W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
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October 4, 2018
Vol 1 7, NO. 03
19 students recognized for perfect scores on state math test THIS WEEK Gloria’s Cor ner Pg. 3
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Of the 19 students who were recognized for perfect math scores last school year’s Jehue Middle School student (now Rialto Middle School sixth grader) Nathaniel Kalaw, (fourth from front, right) impressively earned a perfect math score for four years straight on his CAASPP. Next to Nathaniel is Rafael Guerrero, (standing front, fifth from right) a Rialto Middle School sixth grader, earned the perfect math score honors three years in a row. The students, their families, school leaders, RUSD Board of Education and Superintendent posed happily for the camera.
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ach spring, all students in Grades 3 – 8, and Grade 11 are administered the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, also known as CAASPP, for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. CAASPP results give us
one measure of how well students are mastering the state’s challenging academic standards. The CAASPP for English language arts/literacy and mathematics are customized tests using a computer adaptive format.
Mrs. Eva Serrato, Academic Agent; math/science, college and career pathways explained it this way: “The questions get harder when students answer correctly, and it gets easier when they answer incorrectly; allowing stu-
dents to better demonstrate what they know. After students take the CAASPP for English language arts/literacy and mathematics, results are reported using scaled scores. A scaled score is CAASPP, cont. on next pg.
Las Vegas shooting sur vivors and Inland Empire San Manuel g rants CSUSB $960K to increase Native American enr ollment
natives share their thoughts on one-year anniversar y By Manny B. Sandoval
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Las Vegas shooting victim and survivor Kaila Morales attended Lisa Vanderpump’s fundraiser in West Hollywood on the one-year anniversary of the Las Vegas tragedy on Monday.
ctober 1 marked the oneyear anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting that took the lives of 58 concert goers and wounded 527. The Route 91 Harvest Music Festival shooting has been noted as one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in history. A large portion of the victims are from Southern California and many in the Inland Empire experienced the tragedy, including Inland Empire residents Kaila Morales and Katie Boardman. “I can’t believe it’s already been a full year, sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday. Since then, I’m very on edge and when I hear certain sounds…I find myself jumping up. I realized that we’re not promised tomorrow, so you should live life to the fullest and always tell your loved ones ‘I love you,’” said Morales. A year ago Morales stated, “As Jason Aldean started performing I
stood and recorded a video. My friend and I were in the middle, toward the back and we decided to try to make our way into the crowd going closer to the stage to meet up with another friend. As we were already holding onto each other, making our way through the crowd, we heard what sounded like fireworks. I‘ve seen Jason Aldean before and at every concert he has fireworks, so my initial thought was, ‘what was that…fireworks?’” Morales said she and her friend stood there confused noticing there was nothing in the sky and they continued to hear the shots go off. Morales recalled that it all happened so quickly, but it felt like a long time because of the shots continuing to fire. Morales and her friend, hand in hand, ran for their lives and survived the attack. Boardman, who was at the festiShooting , cont. on pg. 2