Press Releases
Kid 鈥楪reen Teams鈥� to get cash for eco-friendly projects
麻豆原创 will announce funding allocations for student-developed 鈥榞reen school鈥� plans on Thursday
June 5, 2012 (Sacramento): Fourteen student 鈥済reen teams鈥� from the 麻豆原创 will learn on Thursday how much money they are getting to see their dreams of greener campuses come true.
麻豆原创鈥檚 first-ever Project Green Allocation Awards will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday (June 7) at Rosemont High School, 9594 Kiefer Blvd.
麻豆原创 expands summer learning for kids despite cuts
鈥楽ummer of Service鈥� helps stop 鈥榖rain drain鈥� that disproportionately affects urban kids
May 30, 2012 (Sacramento): Despite deep state funding cuts that have forced the near elimination of traditional summer school, 麻豆原创 is expanding its innovative 鈥淪ummer of Service鈥� program for teens.
鈥淪ummer of Service鈥� combines community service and project-based learning with a traditional 鈥渂ridge鈥� program aimed at easing the sometimes scary transition to middle and high school. Last year, about 800 麻豆原创 kids participated in the program.
麻豆原创 focuses on at-risk teens with new Men鈥檚 Leadership Academy
Donations from City Councilman Schenirer, Sierra Health and The California Endowment allow program expansion
May 28, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District is working to close achievement gaps and lower the drop-out rate for urban boys with its new Men鈥檚 Leadership Academy at American Legion, C.K. McClatchy and John F. Kennedy high schools.
State Schools Chief Torlakson to speak at Kit Carson Middle School Career Day
Mayor Johnson, City Councilmen Cohn and McCarty and 麻豆原创 Superintendent Raymond will also attend
May 23, 2012 (Sacramento): State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will appear at Kit Carson Middle School鈥檚 Annual Career Day on Friday (May 25) after a 14-year-old 4.0 GPA student, who emigrated with her mother from Costa Rica in 2008, asked California鈥檚 schools chief to attend.
Rebeca Corrales wrote Torlakson a letter in which she credited Kit Carson Principal Charlie Watters and the school鈥檚 teachers and staff for helping her and asked California鈥檚 top educator to attend Friday鈥檚 event.
鈥淚 believe that with all the love and patience the staff gave,
麻豆原创 co-hosts summit on in-home parent engagement
The Parent/Teacher Home Visit Project trains school staffs to make powerful 鈥榟ouse calls鈥� to families
May 17, 2012 (Sacramento): Forget Facebook, text messages and Twitter.
Arts festival brings together students of all abilities
The work of more than 1,500 special and regular education Sac City Unified kids will be presented on Friday
May 17, 2012 (Sacramento): Student artists from Sacramento City Unified School District will pound drums, breakdance, sing and perform original theater pieces at the 25th annual Very Special Festival of the Arts on Friday (May 18).
The one-day event is sponsored by I Can Do THAT!/Very Special Arts, the only program in Sacramento County that provides instruction in the arts to students with and without disabilities together through artists-in-residence at schools.
麻豆原创 kids perform tomorrow in Carnegie Hall program
Link Up provides professional musicians to work with elementary school students
May 16, 2012 (Sacramento): Eight hundred students from five 麻豆原创 elementary schools that participate in the Carnegie Hall Link UP program will perform on Thursday (May 17) at Capital Christian Center.
Carnegie Hall鈥檚 Weill Music Institute, in partnership with the Sacramento Philharmonic and the Vocal and Instrumental Teaching Artists Academy, brings music instruction to students at William Land, Sutterville, Elder Creek, Abraham Lincoln and Maple schools.
Students will demonstrate what they鈥檝e learned in a concert.
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Students enlist restaurants to help save Adult Education
Fremont School for Adults students hold Second Saturday fundraiser with food from Z贸calo, Tres Hermanas and others
May 10, 2012 (Sacramento): Students from Fremont School for Adults 鈥� slated for closure in the fall as the Sacramento City Unified School District grapples with $43 million in cuts 鈥� are enlisting local restaurants in their efforts to keep their programs going.
Z贸calo, Tres Hermanas, La Fiesta Mexicana Bar and Grill, Coco Loco Mexican Restaurant, La Placita and Ay Jalisco are donating food to be sold at the historic midtown campus during the upcoming Second Saturday celebration.
The idea for the fundraiser came from the students, many of whom work in area restaurants.
麻豆原创 approved for $4.1 million in federal grants
The funds would support and expand after-school and summer learning programs for students
May 9, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District has been approved to receive $4.1 million in federal grants to support and expand student learning before and after the bell rings and during the summer.
The 21st Century Afterschool Program grants will allow 麻豆原创 to continue its innovative slate of programs aimed at enriching the educational experience for kids, boosting their academic performance and teaching them about healthy living.
The California Department of Education, which administers the grant program, notified 麻豆原创 that it intends to award
Chinese 鈥楶eace Messengers鈥� to visit 麻豆原创 school on Monday
Eight middle and high school students will tour William Land Elementary School鈥檚 Mandarin Immersion class
May 4, 2012 (Sacramento): The Jinan Peace Messengers Delegation from Jinan, China, will visit the Mandarin language immersion class at William Land Elementary School on Monday.
Eight middle and high school students will be part of the delegation, along with two teachers. They will arrive at William Land at 11:30 a.m. and stay through lunch. Four members of the Jinan-Sacramento Sister Cities Corporation will accompany the delegation.
鈥淲e are thrilled to host these young ambassadors of good will,鈥� said Principal Ellen Lee.
Sac Ballet to kick off McClatchy High鈥檚 75th birthday party
Dancers in the gym will treat alumni, kids and community to rousing performance of 鈥楯azzin鈥� 鈥�
May 2, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento Ballet will perform in C.K. McClatchy High School鈥檚 gym on Thursday to kick off the school鈥檚 75th anniversary year and to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the company and the school.
The ballet 鈥� featuring principal dancer Alexandra Cunningham, a McClatchy alum 鈥� will perform movements from 鈥淛azzin鈥� 鈥� by Darrell Grand Moultrie to the music of Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis and others. McClatchy鈥檚 Jazz Band will also play from its repertoire of jazz standards.
Advocates of work-based learning to tour 麻豆原创 school
Health Professions High School is one of six sites on Linked Learning schedule Wednesday
May 1, 2012 (Sacramento): Statewide advocates for strengthening the connections between K-12 schools, college and the world of work will visit Health Professions High School on Wednesday as part of an all-day Capitol-area tour.
The Spring 2012 Convening is sponsored by Linked Learning Alliance, a collective of education, workforce and public policy advocates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays
March 30, 2012 (Sacramento): Spring is a busy time of year 鈥� especially for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.
In light of this, 麻豆原创 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over Spring Break (March 31 through April 8 鈥� school resumes Monday, April 9).鈥�
鈥淢ost of our schools are surrounded by homes, and we need those neighbors to join us in protecting these valuable and sometimes vulnerable community centers,鈥� said Sacramento Police Lt.
Disabled vets to present school with $500 and 鈥榮urprise鈥�
Donation reflects vets鈥� gratitude for Hollywood Park Elementary students鈥� letters of support
March 29, 2012 (Sacramento): Last Veteran鈥檚 Day, students at Hollywood Park Elementary School wrote letters to veterans thanking them for their service to the country.
On Friday, some of those veterans will return the gesture of gratitude by presenting the school with a $500 check 鈥� and a surprise for Principal Hamed Razawi.
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