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麻豆官网 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.
State Schools Chief Torlakson to speak at Kit Carson Middle School Career Day
Mayor Johnson, City Councilmen Cohn and McCarty and 麻豆官网 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,
麻豆官网 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, Sacramento City Unified School District 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 麻豆官网 kids participated in the program.
麻豆官网 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.
Kid 鈥楪reen Teams鈥� to get cash for eco-friendly projects
麻豆官网 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 Sacramento City Unified School District will learn on Thursday how much money they are getting to see their dreams of greener campuses come true.
麻豆官网鈥檚 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.
Soon-to-be-closed school hosts 鈥楲egacy Day鈥� for community
Alumni of Freeport Elementary are invited to share memories and more at Saturday鈥檚 event
June 7, 2012 (Sacramento): Since its opening in 1954, Freeport Elementary School has prepared generations of South Sacramento children for success in school and life.
As the neighborhood aged and children grew up and moved away, however, the school struggled to keep up its enrollment.
Board of Education Vacancy
Board of Education Trustee Ellyn Bell (Area 1) has submitted her letter of resignation to Sacramento County Office of Education Superintendent David Gordon. As a result, on November 1, 麻豆官网鈥檚 Board of Education voted to appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of her term. Deadline to apply for the vacancy is November 14, 2012 at 5pm.
麻豆官网 Supt. Raymond applauds passage of Prop. 30, school bonds
Thanks volunteers who worked so hard for public education
November 7, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond issued the following statement today on the passage of Proposition 30 and local Measures Q and R:
鈥淎ll of us at Sac City Unified and across the state are breathing a little easier today knowing that the citizens of California value public education and are willing to invest in our children鈥檚 futures through voter approval of Proposition 30.
鈥淲e are also heartened by our local community鈥檚 support for Measures Q and R.
麻豆官网 Urges Safe Halloween Fun for Boys and Ghouls鈥r鈥irls
District also seeks neighborhood help in protecting schools
October 29, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District officials are urging parents to follow common sense safety guidelines this Halloween (Wednesday, October 31) to ensure a fun, worry-free holiday for students and families.
鈥淲e want to see every student in class on Thursday morning ready to learn,鈥� said 麻豆官网 Sacramento Police Lt. Lisa Hinz, who heads 麻豆官网 security services. 鈥淭hat can only happen if adults make sure that kids adhere to rules about safe walking, safe trick-or-treating and safe snacking.鈥�
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麻豆官网 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: Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 2012 ranking on the state鈥檚 Academic Performance Index (API) will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday (October 11).