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San Jacinto Alumni Gazette S AN J ACINTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION/ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2045 South San Jacinto Avenue San Jacinto, CA 92583 DECEMBER 2014 VOLUMN 8 ISSUE 2 SUPERINTENDENT S CORNER Tigers Triumphant Over Bulldogs Things are happening at SJUSD. We kicked of the new year with a renewed commitment to build developmental assets for all our students. Our instructional focus is on Writing at all grade levels across the curriculum. We believe Writing is the highest form of literacy which prepares our students to be both college and career ready. SJUSD ended the 2013-14 school year with extraordinary accomplishments: Student indicators of college readiness increased significantly including 121% increase in students taking the SAT and a 9.4% increase in UC college readiness courses. All SJHS freshmen and Mt View high students received their own digital tablet containing their textbooks and other learning tolls. Student discipline related to suspensions decreased by 32% over a two-year period. San Jacinto Preschool was named “Model of Academic Excellence” by Riverside County of Education. SJUSD Board of Trustees held its 1st Annual Student Golden Paw Awards to recognize extraordinary achievements of our students as it relates to service, character or perseverance. This year we implemented the Valley’s first Dual Language Immersion Program at Megan Cope Elementary, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way (a STEM pathway) at San Jacinto High and the nationally-acclaimed Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) model to increase positive student behavior district wide. Additionally, we are increasing Career Technical Education (CTE) opportunities and instructional technology and access. San Jacinto Ed Foundation Awards Mini-Grants In a fight to the end, the San Jacinto Tigers beat the Hemet High Bulldogs 43-41 to take back the bell on Octo- ber 10, 2014. Hemet was trailing 43-14 early in the third quarter, but made a comeback to keep everyone on the edge of their seats for the remainder of the game. The Victory Bell has been returned to its rightful place at SJHS and restored to Orange & Black. We are so proud of our SJHS Tigers! things; Increased Accelerated Reader participation and outcomes; Middle and High Schools : “Watch DOGS” program- a role modeling program to provide positive male role models; Enhance teaching and learning of library assets and utilities; Provide “Virtual Labs” for science; Provide USB microscopes for science labs- for integration with computer technologies; Integration of technology into the Common Core standards; CBI Academy- provide for cooking utensils and training in food preparation and safety. (Continued on Page 4) As has become a tradition for the Education Foundation and the School District, the Education Foundation once again awarded Mini-Grants to all of the school in the district for the 2014-2015 school year. Each year many applications come in during the request for proposal timeline that are designed to augment, enhance, or go above and beyond the usual and normal activities that students participate in during their school sessions. The diversity and variety of these projects are usually tremendous, with this year’s awardees being no exception. The sum of their project budget is a mere $500but the creativity in using this budget continues to impress and amaze the program and the Education Foundation. Here is a short list of the type and variety of projects submitted: Preschool : Assist students with IEP (individual education plan) early speech and language acquisition; Growing a garden- checking out best soils and conditions for growth; “Gotcha Patrol”- A patrol of students trying to catch students doing good San Jacinto Unified School District Board of Trustees: President: John Norman Clerk: Willie Hamilton Member: Deborah Rex Member: Rose Salgado Member: Jasmin Rubio Superintendent: Diane Perez

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San Jacinto Alumni GazetteSAN JACINTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION/ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

2045 South San Jacinto Avenue

San Jacinto, CA 92583

DECEMBER 2014 VOLUMN 8 ISSUE 2

SUPERINTENDENT’S CORNER

Tigers TriumphantOver Bulldogs

Things are happening at SJUSD. We kicked of the new year with a renewed commitment to builddevelopmental assets for all our students. Our instructional focus is on Writing at all grade levelsacross the curriculum. We believe Writing is the highest form of literacy which prepares our studentsto be both college and career ready.

SJUSD ended the 2013-14 school year with extraordinary accomplishments:• Student indicators of college readiness increased significantly including 121% increase instudents taking the SAT and a 9.4% increase in UC college readiness courses.• All SJHS freshmen and Mt View high students received their own digital tablet containing theirtextbooks and other learning tolls.

• Student discipline related tosuspensions decreased by 32% overa two-year period.

• San Jacinto Preschool was named“Model of Academic Excellence”by Riverside County of Education.

• SJUSD Board of Trustees held its1st Annual Student Golden PawAwards to recognize extraordinaryachievements of our students as itrelates to service, character orperseverance.

This year we implemented theVal ley’s f i rs t Dual LanguageImmersion Program at Megan CopeE l e m e n t a r y , I n t e r n a t i o n a lBaccalaureate and Project Lead theWay (a STEM pathway) at San JacintoHigh and the nationally-acclaimedPositive Behavioral Interventions &Supports (PBIS) model to increasepositive student behavior district wide.Additionally, we are increasing CareerT e c h n i c a l E d u c a t i o n ( C T E )opportunit ies and instructionaltechnology and access.

San Jacinto Ed Foundation Awards Mini-Grants

In a fight to the end, the San JacintoTigers beat the Hemet High Bulldogs43-41 to take back the bell on Octo-ber 10, 2014. Hemetwas trailing 43-14early in the thirdquarter, but made acomeback to keepeveryone on the edgeof their seats for theremainder of thegame. The Victory Bell has beenreturned to its rightful place at SJHSand restored to Orange & Black. Weare so proud of our SJHS Tigers!

things;Increased Accelerated Readerparticipation and outcomes;Middle and High Schools: “WatchDOGS” program- a role modelingprogram to provide positive male rolemodels;Enhance teaching and learning oflibrary assets and utilities;Provide “Virtual Labs” for science;Provide USB microscopes for sciencelabs- for integration with computertechnologies;Integration of technology into theCommon Core standards;CBI Academy- provide for cookingutensils and training in foodpreparation and safety.(Continued on Page 4)

As has become a tradition for the Education Foundation and the SchoolDistrict, the Education Foundation once again awarded Mini-Grants to all ofthe school in the district for the 2014-2015 school year. Each year manyapplications come in during the request for proposal timeline that are designedto augment, enhance, or go above and beyond the usual and normal activitiesthat students participate in during their school sessions. The diversity andvariety of these projects are usually tremendous, with this year’s awardeesbeing no exception. The sum of their project budget is a mere $500but thecreativity in using this budget continues to impress and amaze the program andthe Education Foundation. Here is a short list of the type and variety ofprojects submitted:Preschool: Assist students with IEP (individual education plan) early speechand language acquisition;Growing a garden- checking out best soils and conditions for growth;“Gotcha Patrol”- A patrol of students trying to catch students doing good

San Jacinto Unified SchoolDistrict Board of Trustees:

President: John NormanClerk: Willie HamiltonMember: Deborah RexMember: Rose SalgadoMember: Jasmin Rubio

Superintendent:Diane Perez

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San Jacinto EducationFoundation/Alumni Association

Board of Directors

PresidentJerry Peebles

[email protected] President

Neal [email protected]

TreasurerBecky Elam

[email protected]

Charlene [email protected]

Foundation MembersSewa Contreras

[email protected] Cozart

[email protected] Luna

[email protected] O’Neal

[email protected] Nieblash

[email protected] Ott

[email protected] Reed

[email protected] Schouten

[email protected] Warneke

[email protected] Wickham

[email protected] Board of Trustees’

RepresentativesJohn Norman

[email protected] Salgado

[email protected] Liaison Members

Diane [email protected]

HEMET/SAN JACINTO VALLEY STUDENTS OF THE

MONTH/YEAR

Last year, 2013-2014 marked a first for the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Studentof the Month program. The program has been successfully implemented inRiverside County for over 21 years and was founded in Hemet/San Jacinto byKarena Chum of Altura Credit Union. The mission of the program is to bring thecommunity together to honor and recognize our valley high school seniors fordemonstrating character, integrity, love of learning, involvement in schoolactivities, athletics, community service, and/or the ability to overcome obstacleswithout compromising their education. The “Student of the Month” is one whomakes a difference in their home, school and community.

Thanks to the support of our localcommunity partners, a total of 34students from Hemet Unified SchoolDistrict and San Jacinto UnifiedSchool District were recognized atmonthly breakfasts held at Emilio’sRestaurant in San Jacinto. Allmonthly winners were encouraged tocompete for the end of the yearScholarships.

On May 1, students, parents andguests, nominating teachers, highschool principals, Hemet and SanJacinto USD Superintendents, Studentof the Month Committee members,sponsors, and dignitaries recognizedour Students of the Month andStudents of the Year at the CountryClub at Soboba Springs. Special musicwas provided by the San Jacinto H.S.String Quartet.

The Student of the YearScholarship Winners each received$1,800 toward their college education.

San Jacinto Leadership Academy

The San Jacinto Leadership AcademyLions have been working hard at teambuilding and leadership activities! Beforeschool started in August, ASB studentstraveled to Disneyland for Leadershiptraining. They left with many ideas of thingsto do for the school and have already startedactivities for the students to enjoy! At theend of August, the entire school went on afield trip to the Mt. San Jacinto CommunityCollege campus and toured the campus.Students visited the library, theater and gymand they took a peek into the automotive,communication and science departments.The students were excited to preview collegelife!

San Jacinto Preschool

San Jacinto Unified School DistrictEarly Childhood Education Centercollaborated with Borrego Health toprovide students and families with muchneeded health services. The BorregoHealth mobile unit, a 40 foot motorhome, delivered services to over 100

families whileparked in theSan JacintoHead Startparking lot.Families wereable to received e n t a ls c r e e n i n g s ,

dental work, immunizations andphysicals. Families also received healthand nutrition information to maintainsafe and healthy lifestyles.

6th Grade Classes

6th gradeclasses atthe SanJ a c i n t oLeadershipA c a d e m y

went on a field trip to the San DiegoMaritime Museum where theyclimbed the jib boom, rowed a longboat cleaned the ship’s gun andhelped sail a replica ship for a three-hour tour of San Diego Bay.

STUDENTS VISIT SAN MARCOS

S a n J a c i n t oL e a d e r s h i pAcademy 8th gradestudents took a tripto Cal StateUniversity SanMarcos where theydevised a scienceexperiment andtoured the campus.Students also visited the San DiegoWild Animal Park.

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Membership in the San Jacinto Education Foundation/Alumni Association runs from January 1 to December 31 each year. The AlumniAssociation encourages members to renew early and to contact fellow classmates to join the Association. All membership dues goes towardmaking a more positive school environment. If your name does not appear on this page, it is time to renew. A life membership would be the idealway to go as members receive all communications coming from the Education Foundation/Alumni Association and once you join as a life member,you won’t have to worry about sending in any more money.

Gertrude “Mapestead” Milligan ‘35Robert “Bud” & Jewel “Tripp” Roberd ‘38Mary Ellen Brown FriendDorothy “Roberds” Henry ‘40Mary “Blodgett” Wick ‘40Oscar Ross ‘42Lorraine “Tripp” Richartz ‘44Clifton Powers ‘45Janice “Record” Hale ‘46Donald Irving ‘46Betty Jo Dunham ‘47Ella Mae “Quandt” Record ‘47Donna “Viele” Gindorf ‘49Doris Harvey FriendCharles Lockwood ‘49Donald T. Sawyer ‘49James & Barbara “Dunham” Walsh ‘49Beverly “Livesay” Harvey ‘50Joanne “Cremer” Solomon ‘51Mary Lou “Howe” Powers ‘53Jeannie “Estrada” Stockton ‘53JoAnne “Barbarick” Cain ‘54Marian “Valdez” Chacon ‘54Samuel Goodwin ‘54Ralph Hulstrom ‘54Gilbert Lockwood ‘54Albert Reed ‘55Jim Quast ‘56Virginia “Grutzmacher” Reich ‘57Frances “Apolonio” Borras ‘57Frank Apalonio ‘58Patricia “Tate” Calfee “58Virginia “Ingalls” Coate ‘58Sid & Peggy “Northrop” Fisher ‘58/61Bob & Ann “Robinson” Roenicke ‘58/61Steven Olivas ‘58Dorothy “Schweizer” Raby ‘58Carol “St. Clair” Ott ‘58Janice “Quast” Welch ‘58Charles Grutzmacher ‘59John Laffey ‘59Betty “Gadberry” Daniel ‘60Vernon & Susan “Hulstrom” Phillips ‘60/63Harvey & Rosalie “Ruiz” Resvaloso ‘60/63Mary Lou “Plana” Brennan ‘61Kenneth & Georgia “Prater” Reed ‘61

Carl Schweizer ‘61John & Jai “Handcock” Forney ‘62John & Mary “Johansen:” Lewis ‘63/62Karole “Pierce” Romeril ‘62Patsy “Boutcher” Yountchi ‘62Mr. & Mrs. Marc Divine ‘63Mr. & Mrs. Robert “Toby” LeBorgne ‘63Susan “Andrews” Miller ‘63Bonnie Anderson ‘64Lawrence Cutting ‘64Henrietta “Dykstra” Dorner ‘64Robert Jones ‘64Mr. & Mrs. Scott McOwen ‘64Charley J. "Skip" Childs ‘65Doug Glover ‘65Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goar ‘65Lorraine “Salgado” Maciel ‘65Ken Rumfelt ‘65Terry Williams ‘65Kathy “Peebles” Donnell ‘66Terry & Caroline “Vivanco” Post ‘66Sandy “Plaster” Van der Linden ‘66Robert & Susan “McOwen” Wilson ‘67Vicky Arres ‘68Sancy “Adams” Kasper ‘68Clayton & Michelle “Schain” Record ‘68Henry Hafliger ‘70Janet “Evans” Maldonado ‘70Tom Wilson ‘70John Hafliger ‘71Ron & Barbara “Mangabat” Harvey ‘72/75Ted Hussey ‘72Sergio Ochoa ‘72Scott & Deanna “Green” Cozart ‘73Robin “Hafliger” Pay ‘73Jerry & Mary “Mack” Peebles ‘73John & Nanci “Record” Norman Coach/’74Darrell & Becky “Directo” Elam ‘77Casilda “Wickham” Eisenberg ‘77Cor & Kim “Plantinga” Schouten ‘78/80Steven McCormack ‘79Doris Placencia ‘79Jack Schmidt ‘79Freda Miranda ‘80Mr. & Mrs. Neal Conijn ‘80Sylvia “Schnitker” Sayre ‘84

SAN JACINTO EDUCATION FOUNDATION/ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

Life Members

Membership Renewal

Mary Alice “Pearson” Parker ‘46Virgil “Lee” Christie ‘47Inez “King” Records ‘48Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brittian ‘50Frankie Hamilton ‘50Helen “Eacret” Wilson ‘51Maria “Hernandez” Sheridan ‘52Mary Ellen “Clark” Garbani ‘53Joan “Crabb” Kahrs ‘54Joyce “Hoffman” Riesland ‘57Michael & Margaret “Richmeier”

Southe ‘58/66Marlene “Thomason” Tinker ‘60Mr. & Mrs. LeVoy Stubblefield ‘61Leslie “Welty” Lubeck ‘61Marty “Bristol” Avalos ‘62Charles Sepulveda ‘66Tom Pope ‘69Carolyn Nunez ‘71Patricia Ward ‘76Wayne J. Stuart Faculty

2014 Members

Emily “Quast” McDonough ‘89Richard & Jenny “Peebles” Wright ’93John Norman, Jr. ‘99Tara Nicole “Remily” Andreassen 2001Alan Norman 2002Don St. Clair FacultyMr. & Mrs. Jim Adams FacultyCathryn “Adams” Remily FacultyMr. & Mrs. Jeff Whittenburg Faculty

SJUSD Has New LogoSan Jacinto High School Alumnus

and former Steve Tally art student,Michael Frazier, also owner ofFrazier Graphix, and the StrategicP l a n n i n g C o m m u n i c a t i o n sC o m m i t t e eworked togetherto create the newdi s t r i c t logoshown here.

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San Jacinto High

School Athletic Director

Jeff Snyder was honored

at the Eleventh Annual

Jim Staunton CIF

C h a m p i o n s f o r

Charac t e r Award

C e r e m o n y o n

September 29 at the

Queen Mary in Long Beach. The Champions

of Character Award honors student-athletes,

coaches, administrators and schools who

represent excellent sportsmanship and

outstanding character.

Mr. Snyder’s nominator said, ”Jeff is highly

respected, professional, dependable and goes

above and beyond to ensure the needs of the

students and staff are met. San Jacinto High

School has won the Mountain Pass League

Sportsmanship Award two out of the last

three years.” We are proud and honored to

have Jeff Snyder representing San Jacinto

U n i f i e d

S c h o o l

District!

TTURNAROUNDURNAROUND SSHOPPINGHOPPING FFUNDRAISERUNDRAISER

The third annual Christmas Turnaround Shopping Fundraiser is in the

record books. A record number of tickets were sold netting $1672 for the

scholarship fund. Once again we are indebted to the Soboba Foundation

for the generous donation of their luxury bus for the trip. Twenty-five

participants boarded the bus at the Country Club at Soboba Springs and

then off to Camarillo, CA Premium Outlet Mall. The trip takes just under

2½ hours but the time passes quickly with rousing bingo games along the

way and the Wheels on the Bus drawing. The prizes for the Bingo games

were donated and the winner of this year’s Wheels on the Bus drawing,

Christina Maxwell added $62 to her shopping budget. The same amount

goes to the scholarship funds. Weather was spectacular with a warm

sunny day making shopping at the huge mall pleasant. Everyone seemed

to enjoy their day and by the count of shopping bags in the hold of the

bus, the merchants were glad we came. There is even a cinema complex

located in the middle of the outlet, so several participants took in a movie.

This was a refreshing rest in the middle of the day. The last stop of the

day was at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. You bet we made

sure the caramel apples found some room for the home trip. Those Pecan

Bears are so hard to resist.

With Wood Ranch scheduled onceagain as our dinner stop, we loaded upthe bus by 5 p.m. and hit the road. By7, with full tummies and very comfort-able reclining seats, the bus was filledwith happy chatter and laughter thatsoon became restful quiet. We arrivedback at Country Club before 10 so itwas time to wake up and drive home.Thank you to our driver, Brendan, forthe smooth and safe ride out and back.

The shopping trip has become a tradi-

tion that is truly a great way to spend

some quality time with family and

friends, get some great shopping and

leave the driving to us. Best of all, the

San Jacinto Education Foundation

added to our funds for our kids and

schools. A sincere thank you is due to

the Soboba Foundation as well as our

other sponsors, donors and participants

for their generosity. With all the dona-

tions and participation all proceeds

from ticket sales went to our scholastic

funds. The date for 2015 is November

14, 2015. Plan on joining us next year!

Snyder Presented CIFCharacter Recognition

Mini-Grants continued from page one

As you can see, the variety and diversity ofthe programs offered to students areexemplary. The efforts from both the staffand administration need to be applauded asmany of these grants cite activities that areoutside of the normal teaching and learningstrategies. SJUSD staff and studentscontinue to strive for excellence and the proof

is in their successes in overall scores onstandardized tests and their outcomes inmatriculating toward being productive citizens inour community!

Assistant Superintendent of Ed.Services: Sherry Smith

Assistant Superintendent ofPersonnel: Matthew Hixson

PrincipalsPreschool Director:

Denise CavnerElementary Schools

De Anza: Jenifer GoldenEstudillo:Autumn ClarkHyatt:Bridget Heeren

Megan Cope: Ken SwansonPark Hill:Dulce Noriega

Record: Shelley MendezSan Jacinto: Juan Penaloza

Middle SchoolsMonte Vista: Janet Covacevich

North Mountain:Dr. Karen KirschingerSan Jacinto LeadershipAcademy: Col SickMt. View High School

Cliff WeaverSan Jacinto High School

Jordan Reeves

San Jacinto UnifiedSchool DistrictAdministrators

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Remembering Those Who Have Passed OnIndividuals listed below are part of the proud heritage of San Jacinto and will be missed. They may be gone from among us, but the

fond memories of lasting friendships will remain forever. This list is everyone we have a record of since the July 22, 2006 GreatExtravaganza Class Reunion. If you know of others who have passed on since that time, please notify Ken Reed [email protected] or send a note to the San Jacinto Education Foundation/Alumni Association at the address on page one of thisissue.

Betty “White” Watson ‘56Stan Bottom ‘57Joanne “Hodges” Clouser ‘57David Hellquist ‘57Jerry Daniel ‘58Frank Dunbar ‘58Clyde Freeman ‘58Annamarie “Bosman” Hemphill ‘58Tom Quick ‘58JoAnn “Squirrel” Ramirez ‘58Fern Rodriguez ‘58Leo Rose ‘58Betty “Butler” Estavillo ‘59Leo Hanks ‘59Arvel Hyer ‘59Robert “Bobby” Long ‘59Tom Prater ‘59Billy Ricketts ‘59Bert Smith ‘59Louise “McLaughlin” Cusic ‘60Claire Higgins ‘60Stella “Butler” Mahan ‘60William Rose ‘60Bill Stoval ‘60Garland Freeman ‘61Linda “Fisher” King ‘61Frankie Moreno ‘61Dona “Curtis” Sharp ‘61Tim Short ‘61Claude Sievert ‘61Lee Whitman, ‘61Andy Andrews ‘62Robert Smith, ‘62Connie “Vargas” Teivas ‘62Johnny Wishon ‘62Lynne “Dittmer” Corwin ‘63Jim Kading ‘63Jose Lubo Modesto ‘63Bobby Rose ‘63Susan “Bradley” White ‘63Richard Bailey ‘64Stella “Cabanilla” Dahlman ‘64Larry Hartsfield ‘64Elaine Johansen ‘64Randolph McCook ‘64Richard Quast ‘64Brian Wishon ‘64Joan “Valenzuela” Altaha ‘65Wendell Cutting ‘65Lindy “Welty” Downs ‘65Andy Hernandez ’65Gary Jubera ‘65Bobby Lamoreaux ‘65Itzy Rodriguez ‘65Dodie “Irons” Sanford ‘65Allynn Silvas ‘65Ronnie Edwards, ‘66Mike Powers ‘66Mary Ann Swarthout ‘66

Jessie “Valdez” Gilmore ‘48Betty “eacret” Wilson ‘48Bill Ashley ‘49Dan Goodwin ‘49Walter Larry Harvey ‘49Donna Record ‘49Bill Wilson ‘50Joanne “Ashley” Anthony ‘50Dolly “White” Compton ‘50Thurman Hawes ‘50Barbara “Handcock” Hedlund ‘50Don Hedlund ‘50Harriet “Waggoner” Hillier ‘50James Ogburn ‘50Frances “Sturbaum” Proz ‘50Dolores “Durant”: Taylor ‘50Barbara “Bobbie” Candelaria ‘51Dick Long ‘51Rita Lugo ‘51Sylvia “Mares” McLaughlin ‘51Byron Oylear ‘51Bill Thomason ‘51Robert Bentiste ‘52Wayne Chambers ‘52Greg Figgins ‘52Bonnie “Dodge” Hennessy ‘52Ralph Morris ‘52Peter Oakhill ‘52Everett Pope ‘52Tom Ricketts ‘52Joseph Tibodeaux ‘52Mariano Tortez ‘52Larry Whiting ‘52Barbara “Wilson” Baugh ‘53Lee Daniels ‘53Roberta “Henninger” Fraze ‘53Ronald Hamilton ‘53Maxine “Biggs” Lamkin ‘53Donald Livesay ‘53Howard Morris ‘53Ronald White ‘53Barbara “Merle” Wilson ‘53Joanne “Barbarick” Cain ‘54Sondra “Wilson” Broyhill ‘54Delbert Casebolt ‘54Donald Flowerbird ‘54Elaine “Howe” Lasater ‘54Annette “Munson” Sherman ‘54Walter Walker ‘54Martin Flores ‘55Beverly “Lamb” Gardner ‘55Carmen “Carrasco” Lopez ‘55Pat Rogers ‘55Don Behnken ‘56Verne Brown ‘56Gene Edwards ‘56Beverley “Towner” Gray ‘56Edward Marruffo ‘56Kenneth Tortez ‘56

Stephen Telford ‘66Wesley Upson ‘66Alex Directo ‘67Lynn Hurt ‘67Robert Lerma ‘67Sharon “Ash” Rossman ‘67Toni “Hellwig” Barbee ‘68Fred Gandee ‘68Danny Olivas ‘68Clayton Record III, ‘68Deborah “Fite” Voss ‘68Gary Lang ‘69Joy Moody ‘69Esteban Garcia Olivo, Jr. ‘69Danny Osborn ‘69Marcus Pete ‘69Chris “Brown” Trogdon ‘69Wes Williams ‘69Charles Maynard ‘70Miguel Mejia ‘70Kay Pacheco ‘70Lois Pete ‘70Karen “Heller” Brown ‘72Jenny Chagolla ‘72Margaret Pauline Cortez ‘72Patti “Smith” Necochea ‘73Bill Record, Jr. ‘73Chuck Watson ‘74Raymond Dominguez ‘75Bill Parker ‘76Cecil Robert Fuentes ‘77James Stuart ‘77Angelina Gomez ‘78Laurie Basquez, ‘79Kay Fielder ‘80Gary Mangabat ‘80Ofelia Navarette ‘80Luis Alvarez ‘81Lisa “Stachurski” Cortez ‘88Gregory McGargill ‘88Kathleen Martinez ‘89Raymond Rivera ‘89Samuel W. Rickman ‘91Jason Taylor ‘91Lance Nalley ‘85Christan Morningstar Berrateran ‘00Josh Fuller 2004Eddie Leal 2005Keith Abraham FacultyHelen Malone FacultyMartin Vernon HurtadoGary Goar CoachHector FloresHerb Solomon CoachJames “Hoss” Adams, CoachRobert A. Brink, PrincipalGaines Bateman, CounselorBeatriz Swierkos, Teacher

Dorothy “McNulty” Voorting ‘24Frank Schott ‘27Doug Williams ‘27Vere Raley ‘30Maxine “Miller” Wemer ‘30Margaret “Williams” English ‘31Jennie “Lewis” Hopson ‘31Dorothy “Negley” Whittingham ‘31Elizabeth “Griggs” Rhodes ‘32Rosemary “Thacker” Havens ‘33Thelma “Griggs” Avery ‘34Calvin Brown ‘34James Hasegawa ‘34Beryl “Lawell” Andrews ‘35Virgil Raley ‘35Helena “Robson” Weiner ‘35Lota NaVeda Adams ‘36Geneva Adams ‘37Olwyn “Moore” Carlson ‘37Florine “Waggoner” Drinkwine ‘37Phyllis Harford ‘37Jim Slayton ‘37Stephen Talavera ‘37Thelma “Griggs” Avery ‘38Paul Marsh ‘38Vere Raley ‘38Harold Peebles ‘38Jewel “Tripp” Roberds ‘38Douglas A. Brown ‘39Dwight McCracken ‘39Lawrence Pierce ‘39Marie “Pirot” Vial ‘39Lawrence Adams ‘40Harley Garbani ‘40Samuel Meek ‘40Dale Reaser ‘41Marjorie “Griggs” Rhodes ‘41Rev. Frank Whitmore ‘41LaVey “Adams” Mitchell ‘42Ruth “Barnard”: Murray ‘42Gordon Shepherd ‘42George Woods ‘42Edna “Elliott” Campbell ‘43Helen Pasternak ‘43Harvey Peebles ‘43Betty “Davison” Weymes ‘43Donald Dodge ‘44Dorothy Adams ‘45Roberta “Colvard” McBride ‘45William Meza Sr. ‘45Jay Hale ‘46Gladys “Bartman” Will ‘46Arlene “Winn” Wilson ‘46Frank Gonzalez ‘47Francis Marie Lamp ‘47Betty “Brown” Otta ‘47Charlene “Griggs” Stowe ‘47Sarah “Reyes” Villegas ‘47Douglas Cox ‘48

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SJUSD RECOGNIZES SPONSORSThis article appeared in the April, 1955 issue of “The California School Employee” publication. The author of the article is Peter Johnson.

Recently the little town of San Jacinto, in Riverside County, Southern California, was all agog at the news that a localschool bus driver, Percy A. Peebles, had been selected as the School Bus Driver-of-the-Month for January, 1955. Hewas, in point of fact, the very first individual to be namedSchool Bus Driver-of-the-Month, at any time, anywhere.

Truck drivers, public transportation operators, taxicabmen have been honored from time to time for meritorioussafety records. But the school bus driver has hitherto beenleft out in the cold. Not too long ago, the AdvisoryCommittee of the Southern California School Bus Roadeo,an organization which exists solely for the greater safetyof children being taken to school in buses decided toremedy the omission.

With the cooperation of firms engaged in the automotiveand allied fields, they set up machinery to invite SchoolDistricts and School Bus Contractors to submit nomineesfor the nonor. Obviously, of course, length of service inthe driving of a school bus, miles traveled, local reputation, lack of accidents, were basic criteria on which to found anomination.

The idea met with immediate approval. A judging Committee was set up which is chair manned by Charles Kramer,vice-president of the California School Employees’ Association; Clayton M. Allen, head of the Fleet Safety Division ofthe Los Angeles Chapter of the National Safety Council; Officer Del Parker of the California Highway Patrol; Leslie H.Appel, well-known safety engineer, formerly head of the Research Department of the Pacific Electric Railway, andAlbert H. Wood, manager and director of Public Relations of the Western Insurance Information Service.

All School Districts and School Bus Contractors were notified of the plan, and nominations started to roll inimmediately.

At the first meeting, the Judging Committee had no difficulty in choosing a winner. Towering head and shouldersabove all other nominees was Percy A. Peebles, who, the nomination said, had driven school buses for 41 years, hadtraversed 500,000 miles in so doing, had never had an accident. This was such a phenomenal record that therepresentative of the California Highway Patrol on the Judging Committee was impelled to ask for confirmatory detail—

he didn’t think there had been any school buses 41 yearsago. To a great extent he was right. The first couple of the41 years, the school bus driver under consideration drove atwo seater platform buggy, drawn by two horses, replaced alittle later by a three seater platform. His remunerationfrom the School District was $1.05 per day! That was wayback in 1912. In 1916, he graduated to a Model-T Ford,basically capable of hauling five passengers but sometimesas many as twenty-three were taken to school. The childrensat on each others’ laps, four on the back on the folded top,four on the fenders and two on the hood. In 1918, heacquired a 24 passenger Model-T bus with specialequipment.

Percy A. Peebles is a quiet, unassuming man of 65—though he doesn’t look it. It is easy to see how he has been able to driver the equivalent of twenty times around theworld without an accident of any kind. He is the personification of confidence and steadiness. There are those who saythat safe driving over an extended period is a matter of sheer luck. This writer does not subscribe to that view. Someluck, maybe, but without any doubt a preponderance of what is known in safety circles as defensive driving. One hasonly to read the nominations which have flowed into Southern California School Bus Roadeo’s School Bus Driver-of-the-Month section with their 29, 23, 20 years records of safe driving to know that this is so. (Continued on Page 7)

Percy A. Peebles Unidentified Shorty Ferrell

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PEEBLES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6

When PercyPeebles wasnotified of thehonor he hadbeen bestowedand was askedhow it waspossible to attains u c h a no u t s t a n d i n grecord, he stated that he drives his bus load of children asthough they were his own, that he complies with all local andstate laws. His maximum speed at any time is thirty milesper hour. When he talks about driving a school bus load ofchildren as though it were his own family, he speaksfeelingly. Percy is a family man. He has had four boys.Three of his boys saw service in World War II and one,unfortunately, died in the glorious landing made by theMarines at Tarawa. Currently, seven of his grandchildren arepassengers on his school bus.

As of the present time, the honors bestowed on a SchoolBus Driver-of-the-Month are many and varied. Percy A.Peebles, the first such notable ever to be chosen, waspresented with a specially engraved plaque setting forth hisrecord. In addition, he received, as will all future driverschosen, a large, framed certificate in a card case and a lapelpin indicating that he has been chosen as the School BusDriver-of-the-Month.

Additionally, sponsored by various automotive and alliedfirms, the person chosen is brought to Los Angeles, thepresentations of certificates and pin are made at a luncheonmeeting of the national Safety Council.

Take Percy A. Peebles, for instance. He and hisSuperintendent of Schools, Charles W. Lockwood, weresponsored by Crown Body & Coach Corporation. Afterarriving and checking in at the Statler Hotel, they were takenout to Columbia Broadcasting System for a tape-recording tobe released at a later date. That same day they attended theSafety Council luncheon and were introduced by Charles J.Kramer, chairman of the Judging Committee. SuperintendentLockwood in a forceful little speech, presented Percy withhis plaque, certificates, etc. Then they were taken on aguided tour of the Crown Body & Coach Corporationfactory. In the evening, Percy appeared on the KTLAtelevision program “Eyewitness” and acquitted himself well.The following day they were entertained by Crown Body &Coach Corporation—including a trip to the various moviestars’ homes, dinner and entertainment in the evening at theMoulin Rouge.

In the not too far distant future Percy will appear on theNational Safety Council program “OPERATION SAFETY”from CBS. The Los Angeles Times and Examiner publishedlaudatory accounts of Percy’s fine record.

Summing it all up, one is forced again to the conclusion thatit pays to drive safely.

On May 12, 2014, the San Jacinto Unified School DistrictBoard of Trustees honored students from all secondary schoolswith the first Golden Paw Award. Principals submitted namesbased on the following criteria: talent, service beyond self,perseverance, courage, character and extraordinary studentachievement. A committee of the Board then chose thestudents that were recognized.Monte Vista Middle School-Selected to attend RotaryLeadership Pryde Camp: Crystal Zul Alonso and JuanRamirez; Silver Medal for Science Fair Project, BroadcomMaster Nominee and State Finalist: Faith McNeely; SJUSDConservation Hero Poster Contest: Thea Spisz andNathaniel De La Rosa.San Jacinto Leadership Academy-Exceptional Performancein Accelerated Reader: Natalie Duffy and Catherine Moua;Selected to attend Rotary Leadership Pryde Camp:Brandon Rifilato, Nancy Romo and Shakson Isaac; CountySpelling Bee 2nd Place: Shakson Isaac; County Science Fair2nd Place, Gold Honors, Broadcom: Shakson Isaac.North Mountain Middle School-$1,000 Carson ScholarshipAward: Cristina Williams; 1st Place from Elks ClubWriting Competition “What Does a Veteran Mean toYou?”: Armani Benjamin; Avid Write Off Contest: AlexCobian, Star Niesl and Rachel Farnum; Outstanding Supportof Sports Teams: Juan Ramariz; Top Five AcceleratedReader Students: Rachel Farnum, Isaias Lugo, Hannah DeLeon, Jordan Thom, Nicholas Pierce.Mountain View High School/Mountain Heights Academy-Riverside County Bar Association Award: KrysteanaHaywood; MVHS Athlete of the Year: Joshua Jackson;Exceptional Artwork: Jasmine Hall-man, Juan GarzaMacedo, Darius Lee; Above and Beyond in Academics andPerfect Attendance: Jazmin Rodriguez and Yvette Cisneros.San Jacinto High School-Riverside County Bar AssociationAward: Zoie McCoy; Lion’s Club Speech Contest Winner:Itzel Carmona; FFA: Chair of the Public RelationsCommittee: Jasmine Shuey; Rotary Club RYLA Students:Jose Zamora Zeledon, Amber Tkocs, Yanel Fregoso andMohamed Al Elew; 1st Place in Hemet Valley ArtAssociation Competition: Christopher Sanders; 1st Place inCheerleading Nationals for High School Mascots: JuliaBeeson and Elena Crews; Girls’ State: Aubree Douglas; TeenFood Network Challenge: Adrian Arevalo; CongressionalArt Competition: Matthew Bonelli Mayers; All-CIF:Football-Malik’ Kimbrough; Soccer-Jamel Julien; ArcadiaTrack Invitational: Ryan Muir; CIF Champion-Wrestling:Gilbert Johnson-Stanley

1ST ANNUAL GOLDEN PAW

RECOGNITION

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Ernie Medina is anative Californian. Hewas born and raised inthe San Jacinto Valley.He excelled on thefootball field, basketballcourt and baseball

diamond all four years at SJHS. Hisfootball honors were many as he theteam MVP his Senior year whilegaining First Team All League onOffense his Junior and Senior yearsalong with being the league MVP eachyear. He was selected to the mythicalAll CIF team each of those years andwas selected to the All State team hisfinal year along with being given theCoca Cola Player of the Year honor.He stood out just as strong inbasketball as he garnered three teamMVP awards and was recognized onthree First Team All League teams.He earned First Team All CIF and AllState recognition as well. Baseballwas probably is most outstandingsport, although that could bequestioned. Ernie received two teamMVP’s two First Team All Leaguehonors along with two DefensiveLeague MVP’s. CIF and All Stateawards came to him for hisoutstanding play his Junior and Senioryears.

Ernie was recruited in each of the 3sports. He was being recruited infootball by the Pac 10, MountainWest, WAC Conferences. In 2004 hewas drafted by the Kansas CityRoyals. After high school he went tothe University of Nevada Las Vegas.From there he returned to the valleyand played baseball for Mt San JacintoCollege. From there he went to CalState San Bernardino where he playedtwo years of baseball. During hissenior year he had the lowest ERA inthe conference out of the bullpen. Healso lead the league in innings pitch.Because of his record he was offered acontract to play baseball over seas.

Ernie is currently teaching at Mt.View High School and is coach at SanJacinto High School.

Amanda Moore was atalented multi-sportathlete for San JacintoHigh School 1999-2002.She grew up in SanJacinto Valley andbegan her love for

sports at the age of nine. Sheparticipated in the valley’s recreationalleagues, eventually progressing to Jr.Olympic softball. She participated inmultiple national tournaments and wasnamed to the Amateur SoftballAssociation All Southern CaliforniaTeam at the age of 15. While in highschool, she earned 10 varsity letters involleyball, basketball and softball.She played volleyball all four years;earning DeAnza League 1st teamrecognition for ’00,’01,’02. She ledher volleyball team as returning teamcaptain, named volleyball team MVP‘01 and competed in CIF 2001 and2002. She played Varsity Basketballfor three years and competed in CIF in’99. Amanda played Varsity Softballall four years, earning De AnzaLeague 1st team recognition in eachyear. She served as team captain allfour years and was named softballteam MVP ’00 and ’01. She wasrecognized for academic excellence‘99-‘2001 for maintaining a GPA 3.0-3.49. As a senior, she was named DeAnza League Scholar Athlete of theYear and earned the coveted whitesweater. Amanda did not participatein sport in college electing toconcentrate on her studies. Sheattended Cal State San Bernardinowhile working full-time and payingher way through college. She obtainedher Bachelor’s degree in Nursing in2006. She is now a registered nursewith the State of California and hasbeen providing inpatient care for 10years. She has two children withDavid Valenzuela, David Jr. and Julia.David and Julia both participate inmultiple sports and activities withinthe valley. She enjoys watching herchildren develop their admiration forsports.

Jason Cozart is a 1995SJHS graduate. Helettered all four years invarsity soccer, twoyears in varsi tyfootball, 1 year invarsity baseball and 2

years in JV baseball. As thegoalkeeper, Jason was named all CIF2nd team as a freshman and 1st team hisremaining three years. Notably, thesoccer team reached the playoffs allfour years, winning the divisionchampionship in 1992 and 1993.During this time Jason also played onthe U.S. Olympic Development teamas a goalkeeper. As a football playerJason played multiple positions overthe 1993 and 1994 seasons, includingone game as the starting quarterback.

As a volunteer Jason started coachingfreshman baseball in his early twentiesas an assistant at West Valley HighSchool. Jason, with his partnerAllison Ciccone, have three daughters,all of whom are athletes as well. Hehas coached them in both soccer andsoftball. He also plays men’s fastpitch softball on several differentteams with family, friends and fellowNative ball players. As a parentvolunteer, both with Valley Wide andAYSO Jason has also acted as scorekeeper , re fe ree and umpire .Continuing to teach soccer, Jason hasacted as goalie coach for Hemet/SanJacinto Juventus FC from 2010 to2013.

In his job as Tables Games Managerfor Soboba Casino Jason has also beenhelpful in fundraising for local youthsports teams including assisting CoreyWilson, coach for the HemetWrestling Club, running a pokertournament to raise money for hisclub. Jason is also an assistant coachto Jeff Galloway with the Hemet HighVarsity Girls Softball team.

In addition to all this, Jason iscurrently working on completing hisBachelor’s Degree in BusinessManagement at the University ofPhoenix, Ontario Learning Center.

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Coach Stan Holmes hasb een a r oun d th ewrestling mats since hewas 11 years old livingin Riverside, CA. Hislove for the sportcontinued on through

high school, graduating from HemetHigh School in 1979. He continuedhis grappling skills while in themilitary. He assisted coachingwrestling at various places until 1996when he started a youth program inHemet all the while continuingcompetitive wrestling in the PoliceOlympics. He placed 2nd in Freestyleand 3rd in Greco Roman Wrestling atthe Police and Fire Games in 2000.He last competed at the age of 50 inthe Police and Fire National in Reno,NV in 2010.

Coach Holmes brought wrestlingback to San Jacinto High School in1999 after a long absence.

The record he has established can beclassified as spectacular. His teamshave accounted for 211 wins against26 losses in dual meet competition,garnered five League Championships,six runners-up and two 3rd places inall of those years. They have qualifiedfor 12 CIF Team Duals, achieved CIFTeam Dual Top Four recognition fourtimes, and were CIF Team DualChampions in 2008.

Coach Holmes has produced someoutstanding individual wrestlersduring his tenure. He has eight CIFIndividual Champions, four CIFIndividual Runners-up and 55 CIFIndividual Placers, two MastersChampions, ten State Qualifiers andthree State Placers. There has alsobeen some outstanding femalewrestlers in his programs as well withthree State Placer, one State Championand one National Placer. He has had72 Tournament Placers along with tenRiver s ide Coun ty Indiv idua lChampions and five Riverside countyIndividual Runners-up.

Coach Bill Powellgraduated from CeresHigh School in 1982where he played football,basketball, and baseball.He began his collegecareer at Southeastern

Oklahoma State University to playfootball and golf. After getting injured,he returned to California 2 years laterand began his coaching career at CeresHigh School for former San JacintoHigh School head coach Ed Peasley,who was also his high school headcoach. Bill coached football, basketballand baseball for six years before comingto San Jacinto in 1989 where hecoached football. After a 5 year stay atHemet, he returned to San Jacinto in1995 and has coached here since. Heserved as the Varsity girls basketballcoach for 5 seasons and has alsocoached baseball for 4 years (2 as thehead coach) and the last 9 years as anassistant golf coach.

Coach Powell has just completed his21st year as a football coach with thelast seventeen as head coach. Duringthis time his teams have qualified forthe CIF playoffs 15 times and havenever had a losing record. His overallfootball coaching record is 128-68-1. He was named Coach of the year 7times during his tenure, including thisyear, 2014. His teams have reached theCIF finals twice and the CIF semi-finals4 times. The last 6 years against Hemethigh our record is 5-1.

Bill is currently the President for theNational Football Foundation/CollegeHall of Fame for Riverside County andhe also serves on the Board of Directorsfor the Southern California FootballCoaches Association.

He is married to his beautiful wifeDanielle, a San Jacinto graduate andthey have 4 great children; Venetia, 26,Arielle, 22, Christina, 21, and Joshua20. They all are is inspiration foreverything that he does. He is veryh on ore d a nd h u mble d t o beselected. He will be a “Tiger for Life”

Alyssa “Winslow”Bonck graduated fromSJHS in 2004. Sheplayed basketball herSophomore year butsoftball was her loveand very well should

have been as she more than excelled inthe sport; she dominated it. Herpitching skills at San Jacinto HighSchool go unmatched.

In the 4 years she started as a pitcher,she accumulated and Earned RunAverage of 0.45. That in itself isunbelievable. She allowed only 40earned runs in 621 innings of playwith 1,020 strikeouts while facing1,933 batters. Her won/loss record isimpressive with 71 wins against only21 losses. She pitched 3 perfectgames, had 14 no hitters, 12 onehitters and 45 shutouts.

The fine pitcher she was didn’t takeaway from the fact she was anoutstanding hitter as well. Her highschool career average is .426 with 130hits in 305 at bats. She had 76 runsbatted in, 85 runs scored and fourhome runs.

Alyssa was very well decorated forher outstanding play. During herSophomore year she was named to2nd Team All CIF, was AllTournament MVP, Team MVP, AllRiverside County Honorable Mentionand was on the All CIF State Team.

During her Junior year, she receivedmany of the recognitions mentionedearlier as she was named the AllGatorade Player of the Year.

Her Senior Year was much of thesame kinds of recognitions as she wasnamed the Team MVP, De AnzaLeague MVP and SJHS FemaleAthlete of the Year. Alyssa wasrecognized on the All RiversideCounty All Star Team along withgaining All CIF 1st Team Honors.Last but surely not least, she wasrecognized four times on the All DeAnza League First Team.

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Winter Athletic Schedules

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/16 Tues Away 29 Palms 6:30 pm12/26-30 Fri Away Paloma Valley

Tourney TBA1/09 Fri Away Banning 7:30 pm1/14 Wed Home *Hemet 6:15 pm1/16 Fri Home *Citrus Hill 6:15 pm1/21 Wed Away *Tahquitz 6:15 pm1/23 Fri Home *Beaumont 6:15 pm1/28 Wed Away *West Valley 6:15 pm1/30 Fri Away *Hemet 6:15 pm2/04 Wed Away *Citrus Hill 7:30 pm2/06 Fri Home *Tahquitz 6:15 pm2/11 Wed Away *Beaumont 7:30 pm2/13 Fri Home *West Valley 6:15 pm

BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/26-30 Fri Away Kiwanis Tournament

Ramona/Riverside Poly TBA

1/06 Tues Home Patriot 6:30 pm1/09 Fri Away Banning 6:00 pm1/14 Wed Home *Hemet 4:45 pm1/16 Fri Home *Citrus Hill 4:45 pm1/21 Wed Away *Tahquitz 4:45 pm1/23 Fri Home *Beaumont 4:45 pm1/28 Wed Away *West Valley 4:45 pm1/30 Fri Away *Hemet 4:45 pm2/04 Wed Away *Citrus Hill 6:00 pm2/06 Fri Home *Tahquitz 4:45 pm2/11 Wed Away *Beaumont 6:00 pm2/13 Fri Home *West Valley 4:45 pm

GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/17 Wed Home Heritage 3:15 pm12/18 Thurs Away John W. North 5:00 pm1/06 Tues Home Patriot 3:15 pm1/07 Wed Away Perris 3:15 pm1/09 Fri Away Chaparral 3:15 pm1/14 Wed Home *Hemet 4:45 pm1/16 Fri Home *Citrus Hill 4:45 pm1/21 Wed Away *Tahquitz 4:45 pm1/23 Fri Home *Beaumont 3:15 pm1/28 Wed Away *West Valley 4:45 pm1/30 Fri Away *Hemet 4:45 pm2/04 Wed Away *Citrus Hill 4:45 pm2/06 Fri Home *Tahquitz 4:45 pm2/11 Wed Away *Beaumont 3:10 pm

BOYS’ VARSITY SOCCER

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/16 Tues Home Rancho Verde 3:15 pm12/17 Wed Away Heritage 3:15 pm1/06 Tues Away Patriot 3:15 pm1/09 Fri Home Chaparral 3:15 pm1/14 Wed Away *Hemet 4:45 pm1/16 Fri Away *Citrus Hill 4:45 pm1/21 Wed Home *Tahquitz 4:45 pm1/23 Fri Away *Beaumont 3:15 pm1/28 Wed Home *West Valley 4:45 pm1/30 Fri Home *Hemet 4:15 pm2/04 Wed Home *Citrus Hill 4:45 pm2/06 Fri Away *Tahquitz 4:45 pm2/11 Wed Home *Beaumont 3:10 pm2/13 Fri Away *West Valley 4:45 pm

GIRLS’ VARSITY SOCCER

“STEM” To PreschoolersThe San Jacinto Unified School District Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) once again leads the way for preschool students in

learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Staff members from the San Jacinto Unified School District ECEC were

invited to present at a national conference on the topic of STEM for the second time this year. The presentations were held at the

National Head Start Conference and Expo and the Region IX STEM Institute. The preschool program’s depth of understanding and

advances in STEM implementation led the way for the staff’s invitation to present. The presentation included current research

documenting the important role STEM practices have in influencing students’ overall success. Participants were provided innovating

strategies and hands-on ideas currently in practice in the San Jacinto Unified School District’s preschool classrooms. Concepts covered

during the presentation met the Head Start Early Childhood School Readiness Frameworks, number concepts, quantities and operations,

geometry, spatial sense, patterns, measurement, scientific methods and conceptual knowledge of the natural and physical world.

San Jacinto Unified School District is very proud of the advanced curriculum concepts taught in the preschool class-rooms and the

methods used to ensure future school success.

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Winter Athletic Schedules

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/12 & 13 Fri Away Citrus Hill Tournament 1:00 p.m.12/18 Thurs Home *Hemet 6:00 p.m.12/19 & 20 Fri Away Zinkin Classic Buchanan HS 10:00 a.m.12/19 & 20 Fri Away Colton Christmas Classic TBA1/02 & 03 Fri Away Tourney of Champ Cerritos JC 10:00 a.m.1/08 Thurs Home *Citrus Hill 6:00 p.m.1/09 & 10 Fri Away Riv. Cnty Champs Arlington HS 1:00 p.m.1/15 Thurs Away *Tahquitz 6:00 p.m.1/16 & 17 Fri Away Temecula Valley HS Tourney 9:00 a.m.1/22 Thurs Home *Beaumont 6:00 p.m.1/23 & 24 Fri Away Raul Huerta Mem. Cnyn Springs 2:00 p.m.1/29 Thurs Away West Valley 6:00 p.m.1/31 Sat Away Mt. Pass Finals @ Beaumont 9:00 a.m.

VARSITY WRESTLING (COED)

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/18 Thurs Home *Hemet 5:00 p.m.1/08 Thurs Home *Citrus Hill 5:00 p.m.1/10 Sat Away Redlands East Valley Tourney 9:00 a.m.1/15 Thurs Away *Tahquitz 5:00 p.m.1/17 Sat Away Citrus Hill Tourney 10:00 a.m.1/22 Thurs Home *Beaumont 5:00 p.m.1/29 Thurs Away West Valley 5:00 p.m.1/31 Sat Away Mt. Pass Finals @ Beaumont 9:00 a.m.

JV VARSITY WRESTLING (COED)

Date Day Site Opponent Time12/13 Sat Away Santa Ana Tournament 10:00 a.m.12/29 & 30 Mon Away Northview Tournament 10:00 a.m.1/03 Sat Away Corona Tournament 9:30 a.m.1/10 Sat Away Indian Spring Tournament 9:00 a.m.

VARSITY WRESTLING (GIRLS)

Woodworking, Art, Pottery, Wire Sculpture

and FFA Animals from San Jacinto High

School Career Technical Education (CTE)

classes were on display at the Southern

California Fair in Perris. SJHS Student

Cordell Smith won “Best of Show” in Ag

Mechanics for his hand-crafted Santa Maria

style barbeque.

SJHS VocationalEducation Students

Excel At SouthernCalifornia Fair

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