{"id":71399,"date":"2025-11-26T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71399\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:46:08","slug":"sunburst-debuts-inspirational-film-ahead-of-thanksgiving-break-ocde-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71399\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunburst debuts inspirational film ahead of Thanksgiving break \u2013 OCDE Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunburstadmissions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sunburst Youth Academy<\/a> in Los Alamitos premiered an inspirational short film on Tuesday night to celebrate the progress of its Class 36 cadets as they prepare to head home for the Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-minute video \u2014 you can check it out above or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBL6-feW8Ko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">watch it on YouTube<\/a> \u2014 highlights the physical training, academic work and life skills that define the 22-week residential program. <\/p>\n<p>It was filmed and edited by the academy\u2019s Student Media Team, with support from Anne Wolff of OCDE\u2019s Educational Technology Services team and Crystal Housman, an Air Force photojournalist and public affairs specialist who also serves as a recruiter in Sunburst\u2019s Outreach, Admissions and Recruiting department.<\/p>\n<p>Cadets watched the presentation together during their final evening on campus before the holiday break, reflecting on how far they\u2019ve come since entering the program in July. An edited version will also be shown at Sunburst\u2019s graduation ceremony next month.<\/p>\n<p>Operated in partnership with the California National Guard\u2019s Task Force Torch, Sunburst is part of OCDE\u2019s Alternative Education program, or ACCESS. The voluntary, tuition-free academy offers a structured, military-style environment where students age 15\u00bd to 18 can recover credits, build discipline and develop essential life skills.<\/p>\n<p>Sunburst is led by Principal Dinah Ismail and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sarah Rambo, who serves as director. As we <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocde.us\/a-fresh-start-sunburst-youth-academy-welcomes-its-largest-class-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reported back in September<\/a>, the current class represents the largest in the program\u2019s history and the first in nearly a decade with an equal number of male and female cadets.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Sunburst was <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocde.us\/photos-sunburst-youth-academy-celebrates-impact-school-recognition-with-on-campus-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">named one of 12 Orange County Impact Schools<\/a>, a new recognition highlighting innovative practices at local campuses. Throughout the year, small cross-functional teams from OCDE will visit each site to learn from their work and share proven strategies across the county.<\/p>\n<p>Graduation for Class 36 is set for Friday, Dec. 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunburst Youth Academy in Los Alamitos premiered an inspirational short film on Tuesday night to celebrate the progress&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-71399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}