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City schools swear in board members; elect new officers 12/17/04   Sacramento City Unified School District newly elected board members Gerry Houseman and Miguel Navarrette joined re-elected board members Rick Jennings, Manny Hernandez and Karen Young on Thursday, Dec. 16 as the governing board for the district.

Schools ask neighbors help to stop holiday vandalism 12/16/04
Sacramento Unified School District security officers will join employees from Mark Twain Elementary School and West Campus High School to ask neighbors in the area to keep an eye on the campuses over the holiday break.

Local business adopts family recovering from fatal fire 12/16/04
Three Sacramento City Unified School District students who lost their mother and an older sister to a house fire in Vietnam more than two years ago will receive a special holiday surprise tomorrow, when employees from Sherman-Loehr Custom Tile Works give their family thousands of dollars worth of toys, clothes and gift certificates.

Statewide student leadership group meets in Sacramento 12/10/04
Student council members from all over California, members of the California Association of Student Councils, will meet on Friday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Clunie Clubhouse Auditorium at 601 Alhambra Blvd.

Power failure repaired at John Still Elementary; students expected for classes at 8 a.m. Friday morning 11/18/04
John Still Elementary School will be open tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 19 after failures of a circuit breaker and transformer shut down electrical power today at the campus. Classes begin at 8 a.m. The school is located at 2250 John Still Dr.
Students and staff can return to the classroom because of the daylong efforts of district...

Sam Brannan middle school hosts regional robotics tournament focused on helping disabled peers using NASA Mars technology 11/18/04
Middle school students from throughout Northern California will descend on Sam Brannan Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. with a unique mission: find robotic solutions to difficulties faced by disabled students in a school environment.

Former students, friends invited to spirited educator’s 80^th birthday to share memories, hugs, laughter 11/10/04
Spread the word! Isador Cohen’s high-kicking, free spirited principal—Virginia Grabbe—is inviting her former students, colleagues and friends to an 80^th birthday celebration on Saturday, Nov. 20 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel. An open microphone will start at 4 p.m.

School honors cherished after school coordinator 11/05/04
Fruit Ridge Elementary School students will remember a beloved after school coordinator on Friday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. Students and staff will pay tribute to Students Today Achieving Results for Tomorrow (START) coordinator Lynda Fields who died unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Pupils and colleagues will release messages in balloons as part of their tribute to Fields, who served the Fruit Ridge community for more than eight years as the START coordinator. 

Genesis Charter High School dedication set for tonight 11/04  11/4/04          
Genesis Charter High School staff, students and parents will join Sacramento City Unified School District board members and other officials in dedicating the campus located a 5601 47^th Ave.  Tours are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and dedication ceremonies will begin at 6 p.m.

4H brings farm life to Sac City schools 11/03/04
Pigs, chickens, horses and cows will make themselves at home at Parkway Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 3 as volunteers from the Sacramento County 4H Club Council turns the campus into a barnyard for the day. Classes will take turns visiting with the animals from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Parkway is located at 4720 Forest Parkway.

Students sell baked goods to save the rainforest  11/02/04
Inspired by a reading assignment, fifth graders at Golden Empire Elementary School are trying to save the rainforest one cookie at a time.
For the second consecutive year, students will sell baked goods after school in order to buy land in the ecologically sensitive rainforest to turn over to indigenous people and save it from development. The bake sale runs from Wednesday to Friday from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m

Schools add extra patrols to spook vandals over Halloween weekend, ask community for assistance  10/27/04
Three additional officers will keep a watchful eye on Sacramento City Unified School District Schools over the Halloween weekend in an effort to scare away vandals. The extra officers will start Friday evening—Oct. 29—and work through Halloween night, Sunday, Oct. 31. They will work around the clock. Sac City usually has one officer on weekend patrol duty.

Helicopter lands at elementary school as part of Red Ribbon Week anti-drug message, Halloween safety  10/27/04
Special agents, including a police dog, from the California Department of Justice, the Sacramento Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will join students at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. to promote an anti-drug message followed by a helicopter landing on the school field at 9:30 a.m.

Sac City, teachers reach early tentative pact 10/25/04
Negotiating teams for Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) have reached tentative agreement on a multi-year collective bargaining agreement. District board of education members approved the proposal on Thursday, Oct. 21. On Tuesday, SCTA’s executive board will vote on whether to also consent to the tentative contract that would run until 2007.
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Burbank high begins elite college prep International Baccalaureate program; only one other in Sacramento 10/20/04
Burbank High School students—where 62 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch and approximately 80 percent are African American, Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander—now have the opportunity to join the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. School and Sacramento City Unified School District officials, teachers and students will make the announcement Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. in the Burbank library. Burbank is located at 3500 Florin Rd. (between Franklin Blvd. and 24^th St.).

Technology demonstrations, equipment highlight outdoor career day for parents and students 10/18/04
Hundreds of students and their families will talk to local technology industry leaders in eight “industry zones” tomorrow—Saturday, Oct. 16—from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and learn about preparing for careers in telecommunications, biotechnology, manufacturing, construction, engineering, automotives, electronics and energy.

City schools join web-based accountability, improvement partnership sponsored by California business leaders 10/15/04
California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) Chairman and President of the California Business Roundtable Bill Hauck will join Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Maggie Carrillo Mejia on Monday, Oct. 18 at 10:30 a.m. to announce district participation with Just for the Kids-California (JFTK-CA), an education/business partnership aimed at improving school performance and providing community accountability.

Teens meet with campaign reps, then vote in mock presidential election 10/11/04 
California high school students will meet with staff of the presidential campaigns of President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, and then vote in a mock election at a special LegiSchool event, 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14.

SACRAMENTO SCHOOLS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 10/11/04

On Monday, October 11, 2004, at 10:00 a.m., Hiram Johnson High School will conduct a “Table Top” exercise with the Sacramento Police Department, the Sacramento City Fire Department, and school officials regarding intruders on campus.  The team will go through an exercise involving a terrorist threat, and develop a plan to resolve the situation using the Incident Command System (ICS). 

New Tech High School dedication set for this evening 10/07/04
Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education members, students, staff, parents and community members will formally dedicate the innovative New Technology High School tonight at 6:00 p.m. at 1400 Dickson St.

Hundreds of students seek admission, scholarships at fifth Historically Black College Recruitment Fair  09/16/04
City schools’ juniors and seniors will seek admission, financial aid information and actual scholarships from 37 black colleges on Friday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Charles A. Jones Skills Center during the fifth annual Historically Black College Recruitment Fair. The fair is open to all students.

Bidwell instructor named county Teacher of the Year 09/09/04
A Sacramento City Unified School District educator was named a Sacramento County Teacher of the Year for 2005 at an awards dinner on Wednesday night. Asa L. Salley, a 2^nd and 3^rd grade teacher at John Bidwell Elementary School, will be one of two teachers representing Sacramento County in the statewide Teacher of the Year competition after receiving the County Board of Education Award of Merit.

RT BUS ROUTE AND LIGHT RAIL SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR SEPTEMBER 8/30/04
New State Law Prompts Services Changes.  Effective Sunday, September 5, 2004, Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) will modify bus route and light rail schedules.

America’s Choice High School Moves to New Location 8/20/04
America’s Choice High School will be starting its second year in a newly refurbished building in Sacramento (9300 Tech Center Dr.).  The new campus will still be conveniently located near US Highway 50 and the “Tiber” light rail station.  The larger space will allow more students to enroll and experience an excellent, college-prep education in a small, caring environment.

‘Empowering Families’ theme for parent conference as district seeks to involve parents in child’s education 8/20/04
Hundreds of middle and high school parents are expected to attend a free conference on Saturday, Aug. 21 starting at 8 a.m. at the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center to learn how to help students make a successful transition from middle school to high school.

Parents to learn how to help students move from middle school to high school during free conference  8/18/04
Hundreds of middle and high school parents are expected at a free conference on Saturday, Aug. 21 starting at 8 a.m. at the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center to learn how to help students make a successful transition from middle school to high school.

Hmong/ Mien summer program hosts Career Day 7/27/04            Doctors, entrepreneurs, professors and lawyers will be among the professionals talking to children about their careers and the importance of education at the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) Hmong/ Mien Summer School Career Day at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28. The program is located at 2200 John Still Drive.

Schools battle holiday vandalism with neighbors' help 7/1/04
Fruit Ridge Elementary School staff, led by Sacramento City Unified School District’s security officer, will walk door-to-door from the school parking lot at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 2 to ask neighbors for their help in preventing arson and vandalism over the July 4^th holiday....

Local students’ work on exhibit at Crocker Art Museum 6/17/04 
Nearly 40 multicultural art exhibits created by students at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School will be on display at the Crocker Art Museum from June 15 to August 22. A reception for the exhibit, “It’s a Small World: Multicultural Impressions,” will be held on Sunday, June 20 from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. at the museum, located at 216 O Street in Sacramento...

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