Enrollment is up across the board in Springs’ programs and student centers in the new school year; some examples of sites reporting significant jumps in enrollment include the Corona Student Center, Cherry Valley Co-op, and the Bear River Student Center.
Bear River Student Center 8th grade student Zuri Miles, 13, is the featured actress in Crystal Geyser’s new 30-second television commercial “After School Trip.” Click here to watch the commercial. It was filmed on-location at Mt. Shasta in northern California and took a week to film. She flew to San Francisco (first time on an airplane), and drove to Mt. Shasta. She said, “It was so much fun as it was cold and snowing; I don’t get to see snow very often. It was a beautiful and amazing experience.”
Profess Adhikari, a 5th-grade student from Springs’ Bear River Student Center, finished 6th place in the Riverside County spelling bee.
Springs’ Bear River Student Center held its 2nd annual Christmas choir performance of “A Christmas Line,” a Broadway-style performance of Christmas songs. It was a “huge hit” with the audience, reported Site Facilitator Lindsay Robson, and raised money for the school’s theater department.
Bear River students participated in an APEX fundraiser and raised $46,000, half of which goes to the school. TK-6 students participated in a Fun Run while middle school students battled it out at a Color Battle (pictured is Principal Shane Wickwire participating in the Color Battle).
Springs Bear River Student Center remembered the 20th anniversary of 9-11 by observing “Patriots Day.” Activities included a flag raising, patriotic class photos and campus decorating in red, white and blue.
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.
In Springs’ Bear River Student Center staffing news, the school has a new program facilitator, Dontae Jelks. Additionally, two ACEs, Erin Heredia and Tom Fagot, recently earned bachelor’s degrees, Ms. Heredia’s in psychology and Mr. Fagot’s in Applied Studies.
Chuka Rellias, 11, is a 6th-grade student at Springs’ Bear River Student Center who loves art and hopes to make a career of it. He said, “I am passionate about drawing and I can spend hours drawing cartoons and anime.” 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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Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
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