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Monrovia WEEKLY Temple MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014 - JULY 27, 2014 VOLUME 19, NO. 29
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Emergency regulation approved to ensure state residents increase water conservation $500 a day fines possible for offenders
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Arcadia Unified adds Common Core Days next year Arcadia Unified School District is pleased to announce that seven Common Core Days have been added to the 2014-2015 school year. These days will be early release days for students, and allow teachers and staff additional time to come together for district-wide professional development to continue to create Arcadia Unified’s Common Core
curriculum. All students will be released at 11:40 a.m. on Common Core Days. The start times will remain the same for all schools. The Common Core Days are being implemented to further support teachers and students as the district continues its implementation of the Common Core State Standards. The Common Core State Stan-
dards is a set of high-quality academic guidelines, Arcadia Unified uses these standards as a guide to create its rigorous and detailed curriculum for the entire district. Teachers and staff will collaborate to create and share Common Core curriculum and best practice strategies that include the four C’s: Please see page 5
EMUHSD honored by College Board at Philadelphia Conference BY ANNE DONOFRIO-HOLTER The El Monte Union High School District (EMUHSD) was honored at the College Board’s annual AP (Advanced Placement) Conference held last week in Philadelphia for being selected by the organization as the Nation’s Medium-Sized AP District of the Year. “The College Board is proud to recognize the students, faculty, and administrators of the El Monte Union High School District for their innovation and commitment to excellence and equity,” said
College Board President David Coleman. “Increasing access to AP coursework while simultaneously increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher is the ideal scenario for a district’s AP program, indicating that the district is successfully preparing a larger array of its students for the rigor of AP and college studies.” “Words can’t describe the pride I feel for the outstanding work our district has done in making AP courses available to all our students while
supporting them to ensure their success,” said EMUHSD Board of Trustees President Maria-Elena Talamantes. “It has been an honor to be a part of the team receiving this award. I look forward to the new opportunities working with the College Board will provide for our students and teachers.” “We are appreciative and proud of this award,” added Board of Trustees member Sal Ramirez. “It symbolizes the high qualPlease see page 7
American Little League wasted no time Two championships in two years
-Photo by Terry Miller
In response to the ongoing severe drought, on Tuesday the State Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency regulation to ensure water agencies, their customers and state residents increase water conservation in urban settings or face possible fines or other enforcement. The new conservation regulation is intended to reduce outdoor urban water use. The regulation, adopted by the State Water Board,
mandates minimum actions to conserve water supplies both for this year and into 2015. Most Californians use more water outdoors than indoors. In some areas, 50 percent or more of daily water use is for lawns and outdoor landscaping. Many communities and water suppliers have taken bold steps over the years and in this year to reduce water use; however, many have not and much more can and should be done statewide
to extend diminishing water supplies. With this regulation, all Californians will be expected to stop: washing down driveways and sidewalks; watering of outdoor landscapes that cause excess runoff; using a hose to wash a motor vehicle, unless the hose is fitted with a shut-off nozzle, and using potable water in a fountain or decorative water feature, unless the water is recirculated. Please see page 6
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After waiting decades to win its first age 9-10 California District 17 AllStar Tournament last year, Arcadia American Little wasted no time last week
making it two championships in two years. Mikey Easter capped an incredible tournament with two home runs and five RBIs, Brandon Nguyen knocked
in four runs of his own, and Devon Eskridge had four hits and three RBIs as AALL overwhelmed East Altadena, Please see page 4