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Hermosa Beach City schools celebrate end of year with field days, cultural assemblies, bike rodeo and eighth‑grade promotions
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Wilds reported on a busy end of the school year at district schools, highlighting field days, concerts, cultural assemblies, a bike rodeo, honor roll recognition for about 300 middle school students and the promotion of nearly 160 eighth graders.
Superintendent Dr. Wilds reported that Hermosa Beach City schools closed the year with a series of celebratory events, including field days, concerts and jazz band performances, cultural assemblies, a bike rodeo and the promotion of nearly 160 eighth graders, she said during the meeting (date not specified).
The superintendent summarized activities at the district’s elementary and middle schools: field days at View (preschool and first grade) and Vista (second through fourth grades) featuring tug‑of‑war, sack races and other games; a Vista bike rodeo run by SafeMove and funded by the PTA/PTO; cultural assemblies (an Indian cultural assembly at Vista presented by partner Star Education and a Japanese assembly at View); third‑and‑eighth‑grade paired book celebrations; spring concerts and jazz band performances led by Dr. Clements; and a middle‑school honor roll breakfast recognizing roughly 300 students who earned a 3.5 grade‑point average or higher.
Dr. Wilds credited district parent organizations — HBEF and HVPTO — and staff for supporting the events. She said substitute teacher Mr. Ravi filled in while a staff member was on leave and that parents told staff they were grateful for the performances: “I just didn’t even know I needed this in my life right now,” the superintendent said she was told. The superintendent also thanked teachers and maintenance staff for turning spaces around quickly between events.
At the middle‑school honor roll breakfast, a teacher identified as Mr. Hart was quoted by the superintendent as saying the room was packed and joking, “maybe he gives out too many A’s,” as the district celebrated students who had earned high trimester grades. The superintendent said the district promoted nearly 160 eighth graders at an outdoor ceremony and thanked staff and parents for their efforts.
Why it matters: The events reflect the district’s end‑of‑year programming and community partnerships and provide context for the district’s student engagement and extracurricular activity levels as the summer begins.
The report included photo references and descriptions of the events and credited Star Education, SafeMove and parent organizations for program support; no costs for those programs were specified in the meeting transcript.
