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El Chicano 09/08/22

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EL CHICANo Weekly

Vol 59, NO. 38

September 8, 2022

C o n g r e s s m a n P e t e A g u i l a r a n d U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f

Energ y Secr et ar y to ur SBVC’s clea n energ y prog ra m

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Rep. Pete Aguilar and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm listening to student’s experiences in the clean energy vehicle maintenance and repair training programs.

By Manny Sandoval

n September 1, Rep. Pete Aguilar and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm visited San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) to meet with faculty and students enrolled in the

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Clean Energy Vehicle Maintenance, Repair Training Program and toured SBVC’s Applied Technology Center. “We just toured SBVC’s advanced technology program. We’re talking directly to students that are being trained for clean energy jobs. I’m proud to see our community creating

some positive movement so our students can have good careers in the future that are locally based to meet our climate and energy demands and the requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act,” said Aguilar. One focal topic of the walkthrough was the correlation between the college’s program-

ming and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This act will lower costs for families, combat the climate crisis, and reduce the national deficit.

“Thank you so much for your leadership, Rep. Aguilar. It Clean Energy cont. on next pg.

Cypress Elementary starts school year with brand new library

Community News

IE health coach shares tips on how to gar ner quality sleep

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or 20 years, Cypress Elementary School has been missing something on its campus that most other schools take for granted—a school library. All that changes this year, as Cypress is set to open its own on-campus library.

Cypress has dedicated an otherwise empty classroom to its new library, which will feature a media center for student research; a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) center; comfortable, student-friendly furniture; and thousands of books donated by Access Books and Santa Monica Books for Kids. “Our students love to read,”

Cypress, cont. on pg. 2

PHOTO JACOB LUKO

The 2022-2023 school year marks the first time that student’s have access to a fully comprehensible library at Cypress Elementary.


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