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November 18, 2019 – Winter Trimester ESL Classes Begin November 18, 2019 – Registration for incoming ESL students begins November 18, 2019 – EL Civics Nutrition Semester Classes through November 22nd, 2019 November 19, 2019 – HiSET 9:00 am ELASC November 19, 2019 – ESL Planning Meeting 11:45am-12:15pm ELASC November 21, 2019 – Advisors Summit 9:30 am-3:30pm ELASC Auditorium November 22, 2019 – ESL Planning Meeting 11:45am-12:15pm Eastside November 23, 2019 – EL Civics DMV Due November 25, 2019 through November 27, 2019 – Unassigned Days – No Classes November 28, 2019 through November 30, 2019 – Thanksgiving Holiday Break – No Classes December 3, 2019 – Classes resume
November 18, 2019 Volume 7, Issue 14
Please submit items for publication to the editor: Julio Melara, APO at [email protected]
IMPORTANT DATES
EAST LOS ANGELES SKILLS CENTER WEEKLY BULLETIN
East Los Angeles Skills Center 3921 Selig Place Los Angeles, CA 90031
Office: (323) 224-5970 Monday through Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm
Friday: 7:30am-4:00pm Saturday 8:00am – 12:15 pm
Eastside Learning Center 4355 Michigan Ave. LA, CA 90022
Office: (323) 729-1800 Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00am-9:00pm
Friday: 7:30am-4:00pm
Please remind student to park in designated student parking areas and to avoid double parking. You may receive a costly parking ticket if you park in disabled parking stalls, double-park and/or block traffic lanes. Also, there is no student pick up area next to the main office. Students should be picked up outside the main gate or in the student designated parking area. Teachers and staff should display their parking permit decal.
Reminders
Happy November Birthday! Julie Singer – Nov. 11 Alison Bacon – Nov. 16,
Jorge Gonzalez – Nov. 19 Mamie Costello – Nov. 25
“Before the truth can set you free, you need to recognize which false belief is holding you hostage.” Anonymous
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2019 CCAE Fall Awards Dinner at Luminarias
Part of the ELASC family at the CCAE Fall Awards Dinner at Luminarias. Pictured above, clockwise, are Ms. Singer, Ms. Arredondo, Julian, Terri and Raul Ortega, Mr. and Mrs. Torres, Ms. Martinez, and Ms. Sanchez.
Sitting on the other ELASC family table, clockwise is Albert Hernandez with Mr. Saenz, Ms. Galvan, Ms. Lozano, Ms. Ohanian, Ms. Galicia, Mr. Fade, Ms. Carrasco, and in the foreground, Ms. Ochoa.
Standing next to her son and husband, Terry Ortega, SIS Coordinator and Outstanding Classified Employee Award Recipient. On the right, our happy ELASC raffle winners: Ms. Lozano (gift card), Mr. Fade (J’s Juice), Ms. Sanchez (scanner), Ms. Torres (scanner), and Ms. Martinez (gift card).
From left to right, front row: Gaby Carrasco, Bertha Galvan, Liz Lozano, Terri Ortega, Anita Torres, Vanessa Sanchez, Jacqueline Martinez, Aaron Saenz, Julie Singer, and Julian Ortega. Standing on back row are George Fade, Beatriz Ochoa, Debbie Galicia, Vartohi Ohanian, Julio Melara, and Myra Arredondo. The team celebrated Terri’s recognition. Her knowledge, experience, and leadership were celebrated during the presentation of her award. The event was filled with great and authentic celebratory moments from Joseph Stark, Executive Director, giving DACE’s greetings to the presentation of the Abram Friedman Award (Sunny Jha, MD), Outstanding Classified Employee Awards (Terri Ortega, SIS Coordinator), to the E. Manfred Evans Award (Carl Badeau, Evans CAS Principal). Congratulations Terri from all your ELASC family!
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During the morning, Ms. Singer and Ms. Ochoa (top left photo) conducted the ESL Student Recognition ceremony during the ESL graduation trimester ending celebrations. Sitting to their right are students who completed the ESL program levels 1-6. Ms. Sanchez, gives greetings to all students on behalf of the administration.
Ms. Galvan speaks to the audience during the evening ESL promotional ceremony. Students pose with their certificates of completion. Each teacher presented their students with certificates. Mr. Fade helped to present certificates to students in Ms. Linares class, who wanted to let her know they miss her.
At night, the ceremony was held in the Multipurpose Room with the participation of all ESL classes. For Mr. Sanchez, our newest ESL instructor, this was a very inspiring event seeing the enthusiasm of the students. The graduates from the programs were also honored.
ESL Graduation Activities at Eastside
Our students at Eastside listened to the motivational speeches from our ESL graduates. The majority of our students have pledged their intent to complete the ESL program and transition to other programs. Some of them want to complete their high school diploma and some want to enroll in some of our CTE programs at the Skills Center.
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The bookstore is now selling 4 new food items. We are selling Jumbo Corndogs, Pepperoni Hot Pockets, Beef/Bean Burritos, and Cheese/Bean Burritos for $2.00 each. Try them now!
Students are encouraged to purchase a student ID every semester ($12). The money collected from ID purchases helps our school pay for salaries for parking attendants and bookstore clerks as well as other student body related activities. IDs contribute to the overall safety of our campuses. But there are many more benefits which you may not know about. See the list on the left that shows more additional benefits to getting an ELASC ID card:
Books, Newspaper, Subscription Discounts: Barnes and Noble: Wall Street Journal: $1 a week. Amazon Prime: Up to 50% Sam’s Club: free $20 card when you sign up Clothing/ Retail Stores Discounts: Banana Republic: 15% off Goodwill: 10% off H&M: 15% off J. Crew: 15% off Limited: 15% off Shoe Warehouse: Student discount Food/Restaurants Student Discounts: Buffalo Wild Wings: 10% off Burger King: 10% off McDonald’s: 10% off Pizza Hut: 10-20% off Insurance & Transportation Discounts: All State: Up to 20% off Farmers: Good Student Discount Geico: Good Driver Discount General Motors: new finance purchase discount Greyhound: 20% off State Farm: 25% off Movies/Entertainment Discounts: AMC Theaters: Student discounts varies Regal Theaters: Select Shows Tech/Wireless Discounts: Adobe: Up to 80% of popular Adobe software Apple Store: Up to $200 off a new computer Microsoft: 10% off Norton: Up to 50% off T-Mobile: 10% off
To qualify for a bus pass discount, you must complete the College/Vocational TAP application.
It is available in the main office, online and at Metro Customer Centers. Submit the completed application at any Metro Customer Center or mail it to the TAP Reduced Fare Office, One Gateway Plaza, and Mail Stop: 99-PL-4, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952. After you receive your college/Vocational TAP card, you can buy the reduced-rate pass every month at any Metro Customer Center or area pass vendors.
All students qualified (including ESL students) if you provide proof of enrollment in a minimum of 12 hours of in-classroom study per week for a minimum of three consecutive months.
Get you School ID Card for $12.00 and enjoy its benefits Bus Pass College/Vocational TAP Card College/Vocational Monthly Pass- $43
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Our Mission
The East Los Angeles Skills Center in collaboration with community—based organizations and stakeholders will provide access to educational programs and services to students to achieve their personal and or career goals through language acquisition,
academic and career pathways. Our School-wide Learning Outcomes
The East Los Angeles Skills Center offers opportunities for all students to: • Have access to an educational plan and course of study to increase employability • Obtain technical skills for entry and advanced employment • Acquire language and academic skills for advanced educational options and careers
Our Vision To be a dynamic educational and job training institution to empower
students to be college prepared and career ready.
ELASC Official Website: www.eastlaskillscenter.org Visit us at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlaskillscenter.org
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle
Cooperative Learning Strategies: From CTE to the II Lab and Beyond – Effective Questioning for Think-Pair-Share (From Learning Together, December 2013)
Asking questions is integral to what we do as teachers. This is the impetus for Think-Pair-Share. There are many ways to ask questions that are better than others. Thinking about and preparing specific questions prior to teaching a lesson will often lead to more effective classroom discussions. Using thoughtful questions will encourage students to think critically about the concepts at hand and teachers must use always aware of using effective questioning practices. Differentiating questions for multi-level-students in ESL, ABE, ASE and CTE classes gives various points of entry for student engagement. When we do this, we are modeling questions we want students to ask on their own. In the CTE classroom for example many of the questions used can be equally effective in other programs. We can ask, “How are you going to do this?”; “What is the process or what are the steps?” We can ask: “How can you do this faster? “Is there another way to do this?” ”How would you look at the problem differently next time?” “How do you know which tool (rule, strategy, etc.) will work best?” These kinds of questions overlap the move toward greater meta-cognition and student autonomy that are part of recent educational reform and good teaching. Two simple comments we can teach our students to say to their partners in Think-Pair-Share are: “Tell me more.” and “Tell me why.” Use TPS for critical thinking exercises and discussion related to reading and vocabulary assignments. Students have shared their thoughts with their peers and the class. It is a great way for them to share ideas and learn from each other.
