Elementary

Students celebrate President Teddy Roosevelt's 154th birthday (although he doesn't look a day over 150) with a school celebration and picnic with Tim Conway Jr. as host.

Walt Disney Elementary School's PTA got together at the end of the last school year and decided it was time to give the old garden a makeover after years without care.

One speaker criticizes Board for lack of information after Bret Harte was shut down after a student threat

April is World Autism month as well as Autism and Neurodiversity month.  Burbank schools are taking the opportunity to spread acceptance and inclusion of neurodiversity through spirit days, activities and ribbons. Bret Harte Elementary kicked off their month long acceptance campaign on Friday, April 1st by encouraging students and staff to wear blue in support of their fellow students.

Charlene Tabet resigns and there will be an open search for the next superintendent.

On Monday, February 1st, Bret Harte Elementary hosted a drive-by art gallery, featuring art that the students made from home. The school’s PTA zip tied page protectors to the fencing along both sides of the school at Lima st and Ontario st. The students had a week to create their art and bring it by the school to place it inside one of the protectors.

A string of strange break-ins have occurred over the summer at Washington Elementary School in Burbank. In the course of three weeks, the campus has been broken into three times and the Burbank Police Department currently has the case under investigation.

Many issues were tackled at the Burbank School Board meeting last week.

The special meeting lasted just over two hours.

Roosevelt Elementary School Teacher Tiffany Kaloustian tells the story of two of her students and their work to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation