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ABC Community Update
News from the ABC Unified School District
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March 16, 2023
30 in 30 - President Beach Visits Elliott Elementary
TEDx at Whitney High School
2023 Math Bee
Third-grade students from all 20 ABCUSD elementary schools participated in this year’s Math Bee - the first since 2019. After five rounds of increasingly difficult math problems, Palms Elementary School student Vincent Vuong took home the first-place trophy with a perfect score. Congratulations, Vincent and all of this year’s participants.
Gahr High School Presents Mean Girls
Carmenita Middle School Student Wins Scholarship
Congratulations go to Sofia Del Castillo, a student at Carmentia Middle School, for being selected as a 2023 Carson Scholar! The Carson Scholars Fund awards scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities.
Congressional Art Competition
Whitney Student Earns Coca-Cola Scholarship
After 91,000 applicants and three rounds of essays and interviews, 150 students were named as Coca-Cola Scholarship recipients. One of them is Ayush Shah, a student at Whitney High School. We caught up with Ayush earlier this week to learn more about the scholarship.
Continue Learning at ABC Adult School
Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment Open
ABCUSD is enrolling new students as young as 4 years old. Universal preschool and transitional kindergarten programs are offered at ABC’s award-winning schools. Begin the enrollment process today at abcusd.us.
ABC Middle Schools Honored
A few weeks back, we shared that Carmentia Middle School, Haskell Middle School, Ross Academy, and Tetzlaff Middle School were all redesignated as Schools to Watch. Last week, the schools were recognized at the Schools to Watch Conference. The Tetzlaff Middle School film production class created the welcome video for the conference, which you can watch here. Congratulations again to our amazing middle schools.
Dates to Remember:
March 21 - Board Meeting
March 24 - 3rd Quarter Ends (Secondary)
April 7 - Local Holiday (No School)
April 10-14 - Spring Break (No School)
The ABC Community Update is a weekly e-publication
produced by the ABC Unified School District.
In 1965 the Artesia, Bloomfield, and Carmenita School Districts unified and became the ABC Unified School District. Today, the District serves over 20,000 Pre-K to 12th Grade and adult education students through its 30 campuses, adult school, and virtual academy. The District is home to some of the most awarded and recognized schools in California and serves the cities of Artesia, most of Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, as well as portions of Lakewood, Long Beach, and Norwalk.