
Introducing CBT at LOMS has been on the fast track ever since Clement and his wife, Jude, recently relocated to the Central Coast. The purpose of CBT’s program is to introduce and mentor students to consider career options, develop their study habits to successfully complete high school and reach beyond for a career by selecting and attending the college or university that will provide the education and training they will need. “I’m very pleased to have accomplished those goals on schedule,” said Clement. Klum credits Clement as the “bulldog” who has recruited fifteen diverse volunteer mentors and numerous local educators and community leaders to collaborate with the SLCUSD staff to create the college-mentoring program intended to be fully operational by mid-November. Prinicpal Klum noted, “Los Osos Middle School intends to be the first-ever pilot college program that will include parents and students starting in 7th grade and following through high school’s freshman year.” Participants included representatives from Montabello Unified School District, where the program began eleven years ago. On September 19, Principal Karl Klum (LOMS) and the co-founder of College Bound Today (CBT), Dan Clement, assembled their team of San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD) staff to Zoom-meet members of the new community-based advisory board and mentors. They will explore dream career options while preparing for sought-after higher education at Harvard, Purdue, UCLA, Georgetown or any college that they might want to attend but never thought they would have the chance to. Photo authorized for use by Dan Clement, co-founder of College Bound TodayĪn age-old nursery rhyme asks, “When you grow up do you want to be a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker.” Today, as the 2020 school year literally zooms by, Los Osos Middle School (LOMS) will encourage students to consider a future beyond what they were familiar with living in San Luis Obispo County. Teachers are excited.Montebello CA CBT student group with Co-Founders Dan Clement (L) and Todd Clark (R) and Counselor Andy Castillo at the top. The iINNOVATE Initiative is our region’s first district-wide strategy to meaningfully and equitably integrate project-based learning across elementary subjects, grade levels and school sites. This site-by-site funding model results in dramatic disparities between the have-and-have-not schools. Traditionally, engaging learning environments are primarily parent and PTA funded. Hands-on learning requires engaging spaces and materials that often exceed public school budgets.

Innovation labs offer engaging learning environments that cultivate curiosity and empower kids to actively explore real world challenges.

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Through hands-on 21st century learning, students are able to celebrate the journey of trial and error along the path to discovery and understanding. Our goal is to help prepare students to be life-long learners. Through the Foundation's iINNOVATE Initiative, we aim to connect student learning to the real world, equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed in a changing global economy.
