Spring seems to get a head start in Southern California, especially this year, as our hillsides come alive in emerald green and trees burst forth in blossom. Mother Nature is echoed on our Fairmont campuses where students and teachers have been hard at work putting on an extraordinary show of their talents for our annual Open House events. As spectacular as they are, Fairmont's Open Houses aren't the only activities worth mentioning this spring.
In early February, eleven year-old Beverly Duan, a fifth grader at the Mable Campus, appeared on the new Nick, Jr. program Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. Beverly provides the voice for "Lulu," a happy, six-year-old pink rhino. The show targets preschoolers ages two through five and is designed to promote multicultural understanding and bilingualism. "I like my character very much. She's really adorable," Beverly says. "I think it's really great because kids can learn another language besides Spanish." Beverly was featured in an Orange County Register article and has also appeared in write-ups by the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Read more about Beverly by clicking here.
On February 22, 2008, The Orange County Environmental Health Division proudly presented Fairmont Schools the Award of Excellence in recognition of our excellence in food safety and sanitation practices. The Award of Excellence Program was implemented in 1999 in an effort to encourage food establishments to strive for excellence in food safety and sanitation practices, and to recognize those who succeed. Award recipients included those establishments meeting eligibility as determined by a review of the establishment's inspection reports for 2007. The inspection reports from Fairmont indicate that the food handling practices and overall sanitation of food service facilities were outstanding in 2007. Fairmont continues to partner with Nutrition Management Services, Inc. in providing wholesome, hot meals for our students. New on-site management will be working to improve communication and accounting practices in order to better serve parents and students.
Hundreds of sixth grade pentathletes from all across Orange County will descend on the Anaheim Hills campus Saturday, March 8 for the annual scrimmage that precedes the OC Academic Pentathlon competition in May. The campus is honored to have been chosen to host the scrimmage this year and looks forward to hosting the event next year in the expanded Junior High facilities. Fairmont has an amazing history of first place wins in the OC Academic Pentathlon in 6th, 7th and 8th grades, and we wish all of our teams the best this year.
And speaking of Anaheim Hills, work continues on the new junior high annex. As walls go up, the space is looking more and more like the amazing home for the growing program that everyone had envisioned. The new junior high expansion is scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2008/2009 school year.
Finally, Fairmont's marketing and communications department is experiencing its own "rebirth" this spring. I will be taking a maternity leave of absence starting this month. Courtney Harritt and Bob Tran will be filling in for me during this time, so please contact them if you should have any questions or news updates.
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