador program.
He is also a news anchor on
Valencia High’s VTV announcement system. In his spare time,
he practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
“Nicole is a wonderful student,” said Pete Getz, assistant
principal at Canyon High. “She
Early College Students
Serve the Community
Nicole Debbini
Riley Reiss
has demonstrated excellence in
her academic career and her
involvement in co-curricular
programs on our campus.”
Debbini holds a 4.67 GPA in
advanced placement classes, and
is ranked in the top 10 percent of
her class since her freshman year.
She has been an active choir
member during her high school
years, participating in the
Women’s Chamber Ensemble as a
freshman. From there, she participated in the Concert Choir, and
became a part of the award-win-
ning Madrigals.
In addition to these honors and
activities, Debbini has also held
leadership roles, such as treasurer
for the choirs and vice president of
Tri M, the music honor society of
the
California
Scholarship
Federation. She is not only a
member of the National Honors
Society, and Key Club, but she
serves as vice president for each
organization.
In her spare time, Debbini is an
intern at the Santa Clarita Master
Chorale.
by Ms. Griffin’s second period
ELA class
Have you ever had a problem
getting a job? Do you not understand what you do wrong? Do you
want to know what to do on an
interview? Students at Sequoia
Charter School were able to receive
helpful information during their
first period class recently when
Cori Evans, manager of Walgreens
Burbank store, came to Sequoia to
offer their Learning Strategies
classes tips for a successful interview.
Evans covered many topics
including filling out an application,
having an interview and keeping
the job. When filling out an application, it is very important to make
sure that it is filled out fully, with
complete sentences. She advised
that it is vital to go back and check
for any errors and try to answer
everything in a positive manner. If
students are lucky enough to be
called for an interview, remember
to use complete sentences and use a
pleasant tone of voice. If you call
the establishment, always identify
yourself and why you are calling.
Before going to an interview,
you should go and check out the
business so you can make sure to
dress in the appropriate manner. In
the actual interview offer a firm
handshake, have good eye contact
and good posture. After getting the
job, keep a positive attitude, keep
learning, and do anything you can
do to help out. Be flexible and
dependable. Always keep busy and
learn from your mistakes in the
work place.
The students are very thankful
for the program and are much better informed on what to do in an
interview and in the work place.
Fore! A First in the District!
by Nicole DeFrancisco
Saugus High has a new putting
green in the parking lot next to
the tennis courts – the only high
school in the district to have one.
The green is made up of nylon
carpet with fringe and rough
around the green at a cost of
$7000. The P.E. Department
contributed $2000 and the golf
team’s booster club contributed
the rest. The green must be water
rolled and brushed to keep out
the wrinkles; sand can be added
to adjust the speed of the green.
Installation for the green took
five weekends over the summer
totaling about eight to ten days.
Thanks to Coach Dave
Stradling, parent volunteers, and
members of the boys’ and girls’
golf team, the installation process
went very smoothly.
The Saugus golf teams practice on the green every Friday.
This new addition has helped the
team tremendously throughout
the season, improving players’
scores around the green.
Hart District Seniors Honored
For Scholastic Excellence
A number of outstanding seniors in Hart District high
schools have received a Letter
of Commendation from the
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation this fall recognizing them as Commended
Students in the 2008 National
Merit Scholarship Program.
Commended Students placed
among the top five percent of
more than 1.4 million students
who entered the 2008 competition by taking the 2006
Preliminary SAT/National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test
(PSAT/NMSQT).
Semifinalists announced to
date include Kayley Ingalls and
Glen Olila from Academy of the
Canyons; Bryce De Figueiredo
and Weilin Tan from Canyon
High School; Alina Kim and
Andrew Tan from Golden
Valley; Kevin Bellows from
Hart; Nina Hwang, Tony Kang,
David Kim, Kim Ik-kyeom,
Derek Lowenberg and Eric Yee
from Valencia High School; and
Ehran Z. Khan and Stephanos Y.
Matsumoto from West Ranch.
"The young people named
Commended Students in the
2008
National
Merit
New Career-Oriented Classes for
Hart Regional Occupation Program
Seven new career-oriented classes are being considered for the
spring semester through the Hart
District’s Regional Occupational
Program (ROP). Classes are free to
Hart District students 16 and older
and at low cost on a space-available
basis to adults in the community.
A new ROP welding class will
take advantage of the welding facility at College of the Canyons. The
ROP class will meet two days a
week and offer five high school
credits. The Hart District currently
is working with COC so students
who take the ROP welding class
will be able to test and bypass the
100 level welding class if they continue their studies at COC.
Curriculum is currently being
developed for an Introduction to
Health Occupations class, which
will allow students to discover the
many areas open in the health field
and still concentrate on anatomy
and physiology, which will be
needed if students continue in
health care. The course is in
response to a growing need for
health care workers such as medical lab technicians and ultrasound
technicians.
The ROP program is considering
addition of a Nurse Assistant class,
which may take the place of the
current Certified Nursing Assistant
class. A shortage of credentialed
teachers and potential loss of a
local facility for on-site clinical
experience may drive the change.
A very popular Digital
Photography class which opened at
Hart High School this fall will be
moved to Golden Valley High
School this spring to take advantage of 20 new iMacs purchased by
ROP for the class. Another popular
ROP class, Desktop Publishing,
will be moving from Saugus High
School to Valencia High School
this spring, also to take advantage
of a new iMac lab. Both classes
filled quickly this fall and are
expected to draw capacity student
loads again this spring.
An additional section of Silk
Screen will be added to the afterschool ROP program at Canyon
High School this spring. Demand is
already high for the class, and it
will fill the need for additional electives on the Canyon campus.
Computer Assisted Design will be
offered at Saugus High School this
spring, with both a beginning and
advanced section available.
Classes will start the week of
Jan. 14, when schools return from
winter break. For registration information, students can contact the
ROP Advisor on any Hart District
high school campus or call the ROP
office at 259-0033, extension 234.
A full list of ROP classes is available online at http://www.hartdistrict.org/ROP.pdf.
Scholarship Program are distinguished by their strong academic performance in this rigorous competition," commented a spokesperson for NMSC.
"Our nation's pursuit of educational excellence can be furthered by publicly honoring
these outstanding students and
by acknowledging the important role schools play in fostering their development. We
hope that this recognition will
contribute to their educational
opportunities and encourage all
students to strive to realize
their potential."
Canyon Cheer Headed
To Holiday Bowl Game
Cheerleaders at Canyon
High School are doing a lot
more than cheering these days,
as they work to raise money to
support their trip to San Diego
in December, where they have
been invited to cheer the halftime show at the Holiday Bowl.
Cheer advisor Shawn Soto
surmises that the girls were
invited because of their winning performance at the state
championship competition
last fall. Last year Canyon’s
varsity competition team won
three grand champion award
for highest score, two national
champion awards and several
individual first place awards
as well.
There are currently 80 to 90
cheerleaders at Canyon divided
into three squads—freshmen,
junior varsity (sophomores),
and the varsity team made up
of juniors and seniors. So far,
that volunteer power has been
put to good use in a car wash,
restaurant night, T-shirt sales,
theater ticket sales and an Ewaste collection—all geared
toward raising funds to support
the girls in their competitive
season travels.
Ceremony
lar building magically appeared on
campus one weekend.”
Other improvements include the
new quad and amphitheater, modernized classroom buildings, new
eighth grade science labs,
redesigned administrative building,
increased parking and a transformed kitchen.
Three staff members were
memorialized with the dedication
of plaques to commemorate their
contributions to the Arroyo Seco
tradition. The newly modernized
multipurpose room was named
Knutson Hall, in honor of Rick
Knutson, the school’s assistant
principal for some 10 years.
Johnny Morales, head custodian
with 34 years at Seco, received a
plaque in front of the flag poles,
where he hoisted the flags every
day during his career. Eight white
roses were planted in a garden in
front of the school to honor Beverly
White, the school’s former ASB
secretary.
Durand also thanked the
school’s parents and community
members who worked for and
passed the Measure V school construction bonds which financed
much of Arroyo Seco’s modernization program. “Without the financial support of Measure V, this
reconstruction could not have taken
(Above)Students demonstrate equipment in one of Arroyo
Seco’s new science labs. (Below)The Arroyo Seco band
entertains guests at the ceremony.
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Hart District Names Classified Employees of the Year
Twenty classified employees of
the Hart School District have been
named Classified Employee of the
Year by their schools and the district office. They were recognized
at a Governing Board meeting in
October, invited to a recognition
luncheon, and will have their photographs displayed in the district
office for the coming year.
This year’s honorees include
James Aguirre, head custodian,
Hart High School; Timothy
Ballante, groundskeeper, administrative center; Sam Browning,
administrative assistant, Academy
of the Canyons; Judy Castilla,
custodian, Canyon High School;
Paula Davidson, administrative
assistant, Early College High
School; Cecelia Dhala Calabrano,
receptionist, Arroyo Seco Junior
High School.
Also,
Manuel
Gomez,
groundskeeper, Placerita Junior
High; Linda Greer, counseling
office secretary, La Mesa Junior
High; Randy Hurst, instructional
assistant, Golden Oak Adult
School; Todd Jackson, campus
supervisor, Sequoia Charter
School; Ann James, registrar,
Bowman High School; Judith
LaSalle, registrar, West Ranch
High School; Pat Luna, adminis-
(Top
Left)
Classified
Employees of the Year from
Hart District high schools
pose with their administrators at a luncheon in their
honor.
(Top
Right)
Honorees from local junior
high schools are joined by
their administrators at the
celebration.
trative assistant, Learning Post
High School.
Also, Linda Mehl, administrative assistant, Saugus High
School; William Romney, campus
supervisor, Rio Norte Junior
High; Catherine Royal, secretary,
Rancho Pico Junior High; Barbara
Schiern, administrative assistant,
Valencia High School; Jill
The district’s alternative schools and the district office also selected their Classified
Employees of the Year, shown here with their administrators.
Stirling, health assistant, Golden
Valley High School; Rose
Wagenaar, ASB secretary, Sierra
Vista Junior High School; and
Louise Willard, career transition
advisor, Career Visions Center.
All of the honorees were select-
ed by their school staff in recognition of the support they offer on a
daily basis to teachers, administrators and the full school or district
staff.
“Hart has approximately 765
classified employees who are
invaluable to the district,” said
Terri Shiner, director of classified
personnel. “We’re very proud to
have this opportunity to recognize
and honor these outstanding
employees who continue to help
us do great things for students.”
Musicians in Rose Parade
When the annual Tournament of Roses flashes on television
screens around the world on New Year’s Day, seven students
from the West Ranch High School Marching Band and Color
Guard will be part of the Tournament of Roses Honor Band.
The Wildcat musicians, selected by competitive audition,
include Andy Arensman, horn; Zach Christy, tuba; Robyn
Kamp, guard; Jennifer Myung, guard; Josef Staley, trombone; Ronny Sunnaa, baritone; and Saad Yazdani, trumpet.
The honor band is comprised of exceptional high school
musicians auditioned from throughout Southern California.
The students will have marched over 25 miles in rehearsal
before they step off on the parade route on January 1.
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December 2007
Rancho Pico Junior
High students show off
the crazy socks they
wore to celebrate “Sock
It to Drugs” during Red
Ribbon Week. Clark
Trowell’s PEACE class
was in charge of the
Red Ribbon observance, which encouraged students to say no
to drugs. Every Rancho
Pico student was given
a "Promise to be Drug
Free" bracelet.
The
school also sold Drug
Free T-shirts to encourage students to remain
drug free.
STAR Program Offers Student Perspective to Local Business
(Far Left) Members of the
West Ranch STAR team
discuss their marketing
plan with a representative
of Priority One Credit
Union. (Left) Valencia High
Schools VIA STAR team
poses with representatives of the City of Santa
Clarita, for whom they
devised their winning marketing plan.
Students from local schools
teamed up with the Valley
Industrial Association and local
business and community organizations to offer a youth-oriented
perspective as part of the annual
Students Teaming to Achieve
Results (STAR) program sponsored by VIA.
Student teams were paired up
with local businesses and
required to come up with a new
marketing concept and business
plan. Winning teams received
high-tech equipment for each
team member and a gift basket
for the teacher advisor.
A team from West Ranch High
School led by advisor Linda Cox
came in second with a full-blown
marketing campaign for Priority
One Credit Union. The campaign
included an analysis of strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and
threats, and focused on a series of
billboards and bus stop posters
with full cost itemization and justification.
The students even created a
PowerPoint presentation with
potential ads so the “client” could
see what their ad would look like.
West Ranch team members
included Lesly Alatorre, Shawn
Amthabhai, Justin Baca and
George Sunnaa.
Third place in the overall competition went to Valencia High
School, which was paired with
the City of Santa Clarita. Under
the leadership of advisor Kim
Forbes, the team came up with
the idea to build a spa similar to
La Costa and make Santa Clarita
a resort destination. Winning
team members included Nick
Peters, Dennis Feldman, Jessie
Quinn, Hailey Andrews and Josh
Ullman.
Some 30 teams from elementary through high school grades
competed in the program for such
awards as laptop computers,
iphones and ipods. Student teams
had to meet with their business
partner, research the industry and
products, write a business plan,
keep a journal, use audio/visual
aides, and conduct the presentation to a panel of judges who
ranked them.
VIA STAR is one of VIA’s
most visible and important educational programs. The purpose
is to keep students learning about
business with the intent of keeping them local and meeting the
VIA Education Committee’s
objectives to prepare the emerging workforce.
Grant to Fund Cameras To Aid Campus Security
The Hart District has received a grant for
close to $250,000 through the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department to provide
security cameras on its campuses—the only
such project approved for all of Los Angeles
County. In order to accept the grant, the
Governing Board has approved a memorandum of understanding with the Sheriff’s
Department and authorized matching funds
of $249,626 to be funded out of the district
maintenance budget.
Purpose of the program is to protect the
district’s most valued customers—students,
to protect the public capital assets, and to
create a safe environment that promotes
learning.
Once the systems are designed and
installed, they will improve campus safety
and security. Through the cameras, law
enforcement will be able to get up-to-theminute information on district campuses in
the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.
The cameras would monitor campus
activity both within and outside of school
hours, and would have the ability to recall
data recorded earlier if an incident is
reported at a later time. The district currently is talking with suppliers to determine
how many cameras the district can purchase with the grant funds, where cameras
should be located and which schools would
be included in the program.
The district hopes to have at least some of
the security cameras installed by the next
school year.
Teacher
Cell Phones Help Troops
Hart High School’s cheer squad is collecting “expired” cell
phones to support U.S. troops overseas. Every phone turned in will
be exchanged for a one-hour calling card that will be sent to members of the armed forces.
Cheer squads have been collecting the phones at all Hart home
football games. In addition, donors can donate their phones by
sending them to the office at Hart High School and asking that they
be forwarded to Cheer Advisor Lisa Parra.
Pharis is a talented artist in her
own right, exhibiting her work in
shows and galleries across the
nation. She joined the Hart District
in 1999 as an art teacher at Passport
Academy and transferred to
Valencia in 2002.
Her time is devoted to “creating
art, teaching art and writing poetry.” Her students are frequent contributors to school district awards
programs, which use framed student artwork instead of traditional
plaques and trophies.
All 51 state winners, including a
winner from Puerto Rico, are automatically considered for WalMart’s national Teacher of the Year
award to be announced this winter.
Cindy Pharis accepts a check for $10,000 to Valencia High
School from Wal-Mart store manager Kim Correia. Pharis is
now entered in a national Teacher of the Year competition
representing the state of California.
December 2007 15
Grant Helps PE Teacher
Track Student Information
George Velarde, Physical
Education Department chair at
Sierra Vista Junior High School,
has turned to the SCV Chamber
Education Foundation to find a
way to track and record student
achievement, even outdoors on the
athletic field.
Velarde received a Foundation
grant to purchase a PE Companion,
a handheld data collection tool
which allows him to perform daily
activities such a taking attendance,
recording heart rate and fitness
assessment data, noting performance and attitude and scoring
rubrics—all in real time and without the need to re-enter handwritten data into a computer.
“I am now able to individualize
a student’s health and fitness level
by objective measurement over
subjective grading,” Velarde
explained. “I am able to use heart
rate monitors to ensure that all students are exercising at the right
intensity.”
Velarde’s award is part of a
Foundation classroom grant program which provided more than
$52,000 in equipment, classroom
materials and teaching aids to
teachers in schools across the Santa
Clarita Valley in 2007.
Students from Academy of the Canyons’ Virtual Enterprise
class explain their program to educators at the district’s
recent CTE Forum.
CTE Forum Focuses on
Virtual Enterprise Program
George Velarde reviews records on his handheld data
recorded with seventh grader Kaila Sargema. The instrument provides up-to-the-minute assessment of student
progress and can be reviewed on the spot if students have
questions about their performance.
Velarde’s device is
small enough to
carry out onto the
PE field, yet it contains complete data
on
all
classes
throughout the day.
Students with special needs and mainstream students from three local schools participated in the painting of the Community in Action mural that will be installed in the City
of Santa Clarita Community Center in Newhall. Hart District students from La Mesa and
Sierra Vista junior high schools and West Ranch High School collaborated on the mural,
which depicts images of the various activities and programs provided by the Community
Center. Students from special education classes and student mentors from the district’s
Peer Tutoring classes were assisted by members of the Special Education Children's Art
Foundation in painting panels for the mural.
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December 2007
Teachers from across the Hart
District participated in the district’s first Career-Technical
Education (CTE) Forum recently
at Academy of the Canyons.
Sponsored by the Hart District
Office of CTE and Workforce
Preparation and the SCV School
& Business Alliance, the forum
focused on the Virtual Enterprise
curriculum.
Virtual Enterprise instructor
Victoria Rubay and several of her
students treated participants to a
first-hand look at the simulation
curriculum in which students run
“virtual” businesses. The companies come with all the trappings of
the real thing – CEO’s, department
heads, finance, purchasing, marketing, sales, etc.
The Hart District has an
approved curriculum for Virtual
Enterprise, which also can be conducted as a career technical student organization. Activities
include trade shows and competitions, and Academy of the
Canyons’ outdoor equipment
company has won several awards
with its student-operated program.
The California Industry Sectors
involved are Finance & Business,
and Marketing, Sales, & Service.
This program can also be used in
conjunction with economics classes. By increasing the number of
local Hart District sites participating, the district CTE Department
hopes to bring more training and
activities directly to Santa Clarita
to benefit local students.
More information on the Virtual
Enterprise program is available by
contacting Rubay at vrubay@hartdistrict.org
Hart cheerleaders pose with one of the competitors on the
Special Olympics cycling competition recently at Saugus
Speedway. Cheerleaders from all three Hart High School
squads cheered the athletes, ranging in age from 10 to 59
years old, along the track. Eighteen Hart girls turned out for
the voluntary event to cheer on the 39 competitors, meet the
athletes, socialize and take photos with them. The cheerleaders plan to participate again in the larger Special
Olympics event which will be held at Hart High School in May.
Bowman High School Principal Robin Geissler (r ), talks with
Cheryl Le Beouf from Peninsula High School and State
Senator Darrell Steinberg during a state meeting of the
Association of California School Administrators Educational
Options Council. Senator Steinberg talked with the group
about his newly enacted legislation which focuses on student
achievement. The bill will add student dropout rates to a
school’s and district’s Academic Performance Index score.
Senator Steinberg has a special commitment to "at risk" youth
and expressed his commitment to working with the Ed
Options Council on future issues related to students in alternative education programs.
Business, Community
Leaders to Become
Principal for a Day
Hundreds of business owners,
parents and others who are interested in local education will move
into the administrator’s office at
schools and districts across the
Santa Clarita Valley next week in
the annual Principal for a Day
program sponsored by the SCV
Chamber’s Education Foundation.
This year’s event is Monday,
Dec 10. Participants shadow a
superintendent, principal or
assistant principal at local
schools during the morning and
then gather for a thank-you
luncheon at the City’s Activities
Center. Costs range from $150
for an elementary or middle
school principal to $400 for a
district superintendent.
Proceeds help support the
Education Foundation’s program
of classroom grants and scholarships for graduating seniors. A
few positions remain at the secondary level, and there are still
some opportunities to shadow an
elementary school principal.
An application form can
be
downloaded
from
www.scvef.com and clicking on
“Events” or by calling Robin
Choppé at the SCV Chamber of
Commerce, (661) 702-6977.
Wallabies skipping, lizards kissing, opossums peeking, snakes curling and Toby the
kinkajou hugging. It’s not an ordinary day in the La Mesa Junior High library when
Valentine’s Traveling Nature Class comes to town! The theme of the presentation
was to meet and greet snakes, lizards, amphibians and insects from around the
world and to not be afraid. In fact, the La Mesa students were enthralled by the
hands-on experience. The students caressed, petted, and gently held their “babies”
as they showed them around to the other students. The program was sponsored by
Career Visions, a district program that presents information to students about a
wide variety of career opportunities. The goal fits with “fear nothing” and the
awareness of the world of career possibilities.
E-Mail Updates Offered to E-List Subscribers
The Hart District is compiling
a list of local residents who
would like to receive frequent
updates on issues affecting local
schools. A list of some 2,000
staff members and just over 80
community members currently
receives electronic copies of
“What’s Good in Education,”
published after each Governing
Board meeting, and a new
“Here’s News” follow-up after
each Board meeting.
Subscribers to the list also
could receive up-to-the-minute
updates on breaking news or
emergency situations that
impact local schools.
“We’d eventually like to be
able to offer a selective list
where subscribers could choose
which publications or topics
they’d like to receive, but we
aren’t there yet,” said Pat
Willett, the district’s community
liaison officer. “We do promise
to keep the list private and use it
only for those specific purposes.
It’s important that we have a
way to get out reliable and factual information to the community, and this is just one more
way of achieving that goal.”
Local residents who are not
currently receiving district electronic publications and would
like to subscribe to the list
should send their names and email addresses to EList@hartdistrict.org.
December 2007 17
Art, Ceramic Projects
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
Arroyo Seco Junior High
School celebrated Hispanic
Heritage Month recently with a
display of artwork created by
Adrianna Berge’s beginning art
and ceramic classes. In class
projects that combined art with
history and cultural diversity, students created their original pieces
based on Hispanic historical artwork.
Using authentic Mola designs,
students created colorful Mola
drawings based on the elements
of line, shape and color. Molas
are colorful appliques made by
the woman of the San Blas
Islands of Panama.
Ceramic pottery was created
by the students based on the
authentic pottery and designs of
the Mayan, Aztec and Inca
Indians.
Using authentic Mayan, Aztec
and Inca designs, students
embossed designs onto goldhued metal to represent the golden objects created by the higher
Indian cultures, which associated
gold with the gods. The metal
was used to make everything
from ceremonial objects to fishhooks.
High school juniors turned out in their best business attire
for the Connecting to Success seminar.
High School Juniors
‘Connect to Success’
(Top) Pottery
projects were
based on
authentic
indigenous
designs.
(Left)
Embossed
metal plates
re-created
Indian artifacts once
worked in
gold.
Some 1800 11th graders in
Hart District high schools made
a personal connection to the
world of business at the annual
Connecting to Success seminar
recently at Grace Baptist
Church conference center in
Saugus. Students this year
came from Canyon, Golden
Valley, Hart, Valencia and West
Ranch high schools.
Sponsored
by
Junior
Achievement and the Valley
Industrial Association, the
business-style
conference
allows high school juniors
graders to meet with business
and community leader to discuss such topics as business
ethics, working in teams and
presenting a positive image for
a potential employer.
Keynote speaker was Dan
Williams from Destiny foundation, who spoke to the students
about motivation and controlling their destiny.
The seminar started several
years ago at Valencia High
School in response to a VIA
survey which indicated that
students were coming to
employers lacking the “soft”
skills that make them successful employees. Breakout group
leaders are local business leaders who volunteer their time to
work with the students.
Nominations Open for Top
District Parent Volunteers
Saugus High seniors Robert Limon (l) and Andrew
Navia have been recognized by the College Board’s
National Hispanic Recognition Program. Established
in 1981, the National Hispanic Recognition Program is
a College Board program that provides national
recognition for the exceptional academic achievements of Hispanic high school seniors and identifies
them for postsecondary institutions.
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December 2007
Nominations are now open
for the Hart District’s annual
Parent Volunteer Recognition,
sponsored by the District
Advisory Committee. The
reception is held each spring,
and honorees are invited to
bring their families to share
their accolades.
The ceremony recognizes
that parent involvement is a
key component for student
achievement and success.
Parents make a difference
every day as volunteers performing essential roles in all
Hart District schools.
Anyone can nominate a parent volunteer, and all school
sites are encouraged to submit
nominees for the community
award.
Nominators are asked to
specify the volunteer duties
performed by the nominee during the current school year and
leadership positions the volunteer has assumed.
The nomination asks for a
brief description of what the
nominee’s contribution has
meant to the school and why
the honoree should be considered a Parent Volunteer of the
Year. All nominees receive a
certificate and commemorative
gift, and exceptional honorees
are singled out as Outstanding
Parent
Volunteers
and
Volunteers of the Year.
Volunteers whose names come
to the top year after year are
awarded Lifetime Achievement
awards.
Nomination forms are available in school offices or by
requesting a form online at
pwillet@hartdistrict.org.
Using LEGOS
to Understand
Complicated
Concepts
What better way to teach the major biological concepts in cell division than with a
hands-on-experience using LEGOS? Saugus High Biology Teacher Kristi Schertz
applied for and was awarded an Education Foundation Grant from the Santa Clarita
Valley Chamber of Commerce to purchase the LEGO Chromosome Set complete with
unique study and review materials. The set also includes instructional videos which
direct the students through a simulated sequence of mitosis and meiosis using the
LEGO models.
Family-Oriented
Career Fair Coming
to SCV in April
A new twist to the idea of
school career fairs is on the horizon. The SCV School &
Business Alliance is developing
the Santa Clarita Valley’s first
all-valley hands-on school career
fair known as Discovering
Careers-2008. The concept was
originally suggested by Hart
District Career Center advisors.
The event is scheduled for
Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to
Noon at College of the Canyons’
Valencia campus. The subcommittee working to make the concept a reality is comprised of
almost 50 members, including
representatives from College of
the Canyons, the Hart District,
local elementary schools, several
private schools, local businesses,
the City of Santa Clarita, the
Boys & Girls Club of the SCV,
Los Angeles County Parks, and
the SCV School & Business
Alliance.
What makes this Career Fair
innovative is the approach. The
event will is geared toward youth
from five to 20 years of age,
based on a hands-on, Epcot-type
model. All presentations/demonstrations will be set up at developmentally appropriate levels for
the age groups they are targeting.
Young people will have an
opportunity to participate firsthand in their career area of interest. This might include designing
and/or building something, participating in mock interviews or
creating a resume, running an
obstacle course, etc. The whole
family will be invited to attend.
The goal is to have all 15
California Industry Sectors represented, and applications are currently being accepted from companies/industries that would like
to participate. For more information or to apply to potentially be a
presenter, contact Sharon Kramer
at 259-0033, extension 230 or
skramer@hartdistrict.org.
West Ranch Wins at Rampage
The marching band and color guard from West Ranch High School brought home top honors at
the annual Hart Rampage marching band competition this fall.
The band score of 81.25 not only beat every band in the 3A division, but every band in the 4A
and 5A divisions as well. The only higher score all evening was by Thousand Oaks, a 6A band of
more than 150 members.
In its division, West Ranch was almost six points ahead of Saugus High School, which came in
second. West Ranch also took first place in percussion and color guard. For the entire tournament,
the Wildcats won sweepstakes in Visual Performance and General Effect, having the highest
scores out of all performing bands.
The honors are especially noteworthy since this is only West Ranch’s second year of marching
competition. Rampage attracts top bands from across Southern California and beyond.
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Parent Shadow Days Offer Close-up of Schools in Action
Parents are getting more opportunities to see their children’s
schools in action, thanks to parent
shadow days instituted at a number of Hart District schools this
year. The programs offer parents a
chance to sit through classes with
their students and see the level of
learning that goes on, as opposed
to passive campus visits during
Open House and Back to School
Night each year.
West Ranch has hosted parents
for a Parent Shadow Day for several years, drawing hundreds of
parents to move through a day of
classes with their students.
Canyon High School adopted a
similar program this year, with
some 100 parents taking part in
the initial event.
Bowman celebrated National
Parent Involvement Day by inviting parents to spend a day on campus with their children.
“Research supports that schools
with strong parental involvement
foster student achievement,”
explained Bowman Principal
Robin Geissler. “Some students
feel that they are ‘too cool’ to have
their parents at school. (The
observance) is a day about breaking down barriers and widening
the circle of support from school
to home.”
Student Artists Show Skill
In Chalk Art Exhibition
Student artists from schools across the Hart District showed their skill with chalk art
drawings during the recent Downtown Newhall Street Festival. One block was devoted to
chalk art, and students worked alongside professional artists in re-creating famous paintings on the asphalt. Local businesses and the City of Santa Clarita sponsored the individual panels.
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