By Brett Ashley Hawkins
Editorial Intern
Dramatic Results, an award-winning educational agency based in Signal Hill, set its sights on Hamilton Middle School’s self-contained sixth-grade class last week to provide struggling students a relatable approach to math and science. The agency has helped more than 17,000 students throughout Long Beach and Compton’s public schools in the last [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
Origami exercise improves students’ understanding of math, science
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Education
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Pythias organizes book drive for childen’s charities
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · News
For the last ten years, children’s literacy has been an important part of the community services agenda of the Lakewood/Long Beach Knights of Pythias, which last year collected and distributed more than 50,000 children’s books.
From May 1 through June 1, the Knights, through its Children’s Charities program, and the Long Beach Public Library will launch [...]
Local officials help celebrate downtown school’s 10th birthday
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Education, News
By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, City Councilman Robert Garcia, Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal and Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Chris Steinhauser all showed up at a birthday party last Thursday (March 11). It was the 10th anniversary celebration for the New City School, located at [...]
Elementary school rings ceremonial bell to honor its Founder’s Day
March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Education, News
By Brett Ashley Hawkins
Editorial Intern
Students, teachers, alumni, parents, education officials, government representatives, and board members of Los Cerritos Elementary School joined together March 5 to celebrate the school’s Founder’s Day, which was organized by the school’s Parent-Teacher Association.
Donald Beaver, principal of Los Cerritos Elementary School, conducted the ceremony, which included three speakers, a brief question-and-answer [...]
How to parent boys
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Education
The public is invited to hear media literacy expert Jackson Katz, Ph.D., discuss “Parenting Boys: 21st Century Changes and Challenges” at Westerly School, 2950 East 29th Street, on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6pm. Parents of both boys and girls are encouraged to attend the presentation. Topics to be addressed include: violence in media and [...]
