Springs’ iShine Student Center said farewell to Maria Casas, special education instructional aide, who retired at the end of the school year. She originally worked in the mortgage industry, but after staying home for a time to raise her grandson, she opted for a career in education instead. She especially enjoyed working with students with disabilities and has worked for the past four years as a one-on-one aide.
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Springs Homeschool students traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia in May to participate in performances with the Mountain Fifes and Drums of Lake Arrowhead, reported ES Nadia Phillips.
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After winning the Temecula Student Center´s Science and Engineering Fair, 5th grader Arthor Hawkes and sisters Maya and Leilani Launiu (4th and 7th graders) went on to win at the all-Springs Fair. Continuing their winning streak, both projects advanced two more levels from the regional competition to the Riverside County Fair.
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Springs’ Temecula Student Center is mourning the death of senior Garret Caouette, who died April 22 after his car was rear-ended by a truck. Garret was an athlete who was active in his church; he had planned to attend Cal State Channel Islands in the fall.
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Springs’ Magnolia Student Center Site Facilitator Irma Herrera was selected to participate in the making of disaster preparedness videos targeted at California’s Indian tribes.
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Springs’ learning centers have reopened and have begun offering a limited number of classes to students. Eight locations are offering in-person classes one morning or afternoon weekly to the nearly 200 students who have returned to campus.
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Magnolia Student Center students, Ben Noble, Kyleigh Chalfant and Natalye Tinajero, joined with advisors Susie Carpenter and Amber Baxter to produce the school’s annual yearbook, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic lockdowns.
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Springs Murrieta Student Center Montessori middle school students in teacher Beth Whitehead’s class, have created their own fictitious toy companies. They worked in groups to select their company’s name, mission, logo, and motto, and have created prototypes of their own unique toys. The students then wrote five-paragraph essays about their experiences and created websites to go with them, the first time for most creating one.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts held a STEAM Fair with students doing projects at home using one of four kits: crystal growing, weather lab, chemistry set, or volcano lab.
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Tammy Slaten, assistant director of Springs’ Cherry Valley Cooperative, reports that the school’s 150 students have returned to campus. The school serves K-12, including academy and learning center students, and KEYS high school students.
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