Springs’ Temecula Student Center celebrated Kindness Week by spreading “kindness and positivity throughout our campus and community,” reported Principal Valerie Walker. She continued, “It was heartwarming watching students participate in activities all week long that celebrated and promoted kindness.”
Springs held three school-wide competitions in this past month. On January 11, Springs held its History Day Competition and Science Fair Invitational, and on January 17, Springs held its Spelling Bee Invitational.
Julian Tsai, a 12th grade student with Springs’ Journey Homeschool High School, daily practices Kendo, a Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords and protective armor, and believes the skills he has learned with it help him in everyday life. In February, he competed in the Mori Hai Tournament in Fountain Valley and earned third place. When he’s not practicing Kendo he’s playing the shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese instrument that can be a challenge to play.
Recent trips for students of Springs Virtual Village (Montessori Voyage and Virtual Academy) include a Winter Wonderland Park Day at Los Serranos Park in Chino Hills and a visit to the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. Students created ornaments at the park, and were given books to take home and read. At the museum, students learned about dinosaurs and viewed native gardens.
Fatima Ruzmetova, 11, a 5th grade Homeschool student, is the March 2024 Student Artist of the Month. Her artwork is entitled “Galaxy Awesome.” Fatima lives in Riverside. She enjoys being homeschooled because she doesn’t have to rise early for school “yet I still receive the best education.”
Field trips can greatly enhance a child’s education, believes Carmelina Rosales, Springs’ Education Field Trip Coordinator. Recent field trips include a visit to PennyPickle’s Workshop in Temecula (pictured), a children’s museum with hands-on inventions, gadgets, and experiments, which drew 101 participants.
Amani Turner is a junior who joined Springs’ Venture Online program in the fall. She is taking a heavy load of classes to earn to ensure she graduates on time and has found Venture has offered the right mix of flexibility and discipline that has enabled her to get back on track for graduation. She attributes her success to family, teachers, and fellow classmates.
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.
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.
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.
Springs Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
Oak Branches = Continuous Lifelong Learning
