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organize to decrease trash and debris on
their campus, and find solutions to help
children in Africa obtain clean drinking
water.
• Lexington Junior High School in
Orange County, where every eighth grader
A full list of the 2019 Civic Learning
Award recipients:
Excellence
Flora Vista Elementary School;
Lexington Junior High School; Cypress
High School.
Distinction
Willard Elementary School; La Costa
Heights Elementary School; Santiago
Charter Middle School; South Junior High
School; Savanna High School; Pacific High
School.
Merit
Roses in Concrete Community School;
Amador High School; Pleasant Valley
High School; Red Bank Elementary
School; Cooper Academy; Freedom
Elementary School; Jefferson Elementary
completes a project through which they
learn about bias, study political propaganda,
and participate in a mock election.
• Cypress High School in Orange
County, where students research and pres-
ent a TED-style talk on a public issue, such
as the vaccine debate. To prepare, students
gather and evaluate evidence on all sides,
interact with the community, and analyze related policy.
In addition to the Awards of Excellence,
six schools received Awards of Distinction,
and 83 schools received Awards of Merit.
Launched at the Civic Learning California
Summit in 2013, the awards have recognized
more than 300 schools.
More information on the Civic Education
Initiative is on the CDE’s Civic Education web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/
in/civicedinitiative.asp.
School; Tarpey Elementary School; Quail
Lake Charter School; Oraze Elementary
School; Cole Elementary School; Dailey
Elementary Charter School; Garfield
Elementary School; Kastner Intermediate
School; Maple Creek Elementary School;
Century Elementary School; Virginia R.
Boris Elementary; Fortuna Middle School;
Orangewood Elementary School.
Sparks Middle School; Sunset
Elementary and O.H. School; Culver City
High School; Bellflower High School;
Merlinda Elementary School; Monte Vista
Elementary School; Merced Elementary
School; Julia B. Morrison Elementary
School; Thomas Jefferson Elementary
School; Vine Elementary School; Wescove
Elementary School; California Elementary
School; Cameron Elementary School;
Walnut Grove Intermediate School;
Edgewood High School; Redondo Union High School; Ánimo Pat Brown Charter
High School; Hollencrest Middle School;
Wittmann Elementary School; Goddard
Middle School.
Los Angeles Senior High School;
Evergreen Elementary School; Sierra Vista
Middle School; Pomelo Community Charter
School; Alhambra High School; El Segundo
High School; Carmenita Middle School;
Willits Charter School; Carmel High
School; Vista Verde Middle School; Buena
Vista Middle School; Brookhurst Junior
High School; Oxford Academy; George B.
Miller Elementary School; John R. Peterson
Elementary School; Walker Junior High
School; Trabuco Mesa Elementary School;
Dale Junior High School; Doig Intermediate
School.
Fairhaven Elementary School; Bolsa
Grande High School; Santa Ana High
School; Laguna Beach High School; Barbara Chilton Middle School; Carlin C. Coppin
Elementary; James Madison Elementary;
Rio Americano High School; Anzar
High School; El Camino Elementary
School; Sultana Sports & Science
Academy; Colony High School; Vanguard
Leadership Academy; Rancho Buena
Vista High School
Crawford High School; De Portola
Middle School; Del Lago Academy,
Campus of Applied Sciences; Liberty
Charter High School; Kairos Public
Schools Vacaville Academy; Joseph A.
Gregori High School; Royal High School;
Hollow Hills Fundamental School;
Madera Elementary School; Adolfo
Camarillo High School; Sinaloa Middle
School.
Tips on civic engagement and more can be
found on the ACSA Resource Hub at content.
acsa.org.
A complete list of the honored schools is
below.
California Distinguished Schools list as announced by CDE
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tony Thurmond announced the California
Distinguished Schools and Districts recently.
The following is a complete list of the honorees.
Alameda USD: Alameda Science and
Technology Institute; Dublin USD: Dublin
High, Eleanor Murray Fallon; Fremont
USD: American High, John F. Kennedy
High, Mission San Jose High, William
Hopkins Junior High; Livermore Valley
Joint USD: Livermore High; Oakland
USD: Claremont Middle School; Piedmont
City USD: Piedmont Middle School;
Pleasanton USD: Foothill High.
San Lorenzo USD: KIPP King
Collegiate High, KIPP Summit Academy
Durham USD: Durham High; Paradise
USD: Paradise Charter Middle School;
Acalanes Union HSD: Miramonte High;
Mt. Diablo USD: Foothill Middle School;
San Ramon Valley USD: California High,
Los Cerros Middle School, Pine Valley
Middle School, Windemere Ranch Middle
School; West Contra Costa USD: Middle
School College High.
Rescue Union ESD: Marina Village
Middle School; Clovis USD: Granite Ridge
Intermediate; Fresno USD: Baird Middle
School, Design Science Middle College
High; Imperial USD: Frank M. Wright
Middle School; Delano Joint Union HSD:
Cesar E. Chavez High, Delano High;
Rosedale Union ESD: Rosedale Middle
School; Lemoore Union HSD: Lemoore
Middle School College High.
ABC USD: Cerritos High, Whitney
(Gretchen) High; Alhambra USD: Mark
Keppel High; Antelope Valley Union HSD:
SOAR High (Students On Academic
Rise); El Segundo USD: El Segundo
High; Glendale USD: Anderson W. Clark
Magnet High, Crescenta Valley High,
Rosemont Middle School; Hawthorne SD:
Hawthorne Math and Science Academy;
Hermosa Beach City ESD: Hermosa Valley
Elementary; Lancaster ESD: Fulton and
Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering;
Long Beach USD: Helen Keller Middle
School; Los Angeles COE: International
Polytechnic High.
Los Angeles USD: Alfred B. Nobel
Charter Middle School, Alliance Judy
Ivie Burton Technology Academy High,
Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and
Science, Alliance Patti And Peter Neuwirth
Leadership Academy, Downtown Business
High, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet
High, George Ellery Hale Charter Academy,
Granada Hills Charter High, High Tech LA,
James A. Garfield Senior High, James Jordan
Middle School, KIPP Los Angeles College
Preparatory, Linda Esperanza Marquez
High B LIBRA Academy, Middle School
College High, PUC Lakeview Charter High,
Renaissance Arts Academy, Sherman Oaks
Center for Enriched Studies.
Rowland USD: John A. Rowland High;
San Marino USD: San Marino High; SBE
– New West Charter: New West Charter;
Temple City USD: Temple City High;
Torrance USD: Casimir Middle School, J.
H. Hull Middle School, West High; Walnut
Valley USD: South Pointe Middle School;
William S. Hart Union HSD: Rancho Pico
Junior High, Valencia High.
Ukiah USD: Redwood Academy of Ukiah;
Mammoth USD: Mammoth Middle School;
Carmel USD: Carmel High, Carmel Middle
School; Anaheim Union HSD: Lexington
Junior High, Oxford Academy; Capistrano
USD: Bernice Ayer Middle School, Carl
Hankey Middle School; Fountain Valley
ESD: Fulton (Harry C.) Middle School,
Masuda (Kazuo) Middle School, Talbert
(Samuel E.) Middle School; Fullerton Joint
Union HSD: Sunny Hills High; Garden
Grove USD: Bolsa Grande High, Garden
Grove High, Pacifica High.
Huntington Beach City ESD: Ethel
Dwyer Middle School, Isaac L. Sowers
Middle School; Huntington Beach Union
HSD: Edison High, Marina High; Irvine
USD: Irvine High, Rancho San Joaquin
Middle School, Sierra Vista Middle
School, Woodbridge High; Laguna Beach
USD: Thurston Middle School; Newport-
Mesa USD: Early College High; Ocean
View SD: Mesa View Middle School;
Placentia-Yorba Linda USD: Yorba Linda
Middle School; Santa Ana USD: Nova
Academy.
Tustin USD: Arnold O. Beckman
High; Placer Hills Union ESD: Weimar
Hills; Roseville City ESD: Robert C.
Cooley Middle School; Tahoe-Truckee
USD: North Tahoe High; Western
Placer USD: Twelve Bridges Middle
School; Corona-Norco USD: Corona
Fundamental Intermediate; Hemet USD:
Western Center Academy; Nuview Union
SD: Nuview Bridge Early College High;
Riverside USD: Riverside Virtual; San
Jacinto USD: San Jacinto Leadership
Academy – Magnet.
Elk Grove USD: Pleasant Grove High;
Natomas USD: Natomas Pacific Pathways
See HONOREES, page 6
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