September’s One Class At A Time winner is Christopher Thompson from Benjamin Franklin Elementary in La Quinta. After receiving his award during a Zoom ceremony due to COVID restrictions at his school, he said he is “super excited because that means I can do my job better and these kids can reach their potential, which
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A Marine Corps recruiter and nurse stopped by Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Wednesday morning to host an open discussion with students about the importance of healthy eating habits, exercise and mental health. “We want to make sure students are staying out of trouble, eating right, living a healthy lifestyle,” said Sgt. Jorge Guzman, Marine
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A scholarship fund has been established in the name of Coachella Valley native and fallen Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez. Lopez was among 13 U.S. servicepeople who were killed in the bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport last month. He was laid to rest last weekend after three days of local ceremonies and events to honor
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Coachella Valley School Districts have not escaped the destructive vandalism in the wave of so-called “Devious Licks” videos on social media platform TikTok. The premise of the trend: middle school, high school, and college students vandalize school property, most commonly bathrooms, and post their results on the social media app. TikTok has been quick to
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Students and employees of the College of the Desert will need to prove their vaccination status to attend in-person instruction or events on campus next year, with few exceptions. This plan was announced Friday by the College of the Desert Board of Trustees, COD community members will have until January 31, 2022, which is the beginning
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Here are the latest numbers from the COVID-19 trackers of active cases in the public school systems, according to the Coachella Valley school districts. Palm Springs Unified School District PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – The Palm Springs Unified School District reported 43 active COVID-19 cases among students and staffers today. According to the district’s online
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The Desert Healthcare District & Foundation is hosting a special COVID vaccine Q & A session for local students and parents. The Q & A will take place Wednesday, Sept. 15 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/covid-19-response-webinar-for-parents-of-riverside-county-school-children-tickets-170060263827
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Students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio gathered to remember a teacher who has died. Chris Trujillo, an English teacher at the school, died over the weekend, Mary Perry, spokesperson for the Desert Sands Unified School District, confirmed. Our collective hearts are heavy with sympathy. We truly feel blessed and honored that Chris Trujillo
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The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. The board’s vote Thursday makes Los Angeles by far the largest of a very small number of districts with a vaccine requirement. Nearby Culver
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Update 9/9/21 PSUSD spokesperson Joan Boiko has confirmed that in-person classes will resume at Rancho Mirage High School on Friday. Classes were canceled on Thursday after an issue with the air conditioning system. That issue has since been resolved. Original Report – 9/8/21 The Palm Springs Unified School District announced that in-person classes at Rancho
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Millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds are on full display at schools across the valley. One of the lawmakers behind the help, Congressman Raul Ruiz, visited Andrew Jackson Elementary in Indio on Wednesday to see firsthand how students and teachers have been able to safely start the school year. “It’s good that our children
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As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, some families are considering taking their kids out of the classroom and searching for schooling options from home. “We had very big concerns about what was going to happen with our kids since they’re so little. We’ve been very cautious with them,” said Priscilla Waggoner. Waggoner is a Bermuda
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Coachella Valley students are officially back to in-person learning, after more than a year of remote education. The new school year represents a chance for the COVID generation to regain lost opportunities that they missed out on in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Being back is really nice, its refreshing,” said Valeria Gutierrez Senior
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The Palm Springs Unified School District has approved negotiations of law enforcement agreements with the cities of Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and Riverside County to bring back school resource officers. This process is fluid and the details have yet to be worked out. During the meeting, it was discussed that PSUSD would
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For the first time since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago, students are back inside classrooms at the Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert campus. Monday marked the first day of the fall semester at the Palm Desert campus. The campus was bustling with energy and activities for students pursuing
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After a difficult year of isolation, several social and extracurricular activities are resuming at valley schools. “It’s very important. It’s connectedness to the school. It’s been very long since our students have had that opportunity,” said Deanna Keuilian, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, PSUSD. “It’s being able to get a sense of normalcy and
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A Desert Sands Unified School District meeting got a bit rowdy Tuesday night, Most parents in attendance spoke out against the state’s mandate to have all students wear mask in school. At one point, the crowd booed a person speaking out in favor of mask-wearing, prompting board president Donald B. Griffith to issue this warning: “Ok listen
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For students like Anthony Martinez, this is the first time he will be stepping into a classroom, at a completely new school since March 2020. Martinez is a 7th grader at Jefferson Middle School in Indio. He started middle school for the first time, meeting his friends and teachers through a computer screen. While it
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It’s Desert Sands Unified School District’s (DSUSD) turn to welcome students back to the classroom this week, and many children are coming back to a school makeover. Over $113 million dollars has been spent to significantly improve the schools across DSUSD. At Kennedy Elementary School, the entire school, which was built in 1965, was remodeled.
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