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Disabled vets to present school with $500 and 鈥榮urprise鈥
Donation reflects vets鈥 gratitude for Hollywood Park Elementary students鈥 letters of support

March 29, 2012 (Sacramento):  Last Veteran鈥檚 Day, students at Hollywood Park Elementary School wrote letters to veterans thanking them for their service to the country.

On Friday, some of those veterans will return the gesture of gratitude by presenting the school with a $500 check 鈥 and a surprise for Principal Hamed Razawi.

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Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays

March 30, 2012 (Sacramento):  Spring is a busy time of year 鈥 especially for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.

In light of this, 麻豆果冻传媒 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over Spring Break (March 31 through April 8 鈥 school resumes Monday, April 9).鈥

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.

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Rosemont Rallies to Support Neighborhood Schools
鈥楨ssence of Rosemont鈥 on Friday will showcase student achievement, community involvement

April 12, 2012 (Sacramento) 鈥 The Rosemont community will come together on Friday (April 13) for 鈥淓ssence of Rosemont,鈥 a giant block party designed to demonstrate support for public schools, kids and neighborhood unity.

Kids will be jumping, cheerleaders will be turning cartwheels and bands will be playing at the third annual 鈥淓ssence,鈥 event, a fun-packed evening of carnival games, bounce houses, live music and an outdoor movie on an enormous 60-foot-wide screen.

鈥淲e are so proud of our schools and so pleased that the community has rallied to show their support for our stu

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Kids Vie for $5M in Funds at 鈥楪reen School鈥 Showcase
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will award bond money to student designed proposals for more sustainable campuses

April 16, 2012 (Sacramento):  Fourteen student 鈥済reen teams鈥 from the Sacramento City Unified School District will showcase projects to make their campuses more eco-friendly at 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 first annual Project Green Showcase on Wednesday (April 18).

Viable projects are in line for $5 million in facilities bond money set aside for green school initiatives.

鈥淣ot only are we encouraging our students to think deeply about making our community a better place in the future, we are providing them with the funds to take their projects from concept to reality,鈥 said 麻豆果冻传媒 Superinten

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麻豆果冻传媒 to Honor Two World War II 鈥楽urvivors鈥
Award-winning author interned after Pearl Harbor and rare tree both to be celebrated at ceremony on Friday

April 18, 2012 (Sacramento):  Kiyo Sato, 88, is a survivor. A native of Sacramento, her Japanese American family became the target of prejudice after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was eventually forced to live in an internment camp in Arizona.

Despite these struggles, Ms. Sato eventually returned to Sacramento, joined the U.S. Air Force, finished her education and become a successful school nurse and award-winning author.

A rare pink almond tree on Folsom Boulevard near the Rancho Cordova library is a survivor, too.

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Bullying Expert to Address LGBTQ Youth Conference
Cal Poly Professor Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer to give keynote address at 麻豆果冻传媒 event

April 25, 2012 (Sacramento):  Nationally recognized bullying expert Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer, author of 鈥淕ender, Bullying and Harassment,鈥 will give the keynote address at Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 鈥淣o Time to Lose鈥 LGBTQ youth conference this Friday.

The conference is a key component of 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 comprehensive approach to combating bullying in schools and in cyberspace.

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Advocates of work-based learning to tour 麻豆果冻传媒 school
Health Professions High School is one of six sites on Linked Learning schedule Wednesday

May 1, 2012 (Sacramento):  Statewide advocates for strengthening the connections between K-12 schools, college and the world of work will visit Health Professions High School on Wednesday as part of an all-day Capitol-area tour.

The Spring 2012 Convening is sponsored by Linked Learning Alliance, a collective of education, workforce and public policy advocates.

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Sac Ballet to kick off McClatchy High鈥檚 75th birthday party
Dancers in the gym will treat alumni, kids and community to rousing performance of 鈥楯azzin鈥 鈥

May 2, 2012 (Sacramento):  Sacramento Ballet will perform in C.K. McClatchy High School鈥檚 gym on Thursday to kick off the school鈥檚 75th anniversary year and to celebrate the long-standing relationship between the company and the school.

The ballet 鈥 featuring principal dancer Alexandra Cunningham, a McClatchy alum 鈥 will perform movements from 鈥淛azzin鈥 鈥 by Darrell Grand Moultrie to the music of Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis and others. McClatchy鈥檚 Jazz Band will also play from its repertoire of jazz standards.

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Chinese 鈥楶eace Messengers鈥 to visit 麻豆果冻传媒 school on Monday
Eight middle and high school students will tour William Land Elementary School鈥檚 Mandarin Immersion class

May 4, 2012 (Sacramento):  The Jinan Peace Messengers Delegation from Jinan, China, will visit the Mandarin language immersion class at William Land Elementary School on Monday.

Eight middle and high school students will be part of the delegation, along with two teachers. They will arrive at William Land at 11:30 a.m. and stay through lunch. Four members of the Jinan-Sacramento Sister Cities Corporation will accompany the delegation.

鈥淲e are thrilled to host these young ambassadors of good will,鈥 said Principal Ellen Lee.