ICOE Stories

Brawley Union High senior Steve Lopez knows that he wants to head to college, San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus to be specific.

School districts across the country are partici-pating in a national “Digital Learning Day” for the first time on February 1st. ICOE curriculum and technology departments have teamed up with Apple Education and other partners to host the first ever “Innovation Day” seminar for school leaders.
 

Rebekah Aguilar was excited to walk down the bleachers with her group and accept the silver medal Saturday morning.

Despite having a lesson plan as reference, parent Carolina Cortes-Ramirez was still nervous about the prospect of lecturing a room of first-grade students at Myron D. Witter Elementary School about liquids and solids.

But Cortes managed to make it through with her smile — and wits — intact using a PowerPoint presentation in a lecture with her 6-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, in attendance.

“I was a little nervous, yeah,” she said. “Being in front of the students is kind of nerve-wracking.”

The IC ASSETs program will provide after school academic assistance, enrichment, and family literacy and educational services to teens and their families.

The first ever ELL Institute in Imperial County was held for local educators to become aware of the plight of ELLs in the local school districts and do something to change their academic shortcomings.

About three out of four California public high school graduates in 2008-09 went on to college, but that rate varies widely among counties and various demographic groups, data recently released by the California Department of Education shows.

“The cause” for the P-16 Council is to promote a college-going culture in Imperial County, where only about 11 percent of residents have attained bachelor’s degrees and a 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report estimates only about 13.2 percent of locals have graduated from a four-year college. “It exists to increase the opportunities for students to be better prepared for college,” Anne Mallory, P-16 Council chairwoman and county education superintendent, said.

Students, parents and college recruiters were all abuzz Wednesday evening at the Imperial County Office of Education’s Higher Education  Week I Parent Night in El Centro.

The results for the California High School Exit Exam are in and Imperial County has improved upon itself overall in both mathematics and English-language arts.