Signal Tribune Newspaper

BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
If all goes according to plan, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will open a middle school in Signal Hill in 2011. The project is proposed for the 9.7-acre site west of Cherry Avenue between 20th Street in Long Beach and the Signal Hill city boundary.
“This project was approved in 2005 […]

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The Alpert Jewish Community Center, in cooperation with Barnes & Noble of Long Beach, Hadassah Southern California, Gesher City Long Beach and Beach Hillel will host a Jewish Book Festival featuring a vast selection of Jewish fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, biographies, cookbooks, Judaic and Holocaust Studies. The Festival is open to the entire community and […]

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The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), will hold its 23rd annual Koi Auction on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Japanese koi fish (carp) will be auctioned by members of the Zen Nippon Airinkai (ZNA) Koi Club of Southern California.
The auction, which begins at noon […]

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Beginning on November 20, Academic UpRise will host its Seventh Annual Educational Symposium and Presidents Forum, as they continue their commitment to impacting the lives of children by providing academic coaching, California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) test preparation, financial literacy and mentoring services for local area youth.
In collaboration with the Long Beach Unified School […]

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By Connie Moretti
While we were in school, the vice principal’s office was certainly a place to be avoided, but for our genealogy research, the two parts of the Vice Principle are important in our research. Once you have rounded up the information you have at home, you are ready to start collecting other documents and […]

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By Lynne Wainfan

Eighth grader Teddy Watler wasn’t even alive when Westerly School opened. As keynote speaker for the school’s groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, he personified the type of student envisioned by founding Headmaster Raymond Bizjack- poised, articulate and inspirational. “Although I’ll be graduating this year and won’t be here to be the beneficiary of the Raymond […]

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When freshmen Alexia, Brea and Camry Boyd walked onto campus this fall at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), they became the first set of identical triplets to start taking classes at the same time in the university’s history. The triplets, 18, are all business management majors who want to own their own companies one […]

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This month, Ocean Spray will showcase the natural treasure of its cranberry bogs- displaying the ruby-colored gems in urban areas throughout America. Bringing to life the breathtaking experience of the cranberry harvest, Ocean Spray’s Bogs Across America events will transform landmark sites in New York City, Los Angeles and Foxboro, Mass. into a sea of […]

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Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe presented $135,000 to the City of Long Beach on Oct. 3 to help fund new energy-efficient streetlights that are being installed adjacent to California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) to improve safety for students and members of the community.
Supervisor Knabe, the City of Long Beach and CSULB joined together […]

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“Fall Fashion 08,” a fashion show fundraiser to benefit Operation Jump Start, will take place Sunday, October 26 at The Reef, 880 S. Harbor Scenic Drive Long Beach, CA 90802.
From 11 a.m. to noon, attendees can participate in a silent auction featuring a variety of exciting items donated by local businesses followed by lunch. The […]

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On Sunday, September 28, the Southern California Herpetology Association had a reptile show at the El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach. Approximately 2,500 people passed through the doors that day. Pictured are SCHA member Steve Strichart and his grandson Carson Cooper, 2, with an 18-foot Burmese python named Rama. For more information about the […]

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Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh will give the keynote address at the second annual Cal State University, Long Beach Distinguished Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 15 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the university campus.
One of the most heralded investigative journalists of our generation, Hersh will address and update issues raised in […]

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Melany Aiken, a teaching credential student and future graduate student in history at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), has been selected as a recipient of a 2008-09 William R. Hearst/CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement.
The Hearst/CSU Trustees’ awards provide $3,000 scholarships to students who have demonstrated financial need, experienced personal hardships and have attributes […]

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The California State University, Dominguez Hills School of Nursing has announced the launch of its Stock Our Skills (SOS) Lab Campaign to raise $250,000 to equip a new clinical nursing skills lab on campus that is scheduled to open in summer 2009. “The School of Nursing continues to expand its program offerings to address needs […]

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Embracing Latina Leadership AllianceS (ELLAS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization will host its third annual conference and awards ceremony entitled “21st Century Latinas- A Journey From Good To Greatness,” at the Westin Long Beach Hotel on Friday September 26 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ELLAS invites 400 Long Beach and Los Angeles Unified School District high […]

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BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
About 800 pupils that attend Long Beach schools got free backpacks and school supplies last week and Monday. The giveaways were part of the Fluor Corporation’s “Global Building Futures Project,” which has provided assistance to students of low-income families in nations all over the world for the past eight years.
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California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) welcomed its newest dean to the fold on Monday, Aug. 18, as Jeet Joshee began his tenure as dean for University College and Extension Services (UCES).
Joshee comes to CSULB from Cal State San Bernardino (CSUSB), where for the last three years he served as dean of the College of […]

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Last year was the first year Long Beach Rescue Mission partnered with Long Beach Unified School District, Kingdom Causes, Academic Uprise and Mary Louise Burgess to raise awareness, funds, and supplies for their backpack drive. The inspiration was simply seeing and hearing about the need and realizing that families may not be able to provide […]

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Posting a 65-percent increase in annual giving over the last two years, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) officials have announced another strong gain in their fundraising efforts over the previous year as the campus reported raising nearly $34 million during the 2007-08 academic year.
The year-end total as of June 30 was $33,958,067, which represents […]

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The Geography Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) together with The Spaces of Democracy and the Democracy of Space Network will host a community forum and academic workshop on “Radical Politics Today” on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 4-5.
The Spaces of Democracy and the Democracy of Space Network focuses on how new forms of […]

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Emergencies aren’t fun, but for children, learning to deal with them can be. The Greater Long Beach Chapter (GLBC) of the American Red Cross is offering a two-day SAFE Kids Summer Day Camp that teaches life-saving skills to children ages 7 to 12.
Taught by specially trained GLBC Staff and Youth volunteers, SAFE Kids’ lessons are […]

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Parents looking for an outlet that keeps children active both mentally and physically during the summer can enroll their kids in a pair of camps for four weeks as California State University, Long Beach offers the second session of its Academic Enrichment and 49er camps, which together run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open to […]

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OASIS, a national nonprofit educational organization designed to enhance the quality of life for mature adults, and the Long Beach Unified School District are hosting a coffee and tea information meeting on Wednesday, July 16 at 11 a.m. at the OASIS Center, located on the lower level of the Macy’s department store in the Lakewood […]

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