Press Releases
麻豆果冻传媒 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 麻豆果冻传媒 Sacramento Police Lt. Lisa Hinz, who heads 麻豆果冻传媒 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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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.
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.
Teen writers to share their poetry and prose with UC Davis health system faculty, staff and medical students
Health Professions High School students invited to read from their published anthology on the power of healing
WHAT: Health Professions High School students will read aloud personal stories from their book 鈥淏reath and Bones鈥� as a discussion event for the UCD 2012-13 Campus Community Book Project at the UCD School of Medicine
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麻豆果冻传媒 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).
Students at 麻豆果冻传媒 鈥楶riority Schools,鈥� middle schools make big learning gains
California Department of Education data released today validates district initiatives to increase student achievement
October 11, 2012 (Sacramento): State test data released today validates Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 aggressive efforts to transform low-performing schools and implement rigorous student achievement standards in every classroom.
For the second year, students in 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 Superintendent鈥檚 Priority Schools made almost across-the-board gains on state tests. In addition, 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 middle school students 鈥� adolescents often regarded as the hardest to teach 鈥� also made impressive strides, outpacing their elementary and high school peers in gains.
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
麻豆果冻传媒 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).
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.
麻豆果冻传媒 to celebrate Green Apple Day of Service with campus clean ups
鈥榃here we learn matters鈥� is slogan for international event
September 20, 2012 (Sacramento): Schools in Sacramento City Unified School District are participating in the first-ever Green Apple Day of Service, an international event sponsored by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.
The first Green Apple Day project gets underway this Saturday (September 22) at West Campus High School. Hundreds of volunteers from Starbucks, Rebuilding Together, State of Being and the West Campus community will work to revitalize the grounds surrounding two classroom wings.
麻豆果冻传媒 launches anti-bullying training series for parents
Program is part of district-wide push to keep students safe
September 17, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District will hold the first of four community bullying prevention trainings at Luther Burbank High School tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 18).
The trainings are free and open to anyone in the community who wants to learn more about bullying.
鈥淲e鈥檙e working hard to raise awareness of bullying so our students can better advocate for themselves when bullying occurs,鈥� said 麻豆果冻传媒 Bullying Prevention Specialist Sheila Self.
Assemblymember Roger Dickinson to Distribute Over 300
On Wednesday, September 12, Assemblymember Roger Dickinson will distribute over 300 backpacks filled with school supplies to Sacramento youth. Dickinson鈥檚 2nd annual 鈥淕ive Back(pack) Drive,鈥� a back-to-school drive to collect backpacks and supplies for kindergarten through 6th grade students in Sacramento ran throughout the month of August.
With school starting Tuesday, 麻豆果冻传媒 reminds parents of bus service cuts
Letters, automated phone calls sent home; bus service still available to some students
August 31, 2012 (Sacramento): School starts on Tuesday, and the Sacramento City Unified School District is working hard to remind parents that bus service for elementary school students has been eliminated with a few exceptions.
To balance a $28 million budget deficit, the 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 Board of Education voted last spring to eliminate all home-to-school transportation for elementary school students.
麻豆果冻传媒 middle schools make impressive gains on state tests
Fern Bacon leads the way with a second straight year of big jumps in math, language arts
August 31, 2012 (Sacramento): 麻豆果冻传媒 middle school kids 鈥搊ften regarded as the hardest to teach 鈥� outpaced their elementary and high school peers in gains on state standardized tests in English language arts and math, according to data released today.
First day of school to feature Senate pro Tem Steinberg, 鈥榞reen鈥� classrooms
Supervisor Serna and Superintendent Raymond will also speak at 鈥楽acramento Goes Back to School鈥� event
August 30, 2012 (Sacramento): Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg will speak Tuesday morning (September 4) at 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 first day of school celebration, held this year at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School to highlight the campus鈥� new 鈥済reen鈥� classrooms.
Other VIP guests scheduled to speak at 鈥淪acramento Goes Back to
School鈥� include Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna,
Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan
Raymond and 麻豆果冻传媒 Board of Education Vice President Jeff
Cuneo.
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Kids celebrate summer service, learning at events this week
Meet the students who are fighting dreaded summer 鈥榖rain drain鈥� at fun-filled showcases TODAY and Thursday
July 24, 2012 (Sacramento): Hundreds of students who participated in Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 innovative summer programs will show off community service projects and more at showcase events scheduled for today (July 24) and Thursday (July 26).
During 鈥淪ummerquest,鈥� 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 program for elementary school students, kids researched countries in anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and created their own countries using the theme 鈥淲e are the World.鈥�
The children will discuss their 鈥渨orlds鈥� and what they learned at the Summerquest Olympics Showc
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.
Kid 鈥楪reen Teams鈥� to get cash for eco-friendly projects
麻豆果冻传媒 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.
麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 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.
麻豆果冻传媒 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 麻豆果冻传媒 kids participated in the program.
麻豆果冻传媒 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.