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Students enlist restaurants to help save Adult Education
Fremont School for Adults students hold Second Saturday fundraiser with food from Z贸calo, Tres Hermanas and others
May 10, 2012 (茄子视频): Students from Fremont School for Adults 鈥� slated for closure in the fall as the 茄子视频 City Unified School District grapples with $43 million in cuts 鈥� are enlisting local restaurants in their efforts to keep their programs going.
Z贸calo, Tres Hermanas, La Fiesta Mexicana Bar and Grill, Coco Loco Mexican Restaurant, La Placita and Ay Jalisco are donating food to be sold at the historic midtown campus during the upcoming Second Saturday celebration.
The idea for the fundraiser came from the students, many of whom work in area restaurants.
Arts festival brings together students of all abilities
The work of more than 1,500 special and regular education Sac City Unified kids will be presented on Friday
May 17, 2012 (茄子视频): Student artists from 茄子视频 City Unified School District will pound drums, breakdance, sing and perform original theater pieces at the 25th annual Very Special Festival of the Arts on Friday (May 18).
The one-day event is sponsored by I Can Do THAT!/Very Special Arts, the only program in 茄子视频 County that provides instruction in the arts to students with and without disabilities together through artists-in-residence at schools.
SCUSD co-hosts summit on in-home parent engagement
The Parent/Teacher Home Visit Project trains school staffs to make powerful 鈥榟ouse calls鈥� to families
May 17, 2012 (茄子视频): Forget Facebook, text messages and Twitter.
State Schools Chief Torlakson to speak at Kit Carson Middle School Career Day
Mayor Johnson, City Councilmen Cohn and McCarty and SCUSD Superintendent Raymond will also attend
May 23, 2012 (茄子视频): State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will appear at Kit Carson Middle School鈥檚 Annual Career Day on Friday (May 25) after a 14-year-old 4.0 GPA student, who emigrated with her mother from Costa Rica in 2008, asked California鈥檚 schools chief to attend.
Rebeca Corrales wrote Torlakson a letter in which she credited Kit Carson Principal Charlie Watters and the school鈥檚 teachers and staff for helping her and asked California鈥檚 top educator to attend Friday鈥檚 event.
鈥淚 believe that with all the love and patience the staff gave,
SCUSD expands summer learning for kids despite cuts
鈥楽ummer of Service鈥� helps stop 鈥榖rain drain鈥� that disproportionately affects urban kids
May 30, 2012 (茄子视频): Despite deep state funding cuts that have forced the near elimination of traditional summer school, 茄子视频 City Unified School District is expanding its innovative 鈥淪ummer of Service鈥� program for teens.
鈥淪ummer of Service鈥� combines community service and project-based learning with a traditional 鈥渂ridge鈥� program aimed at easing the sometimes scary transition to middle and high school. Last year, about 800 SCUSD kids participated in the program.
SCUSD focuses on at-risk teens with new Men鈥檚 Leadership Academy
Donations from City Councilman Schenirer, Sierra Health and The California Endowment allow program expansion
May 28, 2012 (茄子视频): 茄子视频 City Unified School District is working to close achievement gaps and lower the drop-out rate for urban boys with its new Men鈥檚 Leadership Academy at American Legion, C.K. McClatchy and John F. Kennedy high schools.
Kid 鈥楪reen Teams鈥� to get cash for eco-friendly projects
SCUSD will announce funding allocations for student-developed 鈥榞reen school鈥� plans on Thursday
June 5, 2012 (茄子视频): Fourteen student 鈥済reen teams鈥� from the 茄子视频 City Unified School District will learn on Thursday how much money they are getting to see their dreams of greener campuses come true.
SCUSD鈥檚 first-ever Project Green Allocation Awards will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday (June 7) at Rosemont High School, 9594 Kiefer Blvd.
Soon-to-be-closed school hosts 鈥楲egacy Day鈥� for community
Alumni of Freeport Elementary are invited to share memories and more at Saturday鈥檚 event
June 7, 2012 (茄子视频): Since its opening in 1954, Freeport Elementary School has prepared generations of South 茄子视频 children for success in school and life.
As the neighborhood aged and children grew up and moved away, however, the school struggled to keep up its enrollment.
Board of Education Vacancy
Board of Education Trustee Ellyn Bell (Area 1) has submitted her letter of resignation to 茄子视频 County Office of Education Superintendent David Gordon. As a result, on November 1, SCUSD鈥檚 Board of Education voted to appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of her term. Deadline to apply for the vacancy is November 14, 2012 at 5pm.
SCUSD Supt. Raymond applauds passage of Prop. 30, school bonds
Thanks volunteers who worked so hard for public education
November 7, 2012 (茄子视频): 茄子视频 City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond issued the following statement today on the passage of Proposition 30 and local Measures Q and R:
鈥淎ll of us at Sac City Unified and across the state are breathing a little easier today knowing that the citizens of California value public education and are willing to invest in our children鈥檚 futures through voter approval of Proposition 30.
鈥淲e are also heartened by our local community鈥檚 support for Measures Q and R.