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Hopkinson students and principal highlight instruction and community supports at Los Alamitos Unified board meeting
Summary
Students from Hopkinson Elementary led the pledge and described school activities while Principal Jason Farver told the board that campus supports, PTA partnerships and benchmark data show student growth; the board recessed for photos before returning to business.
At a Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education meeting held at Hopkinson Elementary, students led the Pledge of Allegiance and several fifth graders described the school’s classroom experiences and community programs.
Jason Farver, principal of Hopkinson Elementary, told the board he is “proud to continue serving to our Hopkinson Huskies, their teachers, and all of our families as principal,” and outlined instructional practices the site uses, including district-approved curriculum, targeted intervention through small groups, and regular use of benchmark data (MAP/RIT) and CAASPP to monitor growth and adjust instruction.
Farver said teachers work with reading-lab staff, education specialists, a speech pathologist, a school psychologist and a wellness counselor to support the whole child. He said Hopkinson’s midyear benchmark and assessment results show students are making growth and that, in his presentation, in “all but one category, our student growth is meeting or exceeding national growth averages.”
Several fifth-grade students — including Delaney Bolen, who led the Pledge of Allegiance, and student speakers Amara Griffith and Madeline Lenhart — described hands-on learning opportunities, peer mentoring programs (Husky buddies), music and STEAM lab experiences and upcoming events such as a fourth-grade trip to Sacramento and a planned outdoor science school for fifth graders. “The connections we build at Hopkinson start early and continue to grow with us from grade to grade,” Amara said during the presentation.
Farver also highlighted family and community partnerships. He credited the PTA and Friends of Hopkinson for fundraising that supports innovation grants, the school garden and after-school enrichment; he said the site benefits from donated Chromebooks and district technology support. During the presentation Farver said the site serves “over 640” students daily.
The board presented a “Hero of the Heart” award to Kristen Moore, identified in Farver’s remarks as the Hopkinson PTA president and a long-serving volunteer and fundraiser. Several trustees praised the school’s teachers and staff for their work to balance academic rigor with student wellbeing.
After the presentations the board recessed to take photos with the students and volunteers before returning to agenda items.
