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Test Scores Appear to Validate 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 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 麻豆果冻传媒 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.
麻豆果冻传媒 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
麻豆果冻传媒 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.
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.
麻豆果冻传媒 Kids to Honor Veterans with Songs, Poems
Hubert H. Bancroft Elementary School reception on Thursday pays tribute to those who served their country
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
McClatchy Alum Killed in Iraq to be Honored at Saturday鈥檚 鈥楤ell Game鈥�
Family, school to be presented with plaque from Fallen Warriors; scholarship established in Sgt. Duplantier鈥檚 name
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.