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Have a Great Spring Break! 

Our K-12 schools will be closed Monday, April 15th through Friday, April 19th for Spring Break. Class will resume on Monday, April 22nd. The district office will be closed to the public on Thursday, April 18th and Friday, April 19th. 

There will be free meals served during the break at 8 locations. Click here for more information. 

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Free Lunches Over Spring Break!

To help make sure students who need a nutritious meal over the break have healthy options available to them, our district will open up their cafeteria doors over the break to offer FREE federally funded meals during the lunch hour between April 15 through April 19 from 11:30 a.m. to Noon. 

Meals provided to students are at no cost to them.  Click here to see the list of locations. Click here for information in Spanish,Russian, Hmong,Chinese,and Vietnamese.

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SCUSD Employees Win Green Apple Awards

Congratulations to our team members that have won Green Apple Awards! At our April 4, 2019 Board of Education meeting, the following District teams and employees were honored:

Green Team of the Year

West Campus High School

Green Educator of the Year

Todd McPherson 

Green Administrator of the Year

Isabel Govea

Green Operations Staff of the Year

Jeffrey Smith

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American Indian Education Program – Title VI

The Sacramento City Unified School District’s Title VI Indian Education Program will hold its annual public hearing and parent committee meeting on April 11, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to present assessment data and gather input for the 2019-2020 formula grant application.

The meeting will be held in Washington Room, at Serna Center:

5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, CA

If you have any questions, please contact Christina Narvaez at (916) 643-9364. 

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Men’s and Women’s Leadership Academy Featured In California Endowment Report

In 2010, The California Endowment (TCE) launched a 10-year Building Healthy Communities initiative in 14 different communities, with Sacramento being one of them. The goal of the initiative is to improve the health of boys and young men of color and to address the systems of oppression that negatively impact them by empowering youth, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline and shifting government resources from incarceration to prevention.

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Kennedy Juniors Help Pathways to College Act Pass Assembly Education Committee

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Kennedy High Juniors Amare Sabillo and Billie Dee Scott testified in support of AB 751–The Pathways to College Act and contributed to the effort to get the bill passed by the Assembly Education Committee by a unanimous vote!

They were both vital student voices in the Assembly hearing, ensuring that the bill passed out of committee unopposed (5-0). Prior to the Assembly hearing, they both participated in a press conference in support of the bill, sharing their personal stories and participating in interviews with members of the media.

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SES Robotics Returns To World Championships

On the weekend of March 23, 2019, at the UC Davis robotics competition, the School of Engineering and Sciences Robotics team won the Inspiration Award and earned a return trip to the World Championships in Houston. The team will travel to the World’s next month during the spring break. Please join us in wishing these impressive young team members all the best as they compete in the World’s competition!

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Charles A. Jones Career & Education Center Applying for Reaffirmation of Accreditation

The Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center, located on 5451 Lemon Hill Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95824, is applying for reaffirmation of accreditation with the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education. 

The center wants to provide the public with the opportunity to comment on the institutions qualifications. Anyone can send a written statement regarding this qualification to Executive Director of the Commission, Council on Occupational Education, 7840 Roswell Road, Bldg. 300, Suite 325, Atlanta, GA 30350. 

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District Response to SCTA Strike

Below is a chronological timeline of communications between the Sacramento City Unified School District and leaders of the Sacramento City Teachers Association in response to the announcement of a potential teacher strike on Thursday, April 11. This page will be updated as correspondence is exchanged between the parties.

April 11, 2019

The Sacramento City Unified School District issued the following statement this afternoon after the conclusion of the one day teachers strike:

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New Tool Allows You To View District Budget Expenditures

We understand that our budget situation demands transparency and fiscal accountability. That is why moving forward we want to make sure members of our community have access to as much information as possible about how we are spending taxpayer dollars.
 

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Specialty Program Decision Letters Have Been Sent

Dear 8th grade families, we want to notify you that decision letters have been sent out to students who applied to one or more of the District’s high school specialty programs. The decision letters were sent out on Monday, February 25th via U.S. Mail. If you applied to a specialty program, please check your mailbox in the coming days for your decision letter.

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McClatchy Wrestler Becomes Two-Time State Wrestling Champion

For the first time in C.K. McClatchy High School history, the school has a two-time state champion. This is after senior Tavi Heidelberg won the state wrestling championship for the second year in a row.  

Wrestler Cristina Santoyo advanced to the finals at 235 pounds, but was no match for Tavi Heidelberg in a 10-1 win by the McClatchy standout student-athlete.

The win took place this past weekend at the CIF State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield. Congratulations Tavi on making history! 

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March 2 FAFSA Deadline

Only a few days left until the March 2 deadline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Completion of the FAFSA application is required for college financial aid packages.

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March 19th Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among school age youth. In 2013, 17% of our nation’s high school students seriously considered suicide and 8% made an attempt.*

It is important that as parents/caregivers or any adult that supports a young person, we understand that we can all help prevent suicide by being aware and taking action.