Etiwanda School District receives two Golden Bell awards

Hat's off to Etiwanda School District for receiving two Golden Bell Awards.

The district's CLOUDS preschool program and Summit Intermediate School's WOW program at Summit Intermediate will be honored in the 29 annual Golden Bell Awards program of the California School Boards Association.

The first award was won in the Special Education category CLOUDS, Creating Learning and Understanding Differences in Students, preschool program under the direction of Kristin Ludovico, preschool coordinator and assessor.

The second award as won in the Focus on Middle Grades category for WOW, Week of Welcome, program under the direction of Lori Arita, principal of Summit.

While CLOUDS is an innovative, inclusive preschool program servicing both generation and special education students, ages 3-5, the WOW program is designed to assist students from feeder elementary schools, and their families to successfully transition to Summit Intermediate.

The district will be honored during CSBA's awards luncheon Dec. 6 in San Diego.