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WesternU-PUSD celebrates opening of fourth
school-based oral health center
PAHS principal Dr. Camille Ramos-
Beal speaks during the ceremony.
T and Diamond Bar,” Martinez said. “We’ve seen
The Pomona Unified School District and Western
that happen. We’ve seen that expand from one
University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental
Medicine celebrated the opening of a new school-
year to the next.”
based oral health center at Palomares Academy of
Health Sciences in Pomona, California Friday,
Elementary and saw WesternU students arriving to
Jan. 9, 2015. Martinez said he recently visited Madison
tutor the students there.
The center, at 2211 N. Orange Grove Ave., provides
oral health services – including dental exams, “They’re going beyond the medical work. They’re
cleanings, fluoride treatments and sealants – to being great role models and great examples for our
uninsured and underserved children ages 17 and students,” he said.
younger from throughout the school district. This The new oral health center will provide valuable
is the fourth school-based dental clinic in PUSD, services to the community and set an example for
along with the Mendoza Center, the Palomares students, Martinez said.
Village@Indian Hill and Alcott Elementary School.
“I’m excited that we’re offering this service not
PUSD Superintendent Richard Martinez said only to show these students what’s possible, but to
WesternU President Philip Pumerantz is a visionary really have hands-on support for a community in
who knows that education takes place beyond the need,” he said. “This community definitely needs
walls of a classroom.
all the support we can offer to help them be
“He had envisioned making sure that the healthy so they can do well in the future.”
education of someone working toward a medical The word that resonates the most is “partnership,”
degree was going to have an opportunity to said College of Dental Medicine Dean Steven
practice in the field early on, the field being Friedrichsen, DDS. The partnership between
Pomona Unified in the communities of Pomona WesternU and Palomares brings together two
8 Western University of Health Sciences
school-based oral health center
PAHS principal Dr. Camille Ramos-
Beal speaks during the ceremony.
T and Diamond Bar,” Martinez said. “We’ve seen
The Pomona Unified School District and Western
that happen. We’ve seen that expand from one
University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental
Medicine celebrated the opening of a new school-
year to the next.”
based oral health center at Palomares Academy of
Health Sciences in Pomona, California Friday,
Elementary and saw WesternU students arriving to
Jan. 9, 2015. Martinez said he recently visited Madison
tutor the students there.
The center, at 2211 N. Orange Grove Ave., provides
oral health services – including dental exams, “They’re going beyond the medical work. They’re
cleanings, fluoride treatments and sealants – to being great role models and great examples for our
uninsured and underserved children ages 17 and students,” he said.
younger from throughout the school district. This The new oral health center will provide valuable
is the fourth school-based dental clinic in PUSD, services to the community and set an example for
along with the Mendoza Center, the Palomares students, Martinez said.
Village@Indian Hill and Alcott Elementary School.
“I’m excited that we’re offering this service not
PUSD Superintendent Richard Martinez said only to show these students what’s possible, but to
WesternU President Philip Pumerantz is a visionary really have hands-on support for a community in
who knows that education takes place beyond the need,” he said. “This community definitely needs
walls of a classroom.
all the support we can offer to help them be
“He had envisioned making sure that the healthy so they can do well in the future.”
education of someone working toward a medical The word that resonates the most is “partnership,”
degree was going to have an opportunity to said College of Dental Medicine Dean Steven
practice in the field early on, the field being Friedrichsen, DDS. The partnership between
Pomona Unified in the communities of Pomona WesternU and Palomares brings together two
8 Western University of Health Sciences
