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Temple City Unified School District Celebrates Student Achievement by Lynne Burkardt Temple City
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During the month of May the Temple City Unified School District held its 23nd Annual Public Schools Recognition Night - Saluting Public Education. Nearly 150 family members, friends, teachers, and community members gathered at Emperor Elementary School
to celebrate 29 students receiving awards recognizing their service, character, and self-improvement. TCUSD’s District Teacher of the Year, Allen Wong, was the evening’s motivational speaker. Cloverly Elementary School: Sophia Diep, Jo-
seph Hinckley, Franky Su, Angelina Tsai, Jillian Valdez, and Christy Yamasaki. Emperor Elementary School: Hailey Au, Ashley Cho, Elizabeth Haynes, Kassandra Navarrete, Naomi Rappaport, Noah Reyes, Andrew Wong, Darren Yang, and Faith Yu.
La Rosa Elementary School: Samantha Chan, Kayla Day, Jaila Gallegos, Nathaniel Han, Jessica Lu, Damien Montano, Melody Xie, and Faith Zhou. Longden Elementary School: Andrew Lee, Thomas Li, Tiffany Tao, Stella Tran, Safina Wu, and
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Cal State Los Angeles Students Receive Assistance from Rio Hondo College
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by Ruthie Retana Whittier
About 100 students from California State University, Los Angeles are studying at Rio Hondo College this summer to complete basic skills courses under the auspices of a two year, $2 million grant recently received by the community college district. The grant, one of five totaling $10 million awarded by the California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office, provides Rio Hondo College with resources to work with area high schools, adult schools and CSU Los Angeles to improve the chances of college success for students with challenges in English and math. “We are excited to be hosting these students on our
campus and helping them to achieve their dreams,” Superintendent/President Teresa Dreyfuss said. “Rio Hondo College offers a host of services that support students in their quest for a college degree and, with this grant, we will be expanding those services on multiple fronts.” At Cal State L.A., more than 66.1 percent of incoming freshmen test below college level in English or math. This is similar to remedial challenges at Rio Hondo College, which also enrolls a large population of first-generation college students who may lack cultural, familial or financial support. Students at Cal State LA who do not complete reme-
dial classes in a year tend to students through a rigordrop out or are dis-enrolled. ous program of instruction Rio Hondo College is as well as through a trio of targeting up to 2,500 Cal intervention programs deState L.A. students for signed to support them. remedial instruction, tutorFor example, Rio Hondo’s ing and other support over two-week Summer Bridge the two-year grant period. program includes an acaStudents will take summer demic workshop that boosts courses after high school to student math preparation. build skills before freshman Students can test into more year, receive aid in spring advanced courses at the of their freshman year to program’s conclusion. The complete remedial programs program also provides stuand enroll in summer classes dents with additional tools after freshman year if they for managing the transition need additional help. to college. It serves about The current class of 100 330 students annually. students falls into the latter The college also offers category – a number Rio a two-week math booster Hondo College officials program called Springboard. expect will double shortly. Two-thirds of the students Rio Hondo College will involved in pilot programs serve the Cal State Los Angeles Students continued on page 9