Podcasts about el monte city school district

El Monte City School District’s Wright School was recently named a 2020 California Distinguished School. Principal Dr. Monica Munoz discusses the importance of professional learning communities, transparency and the elementary school teachers who helped her develop a love for learning.

Shirpser School Teacher/Assistant Principal Juan Flores discusses El Monte City School District’s Leader in Me program, the Panda Cares program that brought Panda Express employees to Shirpser to promote leadership and literacy, growing up in El Monte and returning as a teacher.

Fit + Fueled Performance was created by sisters, Andrea, and Jenny Orona. Andrea has been a teacher for the last 18 years in the El Monte City School District and currently teaches math and PE. Jenny has been a nurse for the last 9 years and is currently in a step-down ICU at Huntington Hospital. While dedicating much of their lives in the helping professions, they understand the need to also take care of themselves personally, as their jobs are both physically and mentally demanding. For them to perform at high levels within their jobs they have been working on their fitness with everything from at-home workouts like P90X and Insanity, globo gym classes and personal trainers, to spending several years in a CrossFit box. Because they’re both in helping professions, it was a natural progression to want to help others improve their health and quality of life. In 2015, both received their L1 CrossFit training certificate and have been training individual and group classes since. Andrea also became a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in 2017 as well as a certified RESTART instructor to help clients incorporate healthy eating practices in order to complement a healthy lifestyle. On the podcast, we had talked about a free trial for our listeners and we were able to get that all set up as well. You can use the code “projectnourish” (all one word) at check out to get a month of their programming for free! Andrea and Jenny also would love to give you their free ebook with 10 bodyweight workouts you can do anywhere! Go to their site, www.fitandfueledperformance.com, and grab your copy! Topic's Discussed: -How the company started and it's Mission -Their philosophy on fitness and nutrition -Why they focused on both (fitness + nutrition) -Diet and Fitness Trends Learn more and follow the sister's at: Instagram: @fitandfueledperformance and @eats_by_dre_nutrition Website: www.eatsbydre.com/fitness and www.fitandfueledperformance.com (coming soon)

In January, more than 300 Potrero School K-3 students in the El Monte City School District received new athletic shoes through a partnership between Kaiser Permanente and the Claremont-based nonprofit Shoes That Fit. Shoes That Fit CEO Amy Fass and Potrero School Principal Lorraine Torres discuss the socio-emotional lift students feel when they receive new shoes and how community members can support the program.

Gidley School in the El Monte City School District has been a leader in STEM education, fielding a Science Olympiad team for more than 25 years. Gidley School Science Olympiad head coach Pamela Dominguez and Team Captain, Gidley eighth-grader Tracy Chow, discuss how the team prepares for competitions, how a student finds their specialty and the influence of Gidley alumni who have used their Olympiad experience to ascend to elite universities.

El Monte City School District has brought the rich tradition of mariachi music to Potrero School, where 40 students participate in an after school program that is overseen by the Jose Hernandez Mariachi Academy. Potrero School music teacher Victor Williams and eighth-grade student Stephanie Vega discuss the positive impact the program has brought to the Potrero School community.

When the 2018-19 school year began, El Monte City School District parents were welcomed with an additional resource, the Kindergarten Parent Academy, to help their children navigate their school experience. The Academy presents a series of workshops concentrating on literacy, mathematics and socio-emotional health and is available throughout the District. Rio Hondo Elementary School teachers Indra Arellano and Belinda Pinedo discuss the purpose and the benefits of the Academy.

Durfee School teacher Cynthia Diaz helped launch El Monte City School District's robotics program in January, and the results have been exceptional, with 80 students from El Monte City's GATE program currently enrolled, and plans to double the number of teams in the next year. Diaz, El Monte City's lead GATE teacher, discusses the robotics program, and is joined by Durfee School seventh-grader Oscar Vasquez.

El Monte City School District is celebrated as a leading edge reformer well beyond the cafeteria. Over the years, this high-needs district has established a rigorous, comprehensive approach to student wellness that attempts to touch every aspect of their lives in and out of school. The exuberant press and many awards it’s attracted a along the way are enough to make El Monte seem charmed. But there’s no secret sauce. They’re just tenacious here, and they’ve been that way for years. This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery.