Two sisters graduated from Springs’ Venture Online program in June, albeit at different ends of the K-12 grade spectrum. Pia Spors graduated grade 12 a semester early and was one of the program’s top students. Continue reading →
Springs’ Renaissance Valley Academy (RVA) has seen its enrollment jump during this time of pandemic. When the shelter-in-place mandate came in March, it had 457 students. So far for the 2020-21 school year, there are 514 active students with another 81 prospective students. Nikia Hovey, principal, noted, “We are elated!” Continue reading →
Three students at Springs’ Bear River Student Center have won PTSA Reflections Awards: Matthew Brown, 8th grade, Award Of Merit: Visual Arts, Gavin Dolan(pictured), 8th grade, Award Of Merit: Film. and Jaden Jackson, 8th grade, Award Of Excellence: Photography and Oma’s Choice Award For Photography.
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Springs held an online chess tournament on May 27, with winners receiving Amazon gift cards from the Summit Springs Educational Foundation. Continue reading →
Jack Lowell, 13, is a 7th-grade student in Springs’ iShine Student Center in Temecula who for teacher appreciation day performed a drum solo for his teachers. Continue reading →
Ethan and Noah Arevalo, 2nd and 6th graders in Springs’ Homeschool program, are both 1st place award winners in the Writing Extravaganza. Both boys are avid readers who are working hard to develop their writing abilities. Continue reading →
Julia Nunez, a 7th-grade Homeschool student, is the June 2020 Student Artist of the Month. Her artwork is entitled “There’s No Place Like Springs.” Julia likes to create her art using watercolors and acrylic paint. Continue reading →
The Corona Student Center held an 8th-grade parade promotion ceremony in May as its 8th-grade teacher is expecting a child the week school finishes. Students received goodie bags as they passed by. Corona Student Center ACE Sally Lorentson is “going above and beyond” during this time mandated distance learning due to the pandemic, reported Principal E.J. Whitehead and the Center staff. Continue reading →
Students in Springs’ Venture Online program celebrated their first-ever virtual Spirit week. Activities included Silly Sock Day, Pajama Day, Beach Trip Indoors Day, Crazy Hair Day and Sports Jersey Day. Continue reading →
Springs CTE teacher Chris Allen has won a $25,000 Epic MegaGrant for developing tutorials from Unreal Engine, an open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. He has taught CTE Intro and Intermediate Game Design since 2015, creating his own curriculum in Canvas. Unreal Engine was developed by Epic Games, makers of the popular online video game Fortnite. The tutorials which Mr. Allen will be developing are the same tutorials he uses in his courses. Continue reading →
