Springs’ learning centers have reopened and have begun offering a limited number of classes to students. Eight 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. The group met online on Google Meet. The 108-page book has a superhero theme and exceeds last year’s yearbook by 4 pages. The yearbook is for Magnolia families, and should sell 200 or more copies, said Ms. Carpenter. She continued, “We had so much fun designing the yearbook, growing together as a team, and helping one another.” Continue reading →
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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Venture Online student Joshua Henderson has received a full scholarship to West Point. He has earned a 4.0 GPA over the past three years and is a nationally-ranked junior tennis player. (see past newsletter article here).
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Springs Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) senior Matthew Healy has earned his pilot wings, completing his last flight to receive his private pilot license, reported Robin Davis, FAPA principal. Matthew has been taking FAPA’s AOPA Learn to Fly Aviation classes as well as San Bernardino Valley College Aeronautical Classes.
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Samantha Clary, a 7th-grade student at the Bear River Student Center, is the May 2021 Student Artist of the Month. She is 12 years old and lives in Menifee.
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Homeschool senior Dylan Jun, 14, of Rancho Santa Margarita has been accepted to UCI and UC San Diego. He has also applied to UCLA and UC Berkeley. He is currently leaning towards attending UC San Diego, as his brother Collin, who graduated high school at age 13 in 2018, attends there.
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Springs’ Vista Student Center (also known as Vista Springs) received a technology boost with the addition of Owl cameras in each of its classrooms which vastly improves distance learning. Continue reading →
Magnolia Student Center staff encouraged students to read during the month of March by creating a student “Rise to the Challenge and Read” reading challenge. Each student was assigned a novel to read, and the one who devoted the most time to reading earned the school’s traveling “Participation Party ‘P’ (a light-up letter P). Classes with the most Party Ps will win a year-end pizza party.
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