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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
麻豆视频 City Unified officials are urging parents to follow common sense safety guidelines this Halloween (Monday, October 31) to ensure a fun, worry-free holiday for students and families.
鈥淲e want to see every student in class on Tuesday morning ready to learn,鈥� said SCUSD 麻豆视频 Police Lt. Katherine Lester, 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�
SCUSD Takes Swift Action in Response to Conduct Investigation
Woodbine Elementary School employee immediately removed from campus; parents notified by phone and letter
麻豆视频 City Unified School District moved quickly this morning to remove a Woodbine Elementary School preschool program employee from campus in response to allegations of inappropriate conduct.
District officials placed the employee on administrative leave immediately after learning of allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student and a pending police investigation. The district is working closely with police on the investigation.
Opera Singers, Hip-Hop Dancers Kick Off Red Ribbon Week
Event at Mark Hopkins Elementary School TOMORROW Signals Beginning of Annual Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign
Hip opera?
麻豆视频 City Unified School District kicks off Red Ribbon Week
鈥� a national drug-abuse awareness campaign 鈥� tomorrow (Friday,
October 21) with performances by opera singers and hip-hop
dancers at Mark Hopkins Elementary School.
A) SCUSD Kids Help Shatter World Reading Record on Thursday
Students at 30 elementary schools to participate in 鈥楻ead for the Record鈥� with 2 million others nationwide
Thousands of SCUSD students will participate in 鈥淩ead for the Record鈥� on Thursday, a nationwide campaign to break the world record for the most adults and children reading the same book on the same day.
The book is 鈥淟lama Llama Red Pajama鈥� by Anna Dewdney, a sweet rendering of the trials of bedtime separation anxiety that is a favorite among young children. In classrooms across 麻豆视频 City Unified, teachers will be reading the book to students, many using projectors to show the colorful illustrations on wide screens.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Labor Day
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during long holiday weekends
SACRAMENTO, CA: Labor Day is a day of rest for most in 麻豆视频, but it can be a day of busy activity for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.
In light of this, SCUSD is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over the three-day break (September 3-5).
鈥淢ost of our schools are surrounded by homes, and we need those neighbors to join us in protecting these valuable and sometimes vulnerable community centers,鈥� said 麻豆视频 Police Lt. Katherine Lester, who heads SCUSD security services.
SCUSD School to House California鈥檚 First Hmong Immersion Program
Opening ceremony tonight will include Hmong dancers, singers and a classroom tour
Susan B. Anthony Elementary School will open this fall with California鈥檚 first Hmong language immersion class 鈥� part of SCUSD鈥檚 ambitious plan to graduate high-achieving, bilingual and bicultural students ready to compete in the future global marketplace.
A grand opening ceremony for the Hmong Dual Language Immersion Program will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, September 1), at the school, 7864 Detroit Blvd.
The opening event will include cultural performances, food and classroom tours.
Test Scores Appear to Validate SCUSD鈥檚 School Reform Efforts
鈥楶riority Schools鈥� students make big gains on state test
麻豆视频: State test score data released today suggests that 麻豆视频 City Unified School District鈥檚 bold initiative to turn around low-performing schools is working.
Students in the Superintendent鈥檚 Priority Schools made nearly
across-the-board gains in math and English on the California
Standards Tests (CSTs) administered last spring, validating a
host of reforms
implemented at those campuses last year.
Teen Trend: Loafing? Out. Community Service? In.
More than 800 SCUSD students trade lazy days on the couch for helping their neighborhoods, schools
Research shows that 鈥渕illennials鈥� 鈥� teens and people in their 20s 鈥� are civic-minded and socially conscious. Proof of that trend can be found right here in 麻豆视频, where more than 800 middle and high school students volunteered to spend six weeks of their summer vacation serving the community.
The teens participated in 鈥淪ummer of Service,鈥� 麻豆视频 City Unified School District鈥檚 innovative, service-learning initiative that gives kids leadership and teamwork skills and gives the community teams of enthusiastic young helpers.
SCUSD to Unveil Much-Anticipated Results of Bold School Reform Effort
Data on 鈥楶riority Schools鈥� revealed at press conference with State Superintendent Tom Torlakso
SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond will reveal the results of
the
district鈥檚 aggressive initiative to turnaround low-performing
schools during Wednesday鈥檚 press conference with State
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
The press conference will be at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, in the library of Oak Ridge Elementary School, 4501 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Phoebe Hearst Sixth-Grader Wins Distinguished Student Award
(麻豆视频) 鈥� A sixth grade student at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School is the California winner of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award, sponsored by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).
Olivia Sison was honored for her achievements in dance, excellence in academics and her demonstrated leadership abilities. Olivia is president of the Phoebe Hearst Student Council, a Girl Scout, a skilled ballerina, a member of the Middle School Speech and Debate League and is taking algebra at Kit Carson Middle School as a sixth grader.