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® Wiseburn Administrators Earn Honors Seeking the Truth of Ancestry FREE Education + Communication = A Better Nation ® Covering the Wiseburn School District VOLUME 5, IssUE 13 www.SchoolNewsRollCall.com MARCh–MAY 2013 SUPERINTENDENT Wiseburn Administrators Earn Honors Wiseburn By Chris Jones, Ed.D. Director of Curriculum, Unification and Instruction, and Technology Wiseburn High Dr. Tom Johnstone: Pepperdine School Project University Superintendent of the Year Closing in on Since 2008, Superintendent Dr. Tom Johnston Success has led the Wiseburn School District toward As we move new levels of success. His boundless energy and deeper into 2013, determination to create innovative programs Dr. Tom the Wiseburn School Johnstone designed to help all students succeed have resulted District continues to in his being designated as Superintendent of forge ahead on two very significant the Year for 2013 by Pepperdine University. This fronts: Wiseburn unification and the distinction caps off a year of unprecedented Wiseburn High School Project. milestones achieved by Wiseburn in student There is much excitement in academic performance, facilities upgrades, and the community as Wiseburn gets significant progress in the long-desired movement closer to establishing a beautiful towards a unified K–12 Wiseburn School District. high school facility that will be Before joining the Wiseburn School District, Dr. the centerpiece of the Wiseburn Johnstone was a familiar face around town, as two community in the decades that of his children attended Anza School, where his lie ahead. On January 11, 2013, wife Terry is a first-grade teacher. Dr. Johnstone the district started the 45-day had established his professional reputation in the public review period for the Draft area by faithfully serving students in the Lennox Environmental Impact Report School District for 28 years as a teacher, counselor, (DEIR) for Wiseburn High School. principal, and district official for both curriculum/ The school district is in escrow instruction and human resources. Upon his arrival on a four-story, 336,000-square- in Wiseburn, Dr. Johnstone was able to utilize foot building located at 201 North these experiences to hit the ground running, Douglas Avenue in El Segundo. After which fits both his personal and leadership styles: the public review period is completed always moving forward! at the end of February, the district Dr. Tom Johnstone, Superintendent, and Pepperdine University’s Superintendent plans to hold a public hearing and of the Year and Mrs. Aileen Harbeck, Dana Middle School Principal, and ACSA’s See WISEBURN ADMINISTRATORS • Page 13 approve the Final EIR on March 21, Middle School Principal of the Year with this year’s Geography Bee winners. 2013 and close escrow in late April. Also of great interest to the Seeking the Truth of Ancestry Wiseburn High School project is the By Mwikali B. Hayes, 1886 in St. Charles Parish in Louisiana. Clementine Parker district approval of an architect on Special Education Day Class Teacher, at Dana Middle School was the Mother of Poppa, who was my Grandfather on January 24. The architectural firm By day – I am Mwikali B. Hayes, a my mother’s side of the family. Poppa died will be Gensler Architects, a very Special Education Day Class Teacher, before I was born. His wife, my Grandmother, prominent architectural firm in Los at Dana Middle School. By night – I am Mary Lynn, died in childbirth when my Angeles and all over the world. In a student seeking the truth beyond the mother was only 6 years old. To date the Los Angeles they recently completed accepted belief of my ancestry. information researched after her death is the Ritz- Carlton/WH Marriott I have always had a burning desire very sketchy. This was disheartening, but not complex in Downtown Los Angeles, to know more about my family tree. discouraging. and currently they are working Unfortunately, my research kept hitting Every now and then I would read articles on the prospective Farmer’s Field. blocks past the 1900s. This is common or friends’ first-hand accounts about DNA Gensler has been involved in many with African Americans due to the lack testing that could locate the country and building conversions throughout of accurate historical records inherent in tribe(s) where one’s ancestor or ancestress the United States and has also been the institution of slavery in America. My enslavement began in Africa. So in October, highly involved in the South Bay. curiosity about my lineage stalled with Mrs. 2010, I decided to contact AfricanAncestry. The goal will be to submit plans to Clementine Parker, my Great Grandmother, com for a MatriClan DNA kit. The MatriClan receiving the deed to land from our slave Mary Lynn Parker See SUPERINTENDENT • Page 15 master, Jean Alvarez Latorre on March 20, Mwikali’s grandmother See SEEKING THE TRUTH • Page 14 PTAs: Anza, Cabrillo, Dana page 2 • Wiseburn Watch page 3 • AYSO Region 21 page 4 • Wiseburn Little League page 5 Inside: Da Vinci page 6 • Juan de Anza page 8 • Peter Burnett page 9 • Juan Cabrillo page 10 • Richard Henry Dana page 11 • Contest page 15 Anza PTA Cabrillo PTA Linda Cessor, President • 310/725-2150 Anne Tittle, President • 310/725-5400 The Spirit of Connecting Courtesy of Our PTA In light of the recent and devastating tragedy that occurred in Sandy The Cabrillo PTA has had a busy start to 2013! On January 7, Mrs. Lynch gave Hook, Connecticut, the Juan de Anza PTA would like to express our deepest a special presentation before the regular PTA meeting about our School Safety condolences, prayers and thoughts of care for the families, friends and Plan. The Cabrillo teachers and staff have spent a great deal of time to help community members who were so deeply impacted by this event, and now make Cabrillo a safe place for our Cubs. We want to thank Mrs. Lynch for her struggle to rebuild their community. It is in light of this tragedy, and the others informative presentation, and also thank the parents who came to this meeting. before it, that all of us should reflect upon our connections with each other and We also had our Island’s Fundraiser in January, which raised $664 for the how we can make them even stronger. Cabrillo PTA in just a few hours! Thank you to the many families who braved We should also reflect on the generous acts of kindness, of volunteerism both the crowds and the rain to come out and eat dinner at Island’s. The funds and monetary contributions, that our own family, friends and community that are raised at our restaurant nights help pay for field trips, equipment, and members make each day to help support our children and our schools. It never educational enhancements such as the IDAP dance lessons with Mrs. Dawn Dyson. ceases to amaze me how even in these suppressed financial times, our PTA has In fact, some of our Cabrillo Cubs have just completed their series of six dance benefitted so generously from the support of our membership, and is able to lessons with Mrs. Dyson, and some classes are just beginning the series. Thank you provide continuous, annual funding for over 21 school programs and one-time to the many teachers who have invited our parents to watch their final class lessons. expenses. Just ask your Cabrillo Cub about what he or she has learned from Mrs. Dyson! This year alone, in addition to our continuing programs, we were able to In addition to the IDAP lessons, the Cabrillo PTA also brought art (and parent fund five one-time expenses for school equipment, which totaled over $13,000. volunteers) into our children’s classrooms through the Hands on Art program. Thank In keeping with the spirit of “connecting,” Anza is proud to be hosting this you to Liza Somilleda, who wrote lesson plans, coordinated supplies, and replenished year’s Rock Around the Block event, which is scheduled for April 20, 2013. This our one-and-only “Hands on Art Cart” two times each day for almost three weeks! will be a great opportunity for us to bring all of our schools together and share Thank you also to the parent volunteers who helped our Cabrillo Cubs make a family fun day. their Hands on Art quilt squares in the classrooms. In addition to learning So mark your calendars and be sure to attend this festive event. The about textiles, the students also learned about geometry and history through proceeds will support the Wiseburn Education Foundation. the Hands on Art quilting project. Our Cabrillo PTA is now looking for volunteers to help assemble these squares into quilts. The final product will be displayed throughout the school, and then be used to represent the Wiseburn School District at a local art show in June. There was a lot of fun planned for February and March, including our Coin Please see our ad Drive and Ice Skating Day on February 18. Our third-annual Membership on the back cover. Spaghetti Dinner was held on March 1, and we honored Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a “Cat in the Hat” theme at the Spaghetti Dinner. Finally, the Cabrillo PTA is proud to sponsor two parent education opportunities. On Wednesday, April 10, from 1–2 p.m., and again on Tuesday, April 16, from 6:30–7:30 p.m., the PTA will present two special lectures: Speech and Language Development, and Behavior Management. Each topic will run twice at each session, so you may attend one or both. Childcare will be provided, but only if you RSVP to [email protected]. Please join us and the community to learn more about speech and language developmental milestones, and how to successfully manage your child’s behavior.
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