Choose Love Learning by Kelly Bowers Superintendent of Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
I am excited for what this coming year will bring for our students, staff, and community. We are in the midst of our Choose Love learning, and I am heartened to see that across our district the concepts of gratitude, courage, forgiveness, and compassion in action are becoming daily practices.
As we look ahead to January 21st, when we remember and honor the contributions made by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we can see that Dr. King, too, shared the value of choosing love. Facing great challenges, Dr. King concluded, “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” I am reminded that he also taught us, “Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.” As our students learn about forgiveness at school, the Choose Love curriculum now has a family and community component that encourages all of us to follow the practices that can make our world a better place.
While the winter weather may keep us indoors, let’s use the time together to share our dreams, listen to one another’s hopes, and work and play together to turn those dreams into realities. I will always remember my dad’s adage: “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” As this new year begins, let’s “dream big” and set some goals that challenge our intellect, build our skill sets, and strengthen our relationships with family, friends, and community.
Warm Regards,
Kelly Bowers, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools
The Power of a Word
One way to begin setting goals is to choose a dejourney.
You’re invited to share your guiding word for 2019. Please visit our Livermore Schools Facebook page, and post your word. Next month, we will share our community’s words. Let’s see how, together, our words can empower us to be our best.
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Choose Love at Home
As our students are learning to choose love this year in their classrooms, families are invited to participate in the Choose Love at Home program. Designed to support and complement what students are learning, the At Home program involves parents, guardians, and other family members in this evidence-based social emotional learning program.
There are many creative ways to integrate the Choose Love coursework into your home with your family. The makes you feel to let go of the negative and focus on the positive.
You can begin the program here, on the Choose Love website.
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Schools Honored for Healthy Choices
Junction Avenue K-8 and Marylin Avenue Elementary schools were recognized with the USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Award for working to promote healthy school environments. To qualify for the award, the schools met various criteria related to nutrition and physical activities. Our Campus Catering department, school staff, students, and parent groups collaborated to update menus with healthy selections and to incorporate physical exercise into activities throughout the day.
The events held to commemorate the schools’ achievements included a special recognition by Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty’s o
Read more about the awards and events at Marylin and Junction.
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Solar Panels Installed in LVJUSD Schools
Our district held a “Solarbration” at Livermore High School to commemorate the completion of solar panel array installations in
The solar project is funded by a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with SunPower – which designed, built, owns and operates the solar array equipment at each site, selling the energy produced by the systems to the District at a
Read more about our district’s solar panels.
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Construction Connection
The LVJUSD Bond Program Department has been hard at work, completing important projects throughout our district, including stadium renovations at our high schools and new playgrounds at our elementary schools.
The playground project is in its
Read more about our schools’ new playgrounds.
Students at Granada High School put together a short video detailing the many completed and ongoing projects around our schools. This video project was developed through collaboration between our Bond department and GHS video production students, and was produced and edited by student Eva Salazar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLWv4XOHb5o
For more information about these and other projects, visit the LVJUSD Bond Program webpage.
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Attention to Attendance
After a well-deserved, extended holiday break, students and families are returning to their typical school schedule. As always, regular attendance is crucial to student success. As the return to school this time of year coincides with
Your child will be best equipped to learn and thrive in school when he or she is healthy. It is our goal to follow safe health practices at school to ensure optimal health for all students and staff.
The best way to prevent spreading the
See LVJUSD’s Flu Season Reminders and Preventive Measures. Please contact your school nurse with any questions.
Congratulations to Joe Michell K-8 and Christensen Middle School for having the highest attendance rates during the fourth month of the school year!
Contact your school for site-speci
Resources for attendance improvement from the California Department of Education
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LVJUSD Board of Education
We are pleased to acknowledge our newly composed Board of Trustees, as the new year brings with it a new governing body for LVJUSD. During the December 11th Regular Board Meeting, Livermore Mayor John Marchand installed newly elected Board member Emily Prusso and reelected Board members Craig Bueno and Anne White. The Board then voted for president and clerk, reelecting trustees Craig Bueno and Chuck Rogge, respectively, to those key leadership positions. These trustees, along with incumbent Chris Wenzel, will continue their sterling work for our schools, students, and community. We welcome Trustee Emily Prusso, and the rest of our Board, to their new term!
Trustees Chris Wenzel, Anne White, Emily Prusso, Clerk Chuck Rogge, and President Craig Bueno
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Board Recognitions Lawrence Elementary School Lead Custodian
Our Board recognized Lawrence Elementary’s Lead Custodian Mary Hutchens for her dedication to her school and its students. Hutchens was commended for her ability to address the school’s needs as
well as her tireless attention to students.
Principal Kristie Starkovich and Mary Hutchens
LVJUSD National Merit Scholar Semifinalists & Commended Students
Out of the 1.6 million entrants in the National Merit Scholarship Program, about 50,000 students nationwide qualify as either Commended Students or Semi
Granada and Livermore High School National Merit Semi
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Spotlight on Our Schools Lawrence Elementary School
Lawrence Elementary has been recognized as a Leader in Me School. Leader in Me is a program, based on Stephen Covey’s bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, that empowers long-term student success by tapping into students’ internal motivations and unique talents. By addressing all areas of student development, the Leader in Me program provides principles to incorporate education in student health, engagement, responsibility, and caring for others.
Students learn to become leaders through discovering and developing their personal gifts. Students at Lawrence quickly understand the bene
Classrooms throughout the school have developed mission statements, identifying techniques and strategies to stay proactive, work together, and show respect. Students at Lawrence are practicing greeting guests with a handshake and eye contact, recognizing priorities in their activities to “put ship skills to their home setting, as well.
Students engaging in Leader in Me activities in class.
We rotate spotlighted schools so that each of our 19 schools will be featured throughout the year. Each month, we share a short article about the schools that were recently recognized at a School Board meeting.
Source: https://kellybowerssuperintendent.com/
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