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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 10, IssUE 61 www.SchoolNewsRollCall.com JUNe—AUGusT 2014 Fountain Valley School District Spring Outreach Initiative By Marc Ecker, Superintendent Research has clearly shown that Fountain Valley School District schools that maintain a reputation For the better part of this year, of quality with high performing the Fountain Valley School District students significantly raise property has been working on its Local values, lowers crime rates, attracts Control Accountability Plan. Like all business and commerce and school districts, we are addressing promotes a vibrant and affluent the requirements of the new quality of life that attracts the education budget which links the young and older citizens to our funding to the services we intend to community. Through the various deliver to students. A very important outreach efforts this spring, our staff factor in the completion of the LCAP has been making this point with is our stakeholder outreach. We have our stakeholders. Our educational been meeting with our stakeholders, foundation is going through a parents, business owners, community renaissance in which its governing leaders, senior citizens and employees board and mission are reflecting and asking them two basic questions. this new focus. As we move now to What services are we providing that FVSD PTA lends their input and support Local Control Accountability Plan. adopt our district’s budget under they would like to see protected? However, in Fountain Valley there is another element that has become a big a new school funding formula, our What services do they feel we need part of our stakeholder outreach program. Eighty six percent of the residents community will continue to see to provide our students which we are of our city and school district have no students today that attend our schools. the school district building upon not providing now? We gather the Many of these are small business owners, long time residents with adult this very important link that we input from these sessions, hard data children that have moved out of the area and seniors who have remained in believe will assure that our students on student academic performance Fountain Valley for its quiet and suburban lifestyle. Many of these stakeholders have the resources to perform at and surveys and begin building a hear of the outstanding reputation of the schools, but to a great extent do not the highest levels and compete community conversation about our feel connected or understand the critical link between excellent schools and successfully against their peers in school district. the quality of life they enjoy in our city. other school districts throughout our state, the nation and the world. Peer Assistance Leadership Fountain Valley Ocean View By Jay Adams, Principal and Jennifer Kajdasz, Assistant Principal Kazuo Masuda Middle School, FVSD The Masuda Peer Assistance Leadership group (PAL) is one of the school’s most active clubs. Co-advisors Janet Do, Sara Wadhwani and Hong Witkamp encourage our PAL’s and their peers to make healthy life decisions, Dr. Marc Ecker and create a safe and supportive school environment for them. Gustavo Balderas pages 7—9 pages 10—14 PAL students learn communication and decision-making skills, how to be a positive role model, refusal skills to counter Huntington Beach Westminster negative influences, how to embrace social responsibility, conflict Union High School management, and how to plan and implement service learning projects. Sixth-grader Kenny Almanza says that he joined PAL to help younger children get ready for middle school, and because it’s “cool!” Kneesa Hougen, another sixth-grader, said that the best thing about PAL is that “we get to help others both inside and outside of school.” (Front) Madison Martell, Kneesa Hougen, Catalena Keener, Trevor Nguyen, Evy Pineda (2nd Row) Kenny Almanza, Huy Vu, Masuda’s motto is “Take a Second and Make a Difference,” and Sana Belaluddin, Katherine Ngo (3rd Row) Nathan Pham, our PAL students are doing just that! We are so grateful for the Dr. Marian Dr. Gregory S. 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And a columnists are their views and not necessarily those of School News Roll Call. This publication is privately special thank you to the retiring owned and the right is reserved to select and edit content. teachers. The school districts do not endorse the advertisers in this publication. Our next issue is September 10. LEARN MORE AT WWW.CUI.EDU/TEA Have a wonderful summer! 4 WWW.SCHOOLNEWSROLLCALL.COM City of Huntington Beach Office of the Mayor City of Fountain Valley Office of the Mayor 2000 Main St., Huntington Beach, CA 92648 • 714/536-5553 • www.huntingtonbeachca.gov 10200 Slater Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 • 714/593-4400 • www.fountainvalley.org See You This Fall! Disaster Preparedness Summer is here— no more tests, pop quizzes or homework! If in fact a disaster should strike, are you prepared? Are Endless summers at the beach, riding the waves, toes in the sand, your home and family, your business and your children’s school meeting up with friends, beach bonfires and making memoires is prepared? An important part of surviving a disaster is to be what it’s all about. prepared for anything that may impact our community. Huntington Beach has tons of summer events to keep you busy The City works with the county, state and federal government this summer. Have you seen the new Vans Skatepark yet? Located agencies to coordinate emergency preparedness and response. at 7471 Center Avenue next to Old World and Golden West College In an emergency, we utilize a comprehensive mutual aid system the free park will be filled with fun this summer. Also on tap – that includes Orange County Sheriff Department Emergency Matthew Harper Michael Vo Mayor the city celebrates “100 Years of Surfing.” Join us on Saturday, Mayor Management, State of California Office of Emergency Services June 21 as we rededicate the pier (it’s 100 too!), and attempt (OES), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to break the Guinness Book of World Record for the most people on a 40-foot (FEMA). We assure you that we know how to properly access State and Federal surfboard. The Fourth of July parade planning is well underway and this year assistance.