NEWS
September 30, 2011
The principal of Cerritos Elementary School said that despite the deadly officer-involved shooting early this morning just steps from the campus, student life has remained calm. Principal Cynthia McCarty and a psychologist visited classrooms to meet with students who may have needed any help coping with the police activity, but they were by and large understanding and expressed no major concerns. McCarty also created a script for teachers for student inquiries about the shooting, in which a man was shot and killed by Glendale police officers after engaging them in an intense gun battle early this morning.
LOCAL
By Veronica Rocha | August 31, 2009
GLENDALE — At least nine streets surrounding Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park will be closed starting at 4 a.m. Thursday for Michael Jackson’s burial, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. that day. Glendale police will close the streets for the family’s caravan and to accommodate a large media presence, Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Media agencies from Australia, Hungary, Japan, China and Belgium will be covering the funeral, he said. Last week, Glendale police announced that media attendance was at capacity.
NEWS
March 9, 2009
Groups advocate healthy eating Students at Cerritos Elementary School will get a crash course in nutrition Thursday, as a selection of health and wellness organizations will set up booths to advocate healthy eating and physical activity. ?Eat Right? is the theme of the event, where children will have a chance to visit booths from the California Dairy Council and the American Cancer Society, along with tables promoting agriculture, fruits and vegetables, and cooking. The event is a collaboration between the Glendale Unified School District?
NEWS
By Zain Shauk | October 11, 2008
GLENDALE — If anyone’s a fit for inspiring teens, a former street-sweeper-turned-mayor isn’t a bad choice. Rick Reyes, former Glendale mayor, city councilman, police officer and even street sweeper, has volunteered to fill a guidance position vacated because of budget cuts. He now roams the halls of Roosevelt Middle School, smiling, joking and telling stories to students in his role as school resource officer. “They know so many people that are negative,” Reyes said as students chattered around him in a hallway.
NEWS
By Angela Hokanson | May 31, 2008
From Caribbean limbo to British rock ’n’ roll, the songs and dances performed Friday night by students at Cerritos Elementary School had an unmistakably global flair. Preschoolers sang in French while wearing homemade berets, and third-graders danced to Beatles classics such as “She Loves You.” It was the school’s International Festival, an annual celebration of cultures that has been going on for decades. Cerritos alumni and parents congregated at the school to enjoy food that was as international as the entertainment and watch the students perform.
NEWS
April 1, 2008
The Glendale News-Press visited Cerritos Elementary School and asked students: “What do you like about Fine Arts Day?” “It’s when you learn how to draw and you get experience of what it’s like to be an artist. I like to learn the way my grandpa draws. He likes peaceful drawings.” KRISTIAN LOPEZ, 10 Glendale “That you get to learn new things, like how to draw and paint.” EDGARDO SANCHEZ, 12 Glendale “It’s fun that you get to experience what other teachers from the school want to teach us. I love to draw.
NEWS
By Angela Hokanson | March 21, 2008
A fifth-grade girl from Cerritos Elementary School adjusted a brand-new jumper she was wearing and assessed her appearance in a mirror at the Assistance League of Glendale on Thursday morning. After trying on variations of the blue-and-white school uniforms worn in some elementary schools in the Glendale Unified School District, the student decided she preferred the long pants to the dress or shorts. Like all the elementary school students that the Assistance League of Glendale serves through its Operation School Bell program, she would leave with three outfits, a bag of hygiene products, a gift certificate for new shoes and a new book.
NEWS
By Angela Hokanson | March 7, 2008
As Ernestine Moore, the district director for State Sen. Jack Scott, toured Daily High School and other Glendale Unified School District schools on Thursday, she was impressed by the extent to which the school district caters to the needs of specific groups of students. She visited AdvancePath Academy, a program for students who are in danger of dropping out of high school, and Verdugo Academy, an independent study program for students who can?t attend high school during traditional daytime hours.