Executive Board Transition CASCWA's 2022-23 State President has called for their first CASCWA State meeting to take place on June 21, 2022. This is the beginning of the transition of officers on the State Executive board and at each section's executive board. This process will be on-going and hopefully the majority of the changes will take place by the start of the 2022-23 school year. The information below reflects the 2021-22 officers. We plan on updating the state and each section's information once we receive the changes to be made. |
Welcome to Southern Section CASCWA Page!
Contact us: CASCWA Southern Section, P.O. Box 4222, Orange, CA 92863-4222 (714) 327-1075 bboone@ocde.us |
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Greetings CASCWA Members and Friends,
I am honored to be CASCWA Southern Section’s President. Our Southern Section Executive Board includes many of Southern California’s most recognized leaders in the fields of Student Services. They make up a great team and I am blessed to work with such a talented team.
On February 4th we held the free “Phil Kauble Topical Forum.” Our Forum was entitled REsupporting Student Behavior.
There were three sessions. The first was on hot topics and legal Issues with attorneys Ron Wenkart and Alefia Mithalwala. The second session was on school safety with Daniel Marmolejo and Rich Randolph. The final session was a panel presentation with Katarina Schanz, Diana Twiss, Yvette Magafia and moderated by Leslie Hansen.
This turned out to be a strong workshop that was important for your daily work. Links to the workshop flyer and to the registration can be found on our home page at https://cascwa.wildapricot.org/
The power point and the video of the presentations have been placed on the website page. I am extremely grateful to the entire Southern Section’s team that made this workshop a reality.
Phil Kauble was a giant in our field of CWA. Lillie Wilson, Shirley Abrahms, Jerry Hime, Milt Dooley, Bill Ybarra are just a few of the team members that came out of the Los Angeles County Office of Education and impacted legislation, publications, workshop presentations and personal communications in all areas of student services. This workshop carries on in their tradition!
I would like to personally thank Jennifer Kottke for all she has done for CASCWA and Southern Section. Jennifer is a major part of LACOE. Her expertise is addressing the needs of homeless education, but she is also an expert in zoom and in organizational coordination. We thank you for all you have done.
Southern Section takes great pride in our scholarship program. If you have a student to consider and you are a member, please go to https://cascwa.wildapricot.org/Scholarships for application information. Dr. Leslie Hanson has done a great job with our 2022 scholarship program.
Be well and be safe,
Vicente Bravo
President, CASCWA Southern Section
Da Vinci Schools (Wiseburn USD)
Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Superintendent – Operations, Equity & Compliance
Southern Section Area State/County/District Events
CASCWA Southern Section's Phil Kauble Virtual Topical Forum Our workshop was held on February 4, 2022 REsupporting Student Behavior CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKSHOP'S POWER POINT CLICK BELOW TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP'S ZOOM RECORDING: |
The workshop was entitled, “Maximizing Learning Opportunities Through a Focus on Social Emotional Learning!” It was held on November 5th from 8:30 to 11:30 am.
Southern Section’s President, Vicente Bravo, brought together a solid workshop committee that focused on a critical issue impacting students throughout California. They quickly concluded that Social Emotional Learning needed to be the focus of this year’s workshop.
There were three parts to the workshop:
First, there was a student panel. The panel was moderated by Kevon Lee. Kevon is an exceptional young man who has overcome much adversity. After graduating and continuing with his education, Kevon has chosen a life goal of making a positive difference in the lives of others! We truly appreciate his passion.
Second, there was a panel of experts. The panel was moderated by Don English, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. Don is pulled together several active experts in our field. They shared their thoughts, beliefs and best practices focusing on SEO learners. The panel of experts included:
Sunny Shen – Director of Prevention & Intervention, Irvine Unified School District
Roy Juarez Jr. – COE & Founder IMPACTtruth
Amanda Deniston – Coordinator of CWA for Moreno Valley Unified School District
Dr. Helen E. Morgan – Superintendent of Hawthorne School District
Dr. Emily Green – Da Vinci Schools Lead Nurse
The third section was our featured speaker, Ray Culberson. Ray is an accomplished educator, currently, Chief Business Officer, Real Journey Academies. Ray is well known throughout California. He has been a contributor to CASCWA for years and has presented at numerous CASCWA state conferences and workshops. Ray brought his personal experiences, accomplishments, and true passion for SEO learners. We are grateful to Ray for being our featured speaker and for his important message to all of our attendees!
We have taken the workshop's power point and added comments and pictures to create a workshop follow-up. Click below to see the follow-up:
CASCWA Fall Workshop.11.5.21 Follow Up.pptx
Southern Section Executive Board Meeting Dates and Minutes:
The faces behind CASCWA's Southern Section Executive Board |
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Vicente Bravo President Da Vinci Schools vbravo@davincischools.org | Don English President Elect San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools donald.english@sbcss.net | Rick Riegel Past President Placentia Yorba Linda USD rriegel@plyusd.org | Leslie Hansen Vice President Anaheim Elementary SD lhansen@aesd.org |
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Gary McGuire Treasurer Riverside USD, Retired gmcguire.ie@gmail.com | Maria Hwang De Bravo Secretary Student Support Services Solutions bravo.maria@4edconsultants.org | Sherman Garnett Legislative Chair San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, retired Sherman_Garnett@verizon.net | Jason Ferrell Webmaster Anaheim Elementary SD jferrell@aesd.org |
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Barbara Higgins San Diego County Representative San Diego COE barbara.higgins@sdcoe.net | Melissa Schoonmaker LACOE Representative Los Angeles COE schoonmaker_melissa@lacoe.edu | Jenee Peevy San Diego County Representative San Diego COE jpeevy@sdcoe.net | Hortencia Armendriz Imperial County Representative Calexico USD, Retired harmendariz@cusd.k12.ca.us |
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Jeni Mendel Board Advisor Grossmont HSD Retired jenifermendel53@gmail.com | Ilsa Garza-Gonzales Board Advisor Fallbrook Union High SD igarzagonzalez@fuhsd.net | Bonnie Boone Registrations & Website Orange County Dept. of Education bboone@ocde.us |
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Jennifer Gomeztrejo State SARB Representative Student Support Services Solutions Gomeztrejo.Jennifer@ 4edconsultants.org | Todd Bull School Innovation & Achievement Regional Account Manager toddb@sia-us.com | Aurora M. Perry Member at Large Beaumont Unified School District, Retired |
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Tim Catlin Member at Large ABC Unified SD tim.catlin@abcusd.us | Ken Lorge Member at Large Placentia Yorba Linda USD, Retired k_lorge@yahoo.com | Jessie Cherri Member at Large Orange USD, Retired rcherri@socal.rr.com | Phil Kauble Honorary Member at Large Los Angeles COE, Retired philkauble@cox.net |
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Hunter Taylor District Attorney Rep. Riverside County District Attorney's Office | Donna Dalton Opoku-Agyeman Past President Advisor Lake Elsinore USD Drdisblessed1@gmail.com | Gerald Hime Conference Chairman Los Angeles COE, Retired Gjhime@earthlink.net |
