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Opera Singers, Hip-Hop Dancers Kick Off Red Ribbon Week
Event at Mark Hopkins Elementary School TOMORROW Signals Beginning of Annual Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign
Hip opera?
Sacramento City Unified School District kicks off Red Ribbon Week
鈥� a national drug-abuse awareness campaign 鈥� tomorrow (Friday,
October 21) with performances by opera singers and hip-hop
dancers at Mark Hopkins Elementary School.
A) 麻豆官网 Kids Help Shatter World Reading Record on Thursday
Students at 30 elementary schools to participate in 鈥楻ead for the Record鈥� with 2 million others nationwide
Thousands of 麻豆官网 students will participate in 鈥淩ead for the Record鈥� on Thursday, a nationwide campaign to break the world record for the most adults and children reading the same book on the same day.
The book is 鈥淟lama Llama Red Pajama鈥� by Anna Dewdney, a sweet rendering of the trials of bedtime separation anxiety that is a favorite among young children. In classrooms across Sacramento City Unified, teachers will be reading the book to students, many using projectors to show the colorful illustrations on wide screens.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Labor Day
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during long holiday weekends
SACRAMENTO, CA: Labor Day is a day of rest for most in Sacramento, but it can be a day of busy activity for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.
In light of this, 麻豆官网 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over the three-day break (September 3-5).
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. Katherine Lester, who heads 麻豆官网 security services.
麻豆官网 School to House California鈥檚 First Hmong Immersion Program
Opening ceremony tonight will include Hmong dancers, singers and a classroom tour
Susan B. Anthony Elementary School will open this fall with California鈥檚 first Hmong language immersion class 鈥� part of 麻豆官网鈥檚 ambitious plan to graduate high-achieving, bilingual and bicultural students ready to compete in the future global marketplace.
A grand opening ceremony for the Hmong Dual Language Immersion Program will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, September 1), at the school, 7864 Detroit Blvd.
The opening event will include cultural performances, food and classroom tours.
Test Scores Appear to Validate 麻豆官网鈥檚 School Reform Efforts
鈥楶riority Schools鈥� students make big gains on state test
Sacramento: State test score data released today suggests that Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 bold initiative to turn around low-performing schools is working.
Students in the Superintendent鈥檚 Priority Schools made nearly
across-the-board gains in math and English on the California
Standards Tests (CSTs) administered last spring, validating a
host of reforms
implemented at those campuses last year.
Teen Trend: Loafing? Out. Community Service? In.
More than 800 麻豆官网 students trade lazy days on the couch for helping their neighborhoods, schools
Research shows that 鈥渕illennials鈥� 鈥� teens and people in their 20s 鈥� are civic-minded and socially conscious. Proof of that trend can be found right here in Sacramento, where more than 800 middle and high school students volunteered to spend six weeks of their summer vacation serving the community.
The teens participated in 鈥淪ummer of Service,鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 innovative, service-learning initiative that gives kids leadership and teamwork skills and gives the community teams of enthusiastic young helpers.
麻豆官网 to Unveil Much-Anticipated Results of Bold School Reform Effort
Data on 鈥楶riority Schools鈥� revealed at press conference with State Superintendent Tom Torlakso
麻豆官网 Superintendent Jonathan Raymond will reveal the results of
the
district鈥檚 aggressive initiative to turnaround low-performing
schools during Wednesday鈥檚 press conference with State
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
The press conference will be at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, in the library of Oak Ridge Elementary School, 4501 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Phoebe Hearst Sixth-Grader Wins Distinguished Student Award
(Sacramento) 鈥� A sixth grade student at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School is the California winner of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award, sponsored by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).
Olivia Sison was honored for her achievements in dance, excellence in academics and her demonstrated leadership abilities. Olivia is president of the Phoebe Hearst Student Council, a Girl Scout, a skilled ballerina, a member of the Middle School Speech and Debate League and is taking algebra at Kit Carson Middle School as a sixth grader.
麻豆官网 Opens $9.3 Million Sports Complex TOMORROW
Luther Burbank High鈥檚 football team to play first home game since 2008
Officially, Luther Burbank High School鈥檚 homecoming is November 4. But TOMORROW (Friday, September 23), the team will literally 鈥渃ome home鈥� when the Titans play their first game in three years on their own turf, thanks to the opening of a new $9.3 million sports complex.
A celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony with student athletes, cheerleaders, the marching band and more will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 23, at the new Sports Complex.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over long summer break
For many Sacramento families summer is a time of fun as school-year schedules give way to more leisurely days. But for school officials on tight budgets, summer can be a time of high anxiety as worry sets in over the safety of vacant campuses.
Vandals, arsonists and thieves are of particular concern, especially those who cripple school air-conditioning and electrical systems by stealing copper and aluminum parts 鈥� crimes that cost taxpayers money and take away needed school resources.