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Pictured are Centinela Valley Union High School District’s Digital Learning Initiative Teacher Leaders, working on their next professional learning workshop for DLI teachers. The topic: Google forms! Free
Chromebooks for all freshmen! Photo: CVUHSD.
LESD Superintendent’s Message
By Betsy Hamilton, Ed.D,
Lawndale Elementary School
District Superintendent
In Lawndale, we are committed to
transforming our schools into engaging
environments for 21st century learning.
Last year, the Lawndale community enthusiastically
endorsed Measure L, which is
supporting our goal to improve our facilities
for our students. We have new roofs at
FDR, Anderson and Green Elementary
Schools and you will see fresh paint at
Rogers, Addams, Anderson, and Green
campuses. The upgrades and beautification
projects will continue this summer, once
schools are out of session.
We are excited to announce the following
projects:
New Roofs and Rain Gutters: This
year, the Addams, Mitchell and Twain campuses
will have new roofs while Anderson
and Green will receive new gutters. Our
permanent buildings will have new roofs
installed, which will be under warranty for
the next 30 years. Our students will enjoy
safe and secure buildings for many years
to come!
New Paint: A fresh coat of paint can
revive the look of a building, and this year
our Mitchell and Twain campuses will receive
a color makeover. The paint job will also
ensure that the building walls remain clean
and protected.
New Asphalt: Our FDR and Anderson
campuses will receive new asphalt treatments
to ensure that their blacktops, walkways
and playgrounds are even and safe for our
students to walk and play.
You can see the progress we have made by
following #LESDMeasureL on Facebook and
Twitter to see the amazing transformations
our campuses have undergone!
We are grateful for the support and trust the
Lawndale community has given us throughout
the years. We want our community to know
that our Measure L dollars are being put to
good use, with our students’ needs at the
forefront of every decision.
Other LESD News
– This past weekend, the Student Support
Services team brought students from all of
the LESD schools to visit the University of
Southern California. Students were excited
to learn about campus life, tour the grounds
and get a glimpse of college life.
– Dates for parent orientations for fall 2018/19
enrollment for the District’s Before and After
School Program are set, starting tomorrow (April
20) at Lucille Smith Elementary School (5 to 6
p.m. in the MPR). Next up are Anderson Elementary
(April 25, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., MPR), F.D.
Roosevelt Elementary (April 27, 5 to 6 p.m.,
MPR), Green Elementary (May 3, 5 to 6 p.m.,
MPR), Billy Mitchell Elementary (May 4, 5 to
6 p.m., MPR), Twain Elementary (May 4, 5 to
6 p.m., MPR), Addams Middle School (May
16, 5 to 6 p.m., in the gym) and Will Rogers
Middle School (May 16, 5 to 6 p.m., MPR).
– April is School Library Month. The
District encourages all students to read a
new book and keep learning.
– Content: LESD •
“The function of education is to teach one to think
intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus
character - that is the goal of true education.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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