Articles 2006
January
Losi, Gretchen. College bestows honors at annual gala. Daily Press [Victorville, CA] 29 January 2006
This year's Distinguished Service Education Award went to a kindergarten teacher at the Lewis Center in Apple Valley, Rebecca Kobold.
February
Thompson, Cheryl. Teacher of the month: Rebecca Kobold. Daily Press, Education Extra. [7 February 2006]
Kindergarten teacher from Apple Valley is honored at VVC Hall of Fame.
Ardenski, Kay. Local businesses sponsor covered wagons for local history adventure. Daily Press [Apple Valley, CA] 7 Feburary 2006
Victor Valley businesses have ‘jumped on the wagon’ to supply third grade students the opportunity to experience the westward movement and learn about our local area history.
Ardenski, Kay. Haily, the riveter: Lewis Center aviation students learn through hands-on riveting. Education Extra/Daily Press [Apple Valley, CA] 28 February 2006
Haily Unferdorfer, a 6th grader from the Academy for Academic Excellence in Apple Valley learns how to make 3 different types of rivets used in aircraft construction. Haily is one of 25 students, ages 11 through 17, participating in the Aerospace Education Excellence Award (AEX) program at the Lewis Center for Educational Research.
March
AAE Second Grade Class. Letters to George. Education Extra/Daily Press [Apple Valley] 7 March 2006
Students from the Academy for Academic Excellence write to U.S. President George W. Bush after reading about him and Air Force 1 in the Scholastic Reader.
Dowd, Teresa. AAE students attend National Charter School Conference in Sacramento. [Apple Valley] 14 March 2006
On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, seven high school Student Ambassadors from the Academy for Academic Excellence (AAE) traveled to Scaramento to meet with their legislators at the State Capitol and to hear Governor Schwarzenegger speak at the 13th Annual California Charter School Conference.
Academy for Academic Excellence receives full 6-year accreditation. Community Brief, Daily Press [Apple Valley] 15 March 2006
Losi, Gretchen. Runners lace up: Students prepare for Los Angeles Marathon. Daily Press [Apple Valley] 18 March 2006
At least 12 students from the Academy for Academic Excellence will be among the expected 25,000 athletes from around the world competing in Sunday's 21st Los Angeles Marathon.
April
Thompson, Cheryl. Lewis Center Students Study Native Americans. Daily Press [Apple Valley] 18 April 2006
The third graders at the Academy for Academic Excellence charter school in Apple Valley have been studying Native American Tribes in the United States for the past four weeks. Each student chose a tribe to study and built a village representative of that tribe.