Los Angeles Unied School District

Beyond the Bell Branch

Volume 4 - Issue 28 October 2011

Beyond the Bell Mission

The mission of Beyond the Bell is to ensure that all children and youth in LAUSD have access to high quality, safe, academic, enrichment, and recreation programs that inspire learning and achievement beyond the regular school day.

Beyond the Bell Celebrates Latino Heritage Month

their ar6s6c interests. The La6no Art Beat Compe66on is held in 5 ci6es across the United States - Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Houston, and Washington D.C. Each city selects a rst, second and third place winner. At the end of May, La6no Art Beat holds an art compe66on in each of the ci6es men6oned above. The winning students from the ve ci6es compete na6onally in two categories - 1) Pain6ng and Drawing and 2) Film and Anima6on. Once the na6onal winner is announced, he/she receives a great deal of publicity and recogni6on. The winning students artwork is also featured on a commemora6ve calendar which is unveiled at the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual mee6ng in Washington D.C. In essence, the na6onal winner becomes the face of La6no Art Beat for the year. This year the winners of the Los Angeles compe66ons were: 1st Place: Hye Na Shin from Fairfax HS (Elizabeth Kim, Teacher) 2nd Place: Diana Villa from Verdugo Hills HS (Miguel Navarro, Teacher) 3rd Place: Leonardo Hernandez from LA HS (Herb Williams, Teacher) Con$nued on page 2 1

2011 Los Angeles winners and La6no Art Beat President Don Rossi at Cor6nes School of Visual and Performing Arts.

On October 4th, Beyond the Bell hosted an art exhibit at Cor6nes School of Visual and Performing Arts to recognize all students and teachers who par6cipated in the 2011 La6no Art Beat Compe66on. La6no Art Beat is a Chicago based non-prot arts organiza6on that oers college scholarships to promising high school ar6sts aJer each of its annual compe66ons. The goal is to help these students con6nue to pursue

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Behind The Scenes

Honorable Men6on: Joseph Padilla from Fremont HS (Ramn Mendez, Teacher) Honorable Men6on: Janet Le from Canoga Park HS (Paola Prato, Teacher) During the October 4th exhibit, Mr. Alvaro Corts, Execu6ve Director of Beyond the Bell and Mr. Don Rossi, President of La6no Art Beat honored the students, teachers, and guests. Both gentlemen encouraged the students to con6nue u6lizing their ar6s6c talents to express themselves as well as to con6nue to par6cipate in ac6vi6es like the La6no Art Beat Compe66on. This years par6cipants also had the opportunity to meet Andy Hernandez, the 2008 Los Angeles La6no Art Beat winner from Verdugo Hills HS. Andy received a $40,000 scholarship from La6no Art Beat to afend the OTIS College of Art and Design. Andy exhibited three of his recent pieces and spoke to the current group of high school ar6sts about the posi6ve dierence La6no Art Beat has made in his life.
BTB Execu6ve Director Alvaro Corts and La6no Art Beat President Don Rossi.

Los Angeles 1st Place Winner, Hye Na Shin and City Councilman Paul Koretz.

On October 5th, the day aJer the exhibit, the winning ar6sts were invited to City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles where they were recognized with ocial cer6cates from Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz. Students and parents were very impressed with Councilman Koretz and his sta for showing so much interest in the young ar6sts plans for the future. The Deadline for the 2012 La3no Art Beat Compe33on is during May 2012. Teachers and students interested in par3cipa3ng in the compe33on may contact Mirna Peraza at mirna.peraza@lausd.net or by phone at (310) 478-2093

Los Angeles 2nd Place Winner, Diana Villa and City Councilman Paul Koretz.

Coming Soon!
Beyond the Bell Branch 4th Annual Liberty Mutual Invitational Golf Classic Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2011
For more information visit the BTB website at http://btb.lausd.net or call 213-241-7900
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Taekwondo After School

Students from Cahuenga Elementary School during their weekly Taekwondo class. Along with the free lessons, over 300 participating students received free uniforms.

Due to the popularity of a Taekwondo program Beyond the Bell ini7ated at Burroughs MS in 2010, nine addi7onal LAUSD schools are beneciaries of the program this year. Once he observed how successful the Burroughs MS program was, Beyond the Bell Field Coordinator John Han worked with the Los Angeles Korean Cultural Center to expand the program to include more schools for the 2011 - 2012 school year. Along with Burroughs, the schools that now have Taekwondo aOer school programs are 3rd Street ES, Wilton Place ES, Cahuenga ES, Denker ES, Topeka ES, Berendo MS, Young Oak MS, Fairfax HS and Los Angeles HS. Taekwondo is a mar7al arts program and the na7onal sport of South Korea. During the 10-week aOer school course, instructors (Masters) from the Korean Cultural Center teach students the basic moves of Taekwondo. Par7cipa7ng students not only exercise, but also learn self-defense techniques and self-discipline through this non-contact sport. Beyond the Bell is always looking for innova7ve ways to engage students during aOer school hours. The crea7on and implementa7on of the Taekwondo program looks like another successful approach!
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Ready-Set-Go!
In its ongoing eort to incorporate technology into before school learning ac6vi6es, Beyond the Bells Ready-Set-Go! Program has recently purchased 120 Apple IPad 2s. The IPad 2s will be used to enhance student learning in the Ready-Set-Go! Traveling Programs that will begin in November. The upcoming Traveling Programs are Body Works (science, health), Ready-Set- Present (Power Point crea6on and graphic design), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (all academic areas), and Oceans (science). Students par6cipa6ng in Ready-Set-Go! Programs across the District will benet from weeklong visits from all traveling programs men6oned above. Ready-Set-Go! is also in the process of implemen6ng an online pilot program in Local Districts 1 and 2 that will support ConceptLinks, Ready-Set-Gos science based curriculum. Schools selected to par6cipate in this pilot program are Burton, Canterbury, Fernangeles, Hazel6ne, Liggef, Montague, Noble and Plummer Elementary Schools. Ready-Set-Go! sta will afend a training for ConceptLinks Inquiry November 5, 2011 at Hughes MS.

Take Action Campaign

The High School Take Ac6on Leadership Campaign kicked o the 2011-2012 school year with the training of over 300 new high school student leaders. This Training of Trainers (TOT) took place on Saturday October 24, 2011 at Los Angeles High School. Thirty-two LAUSD high schools were represented at this event, which was an energe6c way to start the school year for the new student leaders. At the all day training students had the opportunity to develop the management skills needed to lead community service ac6vi6es at their schools. Among the dignitaries present at the leadership training were Superintendent John Deasy, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom La Bonge, and Beyond the Bell Execu6ve Director Alvaro Corts. These three leaders encouraged the students to get involved and take advantage of the resources available through the leadership campaign to make a real dierence in their communi6es! 4