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Teen writers to share their poetry and prose with UC Davis health system faculty, staff and medical students
Health Professions High School students invited to read from their published anthology on the power of healing
WHAT: Health Professions High School students will read aloud personal stories from their book 鈥淏reath and Bones鈥� as a discussion event for the UCD 2012-13 Campus Community Book Project at the UCD School of Medicine
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麻豆原创 student to be surprised with $10,000 scholarship today
West Campus High School student wins Nordstrom award over 900 other applicants
October 15, 2012 (Sacramento): West Campus High School senior Christina Fang will be surprised today with a $10,000 scholarship from Nordstrom.
Fang is one of only 80 winners across the country. To qualify, students must demonstrate community involvement, financial need and strong academics. Applicants also must submit a personal statement and answer an essay question. Fang was also interviewed by the Nordstrom scholarship committee in San Francisco.
School planning block party to celebrate new namesake
San Diego Chargers wide receiver Malcom Floyd to attend ceremony that will honor his mother
October 17, 2012 (Sacramento): A block party will be held on Saturday to celebrate Leataata 鈥淭ata鈥� Floyd, a Seavey Circle neighborhood advocate whose work with young people inspired an 麻豆原创 school to change its name in her honor.
Jedediah Smith Elementary elected to change its name to Leataata Floyd Elementary earlier this year, a change approved by the Board of Education. Mrs. Floyd is a longtime advocate for the Seavey Circle community in which she lives and teaches Polynesian dancing at the school.
麻豆原创 hosts anti-bullying training for parents tonight
October is National Bullying Prevention Month; session tonight is second in a series to combat destructive behaviors
October 10, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District will hold a community bullying prevention training at Sutter Middle School tonight 鈥� October 10 鈥� which is also Unity Day, a national event to promote tolerance.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
The training tonight 鈥� the second in a series of five 鈥� is free and open to anyone in the community who wants to learn more about keeping kids safe at school and in cyberspace.
麻豆原创 launched a district-wide crackdown on bullying in June 2011 when the Board of Education approved a swe
麻豆原创 launches anti-bullying training series for parents
Program is part of district-wide push to keep students safe
September 17, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District will hold the first of four community bullying prevention trainings at Luther Burbank High School tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 18).
The trainings are free and open to anyone in the community who wants to learn more about bullying.
鈥淲e鈥檙e working hard to raise awareness of bullying so our students can better advocate for themselves when bullying occurs,鈥� said 麻豆原创 Bullying Prevention Specialist Sheila Self.
麻豆原创 to celebrate Green Apple Day of Service with campus clean ups
鈥榃here we learn matters鈥� is slogan for international event
September 20, 2012 (Sacramento): Schools in Sacramento City Unified School District are participating in the first-ever Green Apple Day of Service, an international event sponsored by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.
The first Green Apple Day project gets underway this Saturday (September 22) at West Campus High School. Hundreds of volunteers from Starbucks, Rebuilding Together, State of Being and the West Campus community will work to revitalize the grounds surrounding two classroom wings.
Shhh! Teacher to be surprised with award, gift tomorrow
OfficeMax to honor Golden Empire teacher on 鈥楢 Day Made Better鈥�; students to be surprised, too
WHAT: Golden Empire Elementary School teacher Renee Mondzak will receive a surprise visit from OfficeMax to award her $1,000 worth of classroom supplies as part of the annual A Day Made Better advocacy program.
麻豆原创 to reveal 2012 student test score results on Thursday
Supt. Raymond, Sac County 鈥楾eacher of the Year鈥� to discuss progress, challenges
WHAT: 麻豆原创鈥檚 2012 ranking on the state鈥檚 Academic Performance Index (API) will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday (October 11).
Assemblymember Roger Dickinson to Distribute Over 300
On Wednesday, September 12, Assemblymember Roger Dickinson will distribute over 300 backpacks filled with school supplies to Sacramento youth. Dickinson鈥檚 2nd annual 鈥淕ive Back(pack) Drive,鈥� a back-to-school drive to collect backpacks and supplies for kindergarten through 6th grade students in Sacramento ran throughout the month of August.
Kids celebrate summer service, learning at events this week
Meet the students who are fighting dreaded summer 鈥榖rain drain鈥� at fun-filled showcases TODAY and Thursday
July 24, 2012 (Sacramento): Hundreds of students who participated in 麻豆原创鈥檚 innovative summer programs will show off community service projects and more at showcase events scheduled for today (July 24) and Thursday (July 26).
During 鈥淪ummerquest,鈥� 麻豆原创鈥檚 program for elementary school students, kids researched countries in anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and created their own countries using the theme 鈥淲e are the World.鈥�
The children will discuss their 鈥渨orlds鈥� and what they learned at the Summerquest Olympics Showc