Bellflower Unified School District
The Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD) is a school district in Los Angeles County, California. It serves the city of Bellflower as well as portions of Cerritos and Lakewood. List of schools Middle/High schools *Bellflower High School *Mayfair High School * Somerset High School Elementary schools * Albert Baxter Elementary School * Stephen Foster Elementary School * Intensive Learning Center * Thomas Jefferson Elementary School * Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy * Esther Lindstrom Elementary School * Ernie Pyle Elementary School * Ramona Elementary School * Washington Elementary School * Craig Williams Elementary School * Frank E. Woodruff Elementary School Adult Schools * Bellflower Adult School See also *List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California, United States Primary and secondary (K-12) ;Public school districts Text list/ref> K-12: * Acton-Agua Dulce Unifie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bellflower, California
Bellflower is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was founded in 1906 and municipal corporation, incorporated on September 3, 1957. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 79,190, up from 76,616 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. This made it the 65th List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated city in the United States, of cities over 50,000 residents (and the 8th most densely populated city in California). History The original title to the Bellflower area dates back to 1784 with one of the first Spanish land grants in California. The Bellflower area was a hunting and fishing spot due to an abundance of wild game, ducks and geese, carp and perch. The area was also used for cattle and grazing dairy cows but settlers moved away. Willow, bamboo, and underbrush, wild grape, blackberry, and rose bushes were grown along the river the name ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Press-Telegram
The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lynwood, Norwalk and Paramount. History The ''Press-Telegram'''s precursor, the ''Press'', was first published in 1897. The ''Press'' was purchased in the early 20th century by Charles H. Prisk and William F. Prisk, Charles being the owner and William the editor and publisher. Sometime after 1918 the ''Press'' was merged with another paper, the ''Daily Telegram''; the combined paper was first published under the name ''Daily Press'', then, from 1924, the ''Press-Telegram''. On September 30, 1933, the ''Press-Telegram'' published what David Dayen called "One of the more influential letters to the editor in American history": Francis Townsend's letter outlining the Townsend Plan, a proposal that sparked a national campaign which influen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school district and is used to assign students to schools in a district and not to determine government authority. North America United States In the U.S., most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts. A school district usually operates several Elementary schools in the United States, elementary, Middle school#United States, middle, and Secondary school, high schools. The largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles and sometimes abbreviated as LA County, is the List of United States counties and county equivalents, most populous county in the United States, with 9,663,345 residents estimated in 2023. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual List of U.S. states and territories by population, U.S. states. Comprising List of cities in Los Angeles County, California, 88 incorporated cities and List of unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California, 101+ unincorporated areas within a total area of , it is home to more than a quarter of Demographics of California, Californians and is one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. counties. The County seat, county's seat, Los Angeles, is the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States, with 3,820,914 residents estimated in 2023. The county is the domicile of the Cinema of the United States, U.S. motion picture industry since ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cerritos, California
Cerritos (; Spanish for "Little hills") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was municipal corporation, incorporated on April 24, 1956. As of 2020, the population was 49,578. It is part of the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, California Metropolitan Statistical Area designated by the Office of Management and Budget. History Cerritos was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples of California, Native Americans belonging to the Tongva (or "People of the Earth"). The Tongva were called the "Gabrieleños" by the Spanish settlers after the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The Tongva were the largest group of indigenous peoples in Southern California as well as the most developed in the region. The Tongva lived off the land, deriving food from the animals or plants that could be gathered, snared or hunted, and grinding acorns as a staple. Beginning ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lakewood, California
Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 82,496 at the 2020 census. It is bordered by Long Beach on the west, northwest and south, Bellflower on the north, Cerritos on the northeast, Cypress on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. Major thoroughfares include Lakewood ( SR 19), Bellflower, and Del Amo Boulevards and Carson and South Streets. The San Gabriel River Freeway ( I-605) runs through the city's eastern regions. History Lakewood is a post-World War II planned community. Developers Louis Boyar, Mark Taper and Ben Weingart are credited with "altering forever the map of Southern California." Begun in late 1949, the completion of the developers' plan in 1953 helped in the transformation of mass-produced housing from its early phases in the 1930s and 1940s to the reality of the postwar 1950s. WWII veterans could get home loans with no down payment and a 30-year mortgage at only 4 percent interest. On the first d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bellflower High School
Bellflower High School is a six-year public high school located in Bellflower, California, as part of the Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD). Demographics and class size As of 2023, Bellflower High School serves 2,070 students from the communities of Lakewood, California, Lakewood, Bellflower, California, Bellflower, Downey, California, Downey, and Cerritos, California, Cerritos. Average class size is around 20 students. Activities The school mascot is the "Buccaneer"—illustrated as a pirate with an eyepatch. The school colors are maroon and gold. The school produced digital format of yearbooks from 1951 to 2001 on Yearbook CDs. Notable alumni *Dick Ackerman (born 1942), California State Senate Republican Leader *Mike Benjamin (baseball), Mike Benjamin (born 1965), former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) *Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter (born 1956), television screenwriter and producer. Creator of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mayfair High School
Mayfair High School is a middle and high school in the Bellflower Unified School District in the city of Lakewood, California. The school first opened in 1959. The student population is approximately 2,500 in grades 7 through 12. Mayfair serves students in the cities of Lakewood, Bellflower, Cerritos, as well as other surrounding cities, though the students not from Cerritos, Bellflower, or Lakewood usually need special waivers to attend. School info The school mascot is the "Monsoons" and the logo is a vortex. School colors are white, blue, and grey. The school newspaper is called The Windjammer' and the yearbook ''Tradewinds''. Demographics The student population racial makeup in 2022–23 was 57.0% Hispanic, 15.9% Black, 11.4% White, 11.4% Asian, 1.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native, and 3.0% Two or more races. The student population is approximately 2600 in grades 7 through 12. Mayfair serves students in the cities of Lakewoo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Somerset High School (Bellflower, California)
Somerset High School is a continuation school located in Bellflower, California, as part of the Bellflower Unified School District The Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD) is a school district in Los Angeles County, California. It serves the city of Bellflower as well as portions of Cerritos and Lakewood. List of schools Middle/High schools *Bellflower High Scho ... (BUSD). As of 2004, Somerset had 17 regular educations teachers and 16 classrooms serving 353 students from the communities of Lakewood and Bellflower. Average class size is 12.7 students. Demographics Special Services This school serves students that were referred from the other high schools in the district. Special services on this campus are a regional occupation program center and a child care facility for children of teen mothers. References External links * * Public high schools in Los Angeles County, California Bellflower, California Continuation high schools in California ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of School Districts In Los Angeles County, California
List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California, United States Primary and secondary (K-12) ;Public school districts Text list/ref> K-12: * Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District * Alhambra Unified School District * ABC Unified School District * Arcadia Unified School District * Azusa Unified School District * Baldwin Park Unified School District * Bassett Unified School District * Bellflower Unified School District * Beverly Hills Unified School District * Bonita Unified School District * Burbank Unified School District * Charter Oak Unified School District * Claremont Unified School District * Compton Unified School District * Covina-Valley Unified School District * Culver City Unified School District * Downey Unified School District * Duarte Unified School District * El Rancho Unified School District * El Segundo Unified School District * Glendale Unified School District * Glendora Unified School District * Hacienda La Puente Unified School District * Inglewo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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School Districts In Los Angeles County, California
A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory education, compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools that can be built and operated by both government and private organization. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the ''School#Regional terms, Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle scho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |