Viking Glory Photo Contest

LBCC Community Photo Contest Long Beach City College is launching a community wide photo contest from April 20 to April 23, in anticipation of the colleges 85th anniversary in January 2012.  The photo contest encourages students, faculty, staff and community members to submit 10 photos shot on the LAC or PCC campus for the contest.  [...]

Jordan’s ACE Academy wins big!

by Melissa Brookman Congratulations to Mike Zeke and Tom Kelsey for leading ACE into First Place in both the Design and Build Competitions in Orange County this weekend at the HBC Design and Build Competition.  There were several high schools competing in both events with ACE students coming out on top! The students are given [...]

Connected Corridor Grant Plants Seed For Growing Green Roots Sponsored Art Project at Roosevelt Elementary School

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Growing Green Roots (GGR) is the recipient of a grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) as part of Phase 4 of the Leadership Long Beach Atlantic Corridor Project, popularly referred to as the Connected Corridor. The grant will help support GGR’s efforts to foster artistic expression in children while supporting education about sustainability [...]

ArtPeace in Long Beach

Hey everyone, last evening I attended the ArtPeace event at Martin Luther King Park. It was a really cool event for the youth in that area. This is also a program funded through one of Connected Corridor’s grants. I got some footage from the event. Enjoty!

A Handmade Holiday!

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Handmade Holidays maker faire is this coming Friday December 10th from 2:30-5:30 at Los Cerritos Elementary 515 West San Antonio Drive, join the fun!! Dear Parents, Students and Community- In 2008, Handmade Holiday was launched at Los Cerritos. It was designed to provide you the craft supplies needed and the opportunity to make quality, low [...]

Harvest Masquerade

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Support Los Cerritos PTA and have a night on the town in the neighborhood!  Dinner, Drinks and Dancing at the Petroleum Club – Friday October 22nd from 7pm-12midnight.  Complimentary masks and silent auction add to the festiveness. If you cannot attend but would like to donate, mail a check to the Los Cerritos PTA, 515 [...]

Math Class

It was a back to school kind of week.  Trying to get the kids back on schedule, filling up the backpacks and classrooms with supplies and trying to make healthy snacks for the lunch boxes.  Every paper had a school related story and my favorite so far is the Uptown Gazette‘s coverage of math-ipads.  I [...]

Corridor Greening

It’s that special time of year when the parents have big smiles on their faces and the teachers have a crazy look in their eye – it’s back to school!  I attended my first school related meeting this morning and was inspired by the collaboration of the Longfellow and Hughes Green Teams.  They both accomplished [...]

The Man Behind the Name

  This story begins in rainy Edinburgh, Scotland where a baby by the name of Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850.  Even though he was often ill, and was made fun of  because of his appearance, young Robert loved learning, writing and had an incredible imagination!When he was in his twenties, he [...]

Little Owl Preschool

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Little Owl is just one more reason I wish my kids were 3 years old again!  The program is based on the Reggio Emilia philosophy, which believes in three major influences in a child’s education; the parent, the teacher and the environment.  I love that.  Owner Janet Watt is definitely on message with her new [...]