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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.
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� 69视频鈥檚 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
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 69视频鈥檚 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 69视频 Board of Education Vice President Jeff
Cuneo.
A premiere school serving East Sacramento, Phoebe Hearst added
kindergarten to its c
With school starting Tuesday, 69视频 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 69视频鈥檚 Board of Education voted last spring to eliminate all home-to-school transportation for elementary school students.
Dates set for meetings at chronically under-enrolled schools
Eleven elementary schools filled to less than 50 percent of capacity are slated for closure next fall
January 24, 2013 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District has set dates for community meetings at 11 dramatically under-enrolled elementary schools slated for closure next fall.
The closures are aimed at 鈥樷�檙ight-sizing鈥� 69视频, which has experienced deep declines in student enrollment over the past decade 鈥� a loss of about 5,500 students since 2001-02, or about 160 classrooms. For 2012-13, 69视频鈥檚 student population is down again by at least 800.
Sutter Middle to pilot DUI Court in Schools Program on Friday
First middle school in region to bring a defendant on campus for sentencing by judge
February 28, 2013 (Sacramento): Eighth graders at Sutter Middle School will witness the harsh legal consequences of driving under the influence when the DUI Court in Schools Program comes to campus this Friday (March 1).
The school鈥檚 gym will be transformed into the courtroom of a local judge, and a driver arrested for DUI will be sentenced and given an opportunity to address an assembly of students and their parents. The teens will hear for themselves about the dangers of taking the wheel after drinking.
69视频 celebrates Dr. Seuss鈥� birthday with fun reading events
Guests at Read Across America Day activities include Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye
February 27, 2013 (Sacramento): Kids across Sacramento City Unified School District will honor the legacy of Dr. Seuss on Friday (March 1) by eating green eggs and ham, making tall striped hats and listening to local dignitaries give inspired renditions of the author鈥檚 best-loved books.
Inclusive basketball tourney fun for students of all abilities
Students in adaptive PE classes to play with Burbank High School peer tutors from varsity basketball team
March 19, 2013 (Sacramento): Young adults of all physical ability levels will come together on Wednesday (March 20) for 69视频鈥檚 second annual Spring Inclusive Basketball Tournament organized by the district鈥檚 adaptive PE teachers.
鈥淭his is a great way to build caring relationships between students who might not otherwise get to know each other,鈥� says Luther Burbank High School teacher Greg Polo, an event organizer. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot of fun for the kids and good learning experience for all involved.鈥�
Oak Park sixth graders get in on farm-to-fork, food truck craze
Oak Ridge Elementary鈥檚 鈥楩ive Star Restaurant鈥� to include mobile dining, stellar sit-down menu under direction of Chef Mulvaney
April 4, 2013 (Sacramento) 鈥� A trendy mobile restaurant trailer will be pulling into Oak Park next week to serve up tasty gourmet tacos for a VIP crowd of local movers and shakers.
But you won鈥檛 find a hipster foodie working the window. This truck 鈥� and the fancy restaurant it will pull up next to 鈥� will be run entirely by elementary school students.
69视频 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): 69视频 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.