Articles 2002
Muzslay, Leigh. "Students see their films on big screen" Daily Press [Victorville, CA]
12 March 2002
Nervous excitement and the smell of buttered popcorn hung in the air as Jerrold Ridenour introduced the second High Desert Film Festival on Monday. He seemed to speak for the entire theater as he jumped up and down waving his arms and called to the projection booth, "Start it."
Muzslay, Leigh. "Educator named top administrator" Daily Press [Victorville, CA]18 March 2002
The California Network for Educational Charters presented Rick Piercy, the president and CEO of the Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, with "The Hart Vision Award for Outstanding Charter School Administrator" Thursday night in San Francisco.
Peinado, Mark. "AAE rapidly improves" Daily Press [Victorville, CA]17 May 2002
Up until this past prep season, the words "Academy of Academic Excellence" rarely if ever graced the pages of the Daily Press sports section. The Knights were unaffiliated and their neophyte sports programs had experienced little, if any, successes. But that has all changed with the influx of talent to the charter school in Apple Valley.
Berg, Emily. "Charter school makes switch" Daily Press [Victorville, CA]5 Oct. 2002
The Academy for Academic Excellence at the Lewis Center for Educational Research built its name on a program that mixed home schooling with innovative in-classroom teaching. But in August, the science-focused charter school started a new year with a new education program requiring most students to be in the classroom full time. While some parents still prefer the freedom of independent study, most chose to conform. Only 16 percent remain on the combined classroom and home schooling or hybrid program.
Kellogg, Stuart. "Lest we forget" Daily Press [Victorville, CA]Nov. 2002
According to Kate O'Rourke, screenwriter for the project, the idea for a documentary was born with the death of Eva Conrad, who edited the Apple Valley News from 1950 to 1983 and later wrote for the Senior News. Conrad's sharp memory and salty sense of humor had long been a godsend to local historians.