East Los Angeles Service Area
WEEKLY BULLETIN
May 18, 2015
Volume 3, Issue 36
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On the Calendar
SPANISH HISET
May 19 & 20, 2015
ELA OC, 4:00 p.m.
ESL PROMOTIONAL
EXAMS
May 19-26, 2015
PROMOTION/RETENTION
LISTS DUE
May 27, 2015
ESL
PRE-REGISTRATION
IN CLASS
June 2-4, 2015
MEMORIAL DAY
Monday, May 25, 2015
NO SCHOOL
GRADUATION
May 28, 2015
ELA Community College
7:00 p.m.
Notes from
Ms. Rodriguez
Staff members are
reminded not to use
their assigned mailbox
for storage. Mailboxes
should be checked
daily and emptied
weekly.
LARAEC UPDATE:
M
emorial Day Monday, May 25, is Memorial Day. The roots of Memorial Day go back to 1865
and the end of the Civil War when it was originally known as Decoration Day. It was later
changed to Memorial Day in 1882. Memorial Day is officially celebrated on the last Monday during the
month of May and is dedicated to the service men and women who gave their lives for freedom and our
country. Throughout the United States, veterans organizations will often request donations in exchange
for an artificial red poppy made by disabled veterans. The poppies are worn to honor those who gave
their lives serving our nation. All donations benefit servicemen in need. In honor of these men and
women, all schools, state and federal offices will be closed.
In the News In the News In the News
ESL PROMOTIONAL TESTING AND
PRE-REGISTRATION
Promotional testing for all ESL classes is
scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 19 and end
on Tuesday, May 26.
Main campus instructors who may have students
in common should meet during an extended break
on Wednesday, May 27, to discuss those students’
promotion or retention.
Promotion/Retention lists for main campus classes
will be due that same day to Carl Badeau, APO.
Pre-registration in class will take place June 2-4.
WELCOME!
Welcome Ms. Kenya Haugen and Mr. William
Sykes from JCERT to our East Los Angeles
Service Area. They are here to accredit the East
Los Angeles Radiology program. Ms. Haugen and
Mr. Sykes will be visiting and meeting with our
radiology staff, administration and students
Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19. Thank you
for coming, Ms. Haugen and Mr. Sykes. We look
forward to your visit.
SUPPORT FOR OUR GRADUATES
All staff members will receive a request for
contributions to the scholarship fund for this year’s
graduates. Any donation you provide is welcome
and will help our graduates continue with their
educational goals.
The graduation ceremony is scheduled for 7:00
p.m. on May 28 at ELA College. All staff working
that evening are expected to attend, assist and be
there to support our graduating class. Instructors
should encourage their students to meet them at
the auditorium and attend as a class.
THE STORK HAS ARRIVED!
Congratulations to the family of ESL instructor,
Gabriela Carrasco, on the birth of their son Jake
Ryan Arredondo. Jake arrived on Tuesday, May
5, weighing 6.6 lbs. That’s really celebrating Cinco
de Mayo!
Congratulations also to the family of Vicky
Broccolo on the birth of Natalia Joan Broccolo,
born on Saturday, May 19. Natalia weighed 6.3
lbs. and was 19” long!
CNA PROGRAM FOR ESL STUDENTS
Students interested in becoming a Certified Nurse
Assistant, but who may need help with their
English, should attend the informational orientation
on Thursday, May 21, at East LA Skills Center at
12:30 pm. East LA Skills Center offers a dual
enrollment program which includes Vocational
English (VESL) and Medical Terminology classes
to help students improve their English and reading
skills for entry into the CNA program. Contact Ms.
Alama Alvarez at 323 224-5970 to attend the
orientation while space is still available.
ELA SERVICE AREA CALENDAR
Do you have pictures of you and your students
working on a class project, at a school event, or
enjoying a holiday festivity? The ELA Skills Center
student council is creating an ELA Service Area
calendar for the coming year. Production is set to
go to press in one week. Email your photos now
to Ms. Jenisha Hasselberger at
[email protected]
The Los Angeles Regional Adult Education Consortium (LARAEC) Plan identified adult education gaps in
service and proposed strategies to improve the delivery of adult education in the region. To further develop the strategies proposed in the
plan will require the assistance of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to complete Phase I of the AB 86 Implementation Plan. The Consortium
proposed the creation of workgroups composed of teachers and administrators to work in collaboration with their counterparts from other
districts to generate pilot program proposals for implementation. Workgroups will address curriculum and assessment alignment,
development of college and career pathways, course articulations, and evaluation of strategies for accelerated student learning in each of the
five AB86 instructional program areas. DACE workgroup members will be created in the following five subject matter categories. Members
must commit to the project for one year and must have teaching or work experience in the given subject matter area:
ESL/Citizenship/VESL, Basic Skills English and VABE, Basic Skills Math and VABE, CTE, Counseling and Academic Advising
Each DACE team will consist of four teachers and two administrators. UTLA has been given the opportunity to appoint two teachers for each
of the SME categories listed above. A kickoff meeting has been scheduled on Friday, May 22, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. at the East Los
Angeles Skills Center.
East Los Angeles Service Area
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Student Corner
Volume 3, Issue 36
May 18, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY
CCAE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
What’s on your bulletin
board? Bertha Galvan’s
class celebrated Earth
Day and Yetta Shaver
and Lorilee Quizon
celebrate and recognize II
Lab students who
complete contracts as
“Awesome Achievers!”
Congratulations to Steven Lee Koeppe, X-Ray
Technician student, and Norma Gutierrez, academic student, who are CCAE Scholarship
winners. Each were recognized at the Spring Awards Brunch on
Sunday, May 17.
ELA SC STUDENT COUNCIL MEETINGS
The ELA Skills Center Student Council will hold its next meeting on
Wednesday , May 20, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 220. All class
representatives should attend this important meeting.
CNA PROGRAM FOR ESL STUDENTS
Are you interested in becoming a Certified Nurse Assistant but need
help with your English? East LA Skills Center offers a dual
enrollment program, which includes Vocational English (VESL) and
Medical Terminology classes to help you improve your English and
reading skills for entry into the CNA program. For more information
about the program, contact Ms. Alma Alvarez and attend the
informational orientation on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at East LA
Skills Center, 12:30 pm. while space is still available.
ESL PROMOTIONAL TESTING AND
PRE-REGISTRATION
Promotional testing for all ESL classes is scheduled to begin this
Tuesday, May 19 and end on Tuesday, May 26.
Pre-registration for the fall term will take place in class June 2-4.
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MEMORIAL DAY
Monday, May 25, will be Memorial Day. This is a national day of
remembrance for those who gave their lives in service of their country. There will be no school and all state and federal offices will be
closed. Classes will resume on Tuesday, May 26.
2015 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
The 2015 Commencement Ceremony will be held on Thursday, May
28, 7:00 p.m. at ELA College. Mark your calendars!
Riddle Me This….
How many months have 28 days? (See answer below)
Happy Birthday to….
these March Birthday Club members.
Ernest Kettenring (belated) May 10
Elizabeth Droz
May 18
Mayra Linares
May 18
Jenny Moreno
May 21
Become a member of the Birthday Club.
Send your birthdate to [email protected]
District Policy You Should Know
Title IX Policy—Bul 2521.1
The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a
learning and working environment in which all individuals are treated
with respect and dignity. Each student and employee has a right to
learn and work in an environment that is free from unlawful
discrimination. No District student or employee shall be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination
on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender under any District
educational program or activity.
ESL students at ELA
Occupational Center
practice their
speaking skills on
Fridays. Students
from all four classes
meet outside and the
talking begins!
Do you know your paraprosdokians?
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of
a passage is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the
reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. Examples….
I haven’t slept for ten days, because that’s just too long.
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.
We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public.
How would you finish this one?
Where there’s a will, …..
Riddle me this……………………...… All of them!
Prosdokian……..I want to be in it.