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Arts and Student Creativity Valued Dr FREE Education + Communication = A Better Nation ® Covering the Newport-Mesa Unified School District VOLUME 9, ISSUE 54 SEPTEMBER 2013 SUPERINTENDENT A lifelong educator, Arts and Student Creativity Valued Dr. Fred Navarro By Laura Boss Director of District Communications started his career as Summer music is back in full a teacher in the Long swing at Newport-Mesa. Students Beach Unified School voluntarily came to rehearsals for District. He is entering three hours a day, Monday-Thursday his second year as 9:00am-12:00pm for three weeks at superintendent of Dr. Fred Navarro Sonora Elementary. Students have Newport-Mesa Unified had the chance to learn to read School District. Dr. Navarro has a music and then immediately apply wide range of experience having their learning to band and string served in several positions during instruments. The program was his career from activities director, offered to all students in the district to assistant director of human who were in grades 3-6 last year. resources, middle and high school Students were provided with principal, assistant superintendent instruments, a “method book” of education, and superintendent about how to play the instrument, of the Lennox School District in a “theory” book to learn how Los Angeles County. He earned his to read the notes and a book of Newport-Mesa Students Rock A Summer Concert. teaching credential at California “arrangements” that they could put After only three weeks of music lessons, families from throughout N-MUSD were treated to a State University Dominguez Hills their learning together with their summer music concert where new student musicians showcased what they learned. and has two advanced degrees instrument with other students on from the University of California, other instruments to create a full Los Angeles. Dr. Navarro has been band or orchestra sound. married for over 25 years to his District music teachers included wife Lauren and they are the proud Sarah Grenier (Ensign) and Tamara parents of two young men, Gregory Fairbanks (Mariners) who taught and Kevin. This year Kevin will violin and cello, Tim McFadden be entering USC as one of twenty (TeWinkle) who taught trumpet, freshmen who have been awarded a clarinet and baritone horn, Rob Mork Family Scholarship. Henthorn (Newport Harbor High) Please Drive Safely who taught alto saxophone, tenor Students are Back in School saxophone and flute and Suzanne Rivera (Paularino) who taught snare drum, bass drum auxiliary percussion and electric bass. 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