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Catholic educators meet to add religious dimension to Common Core standards
ARLINGTON, VA. — Kathy Barrantes and Carmen Vadillo, regional supervisors from the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, joined 30 Catholic educators representing a variety of educational disciplines June 20-23 in Alpharetta, Ga., to create templates to overlay Catholic values and morals on the curricula recommended by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Common Core is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The standards provide a clear and consistent framework of what students are expected to learn to prepare them for college and the workforce. The standards, which have been adopted by 46 states, will help ensure that students receive a high-quality education consistently, from school to school and state to state. Although private and Catholic schools are not obligated to adopt the standards, many have chosen to do so. The focus of the recent gathering was to consider the Common Core English language arts curriculum for grades K-8, and consider how to infuse Catholic historical tradition and values on the existing curriculum. The result was fully developed templates that may be used with the secular curriculum. The process does not envision revisions to textbooks, but will be an addition to the curriculum.
Good Shepherd Shelter named finalist in ‘Cars for Good’ program
LOS ANGELES — From among nearly 5,000 applicants, the Good Shepherd Shelter for Battered Women has been selected as one of 500 finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good, a program in which the automaker is awarding 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving nonprofit organizations. Five of the finalist organizations are profiled each day on Toyota’s Facebook page, at which time members of the public have the opportunity to select the nonprofit they feel will do the most good with a new vehicle. The nonprofit receiving the most votes at the end of the day will win a new Toyota; runners-up will each receive a $1,000 grant from Toyota. The day to vote for Good Shepherd Shelter (at www.100carsforgood.com) will be July 15, 7 a.m.-8:59 p.m. (PDT). For more information on Good Shepherd Shelter, visit www.GoodShepherdShelter.org.
Organist Houlihan performs at Cathedral
LOS ANGELES — Organist Christopher Houlihan will continue his six-city tour commemorating the life and works of French composer and organist Louis Vierne with two performances July 19 and 20, 7:30 p.m.at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Houlihan, acknowledged as one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists, will perform all six of Vierne’s major works for solo organ. The Cathedral is located at 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. A free-will offering with be accepted at the door. For information visit www.olacathedral.org or call (213) 680-5205.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Kathy Barrantes and Carmen Vadillo, regional supervisors from the Los Angeles Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, joined 30 Catholic educators representing a variety of educational disciplines June 20-23 in Alpharetta, Ga., to create templates to overlay Catholic values and morals on the curricula recommended by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Common Core is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The standards provide a clear and consistent framework of what students are expected to learn to prepare them for college and the workforce. The standards, which have been adopted by 46 states, will help ensure that students receive a high-quality education consistently, from school to school and state to state. Although private and Catholic schools are not obligated to adopt the standards, many have chosen to do so. The focus of the recent gathering was to consider the Common Core English language arts curriculum for grades K-8, and consider how to infuse Catholic historical tradition and values on the existing curriculum. The result was fully developed templates that may be used with the secular curriculum. The process does not envision revisions to textbooks, but will be an addition to the curriculum.
Good Shepherd Shelter named finalist in ‘Cars for Good’ program
LOS ANGELES — From among nearly 5,000 applicants, the Good Shepherd Shelter for Battered Women has been selected as one of 500 finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good, a program in which the automaker is awarding 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving nonprofit organizations. Five of the finalist organizations are profiled each day on Toyota’s Facebook page, at which time members of the public have the opportunity to select the nonprofit they feel will do the most good with a new vehicle. The nonprofit receiving the most votes at the end of the day will win a new Toyota; runners-up will each receive a $1,000 grant from Toyota. The day to vote for Good Shepherd Shelter (at www.100carsforgood.com) will be July 15, 7 a.m.-8:59 p.m. (PDT). For more information on Good Shepherd Shelter, visit www.GoodShepherdShelter.org.
Organist Houlihan performs at Cathedral
LOS ANGELES — Organist Christopher Houlihan will continue his six-city tour commemorating the life and works of French composer and organist Louis Vierne with two performances July 19 and 20, 7:30 p.m.at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Houlihan, acknowledged as one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists, will perform all six of Vierne’s major works for solo organ. The Cathedral is located at 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles. A free-will offering with be accepted at the door. For information visit www.olacathedral.org or call (213) 680-5205.
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