EL SEGUNDO HERALD April 27, 2017 Page 3 Community Briefs SWBIB to Award Students in Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship Program provided through online and in person courses and through work-based learning and on-thejob training. Additionally, students will receive an Industry-recognized stackable credential, and opportunity to advance to employment, complete college and/or enter into a Registered Apprenticeship. Membership into the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is also included, providing them access to SME mentor programs, SME Connect, scholarships, competitions and more. Students who complete the program can also earn qualified credentials to add to their college application and resume. Program expansion will later include post-secondary students, veterans, returning service personnel and other under-served or under-employed populations. ES High Tour of MLK Station at Metro Wiseburn School Board Discusses San Bernardino Shooting SBA loans. Business credit lines. Cash management services. Commercial RE, construction and equipment loans. Tiffany Clyne Senior Vice President 310.321.3282 tclyne@grandpointbank.com 1960 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 1200 El Segundo, CA 90245 grandpointbank.com Five-Star Superior Rating by BauerFinancial El Segundo students in their after-school program Project Lead the Way (PLTW), supporting engineering, technology and science courses. Photo Courtesy of PLTW. The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) has piloted an “earn and learn” model for high school students connecting interns with career pathways in engineering and advanced manufacturing. Up to 25 participating students in the SBWIB’s Aero-Flex pre-apprenticeship program will gain work readiness and technical skills training along with their intensive internship. Once both programs are completed they will be awarded a $500 stipend. In addition, students will receive many other benefits that will enhance their employment prospects. One unique aspect of the program is that the employer is able to define the training plan that the students are taught, which allows the student to learn specific skills that the employer needs. Training in work readiness skills are Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project El Segundo High School students go underground to learn how a tunnel is bored for light rail. Photo by Brian Hill, Community Relations Liaison, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. Twenty El Segundo High School students studying Principals of Engineering learned more about the industry during a tour of the MLK Metro Station section of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project at the end of March. Organized by the South Bay Workforce Investment Board’s (SBWIB) Career Pathway Program in conjunction with the engineers, safety team and community outreach associates at Walsh Group and Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors, the students went underground to learn how a tunnel is bored to make room for light rail. This station is part of the 8.5 mile light rail line that will run along Crenshaw Blvd and from Exposition Blvd to the Metro Green Line, expected to be completed March 2019. The High School sophomores and their teacher, Daniel Horvath, had a couple of objectives in mind: to understand the Walsh/ Shea Corridor project and to learn about the variety of engineering disciplines and challenges necessary to complete a project of this size and scope. The experience included a safety briefing where they donned the workers’ typical hard hats, boots, vests, gloves, glasses and earplugs. They were able to learn first-hand what it would be like to do several related jobs, and to consider if they would like to work on this or similar projects. See Wiseburn, page 7 Herald in Iceland See Community Briefs, page 4 School Spotlight By Duane Plank As construction at the Wiseburn/Da Vinci High school site on Douglas Street continues, with the first day of school slated to be on August 22 and the ribbon-cutting ceremonies set to take place on August 12, the Wiseburn Unified School District School viewed special presentations from Juan Cabrillo School Principal Margaret Lynch and District Program Specialist Peggy Mazzarella. They also addressed the recent campus shooting incident that occurred in San Bernardino, resulting in the deaths of an elementary school teacher and one of her students. Lynch’s presentation was supported by Juan Cabrillo counselor Elisa Lopez, who has established a program that has as one of its main components a school-wide Positive Behavior Support System (PBS). Lynch called her presentation a “thank-you note to the Board” because two years ago, the Board had approved a part-time counselor at Cabrillo. “This is the first year we have had a [full-time] counselor at Cabrillo School. We want to share with you how that is supporting students, and the data that is supporting the effectiveness of the program,” said Lynch. Lynch and Lopez spoke of “behavior expectations” at Cabrillo, as well as three tiers of support in place on the campus that teach students from Kindergarten through second grade. Lopez mentioned components of the counseling program, including “whole-body listening,” “expectation assemblies,” and the implementation of re-aligned “Cabrillo Cub cards” to reinforce positive behavior. The presenters also shared gathered data on the decrease of negative disciplines at the school since the implementation of the PBS program. Data showed that student “warnings,” “white slips,” and “in-school suspensions” have decreased substantially since the advent of the campus counseling program. Lynch and Lopez also spoke of the 3Bs that are among the cornerstones of the program, including Being Respectful, Being Responsible, and Being Safe. A behavior matrix has been created, and all campus staff members have been trained to consistently implement the matrix expectations and reinforcement with the Cub cards. Concluded Lynch: “I hope you can see that having a full-time counselor is making a huge difference for our students.” Board member queries about the Cabrillo program then followed. Superintendent Tom Johnstone then added his thoughts, also recognizing Lynch for a recent achievement. “We haven’t really been publicly able to recognize Margaret for her achievement as elementary school principal of the year for the entire state of California,” he said. Mazzarella’s presentation focused on the Wiseburn Child Development Center, which offers preschool and before/after school care Phill, Julie and Cooper Stolnack just happened to bring along the hometown paper on their spring break vacation to Iceland. They circumnavigated the country on the Ring Road, ending their 1,762-mile road trip with a stop at Gullfoss--just one of the many magnificent waterfalls to experience in Iceland. •
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