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Restaurant Run by Fifth Graders Entices VIP Guests
Chef Patrick Mulvaney is working with 黄色视频 kids to bring elegant dining experience to Oak Park school

March 27, 2012 (Sacramento) 鈥 A fancy restaurant 鈥 complete with celebrity chef, fine linens, haute cuisine and 鈥渃ocktail鈥 bar 鈥 opening in Oak Park this week is expected to draw a VIP guest list of local movers and shakers.
The twist: This 鈥淔ive Star Restaurant鈥 will be run entirely by fifth graders.

On Wednesday (March 28), a group of dedicated elementary school students will transform the cafeteria of Oak Ridge Elementary School in Oak Park into a 鈥淔ive Star Restaurant,鈥 an elegant evening conceived, designed and executed by the students themselves 鈥 with the help of midtown c

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黄色视频鈥檚 School Celebrates Diversity with 鈥楿nity Day鈥
Kit Carson Middle School honors the community鈥檚 rich cultural heritage with performances, food

March 29, 2012 (Sacramento):  Students at Kit Carson Middle School come from diverse backgrounds 鈥 families have roots in all corners of the globe. To celebrate this diversity, the school on Friday is holding a Multicultural Unity Day Celebration.

Activities at Friday鈥檚 event include performances by the Fenix Drum and Dance Company, LeAnthony Castillo Dance Company, the Leonardo da Vinci Very Special ARTS Blues Band and local martial arts master Franco Parchamento.

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Disabled vets to present school with $500 and 鈥榮urprise鈥
Donation reflects vets鈥 gratitude for Hollywood Park Elementary students鈥 letters of support

March 29, 2012 (Sacramento):  Last Veteran鈥檚 Day, students at Hollywood Park Elementary School wrote letters to veterans thanking them for their service to the country.

On Friday, some of those veterans will return the gesture of gratitude by presenting the school with a $500 check 鈥 and a surprise for Principal Hamed Razawi.

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Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays

March 30, 2012 (Sacramento):  Spring is a busy time of year 鈥 especially 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 Spring Break (March 31 through April 8 鈥 school resumes Monday, April 9).鈥

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.

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Rosemont Rallies to Support Neighborhood Schools
鈥楨ssence of Rosemont鈥 on Friday will showcase student achievement, community involvement

April 12, 2012 (Sacramento) 鈥 The Rosemont community will come together on Friday (April 13) for 鈥淓ssence of Rosemont,鈥 a giant block party designed to demonstrate support for public schools, kids and neighborhood unity.

Kids will be jumping, cheerleaders will be turning cartwheels and bands will be playing at the third annual 鈥淓ssence,鈥 event, a fun-packed evening of carnival games, bounce houses, live music and an outdoor movie on an enormous 60-foot-wide screen.

鈥淲e are so proud of our schools and so pleased that the community has rallied to show their support for our stu

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Kids Vie for $5M in Funds at 鈥楪reen School鈥 Showcase
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will award bond money to student designed proposals for more sustainable campuses

April 16, 2012 (Sacramento):  Fourteen student 鈥済reen teams鈥 from the Sacramento City Unified School District will showcase projects to make their campuses more eco-friendly at 黄色视频鈥檚 first annual Project Green Showcase on Wednesday (April 18).

Viable projects are in line for $5 million in facilities bond money set aside for green school initiatives.

鈥淣ot only are we encouraging our students to think deeply about making our community a better place in the future, we are providing them with the funds to take their projects from concept to reality,鈥 said 黄色视频 Superinten

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黄色视频 to Honor Two World War II 鈥楽urvivors鈥
Award-winning author interned after Pearl Harbor and rare tree both to be celebrated at ceremony on Friday

April 18, 2012 (Sacramento):  Kiyo Sato, 88, is a survivor. A native of Sacramento, her Japanese American family became the target of prejudice after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was eventually forced to live in an internment camp in Arizona.

Despite these struggles, Ms. Sato eventually returned to Sacramento, joined the U.S. Air Force, finished her education and become a successful school nurse and award-winning author.

A rare pink almond tree on Folsom Boulevard near the Rancho Cordova library is a survivor, too.

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黄色视频 Trustees Will Weigh in on Tax Initiatives Tonight
Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Serna Center

April 19, 2012 (Sacramento):  Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 Board of Education will consider a resolution in support of both statewide tax initiatives headed for the November ballot at its meeting tonight (Thursday, April 19).

The initiatives 鈥 one supported by Governor Jerry Brown and teachers unions and the other by civil rights attorney Molly Munger and the state PTA 鈥 would both raise revenue for California public schools. Currently, both initiatives are in the signature-collection phase.

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Bullying Expert to Address LGBTQ Youth Conference
Cal Poly Professor Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer to give keynote address at 黄色视频 event

April 25, 2012 (Sacramento):  Nationally recognized bullying expert Dr. Elizabeth J. Meyer, author of 鈥淕ender, Bullying and Harassment,鈥 will give the keynote address at Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 鈥淣o Time to Lose鈥 LGBTQ youth conference this Friday.

The conference is a key component of 黄色视频鈥檚 comprehensive approach to combating bullying in schools and in cyberspace.