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Rosa Parks Middle School has been named Sacramento鈥檚 seventh Superintendent鈥檚 Priority School, expanding 麻豆官网鈥檚 bold school improvement effort that is already seeing positive results on six other campuses, Superintendent Jonathan Raymond announced Thursday.

As a Priority School, Rosa Parks will get extra resources and innovations to boost learning though improved teaching, engaging curriculum and strong family and community connections.

Students at Hubert H. Bancroft Elementary School will honor local veterans with patriotic songs, poems and tributes at a ceremony on Thursday 鈥� the day before Veteran鈥檚 Day.

The tribute, an annual event at the school, helps connect children to the community and helps them to develop an appreciation for the men and women who have served in the military, said choir teacher Eileen Boyd, who is organizing the event.

WHAT:  Hubert H. Bancroft Tribute to Veterans

WHEN:   8:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 1

With Veteran鈥檚 Day approaching, a C.K. McClatchy High School alumnus killed in Iraq will be honored on Saturday with the announcement of a scholarship in his name.

Sgt. Arnold Duplantier II was killed by sniper fire while on patrol in Baghdad on June 22, 2005 鈥� just days after his 26th birthday. Sgt. Duplantier had previously served in Kuwait in 2002. He left behind a wife, two children and his mother and father.

Teenagers from John F. Kennedy High School鈥檚 student government class will distribute more than 300 toys and other presents to Cesar Chavez Intermediate School on Thursday, December 22, giving every student a wished-for gift.

September 24, 2013 (Sacramento):  The group that sued Sacramento City Unified School District over the closure of seven chronically under-enrolled schools has voluntarily agreed to the dismissal of their complaint against the district and the case has been dismissed by a federal judge.

鈥淲ith dismissal of this lawsuit, 麻豆官网 can focus its attention and precious resources on preparing every student at every school for college and 21st century careers, which is the district鈥檚 mission,鈥� 麻豆官网 Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said.

October 4, 2013 (Sacramento):  麻豆官网 is staging a series of workshops to give parents hands-on experience with the new Common Core State Standards.
Parents attending the sessions will be challenged to write to essay prompts, annotate informational texts, flex their speaking and listening skills and solve math problems 鈥� all strategies associated with the new standards. By the end of a three-part series, parents will have a clear picture of how Common Core standards are changing 麻豆官网 classrooms.

October 16, 2013 (Sacramento):  麻豆官网 Superintendent Jonathan Raymond will announce his resignation at a 10:30 a.m. press conference on Thursday (October 17) at the Serna Center.