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San Gabriel Unified Middle School Peer Mentors Welcome Nearly 400 New Students Incoming Jefferson Middle School sixthgrader Melanie Olmedo was nervous about middle school, but said her anxieties eased after she attended her first meeting for Where Everybody Belongs (WEB), the school’s peer mentoring program. “I was a little nervous to come here, more nervous than I am now, but now that I see everyone getting along it’s comforting,” Olmedo said. “I feel like everyone here is making an effort to show the new students that we can all be friends and meet new people.” The Aug. 11 event focused on creating a welcoming environment for the school’s incoming 389 sixth-graders before school starts Aug. 21, led by Assistant Principal Ivonne Contreras, her staff and volunteer eighthgrade leaders. The sixth-graders took part in ice-breaker activities, toured their new school and finished the day with a pizza lunch. Principal Matt Arnold and Contreras started the WEB program after learning about the Boomerang Project, a peer mentoring and student transition program. In 2015, Contreras enlisted the help of three sixth-grade teachers to receive WEB program training to learn how to incorporate and oversee the program’s mentoring strategies between students as well as set program goals. This marks the third year Jefferson has hosted the program. “We felt that Jefferson Middle School contained a great deal of student leaders. Therefore, we wanted to afford such students an opportunity not only to lead, but to also assist our staff in promoting a positive and caring SEE PAGE 4
Jefferson Middle School Where Everybody Belongs eighth-grade leader Connie Yuan (center) and a group of sixth-graders steady straws between their interlaced arms and hands, symbolizing how they must work as a team and support each other to accomplish their goals. - Courtesy photo
Public Health Officials Advise Community to Take Precautions Against West Nile Virus After First 2017 Case is Detected in Long Beach The first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year in Long Beach has been confirmed. As of August 11, 2017, 22 human cases have been reported statewide from four California counties, including Los Angeles (14), San Bernardino (4), Kern (3), and Kings (1). There have been no WNV-related deaths this year in California. Prior to the first human case of
WNV in Long Beach, the City had documented two WNV positive mosquito samples, one positive bird and one positive sentinel chicken between the months of June and August. WNV is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. Signs and symptoms of WNV may include fever, body aches, SEE PAGE 4
Riverside 9/11 Citywide Day of Service September 11, 2017 marks the 16th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Annually, the City of Riverside, together with various organizations, has coordinated the Riverside Citywide 9/11 Day of Service to thank our fire and police personnel for the commitment to our community. During it’s first year alone, organizers hosted blood drives, CPR training sta-
tions, served meals for over 400 fire and police personnel, raised over $2,000 for our police and fire association and had over 300 residents volunteer for the 9/11 Day of Service. Join for a public Opening Ceremony on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 9:11 a.m. at Riverside City Hall (3900 Main Street, RiverSEE PAGE 4
City Halls of San Bernardino The San Bernardino City Hall has been located in several different buildings since the City first became incorporated in 1854. An article printed in The Guardian newspaper on Saturday, October 7, 1871 reported that: "On the corner of Fourth and Utah ["D"] streets, Judge A. D. Boren is putting up a very HANDSOME BUILDING, which
fronts 40 feet on Fourth street and has a depth of 60 feet, and will be two stories in height. The building, when completed, will be a decided ornament to that business portion of the town. Meyerstein & Co., the well know [sic] dry goods and grocery dealers, will occupy the corner store on the first floor. The upper story
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