April 27, 2017 Page 3 School Board Adopts New ELA/ELD Instructional Materials By Cristian Vasquez At its most recent meeting, members of the Hawthorne School Board unanimously approved a recommendation by Associate Superintendent Educational Services Dr. Brian Markarian to adopt new English Language Arts/English Language Development instructional material that will be aligned with academic standards set by Common Core. Through an extensive review process that analyzed materials, needs and purpose, the 30-person English Language Arts/English Language Development Instructional Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com Classifieds The deadline for Classified Ad submission and payment is Noon on Tuesday to appear in Thursday’s paper. Advertisements must be submitted in writing by mail, fax or email. You may pay by cash, check, or credit card (Visa or M/C over the phone). Errors: Please check your advertisements immediately. 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I was the principal of South Bay Lutheran High School at the time and we had a thrift shop located at the corner of 130th Street and Prairie Avenue. On the morning of May 1st I was sitting at home and received a phone call from the City of Hawthorne indicating that our thrift shop had been fire bombed the night before. I have never thought that our shop was a specific target for the racial tension. The thrift shop was simply full of old clothes and was easy to set ablaze. This paradoxical act of destroying a shop that was set up to support the education of African American teens was demoralizing just for a short time. Our volunteers were determined to reopen and we did by moving two short blocks south on Prairie. The local NBC-channel had a brief clip on our rebuilding effort when we held our grand re-opening two months after the fire. The aftermath of the fire gave us the opportunity to really show others that our Christian faith community was color blind and we worked across any racial barriers to reach out to again motivate and inspire youth to make something better for their lives. The quote, “Can’t we all get along?” was joked about, but our answer was, “Yes we can” when we know the love of God. Relay for Life The American Cancer Society’s local chapter is sponsoring the annual “Relay For Life- Hawthorne” this weekend at the Hawthorne High School track. The event begins at 9 a.m. this Saturday, April 29th and concludes 24 hours later at 9 a.m. on Sunday. It’s a great event to celebrate cancer survivors and remember those loved ones who have fallen to cancer. There are groups of high school kids and adults who camp out overnight and there is food and games for all ages throughout the event. Your monetary donations go to help the Cancer Society’s ongoing efforts to find a cure. Hazardous Waste Roundup There will be a FREE Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste & E-Waste Recycling Roundup at the Betty Ainsworth Sports Center located at 3851 W. El Segundo Boulevard this Saturday, April 29th from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. This is a great way to dispose of items that are too toxic to trash. Sometimes my old lady thinks I’m toxic but she keeps me anyway. Agreement Signed for New Hawthorne Museum The Hawthorne City Council approved an agreement with the Hawthorne Historical Society at Tuesday’s city council meeting to allow for the reopening of the Hawthorne Museum. The new site is located at 14100 S. Prairie Avenue. The Jim Thorpe Park building was used for many years as a dance practice hall. The City has renovated it and installed security measures to insure that the history of Hawthorne will be proudly displayed for many years to come. Now, the task of setting up the museum displays and memorabilia begins. The Society is hoping for a grand opening sometime this summer. If you would like to help us with the setup of the museum, please shoot me an email. Historical Society’s Hall of Fame Banquet - Friday, May 19th The Hawthorne Historical Society is sponsoring their annual Hawthorne Hall of Fame banquet on Friday, May 19th at the Ayres Hotel. The 2017 inductees include: Mr. John Baker, founder of “Cougartown.com”, John Baker, long-time community volunteer, city employee and friend to many, the 100 year-old Woman’s Club of Hawthorne, Mihaly “Michu” Meszaros, longtime resident of Hawthorne, was a circus performer/entertainer and stuntman and is best remembered as a performer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and for his role in the NBC sitcom ALF. He was 2 feet 9 inches (84 cm) tall. The shortest street in Hawthorne is named after him. Eddings Brothers has been selected as the business honoree for their long time service to the community. Tickets to the banquet are now on sale. For more information regarding this festive evening, please contact the Historical Society at 310-643-9157. Coming This Summer: A Bigger and Better Good Neighbors Day Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 22nd for one of the biggest events in Hawthorne this year. We are moving Good Neighbors Day to Memorial Park and adding some more attractions. We are expecting to have a much larger crowd with some great live music on stage for everyone’s entertainment. Food vendors, a bike show and even a “beer garden” are all planned to join our popular car show. Another Pancake Breakfast This old guy invites you to another pancake breakfast to be held this Saturday, April 29th at Ascension Lutheran Church located at 17910 S. Prairie Avenue in North Torrance. (Just a few blocks south of Artesia Blvd.) We serve about 500 people at our 12th annual breakfast that goes to support our preschool and day school programs. The raffles and silent auctions are very good this year. So, come out and have a “hot breakfast” and some “cold oj” this Saturday. The price as usual is only $5. National Day of Prayer The Hawthorne/Lawndale Ministerial Association will be holding a National Day of Prayer event at Trinity Lutheran Church located at 4783 W. 130th Street on Thursday, May 14th at 7 p.m. Hawthorne 5K Run and Health Fair Saturday, May 13th at 9 a.m. at the Hawthorne High School Track. • Contact email: norbhuber@gmail.com (If you do enjoy my weekly column, please shoot me an email. I love to hear from my readers.) Employment Field Quality Assurance Manager (El Segundo, CA) Implement, manage and audit food safety and quality requirements for co-packers and suppliers. Develop and maintain the co-pack and supplier’s quality manual and ensure that co-packers meet the requirements. Master’s Degree in Food Process Engineering or closely related field required. Required skills: 3rd Party GMP, HACCP, and SSOP. 65% travel required. 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Shift 4 is Text-Based Answers in which students will engage in “rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about the text.” Shift 5, Writing from Sources, will emphasize the use of evidence from sources to make an argument and inform. Shift 6, Academic Vocabulary, will have students build a vocabulary that will be implemented to understand complex, grade-level texts. “Beyond the shift to Common Core, we also have the new English Language Arts and English Language Development framework which really integrates both the ELA and ELD standards so the expectations for supporting English Language Learners are throughout all components of instruction,” Dr. Markarian said. With the Board’s adoption, the logistical steps are underway with the benchmark to finalize the order and it is expected that all materials will be made available to the District by the summer. In addition, there will be new professional development efforts launched in order to have each school ready for instruction under the new material by the fall. For several years the District has engaged teachers in professional development--so with this shift in instructional materials, it will only have to align the current adoption requirements to its current professional development standards. “Our administrators and our coaches will begin their professional development now with the instructional materials that we do have,” said Dr. Markarian. “Once we receive all other materials, we will have our full district-wide professional development.” Much of the content in the adopted instructional material is digital and facilitates the process by which new content can be added and revised. Furthermore, much of the materials are consumable, meaning that any necessary changes will be made in the upcoming batch. Hence, it allows students to take notes on the text. “In any adoption, in any area, there will always be opportunities to enhance a program over time with supplemental materials that we deem to be appropriate,” Dr. Markarian said. “When you start adoption on day one and look down the road eight years later, there are usually some pieces that have been added… The publishers will often send supplements when they see that things are needed.” • Materials Adoption Committee made the recommendation that the School Board adopt instructional material from Benchmark Advance/Benchmark Adelante. “We want to be inclusive and transparent in this process and the way we accomplish that is by including teachers from each grade, representatives from each school, as well as support staff and instructional coaches that have received that additional professional development training and know what to look for,” said Dr. Markarian. “We like to hear from everybody and one of the things I am really proud of is that all of our committee efforts, for math in middle school and elementary and for language arts in middle school and elementary, have made unanimous votes. It’s telling in that we are consistent with what we are doing and that in the end we know what the right tools are for us.” The adoption will update the Hawthorne School District’s 1997-based state standards for ELA and literacy. Dr. Markarian’s presentation for the adoption highlighted the 12 shifts that Common Core requires of school districts to align those with curricular materials and classroom instruction (six in math, six in ELA/ Literacy). Shift 1 is referred to as Balancing Information & Literary Text and will enable students to read a real balance of informational and literary texts. Shift 2 is Knowledge in the Disciplines through which students will be capable of building knowledge of the world through text rather than the teacher or activities. “The fact that they have developed a program that is really aligned with the new standards as opposed to taking a current program and revising it, I think has been a strong selling point for their product,” said Dr. Markarian. “They designed it from the ground up and based on the current standards and usually with a larger pre-existing adoption, that’s not always the case. They make such an investment into an adoption that they don’t normally start from scratch, but this is a program that in every aspect mirrors what the standards ask for.” Do you or a loved one struggle on the stairs? AN ACORN STAIRLIFT IS A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR: Arthritis and COPD sufferers Those with mobility issues Anyone who struggles on the stairs ü ü ü THE PURCHASE OF A NEW STAIRLIFT! 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