Hawthorne Press Tribune The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - May 5, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................2, 5-7 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................7 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Cloudy 63˚/55˚ Saturday Mostly Cloudy 63˚/55˚ Sunday Mostly Cloudy 63˚/55˚ UCLA Track and Field Run Past the Competition UCLA Women’s 4X100 3rd leg Anglerne Annelus hands off to Anchor Leg Kylie Price in the Legends Invitational on April 1. The women’s 4X100 team finished in 1st place with a time of 44.38. Photo credit Jevone Moore /Full Image 360 Five Hawthorne Schools Recognized by California Department of Education By Cristian Vasquez local educational entities. Five elementary schools in the Hawthorne An estimated 6,000 elementary schools School District were announced as 2016 in the state were eligible to apply submit Gold Ribbon School recipients on April 13 the self-nomination. Of all the applications, by State Superintendent of Public Instruction only 772 received Gold Ribbon status. In Tom Torlakson. Los Angeles County there were 240 Gold Kornblum Elementary, Ramona Elementary, Ribbon recipients, out of 1,315 eligible sites. Washington Elementary, York Elementary Hawthorne School District had five recipients and Zela Davis Elementary are the five out of seven eligible schools. schools that earned the Gold Ribbon Award, which recognizes schools that have achieved gains through the implementation of specific academic content and performance standards set by the State Board of Education. “I think that it just highlights the fact that we are doing some really good things in Hawthorne and it is nice to have it recognized,” Hawthorne School District Superintendent Dr. “There is a lag time of a few months Helen Morgan said. “Everyone is working between the time you submit and the time very hard for what is right for kids and this you actually receive notification that you will just shines the spotlight on the fact that we be eligible for a site validation visit, where are doing good things and getting good results they will actually send a team to look at what for the kids, and that is what it is all about.” you are doing and compare that to what is The California Gold Ribbon Schools Award on your application,” Assistant Superintendent honors schools across the state while the Educational Services Dr. Brian Markarian California Distinguished Schools Program said. “This year some applications they just is on a small break while the state shifts to accepted outright [three] without a validation new assessment and accountability standards. visit and said that based on the application Among the areas that the CDE focuses on for itself, we were going to receive the award.” exemplary achievement are English Language Dr. Morgan described preparing the selfnominating Arts and Mathematics, California English application as a long process that Language Development Standards, and Next required principals and staff at each school Generation Science Standards. In addition, it to go “above and beyond everything that was is required that “model programs and practices on their plate to do” such as working after should include standards-based activities, school hours and on weekends. projects, strategies, and practices that schools “They [principals] saw the importance of have adopted during this transitional period” having that recognition and made it a priority states the CDE website. These programs and to finish that application,” Dr. Morgan said. practices must also be replicable by other “Even the schools that were not recognized this year, I can’t point my finger as to why they did not get the recognition, but they are fantastic schools with fantastic programs. I was principal at both of them and Dr. Markarian was principal at one of them and we know they have great things going on over there.” The banquet, scheduled to take place on May 24 in Los Angeles, will acknowledge each school for its achievement; they will each receive a flag that can be displayed in front of their respective campus, acknowledging the site as a Gold Ribbon recipient. Having eight schools earn Gold Ribbon awards in two years adds to a long list of accomplishments and acknowledgments by Hawthorne School District campuses that already include having Hawthorne Math and Science Academy named California’s College and Career Transition School by the ACT and being ranked No. 12 in the State in U.S and World News Report. Since the news of the awards is new, there has not been much reaction from parents; however, Dr. Morgan believes that parents acknowledge the academic accomplishments in the district despite the schools receiving external awards. “For parents who have kids in our school, I don’t think it’s about awards since they see the great things that are going on day in and day out: I think that is what they comment on because they like the programs, they like the schools and they like what is happening here,” Dr. Morgan said. “We are all firm believers in no matter how well you’re doing, there is always room to do better and go forward. Especially when you’re working with kids; they aren’t machines or widgets, they are people and you always want to do what is best for people.” • “I think that it just highlights the fact that we are doing some really good things in Hawthorne and it is nice to have it recognized.”
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