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MILLIKAN
HIGH SCHOOL
2800 Snowden Avenue, Long Beach, California (562)
425-7441
http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/millikan/
May 20, 2005
Hello Millikan Family and
Friends,
The word busy doesn’t seem
to be appropriate to describe the last few weeks here at Robert A. Millikan
High School. After consulting my
thesaurus, I believe the word frenetic (feverishly excited, frenzied, frantic)
is the word that best fits the bill.
On Friday, May 20th
we had a dozen visitors from LAUSD who wanted to discuss many aspects of our
school. They stayed with us for nearly three hours. At that same time we had two Dance Concert Assemblies in the
auditorium for approximately 3000 of our students. In the afternoon we had two first round CIF games on
campus. Our Baseball and Softball
teams were engaged in games against formidable opponents. In the evening we then had an ROTC
Annual Awards Presentation in the cafeteria. We finished off the evening with a
third performance in the auditorium of the Dance Concert. Just think all of this happened in just
one day at Millikan. On top of all this we held classes as usual for all our
students.
I would like to thank the
Church of the Latter Day Saints for their community service to Millikan High
School. On Saturday, May 21st
the LDS visited Millikan with nearly 2000 volunteers. The volunteers cleaned, shined, washed, scraped, raked,
swept, moved, discarded, rearranged, sanded, painted and generally spruced up
our campus. Saturday was a beehive
of activity on campus and we are the benefactors of all their community
involvement. Thank you!
Tonight, Millikan students
are going to enjoy the Prom. This
year’s prom will be held at the Santa Ana Discovery Center. The Prom will start at 8:00 p.m. and
end at midnight. The planning for
the prom is intense, since it is one of the biggest social events in the young
lives of many our students. Ms.
Bari Stevens-Chapman, Activities Director, and her Associated Student Body
(ASB) worked very hard on this year’s prom and their efforts are very much
appreciated.
Once again, I would like
to offer my congratulation to both our Baseball Team and our Softball Team for
advancing to the next round of the playoffs. I will include a hyperlink to the Press Telegram article
regarding both victories.
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204%257E29360%257E2881000,00.html
I often get information
from many of my staff regarding student accomplishments. Ms. Cleo Brown, Attendance Clerk,
reports that 12th grader Andrew Sielen was selected to receive a
community service award from the Long Beach Police Dept. Andrew’s award was given on May 17th. Excellent job Andrew!
Ms. Susana Stumf,
Counselor, reports that 11th grader Rebecca Fisher will be
representing Millikan High School and the South Los Angeles County area in this
year’s California Junior Miss State Finals in July. Shannon Rosales, another Junior received the South Bay title
and will also compete in the Finals.
The program exists to recognize and reward young women who have
distinguished themselves at school and in their community with educational scholarships. If chosen, they will receive a $10,000
scholarship and go to compete for the national title.
Mr. Sean Martin, Auto Shop
Teacher, reports that the Millikan High School Automobile Troubleshooting Team
of Apolinar Gonzalez, Jesus Pulido Morales, Salvador Herrera, Kyle Cedarstaff,
and Shane Burson won first place overall in the 7th annual District wide
competition defeating rivals Lakewood(2nd), Poly(3rd), and Jordan(4th). This was our school’s first win at this
prestigous competition in 7 years. In addition Apolinar Gonzalez and Shane Burson
tied for first place overall in the individual competition. Individual winners
were awarded a 122 piece ratchet set from Craftsman Tools.
On Friday, April 22nd
the Millikan Special Education Department hosted their annual Special Education
Dance. This dance is a wonderful
event and is attended by special needs students from throughout the
District. The Special Ed
Department and the Art Department put a great deal of effort transforming the
cafeteria into a great dance party with excellent decorations, food, drink and
music.
This year’s Graduation
Ceremony will take place at Veterans’ Stadium on June 16th at 7:00
p.m. This is the second year that
the graduation ceremony has been held at Vets rather than in our football
stadium. The reason for this change
is so that we can host more guests of our student graduates. Best wishes to all our graduates.
Unfortunately, the Grad
Night party at Castle Park in Riverside was cancelled this year due to lack of
ticket sales. For the parents of
Seniors who are looking for a safe and sane way for their students to celebrate
this year’s graduation, Ms. Stevens-Chapman has arranged for transportation to
and tickets for Disneyland’s Grad Nite.
The cost of the event is $70.00 and this includes bus transportation and
admission to the park. Students
need a contract from the Activities Office, room 643. The contract and the cash only need to be returned to the
Banker’s Office to insure a place on the bus. Sometimes the students balk at the idea of a chaperoned
graduation activity, but as a parent I cannot think of a better way for them to
celebrate their accomplishment.
http://disneyyouthprograms.disney.go.com/disneyyouthprograms/programs/gradNiteHomePage
Best wishes,
Jeff
Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. -- Horace Mann 1796-1859, American Educator