Good kids and teachers

Jake Fink and Chloe Ruiz count monies received from the Giving Gardens campaign held at Bethany Lutheran School in Long Beach. Students received small boxes in which they collected spare change. The money was donated to the Giving Gardens project at Wheatridge Ministries. Giving Gardens supports the distribution of climate and cultural appropriate seeds, training, planting and harvesting of gardens in Haiti and other countries around the world. The seeds are planted to produce nutritious vegetables and fruits to feed the population. Surplus food from the gardens is sold to earn money for other kinds of food, clothing, medicine and education. The seeds from the produce are collected and used for the next season's crops. The students at Bethany Lutheran raised $1,495.52 for Giving Gardens in February.


The third annual "Math Madness" competition was held March 6 at Hughes Middle School in Long Beach. "Math Madness" is an academic competition in which each of the 26 Long Beach Middle Schools vie for individual and school honors in mathematics. Each school is represented by 15 students, which includes five 6th graders, five 7th graders and 5 8th graders.
Almost 800 students from throughout the district participated in this event. When the dust had settled, and the last question was answered, Hughes Middle school auditorium was filled to overflowing with administrators, teachers and parents, all anxiously awaiting the final tally.
This year, Bancroft Middle School in Lakewood and Lindbergh Middle School in North Long Beach tied for first place. Lindbergh's achievement was viewed by some as a startling accomplishment. A school from an economically disadvantaged area of the city is never expected to surpass those from the more affluent suburbs. Yet, those who have followed the steady rise in academic achievement at Lindbergh during the tenure of its principal Dr. Avery Hall would not be surprised. Lindbergh Middle school is at the forefront of academic achievement in the area of mathematics. In the last 5 years it has averaged not less that an astonishing 97 percent proficiency in Algebra. It's Math Department has been lauded by the Superintendent of Schools, Chris Steinhauser who recently directed that teachers from other inner city schools visit Lindbergh's dynamic math department.
Congratulations to the following students of Lindbergh on their outstanding accomplishment: <NO1>all names cq <NO>Johnson Ly, Luisa Va?aiga, Paul Jsames, Jennifer Esquivel, Joseph Izag, Yesenia Perez, Yesenia Inzunza, Kathlyn Doriman, Henry Rodriguez, Mathew Roseles, Devin Mesa, Johnny Sanachez, Jesus Ruvalcaba, David Falcon and Ezekial Taroma. A special thank you to the teachers and administrators of these students, for without their dedication this achievement would not have been possible: Mr. Gallo, Mr. Flynn, Mr. Martens, Mr. Vecchiolla, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Chambliss, Mr. Belvin and Mr. Tom. Well done Lindbergh Middle School. You certainly do lead the way.