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Rosemont Rallies to Support Neighborhood Schools
鈥楨ssence of Rosemont鈥� on Friday will showcase student achievement, community involvement
April 12, 2012 (Sacramento) 鈥� The Rosemont community will come together on Friday (April 13) for 鈥淓ssence of Rosemont,鈥� a giant block party designed to demonstrate support for public schools, kids and neighborhood unity.
Kids will be jumping, cheerleaders will be turning cartwheels and bands will be playing at the third annual 鈥淓ssence,鈥� event, a fun-packed evening of carnival games, bounce houses, live music and an outdoor movie on an enormous 60-foot-wide screen.
鈥淲e are so proud of our schools and so pleased that the community has rallied to show their support for our stu
Kids Vie for $5M in Funds at 鈥楪reen School鈥� Showcase
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will award bond money to student designed proposals for more sustainable campuses
April 16, 2012 (Sacramento): Fourteen student 鈥済reen teams鈥� from the 麻豆原创 will showcase projects to make their campuses more eco-friendly at 麻豆原创鈥檚 first annual Project Green Showcase on Wednesday (April 18).
Viable projects are in line for $5 million in facilities bond money set aside for green school initiatives.
鈥淣ot only are we encouraging our students to think deeply about making our community a better place in the future, we are providing them with the funds to take their projects from concept to reality,鈥� said 麻豆原创 Superinten
麻豆原创 to Honor Two World War II 鈥楽urvivors鈥�
Award-winning author interned after Pearl Harbor and rare tree both to be celebrated at ceremony on Friday
April 18, 2012 (Sacramento): Kiyo Sato, 88, is a survivor. A native of Sacramento, her Japanese American family became the target of prejudice after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was eventually forced to live in an internment camp in Arizona.
Despite these struggles, Ms. Sato eventually returned to Sacramento, joined the U.S. Air Force, finished her education and become a successful school nurse and award-winning author.
A rare pink almond tree on Folsom Boulevard near the Rancho Cordova library is a survivor, too.
麻豆原创 Trustees Will Weigh in on Tax Initiatives Tonight
Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Serna Center
April 19, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 Board of Education will consider a resolution in support of both statewide tax initiatives headed for the November ballot at its meeting tonight (Thursday, April 19).
The initiatives 鈥� one supported by Governor Jerry Brown and teachers unions and the other by civil rights attorney Molly Munger and the state PTA 鈥� would both raise revenue for California public schools. Currently, both initiatives are in the signature-collection phase.
Bullying Expert to Address LGBTQ Youth Conference
Cal Poly Professor Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer to give keynote address at 麻豆原创 event
April 25, 2012 (Sacramento): Nationally recognized bullying expert Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer, author of 鈥淕ender, Bullying and Harassment,鈥� will give the keynote address at Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 鈥淣o Time to Lose鈥� LGBTQ youth conference this Friday.
The conference is a key component of 麻豆原创鈥檚 comprehensive approach to combating bullying in schools and in cyberspace.
Dr. Mehmet Oz and Anthem Blue Cross President Pam Kehaly to Visit Hiram Johnson High School to Judge HealthCorps
WHAT:
HealthCorps庐鈥� (www.healthcorps.org) three Sacramento-based
Coordinators and students at Hiram Johnson High School will
organize a healthy breakfast competition for a panel of
distinguished judges, including HealthCorps Chairman Dr.