Riverside County Office of Education

A new partnership between RCOE and the Cesar Chavez Foundation brings Expanded Digital Learning Summer Program to students from Coachella Valley and Palm Springs Unified School Districts, as well as the Riverside County Migrant Education Program (Programa Migrante Region VII). Supporting the Literacy by Fifth Grade Initiative (https://www.rcoe.us/literacy-by-5th-grade), Dr. Edwin Gomez, County Superintendent of Schools, said We are thrilled to collaborate with the Cesar Chavez foundation on this powerful digital learning program that enhances literacy." NEWS: https://www.rcoe.us/Home/Components/News/News/268/66

Have you seen the beautiful graduation photos gone viral of recent UC San Diego grad, and Indio High School alumna, Jennifer Rocha? This Desert Sun article shares more about this sociology major's family, and time spent working in the fields alongside her parents. As Jennifer explains it was "More than a high school job, it was her father's way of incentivizing her to pursue a better life." Teaching her to manage her time and prioritize her goals. Congratulations Jennifer Rocha! And to her proud parents whose sacrifice, hard work, and love for family made this accomplishment possible for Jennifer and her siblings, great job Juan and Angelica.

Great article from The Press-Enterprise highlighting Lake Elsinore Unified's "Let’s Talk" virtual mental health discussions started by Class of 2021 Lakeside High graduate Rowan Howell. #MentalHealthRivCo

Celebrating Freedom Day, Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. as well as African American freedom and achievements. Juneteenth is now a national holiday and students may have questions about what it is and why we celebrate it. As we kick off our RCOE Summer Journey with our first "Read With Me Weekend", here are some reading suggestions from WeAreTeachers to help us understand the history and significance of June 19, 1865.... Reading & Video Suggestions: https://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-juneteenth/

RCOE's Instructional Services team has a number of great videos available to assist teachers, coaches, and parents with reading foundations. Watch Dr. Molly McCabe in "Modeling Blending and Segmenting the Short 'a'" using Google Jamboard. Refer to Padlet for resources mentioned in this video: https://bit.ly/Padlet_Read-Focus... And check out more Instruction Services videos when you subscribe to their YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/RCOE_IS

During this National School Counseling Week, more than 400 regional K-12 school counselors met virtually for the Spring School Counselor Leadership Network. RCOE’s College and Career Readiness Unit and @rcecus provided inspiring keynote speakers and valuable breakout session to support our counselors that support our students and families everyday. This final day of #scln2021 they honored 20 of their colleagues named District Counselors of the Year in Riverside County. Here ...are some of their Words of Hope shared during the event. Thank You School Counselors! #RivCo #NSCW21

It’s that time of year again RCOE Student Event Season! This Saturday, January 30th, the 2021 Virtual Academic Decathlon competition will begin. Followed by six rounds of Mock Trial beginning on February 3rd with finals at the end of the month. Our Riverside County school districts, charter & private schools will begin the annual Science & Engineering Fair divisional competitions next week, leading to the countywide virtual competition starting on March 2nd, and awards cer...emonies March 15th & 16th. The County’s National History Day competition is up next with students submitting their papers, documentaries, websites, posters, exhibits, and performances towards the end of February, with Judging starting on March 4th and the virtual competition & viewing on March 11th. The final event of the season is Spelling Bee. The virtual competition will be held on March 23rd at 9 a.m. Good luck to all of our student competitors! You can read more about the individual county level competitions @ rcoe.us news site: http://bit.ly/RCOEstudentEvents2021

Congratulations to the Riverside County student winners of the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery 2021 Quest for Peace and Justice art contest. Middle School Awards: 1st place - Manha Shareef, Corona Fundamental Intermediate School 2nd place - Perla Alejo-Espinoza, Painted Hills Middle School... 3rd place - Lynn Chandler, River Springs Charter School Best of Show - Ryley Filburn, Painted Hills Middle School High School Awards: 1st place - Jennifer DeLeon, Palm Desert High School 2nd place - Ryan Zhang, Norco High School 3rd place - Alissa Guizar, Palm Desert High School Best of Show - Mason Loy, Empire Springs Charter School Watch the full video for "The Quest for Peace and Justice" virtual exhibit @ https://bit.ly/RivCoQ4PJart

Check out our new, virtual home! The just launched www.rcoe.us website has new and improved features including: Fresh design and visual appeal... Updated content from units and divisions Enhanced search capabilities "I Want To..." self-service tool Expanded drop-down menus Improved accessibility for all visitors Consistent design compatibility for mobile and desktop Prominent audience-specific entrances for educators, parents, students, and job seekers See more