September 30th, 2009 07:00am
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Petaluma City Schools has been awarded the North Coast School District of the Year by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Spotlight program.
District officials were honored on Sept. 16 in Sacramento.
Petaluma was recognized for creating a physical education program that served 1,800 students and 90 teachers. Through the program, a credentialed PE teacher was hired and rotated between six campuses, teaching students and teachers xercise routines, games and …
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September 29th, 2009 04:37pm
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The students and staff from Santa Rosa High School’s ArtQuest program will host their annual Fall Showcase Thursday night.
The event is held in the school auditorium and is free.
The event offers a chance for interested students and their families to meet ArtQuest teachers and students, visit classrooms, see student work and learn more about the program.
Also beginning Thursday, prospective students may shadow current ArtQuest students for a school day. The …
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September 29th, 2009 07:00am
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I got this email from a reader last week…a reader from Ohio.
Apparently he used to live in Sonoma County and still reads about goings on here in Sonoma County on the Press Democrat online. He was struck by the many stories outlining the ailing budgets of local schools.
With his permission, I am sharing what he wrote.
Let me know what you think:
“My name is Bob Gabele – I lived and worked …
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September 28th, 2009 05:00pm
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Santa Rosa Junior College on Wednesday will host the 9th annual United Nations Association Traveling Film Festival in Newman Auditorium on campus. The festival supports the JC’s United Nations Association/World Affairs Council Scholarship in International Relations.
Student Emma Si Nae won the $500 award in 2009.
The theme this year is the environment
Films include:
Wednesday 3:30-5:30 p.m. Flow: For Love of Water. Director Irena Salina.
Wednesday 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. “Disappearing Frogs,” Director/producer: …
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September 26th, 2009 07:00am
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Curious about the new Arts, Media and Entertainment building at Petaluma High that was featured in today’s paper? (At least that’s when it was slated to run when I left) Head over to the opening ceremony 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Attendees are slated to include Petaluma Mayor Pam Torliatt, Principal Brian Howard and Superintendent Greta Viguie. The campus is located at 201 Fair Street.
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September 24th, 2009 06:09pm
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It is a bit disconcerting to have a local school district in the same stream of thought as the word “pimp.”
But Santa Rosa City Schools has found itself prominently featured (and lampooned) in L.A. Times columnist David Lazarus’s video bit: “Pimp My School.”
Edited to appear in front of Santa Rosa High School, Lazarus looks into the camera to declare that when he first heard that the district had adopted a …
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September 24th, 2009 07:00am
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About 150 members of the Analy High School Marching Band will perform the National Anthem at the San Francisco Giants game tonight.
This is the 17th time that the Sebastopol-based band is playing at a Giants game.
The effort involves coordination of three different levels of band classes (intermediate, advanced and honor) who were scheduled to have just one group practice Thursday afternoon before boarding buses and heading south. The Giants are …
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September 23rd, 2009 09:42pm
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I did an item on the death of Eugene Mijares last week (click here to read it http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10779/eugene-mijares-remembered/), but a number of acknowledgements were made at tonight’s meeting for the man who spent a quarter of a decade working with students in Santa Rosa.
Board President Donna Jeye offered her condolences to the Mijares family and led the public in a moment of silence.
“There is a man who obviously had an …
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September 23rd, 2009 09:31pm
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A report on transfers affecting Santa Rosa City Schools was submitted at tonight’s school board meeting. It generated no discussion, but here are some highlights:
104 elementary students attended a school other than their home school within the district last year. That is up from 37 students in 2007-08. (Interestingly, in 2005-06 transfers hit 71 and a year later it was 74 before the drop to 37 students).
The most requested elementary …
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TAGS Biella Elementary, Maria Carrillo High School, Rincon Valley Middle School, Santa Rosa City Schools, Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa Middle School | CATEGORY Uncategorized
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