Welcoming back more students to Downtown School! #teamBCSD Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit Noreen Barthelmes Karen Nguyen ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Brenda Lee Mayer Abe Rivera

How cool is this? I love people who uplift & encourage others! Thank you, Jolie! Ms. Brouttier Romunoz @DrCaliGrit ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Mark Luque Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen Noreen Barthelmes AC Extraordinaire Brenda Lee Mayer

Kern Co Supt. Of Schools honors Downtown with an Innovative & Impactful Schools award! Thank you for the recognition. #teamBCSD Noreen Barthelmes Mark Luque Romunoz @DrCaliGrit Karen Nguyen BlkGrlMagic Brenda Lee Mayer Ms. Brouttier Abe Rivera AC Extraordinaire

Weds May 5 is Day of the Teacher; all our teachers DowntownDragons are amazing & Ms. Brouttier is nominated for Kern Co. Teacher of the Year! So grateful for teachers everywhere! #TeamBCSD Noreen Barthelmes Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen Romunoz AC Extraordinaire

Fun Friday DowntownDragons Summer Learning Academy! Noreen Barthelmes Karen Nguyen Mark Luque Brandin Ware AC Extraordinaire @DrCaliGrit Bakersfield City School District Abe Rivera ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Brenda Lee Mayer Madai Chavez

DowntownDragons Summer Learning Academy we have future engineers, scientists, police officers, bakers, doctors, and more! Noreen Barthelmes Karen Nguyen Mark Luque Romunoz @DrCaliGrit Abe Rivera AC Extraordinaire Madai Chavez Brandin Ware

Olympic theme for Week 2 SLA with fun relay races & outdoor games for all! Mark Luque ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Romunoz Noreen Barthelmes Karen Nguyen @DrCaliGrit Bakersfield City School District Brenda Lee Mayer Brandin Ware Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen AC Extraordinaire @lalalu2008

DowntownDragons Summer Learning Academy STEAM focus reinforces important big ideas I science like these 5th graders explaining Ecosystems. Noreen Barthelmes Mark Luque Brandin Ware Karen Nguyen @DrCaliGrit Abe Rivera @lalalu2008 Romunoz Brenda Lee Mayer Bakersfield City School District

Olympic Games theme DowntownDragons Summer Academy celebrating teamwork. Noreen Barthelmes Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit @lalalu2008 Romunoz Abe Rivera Madai Chavez AC Extraordinaire BCSD FACE Karen Nguyen

When school is filled with friends, caring adults, & fun learning activities, students want to be here. Noreen Barthelmes Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit Bakersfield City School District Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen Brandin Ware ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Romunoz BCSD FACE

Last day of Summer STEAM Academy calls for a luau! Very pleased with students’ pre & post assessments #TeamBCSD Mark Luque Noreen Barthelmes @DrCaliGrit Brandin Ware Romunoz Karen Nguyen @lalalu2008 AC Extraordinaire ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Dee Dee Harrison BCSD FACE

Future engineers & scientists in training DowntownDragons Summer Academy. Bakersfield City School District Mark Luque Brandin Ware Romunoz @DrCaliGrit Abe Rivera @lalalu2008 Karen Nguyen Noreen Barthelmes ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Brenda Lee Mayer AC Extraordinaire Christine Chapman

So exciting to have Ch. 23 and anchor Mike Hart here to cover the first day of school at Downtown! DowntownDragons Bakersfield City School District Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit Karen Nguyen Noreen Barthelmes Brenda Lee Mayer 23ABC News Mike Hart

Excited & ready for students DowntownDragons School! Mark Luque Bakersfield City School District Abe Rivera @DrCaliGrit Karen Nguyen Noreen Barthelmes Brenda Lee Mayer Ms. Brouttier Romunoz ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 BCSD FACE

NEW: We went inside a max-security CA prison largely controlled by gangs that is providing opportunities for inmates seeking rehabilitation. One of those programs was a project by artist JR, featured in the new documentary "Paper & Glue," airing tonight at 10PM ET on MSNBC.

Very proud of our son, a lieutenant at Tehachapi State Prison, featured in this clip talking about artist JR’s work to rehabilitate inmates; tune in to movie, Paper & Glue, tonight on MSNBC. Noreen Barthelmes @DrCaliGrit Mark Luque Karen Nguyen x.com/jacobsoboroff/…

First in person assembly in 2 years! Had so much fun celebrating student success with parents, staff , & students! Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit @lalalu2008 Bakersfield City School District Noreen Barthelmes Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen

Family Picnic Day! Tons of folks & fun DowntownDragons Biggest turnout ever! Happy to welcome back our Dragon Family! Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Noreen Barthelmes Bakersfield City School District Abe Rivera Karen Nguyen BCSD FACE

Spirit Week & Penny Wars raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation & our K student, Devland! #DowntownCares Bakersfield City School District Mark Luque DowntownDragons Noreen Barthelmes @DrCaliGrit Romunoz Karen Nguyen @lalalu2008 ✨ 𝕃𝕚𝕫 Toruno✨ #🆃🅴🅰🅼🅱🅲🆂🅳 Abe Rivera

Spirit Week & Penny Wars ended today with DowntownDragons exceeding our Cystic Fibrosis Foundation charity fundraising goal by 300%!!! We raised $15,419.62! #DowntownCares Thank you, Dragon Community! Bakersfield City School District Mark Luque @DrCaliGrit Romunoz @lalalu2008 Karen Nguyen