SCUSD is committed to improving the health of our students and community. Healthy student are less likely to miss school, which results in higher academic performance. In addition, healthy children and adults are happier, have more energy and maintain a more positive outlook on life. To help you stay fit, SCUSD will be offering “Fit for Life” video exercise tutorials. This week we focus on planks to improve and strengthen your core.
SCUSD students traveled to UC Davis last month for the Iu-Mien
Student Conference, titled “comMIENity: Motivate, Inspire and
Empower Now!” The day included tours of the university, workshops
and live entertainment.
About 700 middle and high school students attended SCUSD’s
African American Student Leadership Conference last month at
California State University, Sacramento. Workshops included
“Discover the Leader Within,” “Know the Law, Know Your Rights,”
and “You Only Live Once.” The day was designed to teach students
how to plan for college and careers and to motivate them to work
hard.
The School of Engineering and Science’s robotics team (SEStematic
Eliminators) won a Regional Finalist Award at the FIRST Robotics
Sacramento Regional competition held at UC Davis. The SES team
was SCUSD’s first ever to advance to the finals of this
prestigious competition. The Eliminators also won the Industrial
Safety Award given to the team that progresses beyond safety
fundamentals by using innovative ways to protect against hazards.
John F. Kennedy High School’s team made it to the semi-finals and
won the Quality Award for “machine robustness in concept and
fabrication.” The C.K. McClatchy Reavers and the Hiram Johnson
Wire Freaks also competed in the program. Congratulations!
SCUSD’s new Public Service Announcement features alumni of our
high schools saying “Thank you!” for their education. The PSA
includes California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye (CKM, ‘77),
former major league all star Greg Vaughn (Kennedy, ‘83) and UC
Berkeley student and past SCUSD Board of Education student member
Arthur Fong (West Campus, ‘11). ALSO: SCUSD’s website now
includes a donation feature through PayPal. Click here to donate.
All 500 members of John F. Kennedy High School’s Class of 2015
visited Sacramento City College last week, the result of an
emerging partnership between SCUSD, Los Rios Community College
District and California State University, Sacramento. The
students were encouraged to work hard, plan for the future and to
find out about the “hidden curriculum” of college.
More than 450 students from 10 SCUSD schools attended the 12th
Annual Hmong Student Leadership and Educational Conference on
Tuesday at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS).
Students toured the campus, participated in educational
interactive workshops, learned techniques for staying physically
active through dance and were treated to healthy, nutritious
foods throughout the day. In addition, students enjoyed
traditional Hmong cultural performances and inspirational
testimonials and videos.
SCUSD is committed to improving the health of our students and
community. Healthy student are less likely to miss school, which
results in higher academic performance. In addition, healthy
children and adults are happier, have more energy and maintain a
more positive outlook on life. To help you stay fit, SCUSD will
be offering “Fit for Life” video exercise tutorials. This week is
’squats and walking lunges.’
Watch this Sac State video on the first classes designed to help
elementary and middle school teachers, who need additional
certification and laid-off instructors who want to keep their
credential current, are under way at Sacramento State.
Third-grader Melissa Martinez’s drawing of a colorful garden
filled with flowers has netted Mark Hopkins Elementary School a
“dream” school garden worth thousands of dollars. Melissa’s
drawing captured the most votes in the Karden Gardens Dream
School Garden Competition, part of last month’s Northern
California Home and Landscape Expo. The garden, as designed by
Melissa, will feature a variety of purple flowers, yellow
sunflowers and a planter of red roses. Construction begins the
week of April 2.
Theodore Judah Elementary School has a new video that explains
why the SCUSD school should be considered for selection as a
federal Green Ribbon school. The video accompanied the school’s
application for the Department of Education program.
SCUSD is committed to improving the health of our students and
community. Healthy student are less likely to miss school, which
results in higher academic performance. In addition, healthy
children and adults are happier, have more energy and maintain a
more positive outlook on life. To help you stay fit, SCUSD will
be offering “Fit for Life” video exercise tutorials. This week,
‘The Wall Sit.’
The Winter 2012 Very Special Arts Festival, a showcase of student
accomplishments in the visual and performing arts, was held last
Thursday at the Sam Pannell Community Center. About 600 students
– including members of Leonardo da Vinci K-8’s rock band –
participated either by displaying artwork, participating in
workshops or performing.
SCUSD is committed to improving the health of our students and
community. Healthy students are less likely to miss school, which
results in higher academic performance. In addition, healthy
children and adults are happier, have more energy and maintain a
more positive outlook on life. To help you stay fit, SCUSD will
be offering “Fit for Life” video exercise tutorials. This week we
focus on abdominals.
SCUSD is committed to improving the health of our students and
community. Healthy students are less likely to miss school, which
results in higher academic performance. In addition, healthy
children and adults are happier, have more energy and maintain a
more positive outlook on life. To help you stay fit, SCUSD will
be offering “Fit for Life” video exercise tutorials. This week we
focus on upper body strength.
Homeless and disadvantaged families from the community were
invited to the Serna Center last month to pick out gifts for
their children, courtesy the district’s annual “Toys for Joy”
drive sponsored by SCUSD’s Parker Family Resource Center.
Forty-three students from Will C. Wood Middle School sailed as
the crew of the Hawaiian Chieftain – a two-mast tall ship that is
a replica of a 19th century trading vessel – on Monday, December
5, as the culmination of a reading project. The students are all
members of Will C. Wood’s Book Club, a new program designed to
get kids excited about literacy and meet the school’s challenge
of reading a million words a year. As a club, they read Avi’s
“The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle,” a historical fiction
novel about a young girl’s adventures on the high-seas in 1821.
SMUD and SCUSD pulled back the curtain on the future of energy
learning with the unveiling of a “SunFlower” at the School of
Engineering and Sciences. The SunFlower is a towering, 400-watt,
student-controlled solar array (visualize solar panels configured
onto a large steel flower) that serves as an interactive learning
laboratory — the first of its kind in the nation.
Fifty-eight seniors from nine SCUSD high schools who fell short
of completing graduation requirements last spring accepted their
diplomas before their cheering families on Tuesday at the
district’s annual Fall Graduation. Held at the Charles A. Jones
Business/Education Center, the traditional ceremony included
teens in caps and gowns and the customary procession to “Pomp and
Circumstance.” Board of Education President Gustavo Arroyo
delivered the commencement address. SCUSD is one of few districts
in the area to honor post-June graduates with their own ceremony.
Click on the video above to watch our 30 second public service
announcement.
This video features students from C.K. McClatchy High School,
Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School, The ACE
(Architecture, Construction and Engineering) and Robotics clubs
at John F. Kennedy High School and George Washington Carver
School of Arts and Science.
