Lawndale Tribune AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - May 15, 2014 South Bay Students Honored in Congressional Art Competition Ana Castellon of Inglewood High School receieved first place honors in the Congressional Art Competition with her piece entitled “Reflections of the Past.” Students from Lawndale and El Segundo also received awards given out by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Pictured here (L-R) are Kyle Jennings (Art instructor of 3rd Place winner Adriana Trujillo); Nhi Nguyen of Lawndale, who receieved 2nd Place; Congresswoman Waters; Ana Castellon; and Natalie McDonald of Vistamar High School, who received 4th Place. Photo: Office of Maxine Waters. Students Design New Wiseburn Logo by Dylan Little During the May 8 Wiseburn School Board meeting, the Board reviewed three preliminary designs for the Wiseburn Unified School District logo. The logos were designed by three students from Dana Middle School and will serve as the basis for the district’s new logo, which will be unveiled along with the new district’s first meeting in July. Dana students Francisco Gomez, Erica Molio’a and Guadalupe Galvan were led by Alicia Galindo, who works in the district office, in creating a logo that represents the district and the community. Johnstone said that while the expectations for these students were high, they succeeded on all counts. “We figured it’d be a lot more meaningful to the community to have it created not by some big graphic designer in Beverly Hills, but by our own students,” said Johnstone.”[Galindo] was very adamant about no going outside and getting someone else, which is what we’re all about. It’s a wonderful opportunity for our students. I’m always impressed, whatever high expectations we set for them, they always exceed it.” While Galindo supervised the students, it was their ideas that guided the logos. She had them brainstorm ideas that represented the district to join the iconic school bell to creating a picture of what Wiseburn is all about. “I had them write words that came to mind when they thought of Wiseburn and then create symbols to represent those adjectives,” said Galindo “Here’s what Wiseburn means to these students: access, advanced, art, community, creative, diversity, education, innovative, leader, moral value, neighborhood, providing excellence, sports, technology and unity.” Mashing all these ideas up into a cohesive design was hard work. Gomez shared that the three student designers had to work for weeks to distill their ideas into a product. “We worked on it for about four weeks,” said Gomez. “Every morning we’d be up around eight and we’d work for an hour and a half and we’d come up with ideas to represent what community – the Wiseburn community – means to us and what we want on our logo. Thank you for this great opportunity to work on this.” The newly unified district had a lot to overcome before being approved my residents during the last election. The Wiseburn Elementary District existed 118 years and it took years of legal battles and shifting plans to create it’s successor. Johnstone credits the tenacity of the Wiseburn community with allowing this success. “The Wiseburn community is a very unique community. The things that we’re going in this community are not really happening anywhere else in the world. Where other communities start a unification process and if it’s not successful in the first year or two they lose steam and stop the process,” said Johnstone. “This community, more than any other community I know of, perseveres. We persevered for 13 long years . . . and on July 1 we are going to officially be Wiseburn Unified School District.” While the Board was quiet about whether the final product would be a combination of the students’ designs or just a revision of one particular student’s work, Johnstone said their efforts in creating the new logo will stand the test of time. “When you guys have grandchildren you can take them back to see your work,” said Johnstone. The Board also congratulated Sarah Shamy, a senior at Da Vinci Design Academy on being awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Sharefest and Balfour Beatty. For the past six years these two entities have been working together to improve South Bay Schools, making a total of $750,000 in improvements to schools in the South Bay. In Wiseburn they have created a marble run where students can experiment with different courses for marbles to travel through, and a locker step-up that allows shorter students to access the top row of lockers. Johnstone has been impressed with the work that do throughout the area. “Sharefest has really done some wonderful projects,” said Johnstone. In addition to improving schools, the two organizations also offer a scholarship to students that share their commitment to improving their communities. Johnstone said that Shamy fit all the criteria Sharefest was looking for. “We talked to the staff at Da Vinci Design and asked them for someone that really embodies the philosophy of Sharefest,” said Johnstone. “The philosophy of Sharefest is giving back to the community, it’s engagement, it’s being very involved in the community and being an activist.” She has shown her involvement with her community of students by founding a leading the Junior Council last year and serving as president of Senior Council this year. Additionally, Johnstone read a number of glowing remarks about her work as a student. “We are very proud of Sarah,” said Johnstone. “We got some testimonials from some of her teachers, and this is how they describe her: A dependable, mature student, an effective group member and leader throughout all the large and small projects. [They said] She is passionate, generous, curious and kind.” Similarly, Johnstone believes Shamy will continue to make her school and the district proud. “As she moves forward I have no doubt that she will thrive in whatever she chooses to pursue. . . . She is a person that makes Da Vinci and Wiseburn very proud places.” Shamy was thankful to receive the scholarship which she intends to use to attend the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in New York City. “I can’t express my gratitude,” said Shamy. • Inside This Issue Calendar...............................3 Classifieds............................3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Food.......................................8 Legals............................. 2,6,7 Looking Up...........................4 Pets........................................5 Police Reports.....................3 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Mostly Sunny 86˚/62˚ Saturday Mostly Sunny 76˚/59˚ Sunday Partly Sunny 71˚/57˚
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