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Burbank Unified Teacher of the Year: 'I think forever I wanted to be a teacher'
It takes Dorothy Hernandez at least five minutes to walk through Washington Elementary’s school yard to reach Room 29 where she teaches third grade. In what would normally be a two-minute walk, the delay is in all the students lining up for hugs...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Burbank teachers get anti-bullying training
Students snickering at their gay classmates. Others picking on students with special needs. Shoving. Racially charged jokes. One by one, teachers at an anti-bullying training session in Burbank this week raised their hands to relay stories of their own...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Racism, Students, Labor Legislation
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Burbank teachers participate in anti-bullying training, L.A. Dept. of Water and Power approves rate increase
Good morning, readers. Today is Monday, September 17. Teachers in Burbank learned that bullying is more than just “kids being kids.” The California Teachers Assn. hosted the first district-wide, anti-bullying training for Burbank Unified...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown
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Burbank Unified looks to move ahead with school bond
Fifteen years after Burbank voters overwhelmingly passed a $112.5-million school bond, it appears they are ready for an encore. A survey commissioned by Burbank Unified shows support for a proposed $110-million bond extension — which would fund...Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Voting, PTA, Jerry Brown
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Burbank Unified kicks off new school year, teacher training
School is back in session for Burbank Unified. At Burroughs High School on Monday morning, teachers prepared to welcome roughly 2,650 students. In the quad, where posters advertised the Back to School Picnic on Aug. 24 and the Sept. 15 talent show,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Service Clubs: mayor's cup golf tournament and outstanding educators
Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis The 15th Annual Mayors’ Cup Golf Tournament hosted by the Burbank Sunrise Kiwanis was held on April 27 and it went very well. Former and current city of Burbank Mayors and all their golf playing friends, as well as our...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Bret Harte, John Burroughs, Sports, Golf
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Patt Morrison: Burbank's Rebecca Mieliwocki on what makes a great teacher
The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank — but not next year. Instead, she'll be on the road as the National...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elizabeth Taylor, Teaching and Learning, Education, White House
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Rebecca Mieliwocki lauded as Teacher of the Year
Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki — the 2012 national Teacher of the Year — “the definition of ‘above and beyond.'” Mieliwocki, a Glendale...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, White House, Adam Schiff, Los Angeles Times, Facebook
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Burbank instructor among final four for National Teacher of the Year
Burbank Unified teacher and longtime Glendale resident Rebecca Mieliwocki was named Thursday as one of four finalists for the 2012 National Teacher of the Year award.
“I have been led by some remarkable people, teachers and administrators alike,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, Teaching and Learning
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Gov. Jerry Brown goes over budget with Burbank educators
Just hours after delivering the state of the state address in Sacramento, Gov. Jerry Brown brought his message to Burbank Wednesday, meeting with several dozen local educators at Bret Harte Elementary School to discuss how his budget proposal would affect...Tags: Elementary Schools, Schools, Regional Authority, Bret Harte, Education
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Educators featured in college exhibit
The definition of art has become so elastic since the early 20th century as to allow for alternatives within the traditional genres of painting, literature and sculpture, expressions which reflect contemporary environment and culture. The current...Tags: Arts, IKEA, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Science
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Changing lives in Botswana
The phrase "life-changing experience" has a new meaning for two Burbank High School teachers. Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, has been a sister city of Burbank since 1975 after the request of a former city mayor, but there has never been an official...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Internists, John Burroughs, Japan
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