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Updates on immunization requirements for the 2019-2020 school year

Staying current with shots or immunizations is essential to your child’s good health and the health of their classmates. That is why you should familiarize yourself with the state’s new immunization requirements.

New Immunization Requirements

For students entering Early Kinder, Kindergarten or transferring to a Sac City Unified school for the 2019-2020 school year, school immunization requirements will now include:

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Get ready! School starts Thursday, August 29

Sacramento City Unified schools are getting ready to start the new school year, and we want to provide parents with relevant information for the first day of school:

The National Association of School Psychologists offers several tips for parents to help students make a smooth transition from summer to fall:

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Franchise Tax Board employees donate back-to-school supplies for Sac City kids

Sacramento City Unified School District would like to thank employees of the California Franchise Tax Board for choosing our students to be the recipients of their 2019 Annual Back to School Drive! The FTB’s school supply drive takes place every year, with department employees coming together to collect backpacks, pencils, markers, and other school supplies for students. Last year, FTB employees donated over 2,000 back to school items at the 6,000 employee Rancho Cordova facility. 

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City of Sacramento reduces speed limit in school zones

The Sacramento City Council passed a resolution on June 4, 2019 that reduces the speed limit to 15 mph near 115 local schools. Sacramento City Unified District is now working with the City to raise awareness about the speed limit changes, which are designed to improve traffic safety near our schools.

Why Speed Matters? 

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Want to monitor your student’s progress in real-time?—sign up for SCUSD’s online parent portal

Want to monitor your student’s progress in real-time?—sign up for SCUSD’s online parent portal

This school year, we want to make it easier for parents and guardians to access their student’s records, attendance, grades, class assignments and other important information that is critical to monitoring a student’s academic performance. That is why we are encouraging all parents with smartphones or mobile devices to download the Infinite Campus Parent Portal App where all this information is now available at your fingertips. 

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The Benefits Of An Earlier Start Date For the 2020-21 School Year

The Sacramento City Unified School District is once again proposing an earlier start date for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. The proposed start dates for those years is August 12, 2020 and August 11, 2021. The proposed end dates for those years is May 28, 2021 and May 27, 2022.

The start date for the upcoming school year remains unchanged. This school year will begin as planned on August 29, 2019.

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Healthy Summer Meals At The California State Fair

Thank you to the fantastic SCUSD Nutrition Services staff for participating and promoting our healthy meals at the California State Fair. 

From Executive Chef David Edgar doing a live demonstration on how to make quick healthy kid-friendly summer snacks to judging during the Junior Chef cooking competition to handing out food samples and recipe cards to families. This has been an excellent time for everyone! 

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Free Federally Funded Lunch Meals Extended

The Sacramento City Unified School District Nutrition Services will be extending their free federally funded lunch summer meals program from July 29 through August 15. Lunch is available at no cost to children 18 years or younger. Lunch will be available Monday through Thursday from 11:30 to noon at the following locations: 

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Sac City Unified’s Efforts to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism Are Working

Sacramento City Unified School District’s efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism in our highest risk schools are working according to preliminary data released today. The data compares year to year chronic absenteeism rates at ten schools that have been targeted with on-site prevention and intervention supports provided by our Be Here Campaign—a campaign we launched at the start of the 2018-19 school year with a focus on improving student attendance and reducing rates of chronic absenteeism.

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SCUSD’s FAFSA and Cal Grant Completion/Award Rates Outperform County Average

Sacramento City Unified School District helps connect more of its students to the Cal Grant and other forms of federal, state and campus-based financial aid, according to data recently released by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). The District credits its connect rates to the creation of a new monitoring tool and partnership formed with CSAC to keep track of District students that may need additional support in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application (CADAA).    

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Honoring Our Retiring Principals

Honoring Our Retiring Principals

Please join us in congratulating and thanking our retiring Principals–Stephanie Shaughnessy of John Morse Therapeutic Center, Terry Smith of O.W. Erlewine Elementary and Susan Gibson of Bowling Green McCoy Academy for Excellence. Each is a valuable member of #TeamSCUSD and we are going to miss them. We are grateful for their many years of service to our students and families and are excited for them as they transition to the next phase of their lives. Thank you Stephanie, Terry, and Susan for your service!

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SCUSD’s New Transportation Facility Is Complete

Sacramento City Unified School District has completed the construction of its new transportation yard. Buses and drivers moved into the new yard last month. The previous transportation facility was 76 years old and outdated.

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SCUSD Helps Connect Graduates To Over $68k In Scholarships!

This year Sacramento City Unified School District helped connect 22 graduates from four different high schools (Burbank, Kennedy, McClatchy and Rosemont) to over $68,000 in scholarships to support these students’ post secondary education! Below is a list of our graduates that applied for and earned scholarships that were promoted by the District this year: