Shelyn Elementary Gold Ribbon Celebration
- What
- Shelyn Elementary Gold Ribbon Celebration
- When
- 5/20/2016, 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
ROWLAND UNIFIED CELEBRATES 7 SCHOOLS BEING NAMED
GOLD RIBBON SCHOOLS WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA – MAY 3, 2016 – Rowland Unified School District will host formal recognitions to celebrate the seven RUSD elementary schools that were named by the California Department of Education as Gold Ribbon Schools, the state’s highest designation for outstanding educational programs and practices. The seven exemplary elementary schools from Rowland USD are: Hollingworth Elementary, Jellick Elementary, Shelyn Elementary, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy, Telesis Academy of Science & Math, Villacorta Elementary, and Ybarra Academy of the Arts and Technology.
Each school will be recognized by the Rowland Unified School District Board of Education and dignitaries at school celebrations planned on the following dates:
- TELESIS ACADEMY of SCIENCE & MATH: TONIGHT, Tuesday, May 3 at 5:40 p.m. at their Open House located at 2800 E. Hollingworth Street, West Covina (626)965-1696)
- HOLLINGWORTH ELEMENTARY: Monday, May 9 at 8 a.m. at their AVID Flag Salute located at 3003 E. Hollingworth Street, West Covina (909)598-3661
- STANLEY G. OSWALT ACADEMY: Wednesday, May 11 at 5:45 p.m. at their Open House located at 19501 Shadow Oak Drive, Walnut (626)810-4109
- VILLACORTA ELEMENTARY: Tuesday, May 17 at 8:15 a.m. located at 17840 E. Villacorta Street, La Puente (626)964-32385
- SHELYN ELEMENTARY: Friday, May 20 at 8:30 a.m. after their Volunteer Tea located at 19500 E. Nacora Street, Rowland Heights (909)444-0584
- JELLICK ELEMENTARY: Friday, May 20 at NOON at their Jellick Family Picnic located at 1400 S. Jellick Ave., Rowland Heights (626)964-1275
- YBARRA ACADEMY of ARTS and TECHNOLOGY: Friday, May 20 at 4:15 p.m. at their 50th Anniversary Celebration and Visual & Performing Arts Fair located at 1300 Brea Canyon Cut-Off Road, Walnut (909)598-3744
“The Board of Education and I are extremely proud of our schools selected for the Gold Ribbon recognition, as these schools exemplify the innovative and student centered learning environments that are throughout the Rowland Unified School District,” said Mitchell. “Recognitions such as the Gold Ribbon are made possible through the hard work and dedication of all of our educators and staff, working in partnership with our parents and community. The Board of Education and I are elated to congratulate them for this outstanding achievement and recognition.
The schools will be honored on May 24, 2016 at the 2016 California School Recognition Program in Los Angeles at the JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE. The California Gold Ribbon Schools Award was created to honor schools in place of the California Distinguished Schools Program, which is on hiatus while California creates new assessment and accountability systems. Nearly 6,000 elementary schools were eligible to apply this year and 772 were selected. Schools applied for the award based on a model program their school has adopted that includes standards-based activities, projects, strategies, and practices that can be replicated by other local educational agencies. Please visit the California Gold Ribbon Schools Program on the California Department of Education’s Web site.
Below is information on the seven Rowland Unified schools on Shelyn's Signature Practice:
Shelyn Elementary (Rowland Heights): Writer’s Workshop
Writer’s Workshop enables teachers to oversee and support each student’s individualized and differentiated writing process while also facilitating sharing and feedback in a variety of groups, such as peer-to-peer, peer-groups, and teacher-led conferences. As students write within the Workshop model, they have an array of choices that may include (but are not limited to) topic, ideas, organization, and tone. In Shelyn’s model of Writer’s Workshop, grade levels select the order in which they teach students then move freely and at a comfortable pace through the writing process after highly structured genre specific mini-lessons around craft, drafting, revision and editing. Students move through the steps at their own pace developing creativity and confidence in their abilities and expression.
Shelyn Elementary Principal: Sarah Opatkiewicz (909) 444-0584 www.Shelynschool.org