PBVUSD town hall seeks input on superintendent search
By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
The Panama-Buena Vista Union School District will hold a town meeting to discuss the traits, skills, abilities and experience desired in a new superintendent at 6 p.m. March 15 in the multipurpose room at Tevis Junior High School, 3901 Pin Oak Park Blvd.
Current Superintendent Kip Hearron is retiring at the end of the school year.
The PBVUSD school board has selected Dave Long & Associates Executive Search Services to help find a successor. The consultants are hosting the meeting.
Anyone unable to attend the forum may submit questionnaires available at district schools and the PBVUSD district office, 4200 Ashe Road, or email the consultants at glfausett@gmail.com or jcondon00@gmail.com. Deadline to submit comments is March 15.
The Panama-Buena Vista Union School District and The Parent Institute will present a free workshop on "How to Make the Transition from third to fourth grade" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 19 at Loudon Elementary School multipurpose room, 4000 Loudon St.
Child care is available for children ages 3-12. Space is limited.
Call 831-8331 ext. 6151 for more information.
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools office has announced winners of the 30th annual Kern County History Day, held March 2 at the Larry E. Reider Educational Center.
History Day encourages students to explore a historical subject related to a yearly theme. This year's theme was "Turning Points in History."
Winners in each of six categories are eligible to participate in the History Day state finals April 26 and 27 in Sacramento. State winners can advance to the National History Day competition to be held in June in Maryland.
The winners were:
SENIOR DIVISION (Grades 9-12)
Individual Documentary:
Grace Moore / Centennial High School -- Split at the 38th Parallel: A Turning Point for the Korean Peninsula
Individual Performance:
Manooshree Patel / Stockdale High School -- A Turning Point in History: The Tuskegee Airmen
Historical Paper:
Brooke Richter / Liberty High School -- The Creation of Israel: The Turning Point that Fueled the Fires of the Middle East
JUNIOR DIVISION (Grades 4-8)
Group Performance:
Miguel Vargas, Sadie Armijo, Stevie McNabb, Jake Beardsley & Dylan Pearson / Chipman Junior High -- No Turning Back
McKall Henrie, Taylor Urner & Reiley Pike / Thorner Elementary -- A Right to be a Child
Individual Performance:
Cassidy Porter / Fruitvale Junior High -- The Story Never Dies
Madeline Abernathy / Country Christian -- The Berlin Wall
Group Documentary:
Jaime Morena & Alejandro Quirino / Mountain View Middle -- Turning Points in American Educational History: Mendez vs. Westminster
Sahil Alim, Philip Felizarta & Aaron McKenzie / Earl Warren Junior High -- The Fall of the Stock Market in 1929: An Important Turning Point into the Great Depression
Individual Documentary:
Jessica Jensen / Endeavour Elementary -- Apple and the Personal Computer: An Insanely Great Turning Point
Elli Cunanan / Fruitvale Junior High -- Wage Earners Organize: Turning Points in History of Labor Unions
Group Exhibit:
Caitlyn Richter & Kaitlyn Moss / Fruitvale Junior High -- Black Gold -- First American Oil Strike Launches Petroleum Industry and Transforms the World
Vedant Vaidya & Michael Lynch / Earl Warren Junior High -- Apollo 11 to the Moon
Individual Exhibit:
Christopher Martinez / Mountain View Middle -- Dust Bowl Migration Reformation
Caleb Garcia / Chipman Junior High -- Black Rains, Blinding Skies
Group Web Site:
Mitchell Caughron & Jonathan Hakker / Chipman Junior High -- Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse: A Turning Point in Animation and Family Entertainment
Roy Valdez, Lucas Giumarra, Isaac Quiroz & Donte Davis / Thorner Elementary -- FDR's Alphabet Soup: New Deal America
Individual Web Site:
Niteesh Kuchakulla / Earl Warren Junior High -- Creation of the Internet: Start of the Digital Age
Sumanth Dara / Earl Warren Junior High -- The Real Mother
Historical Paper:
Reena Somani / Earl Warren Junior High -- The Rise and Fall of the Iron Curtain
Ariana Almaraz / Thorner Elementary -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Awakening of an Electorate
Group 2-D Display (4-5 grade only):
Jacob Cook, Dailyn Grills, Carson Peters & Malachi Maguregui / Highland Elementary -- Triangle Factory Fire: From the Ashes Rises a Safer Tomorrow
Sandra Foxx, Javier Navarro, Caleb Enos, River Swallow & Charley Briggs / Highland Elementary -- Hoover Dam: Rise of Power in the West
Individual 2-D Display (4-5 grade only):
Kimberly Jensen / Endeavour Elementary -- Two Steves, A Case of Cream Soda, and aTurning Point in History
Lauren Bittle / Endeavour Elementary -- Paws of Loyalty.
-- Courtenay Edelhart, Californian staff
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