{"id":34735,"date":"2013-04-12T19:11:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T02:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=34735"},"modified":"2013-07-23T18:16:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T01:16:46","slug":"6th-grade-engineering-program-prepares-students-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/12\/6th-grade-engineering-program-prepares-students-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"6th grade engineering program prepares students for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hillview<\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley parents wanting to send their 6th grade students through a groundbreaking engineering program are encouraged to consider the Hillview Middle School 6th Grade Honors Academy.<\/p>\n

A parent information meeting for this program will be held at the school cafeteria at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at 40525 Peonza Lane in Palmdale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fifth graders in the Antelope Valley who meet the standards may apply for the academy, regardless of where they live. Applications for the 2013-14 school year must be turned in to the District office by 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. Eligibility for the academy requires at least a 3.0 GPA during 5th grade and \u2018Proficient\u2019 or \u2018Advanced\u2019 on 4th grade STAR, English Language Arts and Math Test.<\/p>\n

The honors academy opened its doors in the fall of 2012 to 100 6th graders from around the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

\"Hillview<\/a>The first year included a comprehensive engineering program that allowed students to work on building projects and study career opportunities in the industry.\u00a0 Engineers from Lockheed Martin visited students throughout the year, guiding them toward a future career path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exploratory program provided to our 6th graders is unmatched in the Antelope Valley,\u201d says Rob Garza, principal of Hillview Middle School.\u00a0 \u201cThese students reach a level of college preparation very rare among their age group.\u00a0 Our engineering introduction program prepares students for anything.\u00a0 By studying engineering, they learn to invent, innovate and improve existing programs in whatever field they do choose.\u201d<\/p>\n

The honors academy also includes programs like Project Lead the Way, Mathletes and AVID.<\/p>\n

Advanced study programs and subjects include Advanced Algebra, Lego Robotics, Science Olympiad and Honors Language\/Honors History. Students accepted can also participate in all other school programs including athletics, drama and extracurricular clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWestside continues to provide excellence in everything we do for our students through programs like Hillview\u2019s 6th Grade Honors Academy,\u201d says Regina Rossall, Superintendent of Westside Union School District.\u00a0 \u201cThis rigorous program prepares our students for any field they choose to pursue in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information or to pick up an application, call the District office at 661-723-0716.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley parents wanting to send their 6th grade students through a groundbreaking engineering program are encouraged to consider the Hillview Middle School 6th Grade Honors Academy. A parent information meeting for this program will be held at the school cafeteria at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at 40525 Peonza Lane in Palmdale. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}