EYE ON EDUCATION A Publication of the Paramount Unified School District
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OCTOBER 2011
Zamboni Opens the 2011 – 2012 Year With a New Gym
As the 2011-2012 school year begins, students and staff at Zamboni Middle School were excited to see the opening of the new gymnasium. For the past year and a half, staff and students have watched the construction of this new facility. The new gym will support
our physical education classes with indoor activities, as well as school wide assemblies, music concerts, pep rallies, and after school intramural sports. The gymnasium includes boys and girls locker rooms, indoor restroom facilities, as well as physical education
offices. It also features a state-of-the art sound system, a digital scoreboard, electronic bleachers, and full basketball and volleyball courts. The beautiful hardwood floors display our Wildcat logo at center court. Physical Education teacher, Daiva Hasty
raves, “It’s great and we are looking forward to the after school sports. I love my new office too.” As the year progresses, we look forward to all of the exciting events and activities that will take place this year in Zamboni’s new gymnasium.
As 8th grader Marco Hernandez says, “The new gym is awesome because it has bigger lockers, nice restrooms and a tight sound system!” Hilda Verdugo Assistant Principal Zamboni Middle School
Great Things Happen at PHS
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reat things are continuing to happen at Paramount High School, home of the Pirates! Pirate students, staff and administrators kicked off the new school year on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, dedicating their newly renovated cafeteria with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. The cafeteria has been renovated to resemble a pirate ship. Captain Jack Sparrow, from the famed movie “Pirates of
the Caribbean,” joined Dr. David Verdugo, Superintendent, and the PHS Pirates in the lunch-time activities. Before students were allowed to board the newly renovated cafeteria’s pirate ship, they had to join Captain Jack Sparrow in a pirate pledge dedicating the new ship. After the ribbon cutting ceremony, students eagerly entered the cafeteria. Captain Jack Sparrow joined students on board the ship, taking pictures with students throughout the lunch period. The idea of enjoying lunch while on board a pirate ship was developed in design meetings led by PHS leadership students Marlen Villasenor, Jesus Milan,
Brianna Gallardo, Crystal Estrada, Eduardo Ayala, Anita Bacerra, and Director of Student Nutrition Services, Chris Stamm. Their ideas were transformed into reality this summer with the redesign of their cafeteria. PHS Cafeteria Manager Teresa Martinez is pleased to report that students and staff at PHS are “wowed”
when they enter the ship for breakfast and lunch. Records have already been broken in the first few weeks of school. Staff reports that they are serving over 1,000 breakfasts before school starts and over 2,600 school lunches daily. Chris Stamm, Director Nutrition Services
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DATES October 12, 2011 - October 26, 2011 Board of Education meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. in the Boardroom at the District Office, 15110 California Avenue, Paramount, and are open to the public