AN APPLE FOR THE TEACHER.Byline: Erik Nelson Staff Writer When Jeremy Chung started teaching music at Lawrence Middle School Lawrence Middle School is a middle school in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. The school teaches students in grades 7 and 8. Lawrence Middle School's mascot is the cardinal. in 1995, 20 students were in the school band. Now there are 300, and they receive national honors at competitions around the country - most recently in Hawaii - and get invited to play at a school band showcase in Disneyland every year. ``He's a real inspiration to his kids,'' said Los Angeles Unified School Board member Valerie Fields, who recognized Chung on Wednesday as one of seven people who have helped improve schools in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Fields presented the seven with APPLE Awards at a ceremony at the Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and Museum. The acronym means Appreciation for People who Promote Learning Excellence. Other APPLE winners in the Valley were Pet Ferrin, a volunteer at Calvert Street School in Woodland Hills; Dell Goodman, a volunteer- turned-aide at Chatsworth High School; Norman M. Huberman, an instructor at West Valley Occupational Center; Jenny Lehr and Christine Wika, parent volunteers at Calabash calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental. Street School in Woodland Hills; and Aaron Yusem, a parent volunteer at El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. in Woodland Hills. Calvert Principal Shirley Grodsky described Ferrin as ``a wonderful lady'' who encouraged students to adopt rose bushes that grow in front of the school. Through their interest in pruning, watering and feeding the roses, students ``develop a pride and a love for the rose garden, the school and the community.'' Also at the center on Tuesday, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) awarded $339,000 to six Valley organizations and other groups in the Westside and South Bay to help pay for literacy and education programs. In the Valley, the GTE Foundation provided funding for Bookends, California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an Foundation, Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley, Pacoima Urban Village, Project GRAD Los Angeles for the northeast San Fernando Valley cluster, and the Rueff Family Foundation. |
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