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Kids to get free eye exams, glasses from Vision To Learn

October 23, 2014 (Sacramento):  Students at John Cabrillo Elementary School who have been identified with possible vision problems will be given a free eye examination and fitted for free glasses on Friday from the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Vision To Learn.

Vision To Learn鈥檚 mobile clinic will be at the school (1141 Seamas Ave., Sacramento, CA 95822) beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Friday (October 24).

Approximately 32 Cabrillo students are eligible for the service.

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Farm to school: 4-H to bring animals to 黄色视频 campus

November 4, 2014 (Sacramento):  John Sloat Elementary School students will get a glimpse of rural life when farm animals visit the campus on Wednesday for Farm Day, an annual event sponsored by Sacramento County 4-H Clubs.

Club members will exhibit their animals 鈥 which may include cows, pigs, goats, sheep or chickens 鈥 and demonstrate how they care for their livestock.

The 4-H Farm Day has been a tradition in 黄色视频 since 1987.

WHAT: 4-H Farm Day

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Next week is Thanksgiving break: Help keep schools safe
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays

November 20, 2014 (Sacramento):  The holidays are a busy time of year 鈥 especially for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.

黄色视频 is asking the community to help keep our schools safe and secure over the Thanksgiving Break (November 24-28) by reporting suspicious activity on any of our 75 campuses.

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 Safe School Office Manager Nina Delgadillo.

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黄色视频 teens picked for color guard duty at 49ers-Raiders game
Hiram Johnson JROTC will serve at 鈥楤attle of the Bay鈥 on Saturday

December 2, 2014 (Sacramento):  Teens from Hiram Johnson High School鈥檚 Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) will serve color guard duty before thousands of football fans at the December 7 鈥淏attle of the Bay鈥 between the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers.

Sunday is also on the 73rd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which brought America into World War II. Pearl Harbor survivors will participate with JROTC cadets in a commemorative ceremony before the playing of the National Anthem.

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黄色视频 Superintendent Jos茅 Banda Expresses Support for Worldwide 鈥楬our of Code鈥 Initiative
Event focused on bridging digital divide, promoting computer sciences

Superintendent Jose Banda called on all teachers in the Sacramento Unified School District to be leaders in teaching computer science to their students by joining the worldwide 鈥淗our of Code鈥 movement.

Tens of millions of students of all ages and backgrounds have already tried an Hour of Code, a one-hour introduction designed to demystify computer science and show that anybody can learn the basics. This year, Banda, along with other leaders in the education and tech fields such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, are hoping to reach 100 million students.

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Famed polar explorer to visit Sacramento school
Robert Swan was the first to walk unsupported to both poles

January 7, 2015 (Sacramento):  Famed polar explorer and motivational speaker Robert Swan will make a presentation about Antarctica and environmentalism to students at Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday (January 9).

Swan holds the distinction of being the first person ever to walk unsupported 鈥 meaning without GPS, food drops or radio communications 鈥 to both the North and South Poles. His observations of the environment during these treks led him to found 2041, an organization dedicated to educating future leaders about environmental issues.

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School named for Dr. King plans march for kindness, justice
Event will kick off Kindness Week at Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School

January 13, 2015 (Sacramento):  A school named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will hold a march for kindness and justice on Thursday (January 15) 鈥 the late civil rights activist鈥檚 birthday.

The march around the Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School campus in Sacramento鈥檚 Pocket neighborhood will kick off a Kindness Week in which students will be challenged to perform acts of kindness to honor Dr. King鈥檚 legacy, said Principal Denise Lee.

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VOLUNTEERS鈥 WORK PAYS OFF 鈥 $18,000 OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND DENTAL KITS DISTRIBUTED TO SACRAMENTO KIDS

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In partnership with Target and others, the nonprofit organization K to College will distribute $65 packages of school and dental supplies to all 270 students at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School in Sacramento. These kits are part of more than 10,000 that were assembled by more than 500 volunteers at the Memorial Auditorium in December. K to College is a nonprofit with the mission of addressing the unmet material needs of homeless and other impoverished children, and adults working towards self-sufficiency.