iLEAD Exploration

Back-To-School Park Day: Griffith Park in LA
2022-08-23 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Griffth Park, 2333 Fern Dell Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90068
Join local EFs and Exploration families for crafts, games, park play and much more fun!
Optional: Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy.

Back-To-School Park Day: Kenneth Hahn State Park (Dragon Playground) in LA
2022-08-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Kenneth Hahn State Park (Dragon Playground), 4100 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90056

Family Liaison Office Hours
2022-08-25 09:30 - 10:00 | CA
Join our family liaison, Luisa Cook, during her weekly office hours. She can help you find resources for your family.
Family Liaison Zoom Room

High School Meet and Greet
2022-08-26 10:00 - 12:00 | redlands, 1330 E Lugonia Ave, Redlands, CA, 92374, United States
Come meet the High School Team, ASB leaders, and fellow Exploration high schoolers in person!
New Life Church, Redlands
1330 E Lugonia Ave,
Redlands, CA 92374

OC Curriculum Library Browsing Hours
2022-08-29 11:00 - 16:00 | iLEAD Exploration OC Learning Studio, 2850 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States

Back-To-School Park Day: Charles H. Wilson Park in Torrance
2022-08-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Charles H. Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA, 90501, United States
Join local EFs and Exploration learners for water relay activities, water cycle activity, bubble station, and more! We will meet by the Splash Pad! Make sure to bring blankets, towels, hats, and dress to get wet!
Parking: There is plenty of parking on the north and east side of the park, but keep in mind it will be a Farmer’s Market day.

High School Meet and Greet
2022-09-01 10:00 - 12:00 | CA
Come meet the High School Team, ASB leaders, and fellow Exploration high schoolers in person!
LA Trails Cafe, Los Angeles
2333 Fern Dell Dr,
Los Angeles, CA 90068

TK/K Enrichment Opportunity: Fun with Apples
2022-09-01 11:15 - 12:15 | iLEAD Exploration OC Learning Studio, 2850 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626, United States
Join our TK/K Coordinator and other TK/K learners and have a fun time exploring apples. RSVP HERE.

Back-To-School Park Day: Sunburst Park in Joshua Tree
2022-09-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Sunbrust Partk, 6171 Sunburst Ave, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252
Join local EFs and Exploration learners for some fun activities including glitter tattoos, a coloring contest, slime-making station, picture-taking station, and more!

Back-To-School Park Day - La Mirada City Gardenhill Park
2022-09-06 10:30 - 12:00 | La Mirada City Gardenhill Park, 14435 Gardenhill Dr., La Mirada, CA, 90638
Join local EFs and Exploration families for field games and photo booth at La Mirada City Gardenhill Park.

CANCELED DUE TO HEAT: Back-To-School Park Day: Discovery Park in Chino
2022-09-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Discovery Park, 14641 Discovery Park Ave, Chino, CA, 92880
This event has been canceled due to the heat and will be rescheduled.

TK/K Enrichment Opportunity: Fun with Apples
2022-09-08 13:00 - 14:00 | 3720 Sierra Hwy Unit A, Acton, CA 93510, 3720 Sierra Hwy Unit A, Acton, CA, 93510, United States

Registration/Payment for PSAT/NMSQT Due
2022-09-09 | CA
The PSAT/NMSQT is an optional College Board test for 10th, 11th graders to prepare for the SAT or to determine if 11th grade testers qualify for National Merit Scholarship.

Registration and $20 payment are due September 9, 2022. RSVP HERE

Back-To-School Park Day: Phelan Community Park in Phelan
2022-09-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Phelan Community Park, 4128 Warbler Rd, Phelan, CA, 92371
Join local EFs and Exploration families for a pirate themed park day! Learners will go on a pirate treasure hunt, paint a treasure chest, and leave with some pirate treasures!
Optional: Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy.

Language Lab, 3-5: How to Write a Paragraph
2022-09-12 11:00 - 11:45 | CA
Do you have a third through fifth grader who is wanting to build their communication skills, learn a few tips and tricks on developing their writing, or needing to practice conversations with new friends? Join us the Speech and Language team for their monthly Language Labs.

RSVP for this event HERE

Language Labs, 6-12: Learn How to Use Tools to Annotate and Take Notes on Your Computer
2022-09-13 11:00 - 11:45 | CA
Have your junior high (6th grade and up) and high school learners join the speech and language and assistive technology team once a month to learn strategies for writing, executive functioning, abstract thinking, and strengthening skills to build social competence!
The class will be offered on one Tuesday a month! Pick and choose or join the team for all of them!
Register HERE

La Brea Tar Pits Field Trip (6th-8th grade)
2022-09-14 11:00 - 14:00 | 5801 Wilshire Blvd 90036, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Discover the wonders of the ice ages as you discover the tar pits in Los Angeles.
Middle schoolers join us for a tour of the museum, discovery tour for 6-8th grade. Right in the heart of L.A. sits the world’s most powerful gateway to the Ice Age. The asphalt seeps at La Brea Tar Pits are the only active urban fossil dig site in the world. Plants and animals from the last 50,000 years are discovered here every day. Outside, you can watch excavators carve fossils out of the asphalt. Inside the museum at La Brea Tar Pits (established in 1977 as the George C. Page Museum), our staff prepares these discoveries in the see-through Fossil Lab. You’ll see the final result in our exhibitions: extraordinary saber-toothed cats, mammoths, dire wolves, and mastodons, as well as the tiny, but scientifically significant, microfossils of insects, plants, mammals, and reptiles. The Tar Pits help us understand life around Wilshire Boulevard long before we got here, and what lies ahead as climate and habitats continue to change.
This tour includes the tar pits and the museum. It is open to middle school families. iLEAD learners are free with an RSVP. All other participant’s tickets are $7.00 for children (3-12) 12.00 for students, 15.00 for adults, must be paid at the door. Children 2 and under are free.

Learner University: Water Wise (Grades 5-6) - Deadline to Register
2022-09-15 | CA
This PBL opportunity is for learners in grades 5-6 and they will explore water usage using data. They will determine their current water usage then come up with an action plan to reduce those numbers by ¼. Action steps will be taken and then data will be collected and compared to determine if there was a reduction in usage/footprint.
Standards include: data analysis, basic computation, presentation skills, and technology standards.
Grades: 5-6
Class Dates: 9/29, 10/6. 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3
Class Time: 10-11 am
Register HERE.

DNA Decoded: Illumina Genetics
2022-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 | CA
Virtually Transport students to the Illumina labs in San Diego, California to meet real-world experts who are harnessing the power of the genome to improve lives and support the Earth’s natural resources.
The Genomics: Decoding the Language of Life Virtual Field Trip will show students how DNA sequencing is being used to fight diseases like coronavirus, combat hunger through agriculture innovations, and optimize the natural environment of sea dragons!

All 6-12 graders welcome
Details will be emailed a few days before for how to log on.

College Information Series: College Applications
2022-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 | CA
Get ready to apply! A walk through of the Common Application, the UC application, and more.

Torrance Fire Department Field Trip (grades K-2 and siblings)
2022-09-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Torrance Fire Station #3, 3535 W. 182nd Street, Torrance, CA, 90504, United States
Want to check out a fire station and learn about fire safety for Fire Safety Month? The Torrance Fire Department is hosting iLead Learners and their families on September 20th at 10:30 am at Station #3. Bring your parents/guardians and siblings to enjoy learning about fire fighters, fire trucks and all things fire safety! Come early as the tour begins promptly at 10:30am. We can’t wait to see you!
Note: If there is an emergency the station may cancel this.

Park Day: Heritage Park in Santa Clarita
2022-09-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Heritage Park, 24155 Newhall Ranch Rd,, Santa Clarita,, CA, 91355, United States
Join local EFs and Exploration learners for bubble art, park play and much more fun!
Optional: Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy.

The Stanley Ranch Museum
2022-09-21 09:30 - 11:30 | The Stanley Ranch Museum, 12174 S Euclid St, Garden Grove, CA, 92840, United States
Join us as we go back in history! Visit the Stanley House built in 1891, an old schoolhouse, post office, barber shop, dental room, Walt Disney’s garage studio, and a replica of the first fire station in the area. This field trip is for our learners 3rd grade and older. Tour begins promptly at 9:30 AM.

+no refunds

Story Time: If You Take a Mouse to School
2022-09-21 11:00 - 11:45 | CA
Learners in kindergarten through second grade are invited to join an iLEAD speech-language pathologist for monthly story time. During this 45-minute class, your learner will enjoy an interactive story while developing comprehension skills, practicing story re-tell, working on summarization techniques, and more. Each class will provide an extension activity that will allow your learner to build upon the skill that they have learned.
Register HERE
