October 30th, 2009 12:51pm
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Ursuline High School wins the under the radar race to send me your school’s Halloween photos. They were first, and their photo is of staffers, no less.
Kudos.
(I’m still accepting submissions…it’s that kind of race)
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October 30th, 2009 07:00am
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This just in from Sonoma State University:
“Young singers from high schools across Sonoma and Marin counties will flock to Sonoma State on Nov. 5 to sing in the annual High School Choral Invitational.
“Interested persons are free to drop by Ives Concert Hall throughout the day and listen as students receive coaching and encouragement from choral professionals.
“Hosting this year is SSU Chorus Conductor Jenny Bent. Joining her as Guest Clinician will …
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October 29th, 2009 04:03pm
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In light of Santa Rosa City School’s consideration of eliminating seven credentialed library/media/technology teachers from district libraries and running the system with a centralized district manager and on-site classified staff, I found this bit particularly timely.
State School Chief Jack O’Connell on Thursday announced a draft of his Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools. The document is now available for review and public comment here http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/
“Students need to know …
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October 28th, 2009 10:13pm
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More than 200 people jammed into Santa Rosa City Council chambers Wednesday night for what Santa Rosa School board members Donna Jeye and Bill Carle called the largest crowd they had ever seen.
The tone was civil, there was very little finger pointing and many in the crowd and at the dais took pains to point that out.
In addition to the story that is running on the front page Thursday, here …
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October 27th, 2009 05:17pm
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A new principal at Santa Rosa High School is expected to be in place by January, according to assistant superintendent for Santa Rosa City Schools, Pat Crocker.
District retiree Sue Sion was named interim principal last week and took over the post Monday after former principal Jim Goddard was re-assigned to the district office as “Principal on Special Assignment.” But Sion can only stay on the job a limited number of …
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October 27th, 2009 04:56pm
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The Santa Rosa School board will meet Wednesday night to begin debating in earnest a long list of potential cuts that includes shortening the school year, cutting athletics, closing schools, increasing class size, and eliminating art, music and computer classes at the elementary school level.
To see the complete list, go here. To comment, highlight a specfic item and leave an email message for board members and district officials.
http://www.srcs.k12.ca.us/news/PotentialReductions.pdf
In Spanish, go …
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October 26th, 2009 12:20pm
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Santa Rosa City Schools is asking for community comment on its massive list of potential cuts. To air your opinion(s), go to the link below and click on the heading for a specific cut and it will pull up an email comment form.
http://www.srcs.k12.ca.us/news/PotentialReductions.pdf
The board meets Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Santa Rosa City Council Chambers. With the list of potential cuts including closing schools, cutting music and art from elementary schools, increasing class …
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October 26th, 2009 10:55am
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Is your school or class doing something cool for Halloween? Send me an email with photos (as JPG attachments please) and I’ll try to post some up here.
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October 24th, 2009 07:14am
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Sonoma State University is launching METEOR, a program aimed at promoting the study of math and science by middle school girls, with a banquet tonight.
Eighty students from Roseland Accelerated Charter School, Mountain Shadows Middle School, Cook Middle School and Comstock Middle School are slated to participate in the inaugural run of the four-year program. The program is funded by the Women’s Educational Equity Act program.
“When women don’t take the advanced math …
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October 24th, 2009 07:00am
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The California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools has named Empire College the 2009 School of the Year.
There are 600 schools in the CAPPS program. The award honors the winning school for leadership, contributions and excellence in several areas including: legislative, public relations, community outreach, volunteerism, career services and educational programs.
Empire College is an accredited law school that also offers five specialized associate degree programs, as well as training in legal and …
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