Board president
Marilyn Buchi, and Board member Robert
Hathaway and his wife, Karen Gerace Hathaway, attended the
event. Superintendent Michael Worley, Ed.D, offered
congratulations, and Assistant Superintendent,
Educational Programs, Karen Nelson attended the event.
The graduation was conducted by Julie Dentler,
Administrator, Instructional Programs, Chef Shane Cassidy,
and Chef Cindy Greer. The students were also
congratulated by Chef Rick Royal, and
Anna
Ledbetter.
Anaheim City Council Honors Auto Technicians
of the Year
Mayor Curt Pringle and the City
Council of Anaheim honored Ben Hicks, Jonathan Greenhalgh and
their ROP Automotive Technician teacher, Russ Bacarella,
at the June City Council Meeting with proclamations praising
their prizewinning effort at the National Automobile Dealers'
Association Automotive Technician contest held in New York City
last April.
The two Loara High School students won
the national title after taking first place in the Orange
County contest. They are pictured with the mayor of Anaheim,
City Council members, and their principal, Pam Krey (right).
Four Student are Medalists in National Hosa Competition
Four students in the Vocational
Nursing HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) chapter won
medals at the National HOSA competition in Florida.
Pictured (left to right) are silver
medalist in Pathophysiology, Elizabeth Carpio; bronze
medalist in Healthcare Concepts, Adriana Abelar; gold medalist
in Pharmacology, Lynne Porter; and Bronze Medalist in Medical
Photography, Maria Janet Valle. All ROP HOSA competitors
were top ten finalists in their areas of expertise. Congratulations
to all.
Staff Notes
Leadership Team Honors Teachers, Staff
with End of Year Barbecue
Budget cuts and other depressing news out of Sacramento hasn’t
deterred ROP teachers and staff from giving 110%. You just have
to look at student achievement, or be a fly on the wall
overhearing staff conversations to know that.
Superintendent Mike
Worley came to the leadership team with the suggestion of having
a taco cart barbecue in the warehouse on ROP’s last school day,
June 17, to honor teachers and staff—
did the leadership team think
they could provide that? Everyone agreed, and the appreciation
lunch was born. Teachers and staff who were checking out for
the summer stopped by to enjoy the tacos, and potluck salads and
desserts brought in by office staff.
Maria Duhansky made signs
that said "thank you" in many different languages, and Ron Ponce
especially thanked Carol Jones for donating $100.00 to The
Ride
to Cure Diabetes.
Dr.
Worley thanked everyone for their great work this year. A good
time was had by all, and everyone has been asking if this is going to
become an annual event.
North
Orange
County
ROP Personnel Drop
Hundreds of Pounds in “Biggest Loser” Contest
North Orange County
ROP staff needed to lighten up...
seriously. So they decided to have a “Biggest Loser” contest,
and to make it interesting, they put their money where their
mouths were! The contestants were divided into two teams "A" and
"B" by blind choice. Each of the 23 contestants put $60 into a
pot for a total of $1,380.00. It was agreed that contestants
would weigh in with Jeanie Davis every two weeks; every two
weeks’ winner would receive $5, and every winning team would be
credited with $5 to add to the payout at the end of the 15-week
session, which lasted from February 16 to May 27.
It was also agreed that the female winner and the male winner
would each receive the largest percentage of the money and the
rest of the losers would divide the leavings by percentage of
weight lost.
Mike Russell lost 43 pounds and Anna Ledbetter lost 28 pounds.
They were both on the lucky "A team", which won the team prize.
Biggest Loser winners Anna Ledbetter and Mike Russell turn down
cupcakes at the Teacher/Staff appreciation luncheon.
There may have been some who lost more in pounds, but all weight
loss was calculated by percentage of original body weight. The
North Orange County
ROP
lightened up by 235 pounds and we are all feeling better for
it. By the way, Mike and Anna each took home close to $500.
There is another ‘Biggest Loser” program scheduled for fall
2010, and interest is running high.
Rose Hennings Part of Business Curriculum Writers’ Team
Rose Hennings, ROP Entrepreneurship and Accounting instructor at
Los Alamitos High School, was asked to join the UC Curriculum
Integration Institute in order to integrate CTE with the
academic rigor of the University of California’s a-g curriculum.
She developed curriculum for a class entitled Business
Statistics, the subject of which is analyzing data to
forecast business trends. Students in the proposed class will
be able to build a successful business model and marketing plan
based on data collection. Congratulations, Rose.
Robert Albright Earns Master’s Degree
Robert Albright,
Masonry instructor,
has his own reason to celebrate as he adds the initials MA after
his name this summer. Robert earned his Master of Arts degree in
Education/Curriculum and Instruction at the University of
Phoenix. Congratulations, Robert.
“ I started in the Culinary Arts
because it was the fastest way to get my high school elective
credits. I soon started to enjoy cooking and wanted to learn
more. Now that I am done I want to get a job in the food
industry at entry level and work my way up. I will take what
I’ve learned from here and use it.”
