ICVC (Invisible Children Visible Change) event is an official project of the Assets Team that was a result of an outpouring of concern for the citizens of Northern Uganda that followed a school-wide assembly in April. ICVC involves hundreds of students planning aloing with the assets advisors, coaches, and interested teachers. It will start with a walk-a-thon from 10:30 to 12:30 with multicultural dancing exhibits and entertainment, and will be followed from 1-4 with a carnival in the quad, entertainment at two locations (quad and cafeteria), and an educational display in Ms. Weller's room on the issues of the displaced persons of Northern Uganda. All funds raised will go to support Invisible Children or Life in Africa. These two organizations serve the needs of Ugandan children and families displaced by 20 years of civil war, sometimes called the worst atrocity of the 20th century. All
events will be family friendly-- i.e. fun or interesting things for all ages from toddlers to senior citizens. Anyone interested in participating in the walk-a-thon can contact Pat Rabe for a donor form and/or for more information.

CVHS was ranked 387 out of the top 1000 schools in the nation based on the Newsweek Challenge Index. Remember you take the number of Advanced Placement tests given to all grade levels and divide that number by the number of graduating seniors you get the index number. In 2003 CV’s Challenge Index number was 1.351 with a ranking of 470. In 2005 they were ranked 319 with an Index number of 1.902.

For more information on this index, check the msnbc.com website.

Clark has been awarded a $10,000 A+ for Energy grant from Atlantic Richfield Co. from a pool of nearly 1,300 applicants nationwide. The grant "Lighting the Path to Our Future" will center in our ninth grade physics classes and study alternate forms of energy with an emphasis on white LED technology and analysis.

Lois Sheridan, Glendale High counselor, will be accompanying a team of students to Japan in July. Because Japanese is taught at Glendale High, she and the team will also be investigating and researching the possibility of developing a Japanese Dual Immersion Program.

For over ten years, both Hoover and Glendale High Schools have participated in a student exchange program to and from Japan. Glendale Unified School District has a long-standing relationship with the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles through our first two Teaching American History Grants. In 2000, two teachers from Glendale High School presented in Japan at a national teachers' conference on "How to Use Museums in the Classroom." Due to the California State Testing schedule and the expressed concernes of the high school principals, the exchange program in Glendale has been rescheduled to July. In this way, neither the students nor the chaperone/teacher would miss precious instructional or testing time. In March, a meeting was held with the leadership at Glendale High School to discuss how the District could provide some support to keep this outstanding and worthwhile program alive. At the request of secondary leadership, funds were found to pay $1,200 for the airfare of Ms. Sheridan.

As the teacher of contest winners and as a follow up to her participation in last summer's J8 Summit, Olivia Macaulay will be attending the National History Day German Institute. She will be one of 10 teachers from the United States traveling to Germany for a ten-day seminar that will focus on the Cold War. The 2008 theme for National History Day is "Resolving Conflict" and Olivia will be returning to present to GUSD teachers in October at the first meeting of the GUSD/UCLA History-Geography Project's Teaching American History Grant. The cost of the seminar is $2,000 plus airfare which is approximately $1,400. The entire cost will be paid for out of Teaching American History Grant funds. Once again, a GUSD teacher shines a spotlight on the excellence of our staff and programs! If you want any further details about the seminar, please contact Joanna Junge.

For the past two year as a part of the Teaching American History Grants, Olivia Maccaulay has participated in National History Day with her Glendale High School students. This year, her students placed first in Los Angeles County and participated in the California State History Day finals at Long Beach in April.

Kim Labinger's elementary students are involved with a short study of biomes. They are in the process of trying to identify the plants around us. They also collected samples to place in a "biome box" that they have sent to Mrs. Gatto's class in Rochester, New York. They are waiting to receive the biome box they are preparing and sending. When they get the box, they will open it, study the contents, make comparisons, and see if they can identify the plants and come to some conclusions about the differences and similarities seen. They will also be writing about, drawing, and sending their findings to their partner class and vice versa.
Along the way, both have been keeping track of temperatures and humidity readings in both regions and students have been graphing them.

They plan to open it on Wednesday or Thursday, May 30th or 31st. If the reporter has a preference, they can adjust accordingly! It would be fun for the kids to have a larger audience. For more information, contact teacher Kim Labinger at Edison Elementary School.

87% of the 2393 Sophomores who took the ELA test passed on their first attempt, up 5% from 2006
88% of the 2392 Sophomores who took the Math test passed on their first attempt, up 1% from 2006
34% of the 241 Juniors who took the ELA test passed on this retest opportunity.
41% of the 212 Juniors who took the Math test passed on this retest opportunity.

For more information on CAHSEE results and data, contact Terry Dutton at 247-3375.

Provider Pals (www.providerpals.com) will visit Roosevelt Middle School on June 8th. Provider Pals is a program designed to inform students where our 'stuff' comes from by introducing students to miners, loggers, farmers, ranchers, and fishermen from different states. Students learn about these jobs as they relate to their grade level standards, the students write the providers questions, and the provider pals write back. Then, at the end of the year, the provider pals fly to CA to visit the classrooms and bring pictures and other articles from their job to show the students. This is a growing program that is at schools across the nation and even earned a presidential award from President Bush (you can see the picture of their website).

This summer four of 8th grade students, (Kimberly Hernandez, Alissa Carnicelli, Kevin Velasquez & Ernie Mejia) along with 2 teacher chaperones (Mary Cook & Jean Marie Pascale) will fly to Camp Raven, Montana from July 27-Aug 3. On this visit they will see a real mine, farm, ranch, and logging site, along with other fun activities. The students were chosen for this opportunity based on an essay contest. Students from other states will be at the camp so it is also a neat cultural exchange for the students as well. For more information, please contact Mrs. Mary Cook, 8th Grade Science Teacher at (818) 242-6845.

The first annual GHS Golf Tournament is currently in planning for Thursday, June 21, 2007. Angeles National Golf Club. Donations and tournament registration checks made out to Glendale High Athletics c/o Brent Forsee. Please register by June 7th. Registration includes Lunch, Range balls, Course Souvenir and Nitro Gear. $150 per player, $600 per foursome. Proceeds will benefit GHS Athletics. For more information please contact Brent Forsee (818) 242-3161 ext 1199 or e-mail at bforsee@gusd.net