East Los Angeles Skills Center
WEEKLY BULLETIN
March 13, 2017
Volume 5, Issue 26
http://eastlaservicearea.org/
CALENDAR
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Students from Eastside LC and Skills Center participated in a webinar sponsored by the
National Immigration Law Center on March 10, 2017. The webinar covered the future of
DACA, what to do and not do if approached by ICE, and considerations to keep in mind
when planning to continue further education and/or to join the workforce.
Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 21 & 22. Please see
your counselor for more information.
ESL PLC MEETING
Wednesday, March 15th from
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm at the
Skills Center in the Principal
Conference Room.
GRADUATION MEETINGS
On Thursday, March 16th at
the Skills Center 10:30 am,
at Eastside LC 10:00 am &
7:00 pm, and at Franklin HS
11:00 am . Please visit the
Counseling Office for more
information.
CalSTRS Pre-Retirement
Workshop:
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Summer School Assignments
Due:
Teachers are to notify principal
of the acceptance/rejection of
summer school assignment.
CASAS PROMO TESTING:
At Eagle Rock HS on ThursThis is a reminder to all ESL
day, March 16, 2017 from
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. For more teachers in trimester classes to
get your CASAS materials for
information contact Maria
the week of March 13th. Please
Voigt at (213)241-6365.
see Ms. Sharpe for further
information
Notes from
Ms. Rodriguez
Please be sure to attend
the upcoming CAAT
Training
sessions.
March is Women’s History
Month:
To celebrate Women’s Month
you will find wonderful resources
including articles and paired
texts around this theme on Read
Works Digital at http://
about.readworks.org/womenshistory-month.html
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
A simple act of defiance in 1955 ignited the modern civil rights
movement that earned Rosa Parks the title “mother of the civil
rights movement.”
Parks refused to give up her seat in the “assigned section” for
blacks in the bus to a white man. This action led to her arrest
that triggered a 381-day boycott of the bus system organized by
a little-known Baptist minister, the Reverend Martin Luther King,
Jr. The modern civil rights movement had begun, finally culminating in the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, which banned racial
discrimination in public accommodations.
Speaking in 1992, Parks stated that her reasons for refusing to
vacate her seat were misunderstood when people said, “that my
feet were hurting and I didn’t know why I refused to stand up
when they told me. But the real reason of my not standing up
was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger.
We had endured that kind of treatment for too long.” In 1996,
she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 1999,
she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
COPY MACHINES AT THE SKILLS AND EASTSIDE:
This message is to all staff, student workers and volunteers
when using the copy machine and copy rooms. Please ask one
of the office staff to assist you when jamming the copier and
place all unwanted copies and trash in the trash can. Please
help us keep the copy rooms clean at all times. Thank you.
E a s t L o s A n g e l e s S k i l l s C en t e r
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Student Corner
DID YOU KNOW?
People use Yelp Communication Services to access
information from the East Los Angeles Skills Center.
This is the score card during the week of 2/26/20173/4/2017:
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36 User viewed our location
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12 Customers leads
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10 Click to our website
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2 Directions and Map views
March 13, 2017
The Grammy Museum mission is to help students use music
as a gateway to learning and as a way to inspire and cultivate
creativity and critical thinking. The museum has designated
the month of March to exploring music and technology
through music and has scheduled the following event:
Introduction to Foley Recording and Editing:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 11—12pm
For more information visit the Museum’s website at www.grammymuseum.org/education.
Professional Development Opportunities

Applying The English Language Proficiency Standards:
Free webinar on Tuesday, March 14th at 1:00 pm. This
webinar will assist ESL teachers in exploring how the
English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) are
related to the College and Career Readiness Standards, how to make use of two different approaches to
the ELPS, and how to apply them in the classroom.
Students Scholarship Opportunity:
Are you an adult student going to college, a community college student transferring to a four-year university or a high school student? The California
Credit Union is awarding 10 scholarships of $1000
each. The deadline to apply for these scholarships is
 Working with ELLs in CTE and other Classes:
Friday, March 17, 2017. To apply please go to
On Friday, March 24th at 1:00 pm. This webinar will
www.californiacu.org.
offer strategies for any teacher with English Language
Learners in class to support those learners to master
the course content.
Hurry and don’t wait. See your teacher or counselor
for guidance!!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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Integrated Education and Training:
This course leads agency-based teams of educators
and agency administrators through the process of developing plans for implementing one of four instructional models that successfully integrate adult education
basic skills instruction (ESL or ABE) with technical or
occupational skills instruction.
To register for the above webinars please go to
www.calpro-online.org.
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) is
offering the following technology integration workshops in
the month of March:
Happy March Birthday to….
Ruth Alarcon………………….3/13
Anita Torres…………………….3/15
Katherine Mancuso……..3/21
Jose Rico……………………...3/27
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Easy to Make Quizzes for Web and Blog:
On Friday, March 24th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
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Digital Badges in Adult Education:
On Friday, March 24th from 3:30pm to 5:00 pm.
To register for the above workshops please go to
www.otan.us or call at (916) 228-2580.