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FREE Education + Communication = A Better Nation ® Covering the Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach Union High School, Ocean View, and Westminster School Districts VOLUME 9, ISSUE 58 www.SchoolNewsRollCall.com JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2014 21st Century Middle Schools By Trish Montgomery, Outdoor Learning Spaces Public Information Offi cer The concept, “everywhere a Westminster School District student goes on campus should be an The exciting transformations of opportunity to learn,” is exemplifi ed Westminster School District’s three in the new Outdoor Learning Spaces. middle schools, Johnson, Stacey In addition to new outdoor spaces and Warner, are nearing completion. where classrooms, small groups Thanks to the funding provided by of students or individual students Measure O, a bond measure that can go to work on projects, the voters passed, we are signifi cantly spaces themselves provide learning enhancing the quality of education opportunities. For example, the our students receive. The new pathways between buildings and facilities at our middle schools are the hardscape around buildings enabling our students and staff to include words and phrases stamped leap into 21st century learning. into the concrete relating to the New Science and Technology Buildings primary focus of the particular learning space. There are music The new two-story Science and scales and concepts relating to music Technology Buildings at all three 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students in Ms. Felicia Stucken’s Art Survey Class at Warner Middle School. and composition outside the music middle schools have been designed with The class is part of the STEAM program. classrooms. There are science terms highly fl exible spaces that offer unique, the facilities offer a variety of spaces ever-changing needs of the District’s outside the new science classroom “hands-on” environments geared and room sizes that range from the evolving educational program. buildings. Long pathways show toward student-centered instruction. intimate – such as digital and recording Second fl oor science labs have separate the relationship between feet and Organized into integrated creative, studios – to large, open spaces for lecture and experiment zones, resource meters. All the outdoor spaces also digital, discovery and exploration interactive lectures and group projects. rooms with specialized equipment, have wireless internet (Wi-Fi) access studios for the arts, technology, shop All spaces are easily reconfi gurable and rooms for smaller group and science programs respectively, with mobile furniture to suit the discussions and presentations. See 21ST CENTURY • Page 21 Our Priceless Volunteers An Even Better Place to Live As we begin 2013 and refl ect upon some of our New Year’s The holiday season is over, and winter is upon us. I was resolutions, I think of the many times I have observed community appointed Mayor of Huntington Beach in December, and I, like volunteers reach out to make the lives of others better. many other people, made many New Year’s resolutions. One of my Volunteerism is truly an admirable quality, and what better time resolutions this year is to make Huntington Beach an even better to make a commitment to help serve others? place to live. In Fountain Valley, we are blessed and surrounded with One of my New Year’s resolutions as Mayor is to encourage community volunteers who want to give back to those in need or more feedback from the citizens of Huntington Beach. How can serve others by sitting on various city committees, commissions you become educated on these decisions and involved in your Michael Vo Matthew Harper Mayor or Boards, assisting at the Center at Founders Village doing Mayor community? Well, fi rst I suggest that you check out the city’s Web Fountain Valley offi ce work or serving food at the lunch program, serving as a Huntington Beach site, www.huntingtonbeachca.gov. This site will connect you to member of our police department in the Reserve Senior Volunteer city council meetings and agendas, city departments, and other Program (RSVP), or volunteering with the Fountain Valley Fire Department– organizations within the city. Through the Web site, you are also able to e-mail Fire Inspection Retired Seniors Taskforce (FIRST) program. me or any other city council members. We also have the Fountain Valley Community Foundation to help promote You can also attend a city council meeting. City council meetings are held on and fund community programs and events. The foundation offers sponsors and the fi rst and third Mondays of the month in the City Council Chambers at 2000 contributors a non-profi t organization with tax exempt 501(c)3 status. Contact Main Street. The meetings start at 6 p.m. and are also webcast for those who Community Services Manager Mark Nix at (714) 593-4449 for more information. don’t subscribe to cable television or Fios. Volunteers save the city thousands of dollars by performing necessary tasks. As you learn more about the city, please take the time to educate your Fountain Valley has many churches, sports programs, and service clubs offering children as well, because someday they will be in charge of making decisions services and assistance to the community. We encourage you to volunteer. for Huntington Beach. Volunteers are not paid but are “priceless.” So make that New Year’s resolution and commitment to volunteer and see the results of your actions. Happy 2014! You will be glad you did! Thank you for including School News in your reading choices. 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