Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 4 - January 23, 2020
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Calendar of Events.............5
Certified & Licensed
Professionals.......................6
Classifieds............................2
Food.......................................7
Hawthorne............................3
Lawndale..............................4
Inglewood.............................5
Legals.................................6,7
Letters...................................2
Pets........................................8
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The City of Inglewood Celebrates
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hope you all had a great time Sunday as we honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We choose Peace, Love and Respect, because Dr. King’s powerful words embodies his dream of Freedom
and Equality. Here is a photo from Saturday’s event. Photo City of Inglewood.
Schools Partner for Hackathon
Jaslene Roman (left) and Jessica Lopez work on developing screens to protect their brass screw from getting too hot from a
propane torch, as a simulation of the Orion capsule re-entering Earth’s atmosphere from a mission. Photo by Emma Rennick.
On Saturday, January 11, Juan de Anza
Elementary School in Hawthorne held the
first annual “Junior Hackathon Challenge”,
sponsored by the Wiseburn Education
Foundation. Led by K-5 Science/STEM
teacher Joanne Michael, the 40 elementary
school students released a trans-continental
radio tracking balloon, to learn about
Joanne Michael explains the purpose of a “sounding balloon” to
test the winds at various altitudes, while Juan de Anza elementary
students prepare to release the trans-continental balloon equipped
with an APRS radio to track the winds and weather patterns across
the country. Photo by Emma Rennick.
winds and weather across the country. They
then did a series of challenges, inspired by
NASA’s upcoming Orion missions. Vistamar
School and Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Bots”
robotics team volunteered their time to
help the 5th grade students, as well as
members of the South Bay Amateur Radio
Club. “This was a wonderful collaboration
between WEF, Wiseburn Unified School
District, Vistamar School, and the South
Bay Amateur Radio Club.” Said Michael.
“I look forward to more opportunities in
the future to be able to expose the students
to various science and technology
careers, as well as unique opportunities to
challenge themselves”. •