7thGrade

Los Nietos Middle School

Activities/Programs•3‐DayCatalinaIslandMarineInstituteScienceTrip•StudentsRunLosAngelesTeampreparationforL.A.Marathon•AfterSchoolIntramuralSports(Basketball,Volleyball,Flag Football,andSoccer)•CheerSquad•7thGradeStudentLeadership•ChessClub•GuitarClub•ArtExploration:GettyMuseumFieldTrip•CharacterEducationProgram•AcademicAchievementAwardseveryTrimesterElectives•Yearbook•Spanish•Drama•Art•Choir•Band•Leadership•MESA(Math,Engineering,ScienceAcademy)StudentSupport•After‐SchoolIntervention•ThinkTogether/Tutoring•SaturdayMathAcademy•Technology‐BasedLiteracyIntervention•SchoolCounseloron‐siteforacademicadvisementandcounseling•PacificClinicsCounselingon‐site•SPIRITTFamilyServicesSmallGroupCounseling

Activities/Programs•4‐DayWashingtonD.C.andNewYorkCityTrip•StudentsRunLosAngelesTeampreparationforL.A.Marathon•AfterSchoolIntramuralSports(Basketball,Volleyball,FlagFootball,andSoccer)•CheerSquad•8thGradeStudentLeadership•8thGradeActivitieswithPioneerHS•ArtExploration:GettyMuseumFieldTrip•CharacterEducationProgram•AcademicAchievementAwardseveryTrimesterElectives•Yearbook•Spanish•DramaArt•Choir•Band•Leadership•MESA(Math,Engineering,ScienceAcademy)AdvancedLevelElectives•Geometry•HonorsAlgebra•SummerSchoolAlgebraofferedatPioneerHighSchoolStudentSupport•After‐SchoolIntervention•ThinkTogether/Tutoring•SaturdayMathAcademy•Technology‐BasedLiteracyIntervention•SchoolCounseloron‐siteforacademicadvisementandcounseling•PacificClinicsCounselingon‐site•SPIRITTFamilyServicesSmallGroupCounseling

8thGrade

“ASupportiveLearningCommunity

forContinuousGrowth”

LosNietosMiddleSchool

work of the staff has yielded higher test scores, quality focusedinstruction,andasafeandpositivelearningenvironment.Wehavemuchtobeproudof.

LosNietoswillcelebrateits150thanniversarythisspring,andLosNietosMiddleSchoolwillplayalargepartinouranniversarycelebration.Wearesubmitting grants, building new community partnerships, and takingactiontoensurethatLosNietosMiddleSchoolisaresourcecenterforallofourcommunity’sstudentsandtheirfamilies.

With two School Board members as parents of 7th grade students thisyear, all parents can be confident that Los Nietos Middle School willcontinuetoreceivethecare,resources,andsupportnecessarytomakeitoneofthebestmiddleschoolsintheWhittierandSantaFeSpringsarea.

I would like to invite you to see our talented team of educators andsupport staff inaction.Ourhighexpectations for students, coupledwithour intense commitment toacceleratinggrowth inall areasareevident.Beapartofour“SupportiveLearningCommunityforContinuousGrowth”atLosNietosMiddleSchool,homeofthemightyBraves!

JacquelineCardenas,Principal

As principal of Los Nietos Middle School I take seriously that theparents of the Los Nietos School District entrust their children’seducationtoourcare.Itisatrustthatweholdsacredanddonottakefor granted. Our staff is committed to providing the children of LosNietoswiththeacademictoolsthattheyneedinordertobesuccessfulinhighschool,college,careerandlifeendeavors.

These past two years our small community school has shown thehighestAcademicPerformanceIndex(API)gainofanymiddleschoolin theWhittier and Santa Fe Springs area,with a total growth of 88points. Working collaboratively as a middle school staff, Los Nietosdistinguished itself as the only middle school in the Los AngelesCounty to exit out of Program Improvement. Investing districtsupport, resources, andawhole‐hearted commitment tohelpingourschooltoexcelachievedthisincrediblefeat.Wearecertainthatasoursite and district personnel work hand in hand this year, we willcontinue on our trajectory of academic achievement, social growth,andrewardingexperiencesforallstudents.

For the past several years, our focus has been on improving themiddle school’s academic programs as we have improved andstrengthenedour elementary schools. We arepleased that thehard