W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Vol 21, NO. 11
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RUSD’s STEM CARES pr ogram ear ns pr estigious State Golden Bell Award
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The Rialto Unified School District recently earned a California School Boards Association Golden Bell Award for the second straight year. Many leaders from the District attend the ceremony in San Diego to celebrate.
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or the second straight year, the Rialto Unified School District has earned the prestigious California School Boards Association (CSBA) Golden Bell Award. The District was honored in the Climate Change Innovation category for leadership in environmental education
and stewardship.
The RUSD was recognized for its innovative STEM CARES (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math, Cultivating Active R e s p o n s i b l e Environmental Stewards) program at the annual Golden Bell Awards ceremony, held December 1, at the San Diego Marriott in the
City of San Diego.
Leaders from RUSD Education and Business Services accompanied Rialto Unified School District Board of Education Vice President Stephanie E. Lewis, Board Member Joseph W. Martinez, Board Member-elect Evelyn Dominguez, and RUSD Superintendent Dr. Cuauhtémoc Avila at
the ceremony. Dominguez will take her seat as a board trustee at the next Board of Education Meeting on December 14. “It is a great honor to once again receive the prestigious Golden Bell Award,” Dr. Avila stated. “This achievement highlights the tremendous work our staff has done with the STEM CARES
program to create opportunities that provide students with exciting and meaningful learning experiences as they prepare for their pathways beyond high school.”
STEM CARES was created in 2015 as a way for students to lead and learn in the areas of climate change. RUSD, cont. on next pg.
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By Manny Sandoval
23,000th toy this holiday season
ista’s Making a Difference’s Winter Wonderland 5th Annual SB Community Christmas is set for December 17th, 11 AM to 4 PM, across the San Bernardino Valley College campus. Come Saturday, and the 501c3 is set to donate 10,000 new toys to children and families across the inland empire.
“My Sister and Co-Founder Kiesha Miller and I have been coordinating this toy drive since 2018, and it has continued to grow. In 2018 we gave away 1,000 toys; in 2019, we gave away 2,000 toys. In 2020 we gave away 3,000 toys, and last year we gave away 7,000 toys.
Our team is proud to see this event grow yearly,” said Ronnie Miller, Sista’s Making a Difference CEO/founder.
After this holiday season, the organization will have historically donated over 23,000 toys to Inland children.
This year’s toy drive theme is “winter wonderland,” and it's said to be a complete experience for children, families, and sponsors. “Each of our sponsors is creating their own village, which will be placed throughout the SBVC campus. Some villages include the North Pole (where the toys are Toy drive, cont. on next pg.