Time Change:
Board of Education Study Session This Thursday, March 22
Changed to 3 PM
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Click
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to view the Agenda for the RUSD Board of Education Study Session.
The meeting will focus on a
mid-year progress overview of RUSD's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the following LCAP Goals will be reviewed:
- Goal 1 – Academic Achievement for all Students
- Goal 2 – College and Career Readiness/21st Century Skills
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LCAP COMMUNITY SURVEY ENDS FRIDAY MARCH 23!
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We value your voice! Please provide your feedback in our annual online
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) Community Survey
that helps us focus District programs and resources for continued student success!
Survey available now through March 23, 2018, and can be viewed also in Spanish/Chinese/Korean.
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Rowland Unified Student Art Exhibition at
Rowland Heights Community Center March 22
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Rowland Unified's Student Art Exhibition will showcase International Baccalaureate (IB) and AP art students from both Nogales and Rowland High Schools.
Pictured Left to Right:
Rowland High School IB Art Students Lillian Lo, Fiona Chen, Ashley Abeleda, Danielle Cortez and Michelle Liang.
The community is invited to an evening of art and entertainment at Rowland Unified School District’s 2018 Student Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Rowland Heights Community Center on Thursday, March 22, 2017 from 5 to 8 p.m.
The event showcases the artistic talents of 54 students from Rowland and Nogales High School’s International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) visual arts programs. A giant gallery will highlight these artist’s work displaying a variety of mediums including charcoal and color pencil drawing, acrylic painting, digital media and sculpture.
In addition to artwork, orchestral students from both Nogales and Rowland High Schools will perform with treats and refreshments being served.
The Rowland Heights Community Center is located at 18150 Pathfinder Road, at Pathfinder Park, in Rowland Heights.
“We are thankful that the Rowland Heights Community Center has generously offered to host this event for an opportunity for the public to learn more about the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement visual arts programs that are available at both Nogales and Rowland High Schools,”
said Nogales High School Art Teacher Robert Sotelo
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“This great event celebrates the talent of our higher level visual and performing art high school students,”
said Rowland High School IB Visual Art Teacher Chablis Bates.
“The exhibition will provide our IB seniors with an opportunity to visually communicate their own expression or voice through their curation of personal artworks.”
As students finalize their eight to 11 selections to display, they are buzzing with excitement to see how people will respond to their art.
“We really want people to come to our show, explore the many types of art mediums and enjoy themselves,”
said Rowland High School student Michelle Liang, whose charcoal and acrylic paintings are themed around the topic of indifference. She plans to become a doctor and attend MIT or USC.
Many of the students plan to keep art as a personal hobby to “relieve stress” as they enter college and different career fields. Rowland High School student Ashley Abeleda, whose mixed media pieces involve the theme of historical issues surrounding protests, wants to bring the message that students are aware of what is happening around them and it may surprise some adults.
“I know we are teenagers and it may be hard for some to take our opinions seriously, but I think our opinions are fresh and new and the message that we have to offer are different than what people have said before.”
Abeleda plans to major in pediatric nursing. Photographer Lillian Lo’s pieces are themed around various cultures and their traditional and modern day clothing.
“I have four cultures mixed in me and I wanted to show both traditional day dresses and modern day fashion, such as a traditional tea ceremony picture,”
said Lo, who plans to study psychology.
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Nogales High School art students will premiere their work on March 22 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rowland Heights Community Center. (Pictured left to right): Noel Garcia (AP art), India Moffett (AP art), Andres Nunez (IB art) and Genesis Hernandez (AP art).
From Nogales High School, International Baccalaureate student Andres Nunez will display works in charcoal, water color and oil. His art is themed on the expression of physical appearances of people.
“My favorite medium is oil painting. I love the longevity of the drying time and how realistic it can appear. I plan to keep art as a hobby and attend college to study literature.”
Genesis Hernandez loves to create paintings based on her feelings and emotions.
“I am curious to see if people will relate the same way I felt when making my paint and pastel pieces.”
India Moffett’s work is themed around the Italian renaissance and nature.
“I really plan on improving myself more and making my artwork more realistic. I would like to continue to study at an art college and focus on animation.”
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Mark Your Calendar!
- SPRING BREAK March 26 - 30
- Saturday Exploration Academy April 7 at Killian Elementary (For K-6 students from Killian, Shelyn, Ybarra)
- District Choral Festival April 11 at 7 PM Nogales High School
- Spring Band & String Concert (Elementary Schools Only) April 24 at 7 PM Nogales High School
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Oswalt Students Explore World Issues at
IB 6th Grade Exhibition
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By Robin Paerels, IB PYP Coordinator/Instructional Coach at Oswalt Academy
On Feb. 22, the 6th grade students at Oswalt Academy shared their learning in the IB Exhibition. For six weeks, they worked in collaborative groups and investigated issues that impact people who live right here in our district, as well as all over the world. Students focused on the central idea, "The barriers we face today help us make choices that may impact future outcomes." Their research centered around the causes, effects and responsibilities of a wide variety of issues. These issues ranged from how poverty impacts people's health and education, to the sustainability of the food that we produce, as well as the lack of human rights for people in North Korea, Cuba and Syria.
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At Rowland Council PTA's annual Founder's Day event on March 14, parents and school leaders came together to celebrate the efforts of the PTA.
RCPTA honored the following 2018 Ada May Award Recipients for their outstanding service and contributions to the welfare of our youth:
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The Stop4Aidan Foundation
was created to increase awareness and safety of streets for pedestrians and cyclists by the Tam Family, who tragically lost their son while he was using a crosswalk in Pasadena. This amazing Blandford family has been involved with the school's safety committee and through their efforts, has helped get stop signs, an extra crossing guard and has helped with getting a new stop light at the school.
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Past Ada May Warner Recipient Kathy Bernal (center) with this year's recipients Suzanne Michael and RCPTA President David Lopez, who was also honored for his outstanding service as president.
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Even though he has only been at the District for three years, Strings Teacher
Jonathon Chen
has had a huge impact on children and in growing Rowland Unified's Strings program. Currently, he is the only teacher on staff that works with students Grades 4-12 everyday at multiple elementary schools and at both high schools. He started the first strings camp for our high schools, established the first orchestra booster club, and is beloved by both students and parents.
Jonathon Chen pictured with his students who also performed at the Founder's Day event, along with Oswalt Parent Hazel Dimalanta who nominated and presented his award.
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RCPTA President David Lopez shared the story of how Ada May award recipient
Suzanne Michael
(the God-daughter to RCPTA Fundraising Chair Kathy Bernal) came to the rescue to step in and handle all aspects of the RCPTA's fundraising event Quartermania while Bernal unexpectantly was admitted into the hospital.
"In a whole year we would be lucky to raise $1,000 and thanks to this event and her efforts, we raised more than $2,500. She went above and beyond and we are grateful to her for her support,"
said Lopez.
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Students Shine at Very Special Arts Festival
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The Puente Hills Community Advisory Committee (CAC) held its third annual "Very Special Arts Festival" last night at the Puente Hills Community Center. Over 100 guests were in attendance, including district staff, students, board members, and special community representatives. It was a wonderful event that celebrates our student's unique talents and artistic vision.
"We are very proud of those students and teachers who participated in this year's festival and expect to have an even bigger showing for the upcoming school year,"
said Scott Jensen, Director of Special Education for RUSD.
"I'm very proud of our students and teachers, as well as the RUSD community for supporting this event and making this year's festival a huge success."
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Oswalt Academy (@OswaltAcademy)
High School Orchestra surprised the audience with their light saber bows + rendition of Star Wars theme song at the RUSD Instrumental Festival
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One of my favorite students, and I had the privilege of giving him his diploma last year.
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Thank you Gerard Gonzales for your years of dedication to the Ss in Rowland Unified! Mr. Gonzales has participated in 22 RUSD Music Festivals!
@RowlandSchools
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"I am so immensely proud of our students. Many took a leadership role on March 14 to have their voices heard in a peaceful, respectful and poignant manner. All of our secondary schools had some level of student participation and response to the #ENOUGH national movement. Students signed posters and/or cards, others wrote brief notes to legislators, others organized 17 minutes of silence, while some wrote and delivered speeches to their peers. When a student was not taking the experience seriously, peers quickly silenced the student and curbed the effort to "goof off."
Thank you to our non-school site staff who were on campuses and providing supervision and support for our students and schools. As I mentioned in one of my tweets,
this is the ultimate in a teachable moment. This is relevant learning for our students. I am so appreciative that our schools planned opportunities for our students to be a part of this effort and to learn through this experience." -- Superintendent Dr. Julie Mitchell
Pictures from student activities on March 14 at Nogales and Rowland High Schools.
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March 20, 2018 Issue
Questions? Contact RUSD News Editor gward@rowlandschools.org
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Proud to Serve Our Communities of Rowland Heights, La Puente, Walnut & West Covina
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