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SCUSD Urges Safe Halloween Fun for Boys and Ghouls鈥r鈥irls
District also seeks neighborhood help in protecting schools

October 29, 2012 (麻豆视频):  麻豆视频 City Unified School District officials are urging parents to follow common sense safety guidelines this Halloween (Wednesday, October 31) to ensure a fun, worry-free holiday for students and families.

鈥淲e want to see every student in class on Thursday morning ready to learn,鈥 said SCUSD 麻豆视频 Police Lt. Lisa Hinz, who heads SCUSD security services. 鈥淭hat can only happen if adults make sure that kids adhere to rules about safe walking, safe trick-or-treating and safe snacking.鈥

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Teen writers to share their poetry and prose with UC Davis health system faculty, staff and medical students
Health Professions High School students invited to read from their published anthology on the power of healing

WHAT:                                 Health Professions High School students will read aloud personal stories from their book 鈥淏reath and Bones鈥 as a discussion event for the UCD 2012-13 Campus Community Book Project at the UCD School of Medicine

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SCUSD student to be surprised with $10,000 scholarship today
West Campus High School student wins Nordstrom award over 900 other applicants

October 15, 2012 (麻豆视频):  West Campus High School senior Christina Fang will be surprised today with a $10,000 scholarship from Nordstrom.

Fang is one of only 80 winners across the country. To qualify, students must demonstrate community involvement, financial need and strong academics. Applicants also must submit a personal statement and answer an essay question. Fang was also interviewed by the Nordstrom scholarship committee in San Francisco.

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School planning block party to celebrate new namesake
San Diego Chargers wide receiver Malcom Floyd to attend ceremony that will honor his mother

October 17, 2012 (麻豆视频):  A block party will be held on Saturday to celebrate Leataata 鈥淭ata鈥 Floyd, a Seavey Circle neighborhood advocate whose work with young people inspired an SCUSD school to change its name in her honor.

Jedediah Smith Elementary elected to change its name to Leataata Floyd Elementary earlier this year, a change approved by the Board of Education. Mrs. Floyd is a longtime advocate for the Seavey Circle community in which she lives and teaches Polynesian dancing at the school.

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SCUSD hosts anti-bullying training for parents tonight
October is National Bullying Prevention Month; session tonight is second in a series to combat destructive behaviors

October 10, 2012 (麻豆视频):  麻豆视频 City Unified School District will hold a community bullying prevention training at Sutter Middle School tonight 鈥 October 10 鈥 which is also Unity Day, a national event to promote tolerance.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

The training tonight 鈥 the second in a series of five 鈥 is free and open to anyone in the community who wants to learn more about keeping kids safe at school and in cyberspace.

SCUSD launched a district-wide crackdown on bullying in June 2011 when the Board of Education approved a swe

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Shhh! Teacher to be surprised with award, gift tomorrow
OfficeMax to honor Golden Empire teacher on 鈥楢 Day Made Better鈥; students to be surprised, too

WHAT:                                 Golden Empire Elementary School teacher Renee Mondzak will receive a surprise visit from OfficeMax to award her $1,000 worth of classroom supplies as part of the annual A Day Made Better advocacy program.

                               

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Students at SCUSD 鈥楶riority Schools,鈥 middle schools make big learning gains
California Department of Education data released today validates district initiatives to increase student achievement

October 11, 2012 (麻豆视频): State test data released today validates 麻豆视频 City Unified School District鈥檚 aggressive efforts to transform low-performing schools and implement rigorous student achievement standards in every classroom.

For the second year, students in SCUSD鈥檚 Superintendent鈥檚 Priority Schools made almost across-the-board gains on state tests. In addition, SCUSD鈥檚 middle school students 鈥 adolescents often regarded as the hardest to teach 鈥 also made impressive strides, outpacing their elementary and high school peers in gains.