Grace Stewart is a 5th-grade Homeschool student who has been attending Springs for two years. Her favorite class is “Countries and Cultures,” taught at the Riverside Learning Center by Marina Poulson. Outside of Springs, she is taking a class to learn Mandarin, shared her teacher, Nikki Dewispelaere. Other activities and interests include equine therapy, Minecraft, Girl Scouts, and DJing. Nikki notes that Grace has also improved her ELA academic achievement.
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High School Learning Centers are “a great place” to take core classes or attend the Study Zone in a supportive and engaging environment, believes Sherri Kemp, Homeschool Director of High School Learning Centers. She explained, “Our core classes are smaller in size, allowing students to engage in collaborative learning and receive personalized instruction from our excellent teachers’ hands-on activities, such as interesting science labs, making learning fun and challenging.”
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Students at the Del Rio Student Center are learning about the Elements of Art, focusing on “line” and “shape”, reported teacher Monica Peralta. TK and K worked on making different kinds of lines. First and 2nd used geometric shapes to create their own robot. Third through 5th learned about using lines to add texture to their drawings of animals and began using foreground, middle ground, and background. Sixth through 8th used organic shapes to create fold-out landscapes with foreground, middle ground, and background.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) teacher Jeannette Fetterhoff created a life-sized Zuri zebra mascot for the school. She researched zebras before beginning, then created it with such materials as cardboard, aluminum foil, and paper mâché. She painted it with rainbow stripes and put it on a platform with astroturf and presented it to Principal Brynne Dukes.
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Students from teacher Claudia McGinty’s 6th-grade class learned about the September 11th attacks, reported Principal Kim Ballantyne-Morse. They listened to testimonies of survivors and participated in a gallery walk created by the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
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Noah Arevalo, a senior in Springs’ Journey program, participated in the online Harvard Undergraduate Venture TECH Summer Program. He learned about startups and technology through lectures, workshops, and hands-on sessions incorporating MBA-level case studies. He participated in Zoom calls with guest speakers Mark Cuban, Lila Snyder (CEO of Bose), Josh Silverman (CEO of Etsy), and Ted Sarandos (co-CEO of Netflix). He was also assigned to a 6-week internship with the startup TouchPoint Legal, where he worked with a team to conduct user research, build an MVP, and ultimately present to the company founder.
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Springs’ Santa Ana Student Center has begun classes for the new school year; ELA has grown this year, and the school is focusing on writing and math, reported Principal Priscilla Doorbar. Additions to the school curriculum include a career exploration program for middle school students. New teachers include Arshia Sharif, who teaches 5th and 6th grade, and Alexander Jones, who teaches 7th and 8th.
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On Tuesday, August 12, more than 500 parents and caregivers came together for our annual Parent IGNITE! Back-to-School Conference—a free event designed to equip and inspire families for an incredible school year. This year’s conference reached over 350 parents virtually and welcomed another 150 parents in person at watch parties across Riverside, Temecula, and Santa Ana. Together, we launched the year with energy, connection, and a shared commitment to student success.
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The Bear River Student Center received multiple awards for the 2024-25 school year, including Full House, Student Loyalty, and Student Achievement—“a testament to the dedication of our students, staff, and families,” believes new Site Facilitator Gabbie Brooks.
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