Eagle Family Final Newsletter - #34

'23-'24 Student and Guardian Newsletter - June 14 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

IMPORTANT NEWS: Wellbeing Center

LOOKING BACK ON 2023-2024: Class of 2024 Graduation

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: JGHS Summer School, Dual Enrollment Opportunities, Library Event,

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024-2025: Program Verification

IMPORTANT DATES

Important Dates

June 12: Summer School Begins

June 19: Holiday - no summer school

July 1: Session 2 (Summer School begins)

July 4: Holiday - no summer school

July 5: Holiday - no summer school

July 18: Summer School Ends

August 5-9: Program Verification

August 15: First Day of School

JGHS Master Calendar (website)

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Eagles,

As we close the 2023-2024 School year, we wish you all a safe and fun summer. Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their next journey. And Class of 2028, we look forward to welcoming you all to our Eagle Family. Please read on for highlights from this school year, summer opportunities, and some considerations for the 2024-2025 school year.

Thank you all for your partnership and dedication to our students,

Dr. Padilla, Principal

IMPORTANT NEWS

JGHS WBC Update

Dear Eagle and Bulldog Families,

I hope this communication finds you and your family well. We had a great school year, culminating with our graduation ceremonies. Go Eagles and Bulldogs! On behalf of the staff, I want to thank you for your partnership.

The following update centers around our wellness resources. After careful consideration, we decided not to move forward with the renewal of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) Wellbeing Center (WBC) at John Glenn High School. The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Wellbeing Center expires on June 30, 2024.

It is important to note that the Wellbeing Center MOU passed in 2022, since then we have added our own additional wellness resources that were not available previously, such as a full time NLMUSD Wellness Specialist and a Wellness Center at JGHS, just like we have at all our other middle and high schools in the District. Other school site resources include Restorative Practices training with Western Justice Center, JGHS Parent Ambassadors, increase in usage of the Eagle Exchange (thrift store), donation of supplies such as toiletries/clothing, and the peer leadership component of Margaret’s Place.

Lastly, we are exploring new additional alternative resources to enhance the support services available to our students. These include pursuing an MOU with Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (LA CADA) to provide substance abuse education and continuing to support the Peer Health Advocate (PHA) program through our Wellness Center staffed by an NLMUSD Wellness Specialist at JGHS.

Thank you for continued support and have a great summer break.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Padilla, Ed.D.

Principal

LOOKING BACK ON 2023-2024

JGHS Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony!

Thank you to all of our friend and families for joining us on June 6, 2024....We made a new addition to ue ceremony this year with 20 Promoting Kindergarteners escorting the Top 20 graduates.

If you missed it, or would like to save it, here is the link to the complete Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony:

NLM Class of 2024 Graduations

The videos are also embedded in the Graduations & Promotions homepage on the NLMUSD website.

Athletic Highlights

Boys wrestling made the playoffs
A senior wrestler, Jonathan Sanchez, advanced in CIF individuals to the masters tournament
2 seniors, Kiyanna Tart and Michael Rodriguez, advanced to CIF in Track & Field
Damian Garcia was named Defensive Lineman MVP for the 605 league.

Academic Highlights

SBAC

82% of our AVID Seniors completed their A-G requirements, and those AVID students who applied to a 4 year university were accepted
100% of all AVID students were enrolled in at least 1 AP, Dual Enrollment, or Honors class.
Many graduates were accepted to UCs, CSUs, and private universities, such as Cal Poly Pomona and UC Davis.
Computer Science scholars were accepted to some of the best CSUs, and UCs, and Marc Reyes earned a full academic QuestBridge Scholarship to Stanford University.
You received academic and athletic Scholarships, including 2 softball scholarships to Park University in Arizona, for Diana Bravo & Sienna Contreras.
5% of graduates are "Distinguished Scholars" because they took at least 10 AP, honors, or dual enrollment courses and never earned any D/Fs in any course
28% of graduates took at least 1 dual enrollment course and 14.5% took 2 or more dual enrollment courses, earning credits toward college.
19% of graduates are A-G ready
42% are graduating with a 3.0 or higher
20% made honor roll, 9% High Honors, and 8% highest honors
5% made it on the principal’s honor roll, because they earned a GPA of 4.0 or higher.
9% of graduates earned the CA State Seal of Biliteracy
16% earned the Golden State Seal of Merit
18 California Scholarship Federation members are Seal Bearers due to outstanding academic performance and volunteerism

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

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Summer Opportunities

LA County Library - Summer Discovery Program. See flyer below for more information on how to spen time this summer reading, growing, and learning!

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Summer School - Session 2

Families, Session 2 of Summer School begins on Monday, July 1 and runs through July 18. There is no summer school on July 4th and 5th.

Students MUST attend the first day of summer school to save their seat, otherwise it may be given to another student. Students are only permitted 2 absences during each session of summer school. Students will be dropped automatically on the 3rd absence.

Summer School Session 2: