2017 School News Roll Call Annual Superintendent Magazine
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I am certain it is, with the caveat that OCDE cannot do it alone. 200 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa CA 92626 • 714/966-4000 • www.ocde.us To reach our target, we’ll need a broad coalition of individuals and One Billion Acts of Kindness organizations, all working together toward the same goal. To that end, we are One billion is a number that’s impossible for most of us to encouraging our community partners to take ownership of the effort, and we’re fathom. But if it can be measured in dollars, why not acts of hoping the schools and districts we serve will consider incorporating the One kindness? Billion Acts of Kindness campaign into activities and events planned for the On May 5, we posed that question to approximately 500 2016-17 school year. educators and community leaders who gathered at the Hyatt Welcoming a new student to school, sending a card to a friend or relative, Regency Orange County to take part in perhaps the most important or picking up trash in your community are all examples of the kinds of actions Dr. Al Mijares event the Orange County Department of Education has sponsored we’re talking about, and you’re probably already doing these things. But Superintendent — the kickoff of our One Billion Acts of Kindness campaign. we’re asking you to take the additional step of recording them on the website This ambitious initiative has the potential to amplify civility www.kindness1billion.org, or sharing them on social media using the hashtag in a time of social fragmentation and political polarization. Moreover, kindness #kindness1billion. is a virtue that powerfully manifests character, and character defines who we At our May 5 launch event, we played a video featuring a handful of are. In fact, character development is among the 21st-century learning skills we prominent Orange County leaders advocating on behalf of kindness, including teach in our classrooms, and it is embedded in our state educational standards. Sheriff-Coroner Sandra Hutchens, United Way CEO Max Gardner and Orange County Business Council President and CEO Lucy Dunn. We then brought out our featured speaker, Dr. James Doty, a prominent neurosurgeon and author of the book “Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.” Dr. Doty’s story is a compelling one — and so is his message. Humans, he explained, are hardwired to care for others. “When you do a kind act to another, it is a double-reward,” he said, “because when you do that, science has shown those regions in your brain that are associated with reward increase their metabolism.” OCDE may have kicked off the One Billion Acts of Kindness effort, but now it’s up to all of us to realize that double-reward and build a movement that can extend beyond Orange County, into other parts of California and perhaps even across the country. By banding together and playing to our shared values rather than our learned differences, we can become a nation of billionaires — in the truest and most meaningful sense. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING GIRL SCOUTS AND OUR GRADUATING GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS! Girl Scouts of Orange County would like to thank the many school administrators and teachers in Orange County who demonstrate courage, confidence, and character and inspire our next generation of female leaders. Read more about the Girl Scouts of Orange County graduation stole WWW.GIRLSCOUTSOC.ORG/GOLDGRAD Girl Scouts builds girls of Courage, Confidence, and Character. 4 WWW.SCHOOLNEWSROLLCALL.COM Life-Long Learning for Educators UCLA Extension’s Education Department off ers online courses for teachers and administrators looking to advance their qualifi cations, performance and salary. Learn more about the many credential and certifi cate programs we off er by visiting us at uclaextension.edu/teachers or call (310) 825-4191. UCLA Extension Education Programs Get there from here. 17472-15 17472.indd 1 12/18/15 7:56 AM Anaheim Elementary School District Anaheim Union High School District 1001 S. East St., Anaheim, CA 92805 • 714/517-7500 • www.anaheimelementary.org 501 Crescent Way, Anaheim, CA 92803 • 714/999-3511 • www.auhsd.us An Exciting Time of Change Anaheim’s Innovative Mentoring Experience It’s an exciting time of change at Anaheim Elementary School Fifty AUHSD students are spending their summer exemplifying District. the sentiment behind our tagline: “Learning With Purpose: Three of our schools were recently awarded the prestigious College and Career Ready,” by participating in paid internships Gold Ribbon Award by the California Department of Education. with a dozen local businesses and nonprofits, the first initiative of Palm Lane, Clara Barton, and Adelaide Price schools were its kind in Orange County. selected for their rigorous academic standards, innovative The internships, which come with scholarships and bus passes methods and successful strategies in the classroom. from Orange County United Way, are part of a program called Palm Lane was recognized for its ‘One Parent at a Time: Anaheim’s Innovative Mentoring Experience (AIME), developed Dr. Linda Building a School Community’ program aimed at increasing Michael in cooperation with the city of Anaheim to give young people greater Wagner parent involvement; Barton School for its Kindergarten Matsuda opportunities to explore careers and connect with professional Superintendent Superintendent Collaboration between general education and special education; mentors.