August – 2019

Fontana Adult School, as part of the Fontana Unified School District, empowers

students to prepare for success in college, career, and life.

Newsletter

Irene Montalvo is an

inspiration to her

daughter, and for

hundreds of students of

Fontana Adult School

Irene is originally from Peru.

She moved to the United

States, and decided to take

ESL classes at Fontana Adult

School to improve her English

and get into the job force. We

are happy to announce that

she recently got hired by

Cardenas as a cashier!

Irene will be back taking

classes with us while working

full-time. She knows the

importance of learning the

language for upward mobility.

She is inspiring her daughter,

who is a student at Fontana

Adult School, to work hard

toward her dreams. She is also

inspiring many of our ESL

students at FAS to follow in her

footsteps!

Alumnus Success Story – Carlos Flores

Carlos was a student at

Fontana Adult School two years

ago. Upon finishing his High

School Equivalency with us

(HiSet), he decided to push

forward and attend Chaffey

College. He recently got in

touch with Ms. Browning to let

her know he’s doing very well

at Chaffey, and is majoring in

math!

Carlos will soon come to

campus to inspire a new

generation of students.

ESL Students Learned Reading, Writing, Use of Computer

Software Programs, While Practicing Public Speaking and

Working Collaboratively During Summer

During summer session in June, Mrs. Pinell Hernandez, Mrs. Ortega, Ms. Gomez, Mr.

Germany, and Ms. Perri, students had an opportunity to complete a cross-curricular project,

which was a children’s book. The project was not easy; some students were better versed in

their English reading and writing skills while others struggled. Some had knowledge of the

computer programs; others tried hard to learn and catch up. The end products were

beautiful children’s books that were dedicated to various elementary schools around

Fontana Unified School District. Here are some pictures from celebration event that took

place on June 26, 2019 where families were invited to hear the reading of the books.

Congratulations students and teachers for your accomplishment and for,

more importantly, not giving up on this project!!!!

Pharmacy Technicians Graduate and Launch New

Careers!

We are happy to celebrate the accomplishments of our Class of 2019 Pharmacy

Technicians! It was a small, but mighty group this year! We want to thank Mrs. Aguilar

for her hard work and dedication to not only the Pharmacy Tech program, but to

Fontana Adult School.

Student Leadership Team is starting off 2019-

2020 strong, helping teachers and making a

huge difference at Fontana Adult School!

Volunteering and serving on a team give you experience,

and employability skills to put on a resume. Please consider

joining! Stop by the office if you are interested.

Maria Moreno is sending out information to the public about classes we offer at

FAS.

Getting out information about FAS at the Bel-Aire Swap Meet…

Laminating and putting up posters throughout campus…

Maria Lira is helping students with their digital literacy skills.

Meet our new college tutors, ready to help

students with academic tutoring, and

transitioning to college and career!

Karina Ocampo (former student

at FAS, now employed at FUSD

Patty Vargas

Keiko Nagumo (former student

at FAS, now employed at

FUSD)

Viridiana Preciado (former

student at FAS, now employed at

FUSD)

Seryna Thai (former student at

FAS, now employed at FUSD)

Vanessa Ellis