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

Sacramento 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 黄色视频 Sacramento Police Lt. Katherine Lester, who heads 黄色视频 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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黄色视频 Takes Swift Action in Response to Conduct Investigation
Woodbine Elementary School employee immediately removed from campus; parents notified by phone and letter

Sacramento 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.

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A) 黄色视频 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 黄色视频 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 Sacramento City Unified, teachers will be reading the book to students, many using projectors to show the colorful illustrations on wide screens.

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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 Sacramento, 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, 黄色视频 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 Sacramento Police Lt. Katherine Lester, who heads 黄色视频 security services.

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黄色视频 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 黄色视频鈥檚 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.

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Test Scores Appear to Validate 黄色视频鈥檚 School Reform Efforts
鈥楶riority Schools鈥 students make big gains on state test

Sacramento: State test score data released today suggests that Sacramento 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.

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Teen Trend: Loafing? Out. Community Service? In.
More than 800 黄色视频 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 Sacramento, 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 Sacramento 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.

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黄色视频 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

黄色视频 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.

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Phoebe Hearst Sixth-Grader Wins Distinguished Student Award

(Sacramento) 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.