Venture Online kindergarten student Agastya Y. is a gifted pianist. He earned a California State Honors Award on his Level 3 Piano Certificate of Merit exam, designated as excellent in sight reading and technique, and for the music pieces he performed. In June, he performed at the California Music Association’s Convention Festival. Click here to listen to him perform.
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The Temecula Student Center (TSC) was pleased to graduate 36 students at the close of the 2023-24 school year, including four who finished their graduation requirements in three years “earning them the distinction of being early finishers,” reported Valerie Walker, principal. One student will be going on to attend Cal Poly Pomona, others to local community colleges, and some to trade schools.
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iShine Student Center 5th-grade student Rebeca Jimenez and her Girl Scout troop donated a “beautiful buddy bench” which they had built for the school’s kindness garden, reported Stacey Savin, campus coordinator. It helps create a “beautiful outdoor space” where students can socialize, Stacey said.
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Riley H., a 5th-grade student at the Murrieta Student Center, is the June 2024 Student Artist of the Month. Her picture is entitled “Galaxy of Learning.” Riley likes to draw landscapes and animals; she likes to create her art using watercolor and paint on canvas and clay. Besides art, she likes singing and dancing, computer coding, soccer, and swimming.
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The Del Rio Student Center TK-1st grade students in teachers Sharon Ware and Kimberlie Moore‘s classes have been working to improve the school garden, reported Kim Ballantyne-Morse, principal. They are learning about various plants and flowers; they have been growing vegetables and fruits for students to sample.
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Journey Homeschool High School ES Summer Knapp (right) received a Crystal Apple Award from the LDS Church in Hemet in recognition for the positive impact she has made in her profession. She was nominated by her student Lily Herterich, who described Summer as “amazing.” Lily remarked, “She has been so important to me throughout high school, and I’m looking forward to spending senior year with her.”
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The Santa Ana Student Center held a college and career week which welcomed a variety of guest speakers, including a pizza chef, nurse, makeup artist, police officer, and a pro skater, reported Elisa Cornelius, school counselor. Students reflected on the lives they wanted to live, the salaries required to support such lifestyles, and the salaries offered by different careers.
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Temecula Student Center celebrated the end of the boys’ volleyball season with a “thrilling” students vs. staff volleyball game, reported Principal Valerie Walker, with the students prevailing 3-1 (best out of 5 rounds). Overall for the season boys volleyball was 1-4, with Coach Dontae Jelks leading.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts 1st grade teacher Julie Rodriguez held “The Floor is Lava Day” in her classroom. Students learned about volcanoes and engaged in a lava experiment.
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More than 40 turned out for Springs’ Virtual Academy Park Day which included a new math festival, reported Lanise Goosby, Virtual Village principal. Students used Julia Robinson Math Festival Kits which provided a platform for students to engage their critical thinking and logic skills while solving “intriguing” mathematical problems. Lanise said, “From our youngest TK students to our seasoned learners, everyone had the chance to participate and stretch their mathematical muscles.”
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