Monthly Rialto Unified School District Communications Journal ISSUE 23 THANKSGIVING EDITION 2013

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Some of the District’s brightest high school stu-dents were honored on Nov. 16, 2013, 6:00 p.m. at Carter High School Theater Hall, celebrating perfect scores on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). Eisenhower High School’s 450 Club Mathe-matics Students includes: John Paul A. Abadines, Ashley L. Calderon-Garcia, Elijah J. Chiappone, Julio A. Gar-cia, Kamia J. Gardner, Ming Huang, Nayeli Lopez-Andrade, Carla Loza, Jade A. Lynn, Arlene M. Man-dujano McCoy, Viridiana Murillo, Johnathan T. Ngu-yen, Gloria L. Perez, Va-lerie Perez, Jesus J. Reyes, Ivan Romero, Wendy F. Tol and Jacob L. Velis. The Eisenhower HS 450 Club English Language Arts Students includes:

Isaiah A. Avila, Elena Cruz, Dereck A. Estrada, Ivette Ortiz-Frutos, Elias E. Padilla and Ray D. Blaze. Rialto High School’s 450 Club Mathematics Students includes: Julio C. Alonso, Leslie A. Alvarado, Stephanie Alvarez, Mat-thew R. Brown, Sa-mantha Casil-las, Nestor A. Castillo, San-dra B. Contreras, Beatriz M. Delgado, Wallace V. Dharman, Adam R. Elias, Luis F. Enriquez- Contre-ras, Evan Flores, Saray E. Garcia, Alejandro Gonza-lez, Tyler J. Herbert, Car-los J. Herrera, Kimmie Hua, Jesus F. Huerta, Isaac Iglesias, Victor M. Iraheta, Enrique Jimenez, Jordan D. Keys, Macy A. Matsuka-wa, Gisell A. Medina-

Veloz, Christine A. Najera, Bryan Nava, Sergio Nunez, Alondra Parra, Citlali Paz, Maydali Quintana, Edu-ardo E. Ramirez, Octavio C. Ramirez, Juan C. Reyes, Yasminee Reyes, Jesus

Reynoso, Alexandra C. Rivas, Audrie M. Rosales, Esmeralda Suarez, Manuel Varela, and Rebecca H. Villegas. The Rialto HS 450 Club English Language Arts Students includes: Diana C. Alvarado, Cheri Mae S. Jocson, Stacey J. Padron, William Plata-Cortez and Elizabeth Sanchez.

Carter High School’s 450 Club Mathematics Students includes: Antho-ny A. Acevedo, Adryel Arizaga, Yelieny Camacho-Ramos, Cristina H. Cha-con, Sabrina Cordero, Sa-

brina Delgadillo, Valentine H. Doug-las, Jacob J. Gallego, Luis A. Gaspar, Sa-brina Y. Gutierrez, Jasmine Jennings, William M. Lovejoy, Ashley L. McGraw, Laura R. Mendez,

Arelys G. Navarro, Daniel Ochoa, Gabriel J. Pinedo, Armando Ramos, Jennifer Rivera, Bryce W. Sanchez, Mark Justi E. Soleta, Rob-erto Solis, Juan Talaman-tes, Samuel Thayer, Thom-as E. Velasquez, Roberto S. Ventura, Michael A. Vincente, Daisy J. Vizcar-ra, Carissa A. Wilcots and Reina E. Williams. The 450 Club in Eng-

lish Language Arts Stu-dents includes: Ana G. Avalos Alfaro, Natalie D. Aranda, Peter T. Chang, Madisen H. Cook, Rhys R. Horton, Christina G. Men-dez, April R. Rodriguez, Kailey M. Tometich, and Paul J. Trujillo-Langdon. “These students dedicat-ed many hours to study hard and kept their focus on their grades,” stated RUSD Associate Superin-tendent of Education, Dr. Susan Levine. “There was wonderful attendance with parents, loved ones, and District staff supporting the academic achievements of our exceptional students.”

RIALTO SCHOOLS DECORATED WITH ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE Rialto Unified School District com-memorated the 9th Annual Red Ribbon Week school wide decoration contest with an enthusiastic fight against drugs. “Tough competition, but to us, they were all winners,” replied Joe Ayala, President of the Board of Education. Ayala was one of the nine judges on Oct. 30. On the Nov. 13, 2013 RUSD Board of Edu-cation meetings, RUSD Acting Super-intendent, Moham-mad Z. Islam, and board members hon-ored the top Red Rib-bon school winners with students, parent volunteers and school staff cheering on.

First Place trophy and a check for $1,000 was earned by “defending champions” Jehue Middle School. The Second Place trophies went to Hughbanks and Werner Elemen-tary Schools, also receiving a check for $750 and the Third Place trophy and a check $500 was awarded to Garcia Elementary School.

TOP CAHSEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NAMED

ON LEFT: Jehue Middle School ASB President, Leslie Sanchez, smiled with ASB student, An-thony Rodriguez, as their school took First Place in the RUSD Red Ribbon Week school wide decoration contest. The Second Place win-ners were Werner Ele-mentary School (above) and Hughbanks Elementary School. (above, right). Garcia Elementary School took Third Place.

DECEMBER ISSUE!

The Rialto Bridge will feature all RUSD elemen-tary students who earned a perfect 600 score on the STAR Testing.

“These students dedicated many hours to study hard and kept their focus on their grades.”

- Dr. Susan Levine,

Assoc. Superintendent of Education

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Rialto Unified School District Dr. John R. Kazalunas Education Center

182 East Walnut Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 (909) 820–7700, ext. 2123

www.rialto.k12.ca.us

Rialto Unified School District Board of Education: President, Joe Ayala, Vice President, Edgar Montes, Clerk, Joseph W. Martinez,

Members, Joanne T. Gilbert and Nancy G. O’Kelley. RUSD Student Member, Micah St. Andrew

San Bernardino County District Attorney, Mike Ramos, has one of the most challenging sched-ules in the County, “but right now, I wouldn’t be anywhere else,” smiled the DA, when he was get-ting ready to award Fitz-gerald Elementary School second and fifth grade students their G.R.I.P. (Gang Resistance Inter-vention Program) promo-

tional certificates on Nov. 14, at Grizzly Hall. All second and fifth grade students (which this particular G.R.I.P. Pro-gram is designed towards) accepted their certificates of completion and re-ceived G.R.I.P. back-packs/supplies through the DA’s Office. “G.R.I.P. is a grant fund-ed program from the San Bernardino County Dis-

trict Attorney’s Office, which the RUSD intro-duced to the students in 2010,” stated RUSD Chief of Safety and Security, Gordon Leary. “The pro-gram is led by trained RUSD District patrol of-ficers whose primary fo-cus for this curriculum is related to gang and drug-awareness education.” Ramos attended the morning G.R.I.P. gradua-tion ceremony along with assistant district attorneys and supporters of the pro-gram. RUSD Acting Su-perintendent, Mohammad Z. Islam and San Bernar-dino City Unified School Board Member, Dr. Mar-garet Hill was also in attendance. There were 81 second grade students and 74 fifth grade students who “graduated” from the Fitz-gerald G.R.I.P. Program. “We were fortunate that our DA, Mr. Ramos, at-tended our ceremonial assembly, taking the time

to recognize and congratu-late each of our enthusias-tic G.R.I.P. students,” said Fitzgerald Principal, Linda Miner. Ramos (who was former-ly an elected school board member from Redlands) spoke to the second and fifth grade students, teach-ers and support staff.

“You shape your lives, and you will make smart choices,” replied Ramos. “I’m so proud of you.” RUSD elementary schools have graduated more than 2,500 students in the G.R.I.P. Program, which is a four week health and safety curricu-lum for the youth.

The Rialto Bridge is published through the Office of Communications.

Fitzgerald, G.R.I.P. Program Welcomes DA

Next RUSD School Board Meeting The next RUSD Board of Education meetings will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m., at the Dr. Kazalunas Education Center, 182 East Walnut Avenue in Rialto.

Our RUSD Board of Education meetings are also STREAMING LIVE!! Please visit our website: www.rialto.k12.ca.us

Rialto Unified School District is leading the way to save energy! “We have the poten-tial to save about 20 percent of our District’s energy, which is equiv-alent to about a million dollars, a year,” said 37-year-old Jay Kim, who is the new RUSD Energy Manager. “I’m excited at the oppor-tunity to encourage

staff to use conservation as a healthy habit.” A former teacher from the El Monte Union High School District, Kim also served as an energy con-servationist before joining the RUSD this month. “We look forward to working with Mr. Kim as he leads us in finding effi-cient and cost-saving ways to conserve energy,” said RUSD Acting Super-

intendent, Mohammad Z. Islam. “He will be assist-ing our staff in imple-menting some strong con-servation programs, espe-cially during these crucial holiday months.” Kim has already begun the campaign to remem-ber The Three Tips: RIGHT Lighting,

using only the light which is absolutely necessary for work

Keeping doors closed when air con-ditioning or the heat-ing is on

LAST OUT, LIGHTS OUT, which means if you are the last person leaving a room, turn the lights off and shut down ac or heating systems.

District Attorney Mike Ramos high-fives Fitzger-ald El. student, Kath-eryne Corral, as RUSD Safety Chief Gordon Leary looks on.

District’s energy manager has SAVINGS on his mind

‘Fitz’ PTA Leaders welcomed SB District Attor-ney Mike Ramos (second from right) with morn-ing refreshments. Pictured from left are: Desiree Ramos, Maria Acosta, Priscilla Santillan, and Fitzgerald PTA President, Lissette Martinez.

Jay Kim