Rialto Unified School District Communications Journal ISSUE 25 January/February Winter Edition 2014

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At Carter High School, the Rialto Unified School District honored its top students, who earned a perfect score of 600 on the STAR Test-ing, with certificates and ribbons. Here is a list of the stu-dents who received a perfect score in MATHE-MATICS: From Bemis Elemen-tary, students were: Ra-mon Busso, Mariana De La Cruz, Jeffrey Gomez Nino de Guzman, Edwin Lopez Sandoval, Laura Maya, Jennifer Ponce, Felix Ramirez-Huerta and Angelica Varela. From Boyd Elemen-tary, students were: Duc Nguyen, Jasmine Qui-nones Ramirez, and Jade Urista From Casey Elemen-tary, students were: Alexa Carrasco-Sanchez, Saul Gutierrez, Alex Nava Salazar, Dan-iel Soto, and Yocelyn Tapia. From Curtis Elemen-tary, students were: Ivan Guillen-Garcia, Victor Luna, Aldair Perez, and Roselyn Vazquez-Ramirez (who also re-

ceived a perfect score in English Language Arts). From Dollahan Ele-mentary, students were: Juan Flore (in math and English Language Arts) Dalila Gamboa-Rivas, Nautica Guerrero, Kayla Magnussen (in math and English Language Arts), Sergio Torres (in sci-ence). From Dunn Elemen-tary, students were: Bri-an Linan and Dina Vasquez. From Fitzgerald Ele-mentary: Zarqa Ali, Kate-lyn Brown, Citlalic Buso, Benjamin Galaz and Mo-ses Pinedo. From Garcia Elemen-tary, students were: Daniel Tapia and Shelly Mae Trinidad. From Henry Elemen-tary, students were: Selena Flores, Korinne Gutierrez and Maliyah Pope. From Hughbanks Ele-mentary, students were: Valerie Batres, Jared Crow, Leslie Hernandez, Damian Marin, Jocelyn Robertson and Omar Sandoval-Sanchez.

From Kelley Elemen-tary, students were: Jose Aispuro Diego Lopez (in English Language Arts), Pamela Mancilla and Perla Puente. From Kordyak Ele-mentary, students were: Andrew Coming, Lauren Crossley, Dominic John-son, Juliana McGowen and Xavier Ramirez (in science). From Morris Elemen-tary, students were: So-fia Gomez-Castillo, Madeline Guerra, Leslie Plascencia, Eric Rojas and Raymond Wooten. From Myers Elemen-tary, students were: Al-iena Aguilar, Jonathan Diaz, Sarahi Gasca, An-thony Godinez, Xavier Gomez, Jacobo Herrera, Angel Limon and Mark Vazquez. From Preston Ele-mentary, students were Andre Balboa and Diego Diaz. From Simpson Ele-mentary, students were: Juan Avila (in English Language Arts) Austin Barton, Alexander Hick-erson, April Iniquez, Isaac Mejia, Sandra Mo-rales (in English Lan-

guage Arts) Luis Salazar and Maat William-Hukk. From Trapp Elemen-tary, students were: Ma-hirah Janmohamed and Adan Leon-Villanueva. From Werner Ele-mentary, students were: Karla Aguilar, Kalie Dou-angchandy, Jeanette Escalante, April Grana-dos, Raven Griffin, Alan-na Gutierrez, Jazmin Hernandez, Carlos Ramirez, Chelsea Rojas, Marley Rojas, Pedro Sal-azar-Martinez, Phillip Suchy, Joshua Valencia Alcantara and Javier Valenzuela. The Star 600 Club Sec-ondary students from middle and high schools were also recognized. From Jehue Middle, students Jorge Contre-ras, Kirstin Gaytan, Shel-sea Mejia, Jesus Oviedo Alonzo Ramirez, Ernesto Rojas and Steve Tamayo were recognized for 600 in mathematics and Da-vid Cordelia was recog-nized for science. From Kolb Middle, Rachel Frost was recog-nized for math and Jim-my Lira was recognized for science.

From Kucera Middle, Daniel Babin and Charles DuBose were cognized in science and Serenity Royal was rec-ognized in math. From Rialto Middle, Fabian Escobedo was recognized in science. From Carter High Dan-iel Monarrez was recog-nized in math. From Eisenhower High, Jade Lynn was recognized in chemistry and Viridiana was recog-nized in math. At Rialto High, Joseph Cobian was recognized in biology, Luis Enriquez-Contreras was recog-nized in chemistry and World History, Jesus Reynoso was recognized in chemistry and Abimelec Vargas-Reyes was recognized in histo-ry, social science. “It was a pleasure for the District to observe our parent and school staff support,” said RUSD Assistant Superin-tendent of Educational Services, Dr. Susan Levine. “These are our brightest stars. We are very proud of their ac-complishments.”

DISTRICT’S TOP STAR 600 CLUB STUDENTS

RUSD Safety and Security Department held its first Parent Vol-unteer Safety Training Course. These parent volunteers gained knowledge in: Board of Education policies pertaining to school volunteers, responsibilities of school site administrators, how to observe and report, student contact and supervision, emergency procedures & evacuation and radio communication procedures. At the January 2014 RUSD Board of Education school board meet-ing, the Board recognized 18 parents for completing the course, under the leadership of RUSD Acting Superintendent, Moham-mad Z. Islam, and under the supervision of Chief of Safety, Gor-don Leary. Pictured on right are some of the proud parent who earned their certificates from RUSD Board Clerk, Joseph Mar-tinez. From far left to right are RUSD Parents: Gabriela Madrid, Jacquelinr Urbieta, Elizabeth Moreno, Claudia Cuevas, Marti-na Perez and Cecilia Paladines. “I am extremely proud of the quality time that our Safety staff invested with our parent volun-teers during the workshop,” stated Acting Superintendent, Is-lam. “When the school and parent relationship is stronger, and we work in harmony, the results are stronger for our students.”

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Rialto High honors NROTC students

Q: I’ve been hearing about Prop. 39 in the news. What’s that all about? A: Prop. 39 is a ballot measure that was passed in 2012 that closed a corporate tax loophole and provides $550 million, for five years, for school dis-tricts in the State. The-se funds must be used for energy efficiency projects. Our District has been awarded over $1 mil-lion a year for the next five years. We are planning to use those funds to upgrade light-ing with energy effi-cient bulbs such as LED, which use only 20% of the electricity of traditional bulbs. We will also upgrade and repair aged air conditioners and heat-ing units. Pool covers for Ei-senhower High School will be added to save money on heating and water. These projects are designed to work in concert with our ener-gy conservation efforts. By embracing a “using only what we need” attitude, we have re-duced our energy usage by over 8%since last February. Great job RUSD!

Ask Jay!

Jay Kim is the RUSD’s Energy Manager. You may email Jay at:

jkim@rialto.k12.ca.us

Next Rialto Board of Education Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 12, and February 26, 2014, 7:oo p.m. at the Dr. John Kazalunas Education Center, 182 East Walnut Avenue, Rialto, Ca., RUSD also

streams live. Please log onto: www.rialto.k12.ca.us

Boyd El. to hit the Big 60!

On May 9, 2014 J. Calvin Boyd Ele-mentary School will celebrate 60 years of existence but Boyd staff is already

making plans for the 60th Birthday Party. J. Calvin Boyd was born in Boyd Mill, Ohio in 1861. He became a be-loved teaching prin-cipal at Rialto Ele-mentary School in 1903, which was later named after him. After his educa-tion career was completed he served on the RUSD Board of Education and as the town mayor.

Marina Madrid is the Principal of Boyd Elementary School. She has begun the stage of planning a celebration for RUSD’s oldest ele-mentary school. “We are excited about the two day event (May 8 and 9) to which we are in-viting alumni and former teachers and administrators of Boyd to attend,” said Madrid. “It’s a histor-ical moment.”

Hundreds of parents and relatives gathered to observe and cheer, at the Rialto High School JROTC Mili-

tary Inspection and Cadet Promotion Cer-emony, which was held January 24, 2014, 9:15 a.m., on campus.

The JROTC cadets performed military drills to their perfection. RHS Principal Arnie Ayala assisted RHS Naval JROTC Com-mander Sandy Jones in rewarding cadets with pins and certifi-cates of achievements. “I’m so thankful for the support of our par-ents, families and for the leaders and staff of Rialto High School,” replied Commander Jones, “but mostly, I am so very proud of the determination of these fine young men and women who have demonstrated leader-ship and character.” Shannon Lara, whose daughter, Alex-andra Lara added, “We love Commander

Jones. He has brought so much to this JROTC Program that I drive my daughter an hour to make sure she is here.” Jones also awarded RHS JROTC Chief, Donald Meredith, with a plaque for his service to the program. Mere-dith, who lives in Temecula, relocated to that specific area. “We will have a void with Chief Meredith leaving,” replied Jones. “He was always the first in, and last out. The cadets and I will miss him, immensely.” The RHS JROTC stood true to their mot-to: “Preparing Leaders and Citizens of Excel-lence: Morally, Mental-ly and Physically.”

RUSD proud of its Military Student/Cadets… From left, Rialto High School Navy JROTC Com-mander, Sandy Jones, assists Rialto High School Principal, Arnie Ayala, and Area 11 Managing Commander, Kenneth Liles, in the promoting and pinning of Cadet/Master Chief Juan Carrera, 11th grade student and Rial-to NJROTC Battalion Senior Enlisted Advisor.

J. Calvin Boyd

Boyd Elementary School Princi-pal, Marina Madrid, smiles with her son, Diego Madrid Morales, a Boyd Alumni.