A major component and source of pride among the Keys College and Career Prep, Arrow High School and Springs Learning Center High School programs is the ability to forge strong relationships with students, create environments where they can socialize safely, make new friends, take appropriate risks in their learning and celebrate their successes, reported Principal Jennifer Martin.
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Students from Springs’ Del Rio Student Center enjoyed a field trip to the Western Science Center, a natural history museum in Hemet. They learned about Ice Age giants such as the mastodon, made their way through recreations of an 80 million-year-old Cretaceous forest, studied dinosaur fossils, were introduced to a typical 1880s house from the Diamond Valley region and much more.
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Heather Dugan, Springs’ director of payroll, says that her continuing education journey was “15 years in the making.” She graduated high school in 2004 and was not fond of academics, so she opted not to pursue higher education.
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Mary Rebia, 13, an 8th grade student with Springs’ Santa Ana Student Center, is the February 2024 Student Artist of the Month.
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Audrey Ramirez, a 9th grade student with Springs’ Journey Homeschool High School program, makes videos with her younger sister, Gabby, who is in the 7th grade, for their YouTube channel, Applepiedolls. The videos feature stopmotion activities in the lives of their American Girl dolls. Click here to view the videos.
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Springs’ Santa Ana Student Center’s holiday performance was “magical,” reported Elisa Cornelius, school counselor. Students sang such popular Christmas songs as “Feliz Navidad,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and ‘Frosty the Snowman.’ The variety of performances, including “delightful jingles played on recorders during ‘Jingle Bells,’” “captivated” the audience, she said.
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Springs’ Enterprise Resource Center participated in the “Spark of Love” Toy Drive organized by Riverside County Fire Department Station 73, which collects toys for children for the Christmas season. Site facilitator, Dayna Rodela Lopez also dressed up as an elf on the shelf for the students.
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Cade Burkesmith, a 1st grade Homeschool student, is the January 2024 Student Artist of the Month. His artwork is entitled “We Boldly Go!”
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Staff and families of Springs’ Journey High School attended a performance of The Nutcracker at Riverside City College. Journey ES Melinda Wickstrom was among the participants; her daughter and son performed in the show.
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The Hemet Quest Student Center 1st grade class of teacher Hermelinda Scates and ACE Stephanie Duarte achieved 25% growth on ST Math in one month, reported Principal Eric Ballard. Additionally, the 5th grade class of Catrina Godina and ACE Carolina Astorga made 22% growth on ST Math in one month. Both winning classes get to take Big Jiji, the large staff penguin, back to their class for the month, he added.
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