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麻豆果冻传媒 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.

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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 麻豆果冻传媒 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.

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麻豆果冻传媒 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.

麻豆果冻传媒 launched a district-wide crackdown on bullying in June 2011 when the Board of Education approved a swe

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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.

                               

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Learn about CA Common Core State Standards

The days when a high school diploma and a factory job were the ticket to the American dream are long gone, as any recent graduate can attest.

To be successful in an ever-shrinking, increasingly competitive global economy, our high school graduates will need to move on to higher education or career training: Community college, a four-year university, vocational school or an apprenticeship.