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The Dinuba Sentinel Community Thursday, May 17, 2018 | A5 Orosi, Lovell students graduate
from firefighting course
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Rick Curiel | The Sentinel
Students from Orosi and Lovell high schools participated in the Valley ROP Urban Rural Fire Fighting Graduation Ceremony on May 11.
The students will receive dual enrollment credit from Reedley and Fresno city colleges after completing the rigorous curriculum. Through the curriculum, they received CPR and First Aid certification, I-100 Incident Command System certification, I-700 National Incident Management System certification and Emergency Medical Responder Certification with 100 hours of experience.
Jefferson holds History Day
By Rick Curiel gold rush, the settlements, so early native inhabitants of
Orosi student Alexis Coronado was one of 72 to receive the Valley ROP Cadet Award. Lovell student Fabian Hernandez was one of 72 to receive the John Lovett Memorial Scholarship. Other students included Orosi’s Juan Gonzalez, Maria Herrera, Brandon Solorio, Maria Herrera, Luis Lopez Rosales and Juan Reynosa Renteria, and Lovell’s Ruben Mendoza.
history.”
One fourth-grader from Mr.
Newlin’s class, Clarissa Tapia, made a diorama of a scene out of California’s gold rush; complete with miners, a stream, trees and pieces of false gold she broke into tiny pieces to adorn her project.
Clarissa said the project took her about one day to complete and that her dad, mom and sister all helped her build the diorama.
Other students, like Isabella Alejandro, baked adobe bread, a traditional bread made by Native Americans. Isabella and her father baked the bread and incorporated a little sugar into the recipe to add a sweet twist to the bread.
Sebastian Reyes created a diorama of the Youkuts tribe,
complete with huts, a wooden roof structure and adobe ovens, used to bake adobe bread.
And of course, there were plenty of mission models on display, like that of Dakotah Rios. She made perhaps the largest scale model of the missions. Dakotah's model of the Mission of San Francisco de Solano stretched nearly four feet long.
The history projects were displayed by the three fourth- grade classes at Jefferson Elementary School, Mr. Newlin’s class, Mrs. Goldstone’s and Mrs. Halls’. All grade levels at the school were invited to come see and learn about the different displays, as each student provided information regarding their project.
stand by.”
McElroy, citing point of order,
was given an opportunity to respond. She claimed, “When a council member addresses a comment that was made in public comments, they are supposed to come down here as a regular citizen. They’re not supposed to sit up there on the dais.”
• The July 10 council meeting was cancelled.
Pictured from left to right are: Lovell Principal Robert Gonzalez, LHS student Fabian Hernandez, OHS student Alexis Coronado and OHS Assistant Principal Guillermo Moreno.
Senior Voice Forum
at COJUSD
Clarissa Tapia smiles as she looks over her project for the annual Jefferson History Day.
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The long-standing tradition of doing a California Mission project in the fourth grade has expanded over the years at Jefferson Elementary School. Monday the school held their annual History Day in the school’s cafeteria, and though there were plenty of Mission replicas on display, the students also embraced other parts of California’s vast and diverse history.
“Traditionally it is the missions,” said Jefferson fourth grade teacher Mark Newlin. “But we’ve expanded it to include anything to do with California history. We do talk a lot about the early Californians, the Spaniards and the Europeans who finally came here. We also get into the
it’s a broad view of California California. His project was
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emphasis on high school years. This session is an opportunity to collect additional data to be used for future dialogue and decision-making. This meeting is not intended to resolve issues, but rather to obtain a more clear understanding of how the students have received and perceived their educational experience in Cutler-Orosi
The students were asked to provide advice to administration on how to improve the experience and for underclassmen and future students on how to stay on track toward graduating.
The outgoing students expressed that they appreciated
Orosi High School’s advisory classes to prepare for college and careers, as well as the administration’s positive motivation. Some areas they wanted to see improved included more campus security to alleviate school counselors, more work at school and less homework, and getting student involvement from students earlier as underclassmen.
Advice from the outgoing students to younger students included staying on task and staying after school if you fall behind or have bad grades, to work on volunteer service early in the year, and to be active in school activities.
Senior students from Orosi High School, Lovell High School and La Esperanza High School of Cutler and Orosi had the opportunity to share and meet with members of the COJUSD School Board on April 26 for the third annual Senior Voice Forum.
The purpose of the Senior Voice Forum Board Work Session is to provide an opportunity for the Governing Board to listen senior students' appraisal of various aspects of their educational experience in the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District with an
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Some of the things were that you said were that I and some fictional accomplice were stocking you for five years. I didn’t even know you five years ago, so you, one, lied. You’re a liar.” McElroy questioned several other prior statements made by Thusu.
McElroy’s first accusation was in reference to an article in the publication “Valley Voice” in which Thusu was recently interviewed.
During the council members’ report portion of the meeting, Thusu said, “What was mentioned earlier on was related to an article. When the person said there was a fictional character, there was not a fictional character. I mentioned the name of the character, it is up to the author why they omitted that. I don’t have any harm or hurt to anybody, I just want to play a fair game - What I said, I
Saturday, May 19th
Grace of God of Dinuba and River Valley Church, Tulare have partnered together and invited Bill Dew of Dewnamis Ministries to bring solid teaching, activation, and impartation to the Central Valley.
We want to transform our region by equipping believers to transform lives through compassionate and loving healing encounters. Bill will draw on his training and history with Randy Clark as well as years of being active in the ministry field to activate a greater culture of divine healing in Central California.
This is a free event open to the public. However, we will take an offering at the evening service.
Saturday, May 19th
10:00 AM - Noon
Bill will be sharing “Lessons Learned” -- wisdom he has gleaned from 20 years of traveling in ministry.
Noon - 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The afternoon teaching will focus on Words Of Knowledge - what they are and how to get them. There will also be a time set apart for Impartation.
6:30 PM
Healing Service, emphasis on “The Power Of The Testimony.”
Grace of God of Dinuba, meeting at the Lutheran Church • 961 E Elizabeth Way, Dinuba, CA 93618 - www.igogod.org
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