Students advocated and promoted mental health care through the MHS NAMI Club and the Aztec Shop, Mendota High’s spirit store. MHS NAMI is fueled by research, activities, and guidance from the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) organization.

The dance program at Orange Center Elementary expanded their program to include Hmong cultural dances, in addition to the existing Mexican Folklorico, creating the Multicultural Dance group. The goal of this project is to educate the school community on the multicultural influences that represent the student population.

The Essential Skills for Academic Success project focused on providing students in the Special Day Class (SDC) at Washington Academic Middle School with materials from PCI Educational Publishing and Generation Genius.

The high school and adult transition students within the SDC-SH program at Coalinga High School take campus beautification and recycling seriously. The Recycling for All gave students the opportunity to buy supplies needed for their recycling program. They purchased adaptive equipment such as gloves, carts, picker-uppers, and large trash bag that benefited their clean-up crew.

The Virtual Reality in the Classroom project provided a fully immersive learning experience for students at Alvina Elementary. A variety of applications helped students continue to enhance their learning experiences with this innovative technology. Students were able take virtual field trips across the world such as the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall, virtually build Anne Frank’s home and take a tour,

The FIRST Lego League project at Big Creek Elementary allowed students to learn by interacting with objects or manipulatives. Touching, seeing, and moving things around is crucial to their learning. In First Lego league, students engage in hands-on STEM experiences, building confidence, growing their knowledge, and developing habits of learning.

Manga Matters helped create a more innovative approach to improve literacy development by acquiring and promoting manga at Rio Vista Middle School.

Firebaugh High School students took a trip of a lifetime to the San Diego Safari Park Zoo, Roar and Snore Experience. Students toured the zoo to observe the animals, including tigers, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, and rhinos. They had the extraordinary experience of seeing the only platypus in the world outside of Australia.

The Goal to 50 Lbs. project helped students at CTEC High School meet the OSHA requirement of being able to lift 50 pounds with safe proper form in preparation for their future work in the industry. In the real world, the work activities in commercial construction and manufacturing fields require strength and the ability to lift heavy materials.

Two ATP classrooms at Sutherland Center came together to form the Sutherland Center Photography Club for this project. Students received lessons about photography where they learned about the parts of a camera, how to take pictures, and different types of photography.

Students in transitional kindergarten at Goldenrod Elementary learned the concepts of self-pride, self-love, self-awareness, and self-care with Budsies Pillow Dolls. The Budsies Pillow Dolls are 18-inch dolls made to look like them using an actual picture.

The Launching Learning to New Heights project at Reagan Elementary School granted students the opportunity to bring Newton’s Laws of Motion to life through a truly meaningful experience with rockets. Students created a rocket, tested various rockets with different engines, and developed a deep understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Technology is moving faster than ever before and through robotics and coding, students at Pinedale Elementary were able to join the new era. Various tasks were given to students that were completed by using Dash, the robot.

Students at Sunnyside High School designed and built produce stands to be used at Fresno Unified events including Ideafest and the annual AgScience plant sale. The produce stands will also be used on an ongoing basis at two school sites. For the Produce Stands project, students submitted design concepts that were rated by other students.

San Joaquin Elementary School students were excited and engaged in learning how to fulfill their roles for the Lights, Camera, Interaction, and Innovation Project.

English Learners at Monroe Elementary were able to stay on track with their peers, communicate more effectively, expand their literature choices, and more fully comprehend their schoolwork with the use of a Pocketalk.

FCSS Kids Day is a huge community event that brings together hundreds of supporters to help host a wonderful day to recognize and celebrate students with moderate to severe disabilities, ages birth to 22.

The Career Skills Challenge was held this month with exciting student competitions. This is a hands-on, career-focused event involving 40 competitions in diverse vocations such as medical terminology, welding, crime scene investigation and sports medicine.