Two students in Springs Charter Schools’ La Fuente 50/50 dual immersion Spanish/English program at Springs’ Vista Student Center received a surprise visit from their father, Cody Cowley, a First Class Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, on January 14, after nearly 10 months deployment onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading →
Springs has opened a new Homeschool learning center in Sherman Oaks. The center offers a 3-day a week Homeschool experience, with an optional 4th day STEAM program. It currently serves grades K-5, and will add a grade next year to eventually serve grades K-6. Students will engage in a variety of hands-on projects and enjoy small group instruction. Continue reading →
Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) in Riverside was awarded a $24,400 American Airlines Flight Education grant to encourage students to consider careers in aviation, specifically becoming pilots. The funding will be used to provide students with a tour of Boeing aircraft manufacturing facilities, for the purchase of remote control airplanes, for flight lessons and a tour of Coast Flight Training flight school in San Diego. Continue reading →
Julianna Cantu, center, a student at the Magnolia Student Center is interning with the San Bernardino County Fire Department as part of CTE – Public Safety. She has been going on ride-alongs and assisting at the fire stations and at headquarters. Continue reading →
Homeschool triplets Kevin, Michael and Jason Lanier, age 16, did their Eagle Scout project at Springs’ Enterprise Resource Center. The trio have been in the scouts since age 9, and have homeschooled with Springs for their entire education, and see the project as “the culmination of a lot of hard work, and something the vast majority of scouts don’t achieve,” said father Jason Lanier. Continue reading →
Agathay McIntyre (pictured) composed a ballad about the English Empress Matilda for Springs’ annual History Day for grades 4-12. Continue reading →
Twenty-five Homeschool students participated in rock climbing at Joshua Tree, with instruction provided by California Climbing School. Continue reading →
Springs ES Laura Gottdiner shared the following story with Superintendent Kathleen Hermsmeyer about her adopted son, Tim, a 7th-grade student at Springs’ Riverside Learning Center:
“My son, Tim, goes to the Riverside Learning Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He’s in 7th grade… We decided to enroll him in Speaker’s League this year to help him overcome his fear of public speaking. Continue reading →
Being part of Springs’ Venture Online program has allowed student Adyline Rivera, 8, the opportunity “to travel around the world with my family.” Along with learning how to swim, recent accomplishments, she said, include “jumping off a cliff into the water in Italy.” Continue reading →
Luna Fierro, a 1st-grade student at Springs’ Magnolia Student Center, announced to her class that her father, Ronaldo Fierro (pictured), had been sworn in as a Riverside City Councilman for Ward 3, the district in which the school is located. Continue reading →
