As a response to an assignment given to some Temple City Education Center students, who attend after school programs at Emperor Elementary School have created some unique works of art for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend holiday.
Acrostic poems are simple poems in which each the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase (vertically). An acrostic poem can describe the subject or even tell a brief story about it. This type of poem is one of the simplest for a student to write because it gives the child a concrete format to use. You can write an acrostic poem based on your name, a favorite hobby, or something or someone who is important to you!
The instructors Sue Lim and Irene Krubski taught the children how to do three-dimensional art work and asked the students to create a patriotic tribute for Memorial Day. We’re delighted to feature a few here in this issue.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration recently reported that 12,998 people were killed in drunk driving crashes in 2007. This represents a 3.7 percent decline in drunk driving fatalities from 2006.

Every 15 Minutes has become a nationally recognized, effective teaching aid around Graduation teaching students the effects and consequences of Driving under the Influence – While it looked real enough, luckily in this instance it was theatrical in nature and no one was really hurt.

Kiwanis Club of Temple City was pleased to have honored three outstanding students from Emperor School on February 8, 2011. Pictured with the proud students is Emperor teacher, Miss MaryAnn Parrille.
Isabella is 11 years old and in Mrs. Scanlan’s class. She enjoys playing the violin, hanging out with her friends, basketball, soccer, and music. Isabella said, “The best things about Emperor are all the caring teachers, my awesome friends, and our wonderful Principal Ms. Perini.” The best thing that ever happened is having a loving family, and getting picked to go to Washington DC and New York. Personal goals are to end world hunger, build a house for poor people, become a designer, get good grades, and help people in need.
Chapman is 11 years old and in Miss Parrille’s class. He has twin sisters and enjoys learning new things, making friends, and daydreaming. Chapman said, “The best things about Emperor are the great teachers, my friends, and the great Principal.” The best thing that ever happened was going on the road to Hana in Maui. Personal goals are to stop global warming, create a healthy planet, build the next wonder of the world, have a better future, get straight A’s, and have a healthy life.
Tiffany is 11 years old and in Mr. Giengregorio’s class. She has a younger sister and enjoys swimming, cooking, reading, and spending time with family and friends. Tiiffany said, “The best things about Emperor are awesome teachers, neat library, the fun and educational assemblies.” The best thing that ever happened was attending Emperor school. Personal goals are to build a time machine and flying car, go to a great college, get a good paying job, and to get A’s throughout all her school years.
Personal Note: Isabella has a twin sister Helen who was also a Student of the Month. Chapman has twin sisters Pookei and Weinkei who were also Students of the Month.
Each week the Temple City Kiwanis Club is pleased to recognize outstanding students and their teachers from Cloverly, Emperor, Longden, Oak Avenue, and the Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center. Kiwanis treats students and their teacher to lunch. Students receive a certificate, a letter for their parents, a bumper sticker, a gift certificate from The Hat Restaurant, and a photograph of them receiving their award. Their photo will also be published in Temple City Life, Mid Valley News, Temple City Tribune, and displayed in the Temple City Unified School District lobby.
Temple City Kiwanis has been serving our community since 1939. Members are dedicated men and women who desire to make a difference in the quality of life for the youth of Temple City. Kiwanis meets at 12:00 noon each Tuesday at The Bahooka Family Restaurant. To find out more about Kiwanis, please call Jerry Jambazian at (626) 286-2444. You can also visit their website at www.templecitykiwanis.org.

- Photo by Jerry Jambazian, Temple City Chamber of Commerce

The Temple City High Twelve Club hosted the Temple City Unified School District’s 17th Annual Public Schools Recognition Night on April 19, 2010 at Longden Elementary School’s Memoli Hall.
Memoli Hall was “standing room only” as over 200 family members, friends, teachers, and community members celebrated 44 students receiving awards recognizing their service, character, and self-improvement.
Cloverly Elementary School: Andrea Chia, Harry Del Pilar, Jr., Jaide Orozco, Megan SooHoo,
Christian Aguilar, Gabriela Manzano
Emperor Elementary School: Sheri Cheng, Brian Toh, Cloe Picanzo, Melissa Wang, Alan Fong, Marina Li
La Rosa Elementary School: Krystal Sandoval, Jacqueline Velarde, Camille Chiang,
Kaily Echeverria, Desirae Guangorena, Jacob Luevano, Eugene Monforte, Taylor Nguyen
Longden Elementary School: Daniel Choi, Robert Jiang, Reagan Woo, Winnie Huynh,
Amber Lee, Colleen Cardoza
Oak Avenue Intermediate School: Benjamin Gray, Peggy Lu, Julianna Jaynes,
Janabelle Peng, Aston Situ, Michelle Tsang
Temple City High School: Henry Lu, Andrew Thai, Christine Keung, Jane Huang,
Nicole Feng, Alex Lam
Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center: Brandon Gutierrez, Amber Bontty, Michael Britton, Marcus Castro, Ashley Dai, Alexia Ascencio
TCUSD’s District Teacher of the Year, Patricia Wenzel, was the evening’s motivational speaker. Mrs. Wenzel posthumously saluted John Zubrick for initiating TCUSD’s Public Schools Recognition Program 17 years ago. She encouraged students to model Mr. Zubrick’s life style, giving back to the community, continuing good works and taking advantage of opportunities. Mr. Zubrick passed away on March 22, 2010; he was 91 years, 3 months, and 15 days young.
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California founded Public Schools Month in 1920 to celebrate the contribution of public schools to the American way of life. In light of the fundamental service public schools have provided over the years in helping millions of young Americans find success, it is fitting that this year’s theme for Public Schools Month is “Public Schools -The Foundation of Our Democracy.” The Temple City High Twelve Club hosted the Temple City Unified School District’s 17th Annual Public Schools Recognition Night on April 19, 2010 at Longden Elementary School’s Memoli Hall.
Memoli Hall was “standing room only” as over 200 family members, friends, teachers, and community members celebrated 44 students receiving awards recognizing their service, character, and self-improvement.
Cloverly Elementary School: Andrea Chia, Harry Del Pilar, Jr., Jaide Orozco, Megan SooHoo,
Christian Aguilar, Gabriela Manzano
Emperor Elementary School: Sheri Cheng, Brian Toh, Cloe Picanzo, Melissa Wang, Alan Fong, Marina Li
La Rosa Elementary School: Krystal Sandoval, Jacqueline Velarde, Camille Chiang,
Kaily Echeverria, Desirae Guangorena, Jacob Luevano, Eugene Monforte, Taylor Nguyen
Longden Elementary School: Daniel Choi, Robert Jiang, Reagan Woo, Winnie Huynh,
Amber Lee, Colleen Cardoza
Oak Avenue Intermediate School: Benjamin Gray, Peggy Lu, Julianna Jaynes,
Janabelle Peng, Aston Situ, Michelle Tsang
Temple City High School: Henry Lu, Andrew Thai, Christine Keung, Jane Huang,
Nicole Feng, Alex Lam
Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center: Brandon Gutierrez, Amber Bontty, Michael Britton, Marcus Castro, Ashley Dai, Alexia Ascencio
TCUSD’s District Teacher of the Year, Patricia Wenzel, was the evening’s motivational speaker. Mrs. Wenzel posthumously saluted John Zubrick for initiating TCUSD’s Public Schools Recognition Program 17 years ago. She encouraged students to model Mr. Zubrick’s life style, giving back to the community, continuing good works and taking advantage of opportunities. Mr. Zubrick passed away on March 22, 2010; he was 91 years, 3 months, and 15 days young.
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California founded Public Schools Month in 1920 to celebrate the contribution of public schools to the American way of life. In light of the fundamental service public schools have provided over the years in helping millions of young Americans find success, it is fitting that this year’s theme for Public Schools Month is “Public Schools -The Foundation of Our Democracy.”

(l-r) Marilyn Nassif, Denise Galvan, Erika Chan, Jonathan Chou, Lindsey Irie, Andrew Kosanovich, Rich Wenzel

Cloverly students collected over 1,031 food and household items for Ronald McDonald House from April 12 to April 16.  Fourth grade students donated
230 items; sixth graders, 338 items, and fifth graders won the class competition by collecting 463 items. Students eagerly watched the tally board to see which grade level had collected the most items because the grade level with the most items would win a party.  Students received a special purple “brag tag” for each donated item. A representative from Ronald McDonald House will attend Cloverly’s Spirit Rally on
April 28 to acknowledge the donations and also draw one student’s name from each classroom to enjoy a special lunch with the Principal.
The Cloverly community contributed generously to this event as they have for other charity drives this year, including Haiti Relief and Holiday Charity Drive.
The Ronald McDonald event is sponsored by Cloverly Elementary School and the Temple City Kiwanis Club.  Denise Galvan, fourth grade teacher, Marilyn Nassif, fifth grade teacher, and Rich Wenzel, retired teacher and Kiwanis representative, worked tirelessly to promote the event and to deliver the goods to Ronald McDonald House.  Ms. Galvan and Mrs. Nassif worked with students to design collection boxes and to collect and count items from each classroom daily.

(l-r) Carol Anne Werthwein, 2nd Place, Andrew Kosanovich, 1st Place, and Sophia Wu, 3rd Place

Over 30 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students participated in Cloverly Elementary School’s annual Geography Bee on Tuesday, January 12.

The competition lasted for over 90 minutes as students completed seven grueling rounds of questions.  About half a dozen students were left for the nerve-wracking tie breaking rounds.

Two fourth graders, Andrew Kosanovich and Carol Anne Werthwein, nabbed first and second place, respectively.  It was almost a fourth grade sweep; but as it went down to a tense final tie breaker, it was fifth grader Sophia Wu who took third place.

Congratulations to teacher Denise Galvan for arranging, emceeing, and coordinating practice sessions for another successful Geography Bee at Cloverly.

Cloverly Elementary School is in the Temple City Unified School District and serves students in grades 4-6.

Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith, Cloe Picanzo, Nick Ngo, Michelle Hubbard, Janelle Byrne, Principal Kathy Perini, Thomas Leong

TCUSD Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith presented Principal Kathy Perini with an Honor Roll Banner from California Business for Education Excellence.

“I’m very pleased to accept this award on behalf of Emperor’s students, parents, and staff,” announced Principal Perini.   “Emperor’s students, parents, and staff work together as a cohesive team to raise student achievement.”

“Emperor students and staff affirm that great success is happening in our District,” commented Dr. Kang-Smith.  “This is a testament to their hard work and relentless focus on student achievement.”

Emperor is one of 1,304 California public elementary, middle and high schools that are recognized by the business community for having consistent high student academic achievement and making significant progress toward closing the achievement gap. The Honor Roll focuses on achievement data over time and validates teachers’ hard work.

Using data, CBEE identifies and honors the highest performing public schools in California. These schools are being recognized not only for their achievements but so other schools can learn the successful strategies or “best practices” of these Honor Roll schools.

No other school recognition program in California uses hard data, individual school and student subgroup performance data based on the California Standards Tests, and the California High School Exit Exam to evaluate school academic performance.

Emperor Elementary is one of seven schools in the Temple City Unified School District and serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Tinny Chan, Viviana Zheng, Sonny Chen, Allen Hsu. - Photos by Jerry Jambazian

One hundred teenagers, twenty five pounds of flour, sixty four ounces of olive oil, six dozen eggs, three pounds of bacon, a head of lettuce, three bunches each of fresh basil and cilantro and a box of silken tofu. This is the shopping list for the final exam for Kim Allen’s Small Business Management with Food ROP classes at Temple City High School.

Top chefs prepared homemade churros, ceviche, veggie and shrimp tempura, Oreo milkshakes, white and milk chocolate strawberries, and cucumber sesame salad.

Students were allowed to bring one item from home and other basic supplies were provided in class. They were asked to prepare three dishes to serve to guest judges.

Judges were easy to find. Assistant Principals Chris Sewell and Terry Sholty signed up two months in advance. Teams were judged on creativity, presentation, taste and clean up.

Some of past year’s dishes included crepes with strawberries and chocolate sauce, garden salad with poppy seed dressing, and carne asada burritos.