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Volume 7, Issue 20                                           February / March 2021

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Board of Education

                     Adam                    Cynthia                     Ofelia                 Emily              Susan Kolberg-
                     Rogers                  Aguirre                     Hanson                 Pruitt             Pritchard, Ph.D.
                    President          Clerk / Vice President            Member                Member                  Member

                                                                Going the Distance
                     COVID-19 has impacted numerous                                  We are already developing a strategic plan for summer
                 aspects of our daily lives from education to                     learning and setting goals that address not only the
                 employment to social relationships. It is in                     academic needs of our students but to foster mindsets,
                 these times that you see the immensity of                        discourse, and practices that enable us to enrich the social-
                 courage and love that our teachers, staff,                       emotional learning needs of our students.
                 students, and families are providing to each                        My heart goes out to each and every teacher, staff,
                 other. It is now, truer than ever, that LHCSD                    student, and parent/guardian who have endured the
                 is stronger together to face and overcome                        changes and challenges to the educational world in the
   Dr. Joanne
  Culverhouse    these challenges!                                                last year. LHCSD will continue to grow and learn from
 Superintendent      Words cannot convey the gratitude we                         this experience and dream big about the options and
                 have for our teachers, staff, students, and                      possibilities for our students. We will build an even stronger
  families for the outpouring of patience, support, and                           learning environment and continue to teach, engage, and
  kindness as we carefully work together to navigate the                          support through virtual, distance, and hybrid learning.
  unprecedented challenge of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

                                                     Virtual Learning Model
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                 Support for Our                                                                 emails, texts, and phone calls to
                 VLM Students                                                                    communicate with parents and
                    With over 700 students                                                       students.
                 in grades TK through six,                                                          Students miss most of the social
                 the Virtual Learning Model                                                      aspects  of school, so teachers try
                 (VLM) is now the largest                                                        to provide  a little time during the
                 “school” in the La Habra City                                                   school  day  for students to chat
                 School District. I put “school”                                                 with each   other,  listen to music,
  Mike Klewer
    Principal    in quotes because we are                                                        play a  game,  etc.  All these efforts
                 not a stand-alone school but                                                    are designed    to make   the virtual
  another option for LHCSD parents. Since                                                        experience    more   personal  and
  VLM is not a “brick and mortar” school,            Second  grade teacher, Naomi Kaneshiro,     social. A few  of  our  teachers  have
                                                    previews a vocabulary word summarizing       even added    additional   activities for
  we encourage students and parents to
                                                            the 2020-2021 school year            students  outside   of  the school  day
  maintain the connection with students’
  home schools. The home schools have been working with                to keep those connections going and growing.
  VLM to strengthen this connection. We still have room for               We have made it a priority to provide VLM students
  improvement in this area, but we are getting better.                 with  the materials they need to help them be successful.
     Support is critical during this time because students             This  includes headphones with microphones, whiteboards,
  may not be getting the personalized attention they would             markers,  art supplies, and many other materials as
  in a regular classroom setting. All VLM teachers provide             requested   by individual classes.
  “office hours” to meet with students needing additional                 However,   none of these efforts matter without a teacher
  support or for those who want some extra time to interact            who   cares deeply  about the students with whom they work.
  with the teacher and/or other students. Teachers use                 As challenging   as distance learning has been, our teachers
  Class Dojo, Remind, and Google Classroom along with                  are  dedicated  not only to every child’s academic success
                                                                       but also to their social and emotional well-being.

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Arbolita (TK—6) Visual & Performing Arts Academy
                             1001 E. Brookdale Ave., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2352 • www.lahabraschools.org

                Staying Safe in Distance Learning!
                     Welcome to 2021! Here at Arbolita,
                  we enjoyed our time in-person with
                  students, even though it was short!
                  We had the opportunity to further our
                  connections with students safely. Now
                  that we have returned to Distance
    Jennifer      Learning, we are all in once again-
McCully Rodriguez refining our engagement strategies and
    Principal     continuing to teach the standards daily!
                  Staff have been planning innovative
  ways to teach remotely and our educational assistants
  are supporting more students through Zoom breakout
  rooms. Our students continue to flourish with weekly
  art, music, and PE lessons. We also have weekly social
  and emotional classes and many PTA events. We had
  our first virtual movie night in December, our first
  drive thru picture day, as well as PTA holiday drive
  thru events. In the spring, we have some exciting
  virtual assemblies planned.
      We are incredibly proud of the progress our
  students are making all around at Arbolita and at
  home!
                                                                             Second grade student art project from our weekly art lessons.

                       El Cerrito (TK—6) Code to the Future (Computer Science)
                                1051 N. Hillside, La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2340 • www.lahabraschools.org

                Virtual Science Experiment                                and individual support to students in need. Students attend
                     Through the efforts of our generous staff            physical education classes and receive weekly instruction
                  and families, El Cerrito Elementary School              to address their social emotional needs. All of our amazing
                  continues to support not only our families,             staff provides the same instruction our students would
                  but the community as well by providing a                receive in person, while they are learning at home.
                  Free Drive-Thru
                  Farmer’s Market
 Emily Flesher    once per month.
    Principal     Recipients
                  receive a
  generous amount of fresh
  produce and dairy products
  each month that our El Cerrito
  staff and volunteers safely
  place into the trunk of each
  vehicle.
     Within the screens of
  our virtual classrooms, our
  dedicated teachers continue to
  provide top-notch instruction
  to all of our students. In
  addition to regularly scheduled
  academic classes, our staff
  provides additional small group
                                           Virtual science experiment where 5th grade students learned how matter moves through plants.

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Imperial (6—8) International Baccalaureate & Visual Performing Arts
                               1450 S. Schoolwood Dr., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2344 • www.lahabraschools.org

                  Advisement Program                                         emotions. As we continue our quest for International
                     At Imperial Middle School, we recognize                 Baccalaureate authorization, teachers continue to engage
                 our teachers and staff have done an                         our students in rigorous, high interest, and motivating IB
                 outstanding job meeting students’ needs                     units of study.
                 during distance
                 learning.
                 However, we also
Cathy Seighman recognize our
    Principal    students deserve
                 recognition for
  rising to the challenge of not
  only distance learning, but the
  challenges life has thrown at
  them. With this in mind, we
  provide our students with an
  Advisement Program that builds
  relationships and provides
  a safe place for students to
  express their feelings. Social
  and emotional learning
  (SEL) lessons provide our
  students with the knowledge,
  attitudes and skills necessary                 Allison Cabibi, LHCSD Teacher of the Year captures distance learning perfectly;
  to understand and manage                          “Preparing lessons for virtual learning is like setting the table for dinner;
                                                                 it must be attractive, nutritious, delicious, and fun to eat!”

                              Ladera Palma (TK—6) Dual Immersion Academy
                                2151 E. Brookdale Ave., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2348 • www.lahabraschools.org

                  It Takes a Team
                      At Ladera Palma, our Dual
                  Immersion Academy Team understands
                  the importance of working together to
                  provide our students with the academic
                  and social emotional support they need.
                  With the pandemic extending the time
Dr. Rosa Murillo we are distance learning, students are
     Principal    learning their entire curriculum in
                  another language, Spanish! Learning
  a second language, while distance learning,
  presents a particular challenge to our students,
  their families and our staff. As such we support
  our students academically through small group
  instruction virtually. Small groups are conducted
  by our phenomenal teachers and instructional
  assistants. Additionally, our Multi-Tiered Systems of
  Support Team (MTSS), led by our Teacher on Special                               Anna Navarro works with a small group to build
                                                                                    our EL learners writing skills in small groups.
  Assignment (TOSA), Anna Navarro, organizes
  academic intervention groups for our students.                             learning environment. Our team meets with students in
       In addition, our students are monitored for their social              groups or individually to support their mental health needs.
  emotional needs through their teachers and/or families.                    Finally, our PTA provides many community building
  Social-emotional weekly lessons focus on mental health                     assemblies and activities to support students’ connection to
  needs and skills to support our students during this remote                our school community.

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Las Lomas (TK—6) Entrepreneur Exploration & Music/Art
                                301 Las Lomas Dr., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2353 • www.lahabraschools.org

                 Rising to the Challenge                                                     every grade level are receiving weekly
                    With a New Year comes                                                    social emotional learning lessons to
                 time to reflect on what                                                     help them process and cope with the
                 has happened in the past                                                    many stressors they are encountering
                 and look forward with                                                       on a daily basis both at school and at
                 anticipation for what’s to                                                  home. With an increase in the use of
                 come in the future. This                                                    technology, students are also learning
                                                                                             how to be respectful and safe digital
Pam Cunningham year more than ever we
    Principal    are looking forward to                                                      citizens when using their i-pad or
                 continuing to support and                                                   Chromebook. To ensure students
  lift our students and families up during                                                   understand the importance of using
  these challenging times of Distance                                                        their devices properly, teachers are
  Learning. Continuing to support our                                                        teaching lessons that reinforce digital
  students and their families is our main                                                    citizenship. Our students have been
  goal as we move into the New Year.                                                         able to participate in virtual awards
  The beginning of the school year was                                                       assemblies, receive home visits from
                                                     Our Trunk or Treat event was a
  challenging for everyone, but what                                                         staff members and our wonderful
                                                 huge success thanks to our amazing PTA!
  remains the same is our commitment to                                                      PTA has sponsored drive-thru events!
  continuing the high quality academic and social emotional           The  PTA  has   worked  hard to support our families. Some
  learning for our students.                                          events  include   supply distribution, Ice Cream Social, Trunk
      There are many ways we have been supporting our                 or Treat, Holiday   Craft Night and Family Movie Night. As
  students and will continue to support them in 2021.                 we  embark   on  this next chapter, the staff is committed to
  Teachers are designing and planning high quality lessons            continuing   to support  our  students and families by rising to
  that engage students in the learning process. Students at           the challenge   together!

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Las Positas (TK—6) International Baccalaureate
                              1400 S. Schoolwood Dr., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2356 • www.lahabraschools.org

                 Making It Happen!                                             To facilitate the return to Hybrid Learning, students
                    Las Positas received notification of                     have been divided into AM/PM learning cohorts. Each
                 becoming an authorized International                        cohort has between 9-14 students, therefore enabling our
                 Baccalaureate Primary                                                                 teachers to give individualized
                 Years Programme World                                                                 attention to students. All
                 School in fall 2020!                                                                  necessary safety protocols have
                 We have shown the IB                                                                  been established and put in place.
                                                                                                       Students’ temperatures are taken
Sharon Hensley community that our
    Principal    school is committed                                                                   upon arrival, masks are worn,
                 to the IB philosophy                                                                  hand sanitizer is provided, and
  by teaching all students through                                                                     each student has a protective
  transdisciplinary themes using inquiry                                                               shield around their desk. Those
  throughout learning. During this                                                                     students who continue with
  unique and challenging time of Distance                                                              distance learning will continue
  Learning, our teachers have shown their                                                              to receive educational support
  commitment to the IB Programme of                                                                    not only from their teacher,
  Inquiry. Students are being supported                                                                but also through small cohorts
  in their learning through targeted small                                                             attending school. Las Positas is
  group instruction with our Multi-Tiered                                                              committed to the educational and
  Systems of Support (MTSS), Teacher                                                                   social emotional growth of every
  on Special Assignment (TOSA), and                                                                    student, whether in Hybrid or
  educational assistants both in person and                                                            Distance Learning. We celebrate
  through Zoom, teacher office hours, a                                                                our IB PYP authorization with our
  social-emotional “Lunch Bunch”, and in                                                               community!
                                                  Student excited to return to Hybrid Learning.
  person small group cohorts.

         Sierra Vista (TK—6) College Pathways-No Excuses & Music/Art Exploration
                                 1800 E. Whittier Ave., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2359 • www.lahabraschools.org

                 Teamwork
                    The supports our students need
                 during Distance Learning vary and are
                 multifaceted as we have discovered
                 since the start of the Pandemic or
                 since returning to school in August
                 We are first focusing on our student’s
 Anna Dorado     basics - their physical, social, and
    Principal    emotional  well-being. We have found
                 that once our student’s basic needs
  are met, we are able to make better strides in their
  academics. Majority of our supports come through
  a collaborative team approach. It all starts with
  the teacher- knowing each individual student in
  their class and making the necessary connections
                                                                                Sierra Vista’s Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA),
  to ensure we are giving them what they need. As
                                                                                 Shauhna Feitlin, making no excuses to give students
  soon as teachers see or hear of a need, they are                        the extra support and connections they need in distance learning.
  in immediate contact with the rest of our support
  team. Our support team at Sierra Vista consists of: a                      group or individual check ins, home visits, and referrals to
  community liaison, school counselor or school psychologist,                numerous community resources. We make NO excuses to
  and so many more. Through our hands on team approach                       assist our students and families with their needs during
  we have been able to offer students free daily lunches,                    these difficult times. We know that many needs go beyond
  holiday gift baskets and donations, social emotional weekly                the norm of the “online classroom” and we do all we can to
  lessons, counseling corner activities and interactions, small              make our students successful!

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Walnut (TK—6) STEAM Academy/AVID
                              625 N. Walnut St., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2369 • www.lahabraschools.org

                Reading Club                                              range from art and crafts, music, to video production.
                    Although we have not been able to                     Fortunately, we are also able to offer support for physical
                 support our students in a physical school                activities to students to do at home.
                 setting, Walnut teachers and staff have                     In conjunction with our PTA, we also work with outside
                 worked diligently to support students                    organizations such as Giving Children Hope which gives
                 and families in distance learning. Daily                 families food and necessary household supplies along
                 homework assistance is available to all                  with job training, parenting classes and connecting with
                                                                          community resources.
Dr. Alma Noche grades and students can also use this time to
    Principal    work with
                 peers in
  completing assignments
  under a supervised
  adult. We also have
  small group sessions
  designed to assist
  specific students
  struggling with reading
  in our Reading Club.
  In addition, we have
  also offered extra
  enrichment for all
  students, specifically
  with STEAM. These
  enrichment activities

                    Washington (7-8) Project Lead the Way/Engineering/Music
                             716 E. La Habra Blvd., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/960-2374 • www.lahabraschools.org

                High Hopes for the New Year!                             our homerooms to help students in this season, and we
                     The start of a new calendar year is                 continue to celebrate our students’ success with Student
                 always exciting as hopes and expectations               of the Month Assemblies via Zoom. We are excited for the
                 rise for what could be in the New Year.                 New Year!
                 At Washington, we
                 continue to hope this
                 year will lead to the
  Greg White     end of the pandemic
    Principal    for everyone. We hope
                 to see our students
  thriving on campus again. In the
  meantime, we have seen large numbers
  of our students succeed in distance
  learning due to the dedicated efforts
  of our students, families, teachers,
  and staff working together. We have
  faced distance learning challenges
  with a Multi-Tiered System of
  Supports (MTSS) where students have
  various supports and interventions
  available to them to help them
  achieve academically. Further, we
  are providing social and emotional
  learning opportunities through
                                                                                Focused Washington Students

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School Readiness
                                       301 W. Las Lomas Dr., La Habra, CA 90631 • 562/690-2386
                                            http://www.lahabraschools.org/school-readiness

                Celebrating 20 Years
                   The La Habra City School District’s School
                Readiness program is celebrating twenty
                years of serving the children and families of
                La Habra! Our program is free to La Habra
                residents with children ages birth to five.
                   Twice a month the School Readiness
Debbye Viveros  Team   distributes learning materials to our
  Coordinator   students. These hands-on projects, math
                manipulatives, and music and movement
 video links are used during instruction as our students
 prepare for success in kindergarten and beyond.
    To register for classes or to see our daily schedule,
 please visit www.lahabraschools.org/school-readiness. If
 you have any questions, please contact Debbye Viveros,
 Early Learning Coordinator at (562) 690-2386 or
 dviveros@lahabraschools.org.

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Tyson’s Book Review                                                       Taegyoung’s Book Review
                   Monsters aren’t real…are they?                                            Being Normal
                       Percy Jackson’s The                                                     Title: Wonder
                    Lightning Thief by Rick                                                    Author: R.J. Palacio
                    Riordan is a page turning                                                  Do you think you are
                    book with tons of actions on                                            normal? What is being normal?
                    mythological monsters and                                               This book is the story about
                    gods of Mount Olympus. It’s                                             the boy, August, who has facial
     Tyson          also the start to the Percy                            Taegyoung K.     deformity and wants to be normal. He had
                    Jackson series and what a                                               surgeries many times and he couldn’t go to
  start it is! I’ve read this book before and I                             school. When he becomes a 5th grader, his parents decide
  just had to read it again to say how much I recommend this                to send him to school. He often gets bullied by other kids at
  to all tween readers. Most people have heard of the series                school because of his appearance, but he doesn’t stop going
  but if you haven’t, Percy Jackson is the main character who               school.
  has trouble with school and is about to be kick out. He also                  In addition, this book shows the stories of his family
  has dyslexia, or trouble with reading. As you go deeper into              and his friends. You can read their stories as their views
  the story, things will happen that you would have never                   because it is written by multiple perspectives. So, you can
  thought of, and it makes you wonder if it all is even real.               know what they think and why they say or do that.
  Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief, is a must read and                        What will happen to August? How can he make a real
  Percy Jackson is waiting to start his adventure with you!                 friend? If you wonder, find out from the book, Wonder. Also,
                                                                            if you are looking for a warm-hearted story, this book is just
Tyson is a 7th grader who enjoys playing basketball, skateboarding, and     right for you.
video games. His favorite subjects at school are math and PE. The best
thing about quarantine was having extra time to take care and play with
Chewie, his dog.                                                          Taegyoung K. is a 5th grader. She loves reading books and writing
                                                                          her own stories. Also, she likes to play video games, board games, and
                                                                          badminton with her family. She would like to be a person who is kind and
                                                                          helps others.

Sean’s Book Review                                                        Kailani’s Review
                   Middle School Can Change Your Life                                        Positive Outlook
                    Finding the Worm                                                           Ways to Make Sunshine
                 by Mark Goldblatt, is                                                     is written by Renée Watson,
                 about a 7th grader, Julian                                                a Coretta Scott King
                 Twerski, who attends                                                      Award and Newbery Medal
                 McMasters Middle School.                                                  winner. The story is about
                 There, 9th graders are a                                                  a 10-year-old Ryan Hart
      Sean       real problem, as they are                                   Kailani T.    who had to adjust to many
                 the bullies. Julian is seen                                               changes in her life after her
  admiring a painting of a historical picture, and then is                  father had lost his job. Her dad’s new job
  accused of messing it up! Julian’s friend, Quentin, suffers               did not pay as much as his old job, so her
  from a tumor in his head, and due to this, is promised a                  family had to move into a smaller house
  visit from a famous baseball player. Another friend, Beverly,             and must limit their spending. Ryan faced many challenges
  is constantly asking Julian to race her in running, but                   at this point of her life. With the help from her loving family
  he always says no. This book has a lot of side stories that               and friends, she was able to see the positive sides of the
  contribute to the main idea, making the book interesting,                 changes. Ryan brought sunshine to her family and anyone
  suspenseful, and funny. Mark Goldblatt did a great job                    around her by trying to be a good daughter, good sister, and
  connecting this book to his previous book, Twerp. In                      a good friend.
  conclusion, Finding the Worm is really cool, but you                         Reading this book taught me to think positive. If we look
  should read Twerp before this, as you will have a much                    at things positively, we can always find some good things
  better time!                                                              even in the worst situation. I give this book 5 stars out of 5.

Sean is a 6th grader who enjoys playing basketball and volleyball. He     Kailani is a 3rd grader who loves to read. When not playing with her
loves to teach his dog, Chewie, tricks and taking him on walks. His       baby brother, Kailani likes to color and draw. She started taking Spanish
favorite subjects at school are math and PE. The best thing about         lessons while sheltering-in-place. Horseback riding and skate boarding
quarantine was spending time with his family in nature.                   are the new activities she enjoys. Hope everyone stays well and healthy.

Covering the La Habra City School District                                                                             February / March 2021   11
From Stage to Sidewalk
     In London in 1743, a performance was done using a                 Roller skating had become part of the world culture. In
 brand-new invention to mimic ice skating on stage—the              the United States, Hollywood made films with roller skates
 first recorded use of roller skates. That performance was          as early as 1913. Behind the Iron Curtain in 1977, the East
 followed in 1818 in Berlin, Germany, with the production of        Germans produced a film called Die zertanzten Schuhe
 Der Maler oder die Wintervergn Ugunger (The Artist, or             (The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The film industry has
 Winter Pleasures), a ballet. The following year in France, a       produced films with social commentary, such as Kansas
 patent was issued for the first roller skates.                     City Bomber (1972) and Rollerball (1975).
     By 1857, London had its first roller-skating rink. All of         Roller skating has even made it into popular music.
 the early skates were of the in-line type. Then in 1863,           Melanie’s song “Brand-New Key” tells the story of a young
 the first quad skates with four wheels were invented. The          girl going by a boy’s house to see him, but he is never home.
 wheels allowed for easier turning. The skates had two              And there is the song by Jim Croce about the Roller Derby
 wheels in front and two in the back.                               Queen—how she is the meanest hunk of woman, called
     Skating became a popular sporting activity for men             Spike, and how he fell in love.
 and women. It was not long before roller-skating became a             From that one performance in 1743, roller skating has
 sporting event for endurance in miles or days. Over time,          become a popular activity for children and competition for
 endurance racing became a team sport.                              dancing and sports. It has been suggested as a sport in the
     By 1935, Chicago had the first roller derby rink, and soon     Olympic Games. So, the next time you see someone glide
 the teams were paired together on the same track. Then on          by you, remember that the activity was born on a stage in a
 November 19, 1948, the CBS-TV network broadcast the first          play back in 1743 in London!
 roller-derby race between New York and Brooklyn teams.
                                                                  D.H.Coop is a retired fire/paramedic and retired teacher having taught
 Most people did not own a TV at the time, but spectators         IB and AP World History 30 years. He continues to substitute, tutor and
 were able to watch the race in store-display windows. The        consult. www.HistoryDepot.com
 following year, the sport had grown so much that 55,000
 spectators filled Madison Square Garden over five-days.

                                      Lacrosse—Word Search Contest
 Rules!
    One word in the list is Not in the word search.
    When you have completed the word search,                  Entries must be received by March 30, 2021
  one word will be left and that word you email to:           From the correct entries one name will be drawn to win
             Kay@schoolnewsrollcall.com                       a $20 gift certificate redeemable at Barnes & Noble.
        (Please put La Habra in the subject line)

     ATTACK                  MOUTH GUARD
     CLEATS                  NET
     COACH                   PLAYERS
     CREASE                  RULES
     DEFENSE                 SCORE
     FIELD                   SHAFT
     GOAL KEEPER             SIDE LINES
     HEAD                    STICK
     HELMETS                 TEAMS
     MIDDIES                 UNIFORMS
                                                                                Word Search by Kai Coop

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