Chaparral Elementary School Principal Lori Kerns is swarmed by students after offering to play one of them in a friendly game of tetherball during recess. Ms. Kerns has been principal at the school for the past 4½ years.
(Editor’s note: the following is an on-going series about the principals in our school system.)
From the office to the playground. From the playground to the classroom. From the classroom to the lunch area and everywhere in between.
At Chaparral Elementary School, one will never find Chaparral Principal Lori Kerns in one place for long but instead will find her in perpetual motion and the principal prefers it that way.
“There’s never a dull moment,” Ms. Kerns said. “I never look at the clock wondering if time would go faster. There’s never been two days identical. Each day everything is new.
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But 76% believe no local risk.
Personal politics play a major role in the way the Inland Empire looks at the threat of terrorism.
That’s a key finding in Cal Poly Pomona’s annual lifestyle survey.
The survey of 1,022 people in San Bernardino and Riverside counties as well as parts of Los Angeles County provides a quality-of-life snapshot – and the threat of terrorism was a major topic.
“Residents of the Inland Empire generally felt that threat of terrorist attack in the United States was about the same as the previous year,” said Stacy McGoldrick, associate professor of sociology at Cal Poly Pomona.
Slightly more than 28 percent of those surveyed said they believe they were less safe, while less than 20 percent believe they are safer.
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Take a break from the iPods, smart phones and remote control! We’re having a read-in!
The Pomona Big Read will take place from Oct. 13 through Dec. 1 and features the coming-of-age novel Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya.
The kick-off event includes a reading by ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist Gustavo Arellano, who considers Bless Me, Ultima one of the formative books in his life. Arellano will also discuss his new book, which shares the name of his irreverent, nationally syndicated column, ¡Ask a Mexican!
Following the event, the Pomona Big Read will sponsor an opening reception for the Chicano/Latino artists featured in the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center art gallery exhibit Blurring the Line Atzlan 07. In addition, sign-ups for Bless Me, Ultima reading groups will take place, along with the distribution of free reading guides.
The kick-off will be Oct. 13 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, 300 W. Second St. in Pomonas Arts Colony.
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