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Local District 8
Local District 8 supports the learning communities of Banning, Carson, Gardena, Narbonne, San Pedro, and Washington Complex Schools.
Local District Offices:
1208 Magnolia Ave.
Gardena, CA 90247
Phone: (310) 354-3400
FAX: (310) 532-4674
Map of Local District 8 here.
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GEAR-UP
GEAR-UP Brouchure here
posted October 2007

Future LAUSD Portal Website planning information here
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LAUSD HippoCampus
Secondary Students, Teachers, Parents, Tutors!
A project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE).
Use HippoCampus to access audio and video tutorials.
Select method of access by course, textbook page, or CA Standard.
Not found at t his time are Language Arts texts.
http://www.hippocampus.org/myHippo/?user=myLAUSD
FlashPlayer 7.0 or higher needed.
QuickTime 6 or higher needed for Environmental Science.
More user requirements and information here.
View online demonstration versions of courses provided by MITE here.
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RevolutionPrep CAHSEE Support
High School students using RevolutionPrep achieve a higher rate of success passing the CAHSEE exam compared to students not participating in a CAHSEE tutorial. RevolutionPrep is provided through Beyond The Bell for High School Juniors and Seniors who need assistance. One account is available for a student until the CAHSEE is passed - this includes attending Adult School. Some schools are providing RevolutionPrep accounts for Freshmen and Sophmores.
Local Distrct 8 Option Schools' Mathematics teachers can expect an optortunity for training with ReolvutionPrep during the 2008-2009 school year.
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GEAR-UP Portal Web Template
last change Feb. 21, 2007

A LAUSD created web portal may be developed. The first planning meeting was done on Feb. 21, 2007.

A second meeting is planned for March __, 2007.

A starting point for a navigation bar and flow chart is listed below:

Home
About GEAR-UP > Summary > Q&A
Announcements >
current > archive
Calendars

Schools > Curtiss > Caroldale > Carnegie > White > Carson
Grades ??
Content 6 > 7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > 11 > 12 Math & Science on each >District Instructional Guides
Students
Parents
Teachers (no teacher editable pages will be available)
Tutors (recruitment information - college contact info - application > meeting schedules > CSUDH Teacher support programs
Higher Education (links for students and parents)
Afer School Programs past and future
Field Trips (past and future)
Summer Camp (past and future)
Contact Information (LAUSD and college contacts)
Governance (meeting info ???)
Special Programs > MESA > AVID
LAVA

Partners
Evaluations


Example pages (some are not in the Portal)
Calendar: Secondary Math
Horizontal Nav Bar: AEMP
Instructional Guides: Secondary Math
interesting apearance:
Adult Instruction,
Art Instruction
Beyond The Bell
Early Childhood Ed
Special Education
Teach In LA

Offices

Possible Projects

Future Cities Competition
An anual competition using an older version of SimCity.
http://www.futurecity.org/

Regional Competition Information to be posted November, 2007 here.
Details in the center column here

Animation
See ACME Animation Project notes for high school students (and a few middle schools) notes in lower center column here.
Local schools involved with ACME:

- San Pedro HS

Robotics

Virtual Manipulatives
Gizmos - used at most EETT Grant Middle Schools
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Local 8 Small Learning Communities
A list soon.

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Highlight on LAUSD's "Digital Library"
The LAUSD Digital Library provides links to free and subscription* resources. One of many resources is the subscription site "Thomson Gale ". It provides a plethora of information including: opposing views, history reference, Literature, Science, history, and more.

*within the LAUSD Internet firewall at school and office sites

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