The district is proud to announce that the new one-to-one initiative provided all 9th graders (approximately 1,500 students) with a brand-new Chromebook for use in school and at home. The initiative has a four-year rollout plan so that by the 2020-21 school year, all CVUHSD students will have their own Chromebook. Over 1,600 DLI surveys were completed by teachers, students, parents, administrators and staff to ensure stakeholder input and the results were 90% showed positive support for the program. The voter-approved local parcel tax funded the initiative, so there was no impact on the general fund, and it will save the district money in the long-run by phasing out textbooks.

Hawthorne engineering student, Alex Lopez, was tasked with a project for NASA during his time in their on-site internship program, NASA Hunch. Hawthorne is one of only forty schools nationwide participating in the manufacturing portion of the program. The Hawthorne High School of Engineering and Manufacturing (HHSME) along with industry partners and alumni, began working to create successful products that are capable of passing a rigorous inspection before being accepted as flight parts for the International Space Station (ISS). Lopez, along with a small group of engineering students and mentors from the industry, worked meticulously to create 10 flight parts. All 10 of Lopez's parts passed the NASA inspection and have been accepted as flight parts that are now in the process of being assembled as part of a Hand Rail System that will be flying to the ISS in a future mission. As a result of Lopez’s hard work and ensuring his parts exceeded expectations, HHSME has the pleasure to announce that NASA has requested 50 additional parts!

Lawndale High School physics teacher, Ms. Maria Genota, was named Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Teacher of the Year. Genota was selected for her exemplary dedication, compelling classroom practices, positive accomplishments and professional commitment. LACOE selects the top 16 teachers out of the 72,000 teachers within the county. Genota prides herself on setting up programs that provide her physics students opportunities to meet and collaborate with engineers and implementing new strategies in her classroom.

CV is partnering with Sprint to give high-speed internet to our students who do not have access at home. As part of Sprint's 1Million Project, they are giving us 300 HotSpots with high-speed internet each year, for the next 5 years. We will distribute them to CV students who qualify, giving them free internet at home. Internet is a basic necessity for student success in the 21st century and we thank Sprint for this amazing opportunity!