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Today we learn,

Tomorrow we lead.

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IndexGeneral Purpose Statement(Liberated from the internet.) ..........................................................3Continental Development Corporation

Mission Statement ............................................................................3Bert Lynn Middle School .................................................................4Common Partnership Goals .............................................................4Partnership Commitment ................................................................5Character Building ...........................................................................5Student Level Support ......................................................................6

Youth Act ....................................................................................7

Junior Scholarship Club ..............................................................7Scholastic Chess Club ..................................................................8Baseball Club ...............................................................................8Symphonic and Concert Band .....................................................9Chorus ..........................................................................................9Renaissance Day ........................................................................10Staff Development .....................................................................11

Teacher Appreciation Week .......................................................11Middle School Make Over .............................................................13New Band Room .....................................................................13Benches ..................................................................................13Classroom Floors ....................................................................13Marquee .....................................................................................14

Blue Ribbon Award ........................................................................18California Distinguished School Award .........................................18General School Description ...........................................................18Community Funding Worksheet ....................................................19Continental Development ..............................................................20Bert Lynn Middle School ..............................................................20Torrance Unified School District ...................................................20

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General Purpose Statement(Liberated from the internet.)

Continental Development recognizes public education needsto be everybodys business. Working together with BertLynn Middle school we believe our collective manpower,materials and financial resources can build a powerfulresource network that will help supplement tight budgetsand meet the challenge of providing a high quality educationto all children. Of course, our community will always need a

skilled and educated work force to stay competitive in aglobal market. Working together, we can meet our respectiveneeds and goals.

Finally we recognize our opportunity to work together toaffect the quality of our public schools and ultimately ourcommunity.

Continental Development CorporationMission Statement

To develop and build projects of the highest quality and to activelysupport measures which contribute to the quality of life in thecommunities in which we do business.

Over 45 years of real estate development, ownership and

management experience. Developed and manage 3.5 million square feet of premium

office, research and development, commercial, retail, restaurantand entertainment properties.

Californias suburban and urban centers.

Enviable business record of successful real estate projects. Demonstrated leadership in community, social and

environmental affairs. Winner of numerous civic,environmental and industry awards.

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Bert Lynn Middle SchoolVision Statement

Bert Lynn Middle School provides a rigorous curriculum designedto challenge students of all levels and abilities so that todaysengaged learners become tomorrows active leaders; todaysdiverse learning community becomes tomorrows global society;and todays caring campus becomes tomorrows conscientiouscommunity.

Common Partnership Goals Improve student self-esteem and confidence

Reinforce and support the educational goals of Bert Lynn

Help students feel good about themselves and their

accomplishments

Improve students social, survival and relationship skills

Provide students identification with a successful role model Render an opportunity for Continental Development to

invest in tomorrows leaders

Increase student motivation through positive reinforcement

Improve students verbal communication skills

Provide an educational resource for BLMS

Enhance a stronger school system Promote a better prepared work force

Enhance civic cooperation

Offer Continental Development employees an avenue for

pride through community involvement

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Partnership CommitmentA commitment to ongoing communicationSecuring adequate human and financial resourcesGiving recognition to volunteers, school staff and CDYearly evaluation of the partnership

Character BuildingWith a clear understanding of our role in developing

tomorrows leaders, Bert Lynn Middle School actively seeksopportunities to develop well-rounded democratic citizens.

Assemblies: Camfel Productions Commitment to ExcellencePresented during the first two weeksof each school year, this dynamicthree-screen, multi-mediapresentation provides a foundation fordiscussion throughout the school year.

This years production focused on aCommitment to Excellence.Students are introduced to effectiveskills to use when they encounterbullies, the pressures to smoke, usedrugs and/or alcohol. Students alsodiscover that difficult circumstancesand failures work to help themimprove and achieve excellence intheir lives.

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Student Level SupportScholarship Awards

During the end of the year 8th grade promotion, ContinentalDevelopment Corporation provides scholarship awards to twostudents who exemplify a commitment to community,volunteerism and the spirit of Bert Lynns motto Today we learn,tomorrow we lead.

Service Clubs, Academic Clubs and Student Interest Clubs

Bert Lynn boasts a growing number of clubs for students to join,including an active student council, Junior Scholarship, Youth Act(a subdivision of Rotary), Christian Club, and Math Counts. Manyof these clubs help prepare students for high school and our serviceclubs perform community services quarterly. School wide serviceevents include: Madrona Marsh Clean-up, LA Marathonparticipation, and Relay for Life participation. Academic clubs

including Math Counts, Junior Scholarship and our Scholastic

Student Council(Ms. Sexton, Advisor. 60 students 6-8th grade)The purpose of the Student Council is to improve the quality of lifein the world by developing skilled, ethical, and sensitive leaders ofdiverse backgrounds and cultures.

Our Club Focuses on:

increase confidence in making oral presentations

learning how to facilitate and record interactive meetings

developing consensus building skills

developing ideas for new activities and projects

developing and practicing conflict resolution

planning monthly school wide activities having fun!

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Youth Act

(Mr. Lee, Advisor. 60 students 6th-8th grade)The Youth Act was developed by Rotarians, likeInteract, but for youth ages 11 to 14. Youth Actstands for Youth in Action. The emblem of Youth

Act, the letter Y overlaying an atomic like symbol, stand for thebeginning of the path youth take in life, just like the atomic symbolstands for the beginning of all matter. Like Interact club, Youth Actclubs are sponsored by a local Rotary club. Some Interact clubs,also are co-sponsors. The Interact club participates in jointactivities with the Youth Act club. They act as mentors and role

models. Youth Act members becoming friends withthe Interact members, join Interact when theybecome older. The program gives young people anopportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills andmeeting new friends.

Junior Scholarship Club(Ms. Bhaskar. 60 students 7th-8th grade)The purpose of the California Junior ScholarshipFederation, a state-wide organization of over 600chapters, is to foster high standards of scholarship,service, and citizenship on the part of students of

California's public and private junior high and middle schools. The

California Scholarship Federation and the California JuniorScholarship Federation (CSF and CJSF) emphasize high standardsof service, scholarship, and citizenship for California middle andhigh school students. CSF and CJSF encourage service to theschool and community while fostering pride in scholasticachievement.

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Scholastic Chess Club

(Mr. Childers, Advisor. Start-up club)

The scholastic chess club combines educational and socialactivities. Members come to play, to learn, to teach, and to gettogether with old friends and make new ones. The players nomatter what their level of skill, experience, or age, all speak acommon language, and one that is often not understood in otherareas of a persons life. The rivalries are friendly; the friendshipsare competitive. Our club hopes to offer a wide variety of activities

including speed chess and rated games. Club activities includesimultaneous exhibitions, lectures, and even formal classes taughtby chess Masters. Some players who regularly come to a clubwont ever try weekend scholastic tournaments. EVERY memberis important to the success of the club.

Participation awards are given out every nine weeks. A club

competition ranking system, in which students earn points forperformance in matches, keeps track of improvement for clubmembers. Top points will receive awards at the end of the year.

Baseball Club

(Mr. Lister, Advisor. Start-up club)

Today a multi-billion dollar industry,Baseball has come a long way fromits crude and humble beginnings inthe fields of 19th century America.

More than a game, Baseball remains an inseparable part of theAmerican heritage and an intrinsic part of our national psyche. Forus, notions of team, fair play, and athletic excellence first occurred

on a red clay diamond cut from a grassy field. Referred to as"America's Pastime" since 1856, baseball today is played by menand women of all ages and skill levels all around the world. Opento all students this club meets weekly and brings to life the historyof America through the game of baseball.

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Symphonic and ConcertBand

(Katie Banim, Music Teacher)

Symphonic and Concert Band exploresmusic through history and theory. Students learn to read a widevariety of music and rhythms, from classical to modern pop tunes.Growth focuses on musical elements, and individual mastery ofinstrument techniques. Both Symphonic and Concert bands prepare

and perform at various concerts and festivals throughout the year.Performances include a holiday concert, SCSBOA Ratings ForumFestival, Spring Concert, West area Music Festival and thePromotion Ceremony. Mrs. Banim has increased our musicprogram in the number of participants and enthusiasm. There areover 74 students in Symphonic Band and 78 students in ConcertBand. Student enthusiasm has breached our room capacity and our

potential program growth is limited to our inability to seat studentssafely in a room originally designed as a kindergarten classroom.Currently our program exceeds our band room capacity.

Chorus

(Katie Banim, Music Teacher)

Students learn the fundamentals of singingsolo and in a group. Students studymusical elements, reading notes andrhythms, explore music history and theory,

proper vocal production and voice care, and performance practices.

Students perform at the Torrance Memorial Festival of Trees,holiday concert, Middle School Choral Festival, Spring Concertand the Promotion Ceremony. This class has also grown by over50%, with a current enrollment of 100 students.

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Forum Festival FundraiserThe Forum Festival costs a total of $15,000. This covers theForum Festival entry fee and tickets, Knott Berry Farm entrance

fees, and buses for 250 instrumental and chorus students. In orderto raise these funds students sell gift-wrap and gifts, and hold anannual Golf Tournament. Continental Development Corporationgenerously sponsored several teachers last year in this annualevent.

Renaissance Day

(Eileen Thomas, Life Management)Renaissance Day culminates the 7th grade Social Studiescurriculum in a full day filled with hands-on educational extensionactivities of the Renaissance period. The day begins with a studentmusical performance of madrigals of the Renaissance, a studentperformed Shakespearean play, and several performances by ourstudents in character roles, teachers, and professional guild

members. After the morning assembly, students go to the field,which is set up with various guilds, games, and demonstrations.Students interact with professional Renaissance guild members, aswell as volunteer parents dressed in costume, who take on thepersona of that period and teach crafts or skills common to theperiod. These thirty plus hands-on activities consist of thefollowing guilds: herbs and healers, chain mail, black work,

weaving and knitting, cold forge, miller, music & dance, pottery,combat, juggling, archery, catapult, and various games of theperiod.

Faculty & Staff SupportContinental Development recognizes the importance of intellectualproperty for our communitys future and the role our teachers play

in building this valuable resource.

Currently Continental Development provides access to officefurniture, which includes tables, chairs, file cabinets, andcomputers.

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Staff Development

Staff Development day will be held on Friday, February 1,2008. The focus of this day is Differentiated Instruction forGifted Students and English Language Learners. We wouldlove an off site location and/or lunch for the teachers.

Green Energy: Continental Development encouragesexploration of promotion environmental understanding andawareness. Continental Development is at the leading edge ofchange in building technology. Sharing expertise andresources to help bring Bert Lynn up-to-date

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5 9, 2008 We would like to serve lunch or breakfast forteachers and a small appreciation basket filled with teacheremergency supplies.

Torrance Education FoundationThe Torrance Education Foundation is committed to providingfunding directly to teachers students have access to great publicschools. Continental Development provides funding for two tableswhich allows our teachers to attend this yearly event.

Business Partnership Coordinator(Sherry Kramer, Community Affairs Director)Continental Development provides access to a professionalpublications relations expert through Continental DevelopmentCorporation provides our school a great resource to improvecommunications throughout our community.

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School Beautification

Generous donations from ContinentalDevelopment and our PTSA, provided

our community volunteers with theresources necessary to: plant flowers,paint building eves, replace basketballhoops, plant five trees and install fourbenches.

These projects help to beautify our

school and ultimately enhance thelearning environment.

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Middle School Make OverA New Face for Bert Lynn Middle School The entrance to BertLynn does not reflect a two-time award winning CaliforniaDistinguished School and National Blue Ribbon School Recipient.The current front arcade is falling after fifty years of rain andweather. We would like to tear down the front arcade, remove thestorage area, and replace it with a large mural and electronicmarquee.

New Band Room

In order to accommodate for the growing symphonic, concertband, and choir, we dream of building a large music roomdedicated to Mr. Richard Lundquist. The Richard Lundquist MusicHall will accommodate for 150 musicians to practice in a roomconducive to a growing music program. Representing currenttrends in music room design our new band room would have soundabsorbing padded walls integrating skylights and energy saving

fixtures into an acoustical ceiling. Large cabinets or instrumentlockers will be along two sides of the building.

Benches

The lunch benches and cafeteria are places that most students eat.However, because it is so crowded we have at least 100 kids eatingon the floor. They sit on the grass or in the hallways as an alternateeating area. We would like to purchase about 10 benches withbacks so that students have a comfortable eating area during lunch.

Classroom Floors

Eighteen of our classrooms were carpeted with the cheapest carpetknown. After five years of use, and with over 1,256 feet across thefloor daily, every carpet looks tattered, has missing or tornsections, with stains that cannot be removed. Unfortunately thereis no categorical budget to support the removal and replacement ofcarpet.

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Marquee

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Home Languages of English Learners

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Japanese

Mandarin

Urdu

Spanish

Arabic

Filipino

Vietnamese

Portuguese

Cantonese

Farsi (Persian)

All other

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Blue Ribbon AwardBert Lynn Middle School was selected as aBlue Ribbon School in 2006 by the USDepartment of Education. Representing lessthan 300 schools nation wide, Bert Lynn wasrecognized for demonstrating dramatic gainsin student achievement.

California Distinguished School AwardSince 1985 the California School RecognitionProgram has identified and honored many ofour states exemplary and inspiring publicschools with the California DistinguishedSchool Award. Bert Lynn Middle School

received Distinguished School status in 2001 and 2005.

General School DescriptionEstablished in 1957 Bert Lynn Middle School was originallyestablished as a kindergarten through eighth grade schoolnamed Flavian after a nearby street. In 1972 TorranceUnified School District reconfigured the instructional site

model from a K-8 model to a K-6 Elementary School, 6-8Middle School, and 9-12 High school model. Covering 9.2acres Bert Lynn consists of 9 buildings with 31 classrooms.Bert Lynns nickname/mascot is the Lynn Leopards, and ourcolors are blue and white.


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TUSD FundingCurrent Expense of education per average Attendance (ADA)

TUSD

$6,310

State Average

$7,127

LAUSD

$8,113

Community Funding WorksheetStudent Level SupportStudent Scholarships Two Bonds $500Character Building Camfel Productions $800

Student Council Student Council Training $500YouthAct Gardening Tools $250Junior Scholarship Club Entrance Fees $150Scholastic Chess Club(Start-up)

Club Affiliate MembershipChess Boards

Yard Chess SetChess Clocks

$40$80

$600$100

Baseball Clubhouse Books $120

Teacher Level SupportStaff Development Lunch $250Teacher Appreciation Lunch $250Teacher Appreciation Basket $500

Site Level SupportMarquee $25,000New Band room $250,00

0Floor replacement $21,000Mural $2000

Floor replacement $21,000Benches $5,000

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Continental Development

Key Contacts

Richard C. Lundquist, [email protected]

Sherry Kramer, Community Affairs [email protected]

Bert Lynn Middle School

Key Contacts

LeRoy Jackson, Principal,Bert Lynn Middle School(310) 533 4495 ex 8680

[email protected]

Jayne Okazaki, Assistant Principal,Bert Lynn Middle School(310) 533 4495 ex 8690

[email protected]

Torrance Unified School DistrictKey Contacts

Dr. George Mannon, [email protected]

Dr. Donald Stabler, Deputy [email protected]

Dr. Laurie Love, Chief Academic [email protected]

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