Volume XVI Issue 155

Friday, March 8th, 2024

Diamond View students at an assembly celebrating the Distinguished Schools Program selection – photo provided

Diamond View School Selected for Distinguished School Program

California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced last week that Susanville’s Diamond View Middle School has been selected as one of 293 middle schools and high schools for the prestigious 2024 California Distinguished Schools Program, California’s school recognition program that recognizes two categories of exceptional schools: those closing the achievement gap and those demonstrating exceptional student performance.

This prestigious recognition celebrates Diamond View’s exceptional student performance in English Language Arts and math and their efforts in reducing suspensions.

What makes this recognition even more special, according to school officials, is that schools recognized for closing the achievement gap, like Diamond View, enroll at least 40 percent of their students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and demonstrate accelerated academic growth for historically underserved student groups.

Since its inception in 1985, the California Distinguished Schools Award remains one of the state’s most important ways to celebrate exceptional schools, districts, teachers, and classified employees for their innovation, talent, and success in supporting students.

The exceptional middle and high schools recognized this year are illustrative of the persistence and promise of California’s students, educators, and schools. To select California Distinguished Schools, the California Department of Education uses multiple measures to identify eligible schools based on their performance on the state indicators.

Specifically, schools were selected by analyzing data reported through the 2023 Dashboard, with a focus on demonstrating excellence and growth in academic achievement and ensuring a positive school climate.

“It is my pleasure to honor and recognize these 293 secondary schools for their efforts to provide exemplary public education to all students. Excellent middle schools and high schools play a critical role in the life outcomes of our young people,” Thurmond said.

“This year’s California Distinguished Schools celebration provides us with an opportunity to recognize the hard work of our secondary educators and school staff who help our young adults discover passions and access college- and career-ready experiences that will propel them through life.”

Lassen County Superintendent of Schools Patti Gunderson at the Diamond View assembly

The $500 Monticola Memorial and Spencer Memorial Scholarships are available to LHS graduates seeking higher education at a two or four-year college or university.

The Etta Tarry Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded to a Lassen Community College graduate who is continuing their education at a four-year college or university.

Students interested in applying for these awards should contact the LHS counseling office for an application.

The deadline to submit a completed application for all scholarships is Monday, March 11th.

According to the organization the awards will be based on leadership skills, school involvement, community service, grades and financial need.

Georgianne Hall, Monticola scholarship committee chair, said the recipients will be named and honored on April 18th at the club’s monthly luncheon meeting as well as the high school and college awards nights in May.

The first Monticola scholarship was awarded at Lassen High School in 1959 and more than one hundred and ninety scholarships have been awarded since.

For more information contact the high school counseling office or LCC financial aid office.

Performances will be held March 8th at 7:00p.m.; March 9th at 2:00p.m. and 7:00p.m.; March 13th at 6:00p.m.; March 15th at 7:00p.m. and March 16th at 2:00p.m. and 7:00p.m.

There will be alternative casting for matinee performances.

Tickets, which are $15 presale, or $20 at the door, are available now at Margie’s Book Nook, Zaengle’s Floor and Home, and online at susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

Lassen Lumber and Box in 1949 from an Eastman Studio postcard

Box Factory to Be Sold

March 8, 1953

The box factory formerly owned by the Lassen Lumber & Box Inc., is being sold to A. I. Lucero and Walter Wirth of the T &M Carpenter Shop, by the Fruit Growers Supply Co.

Lucero and Wirth plan to operate the factory as a sash and door cup-up plant, employing 25 to 30 men at the present time. The Fruit Growers Co. is making lumber available to support this new enterprise.

Property involved in the sale is the box factory, office and machine shop building, and an area including about 30 acres of land. The Fruit Growers announced that the sawmill machinery at the Lassen Lumber and Box site has been sold to the Goff Machinery Co. of Stockton, who are now in the process of removing the machinery. It is understood that the Stockton company has sold the machinery to a Red Bluff concern, and that the machinery will be taken to Red Bluff.

Also announced was the sale of the former Lassen Lumber & Box properties to A. I. Lucero and Supervisor Lester Coffin, involving about 50 residential units, several of them duplexes.

Messrs. Lucero and Coffin had no statement to make at the present time regarding plans for the residential properties.