{"id":41400,"date":"2013-08-08T17:33:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T00:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=41400"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:08:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T21:08:28","slug":"ribbon-cutting-opens-new-anaverde-hills-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/08\/08\/ribbon-cutting-opens-new-anaverde-hills-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon cutting opens new Anaverde Hills School"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"(Photo<\/a>
(Photo by TOM LLEWELLYN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Representatives from Anaverde Hills School, Westside Union School District, the City of Palmdale, and Anaverde Hills HOA cut the ribbon Thursday morning to signal the opening of the new Anaverde Hills School campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Anaverde Hills community has eagerly awaited a school of their own, so it\u2019s a really exciting event,\u201d said Principal Kristin Gellinck-Frye.<\/p>\n

The concept for the new campus was laid out about 20 years ago, but the realization of that concept was stalled by many factors, including the housing collapse, according to Westide Union School District officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken a lot of work from community stakeholders \u2013 the [Anaverde Hills Homeowners Association] HOA, the school district, the city,\u201d Gellinck-Frye said. \u201cEverybody worked to put this school campus here in Anaverde Hills, and the community is super excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new campus is home to more than 400 students from grades K-7 this year. It will expand to include eighth-grade students in 2014, Gellinck-Frye said.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s motto is \u201cA STEP above the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gellinck-Frye explained how the school came up with its motto:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018A\u2019 stands for AVID, which is a college readiness and academic program school wide; the \u2018S\u2019 stands for science, we have a science lab on campus for all of our students; the \u2018T\u2019 stands for technology, we have SMART boards in every classroom and we\u2019ll have iPad use and student interactive systems; the \u2018E\u2019 stands for exploration through the curriculum, including the humanities; and the \u2018P\u2019 stands for project-based learning,\u201d Gellinck-Frye said.<\/p>\n

The new school also has many extracurricular programs, including ballroom dancing, a robotics team, Mathletes and sports teams.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most important for the eager students is the school\u2019s location. At 2902 Greenbrier Street in Palmdale, the new school is right in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have to be bused anymore, it\u2019s a walk to school,\u201d Gellinck-Frye said, \u201cand that\u2019s a huge benefit for this community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous relates story: Anaverde Hills gets its neighborhood school<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 Representatives from Anaverde Hills School, Westside Union School District, the City of Palmdale, and Anaverde Hills HOA cut the ribbon Thursday morning to signal the opening of the new Anaverde Hills School campus. \u201cThe Anaverde Hills community has eagerly awaited a school of their own, so it\u2019s a really exciting event,\u201d said Principal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41401,"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":[29,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41400"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}