November 24th, 2009 07:02am
by Extra.Credit
Maya DiRado, a Stanford-bound Maria Carrillo High senior, is Santa Rosa City School’s student of the month.
Press Democrat reporter Eric Branch did a great story on DiRado earlier this month. Read that here (because I’d be here all day if I listed half of her accomplishments): http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091031/SPORTS/910319970
Meantime, here is a bit more praise heaped on the extraordinary student athlete.
She has a weighted grade point average of 4.6 and earned a …
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TAGS Maria Carrillo High School, Maya DiRado, Santa Rosa City Schools, Stanford | CATEGORY Uncategorized
November 15th, 2009 07:00am
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This is a follow up to an earlier post highlighting Santa Rosa High’s National Merit Scholarship Program’s semi-finalist. I now have the full county-wide list, so here are our 21 locals who are semi-finalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship program.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal and earn SAT scores that …
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TAGS Analy High School, Casa Grande High School, Cloverdale High School, Maria Carrillo High School, Montgomery High School, Santa Rosa High School, Sonoma Valley High School, Ursuline High School | CATEGORY Uncategorized
November 4th, 2009 01:55pm
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There is a little light reading posted on the Santa Rosa City Schools web site.
The district, to its credit, has posted every single comment tallied so far on their long list of potential budget cuts. Read them here: http://www.srcs.k12.ca.us/news/2009-10BudgetComments.pdf
Between Oct. 23 and today, 235 comments have been logged – that’s 33 pages worth.
I didn’t read them all (one criticism – the layout makes it hard to reconcile the comment with …
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TAGS Grace High School, Maria Carrillo High School, Santa Rosa City Schools | CATEGORY Uncategorized
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
September 9th, 2009 04:35pm
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In light of my colleague Kevin McCallum’s story (click here to read http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090908/ARTICLES/909089932) in today’s Press Democrat about approximately $1,000 in graffiti damage at Maria Carrillo High, the item on the Santa Rosa City School Board agenda tonight entitled “Vandalism Repair and Graffiti Removal Summary of Costs for Supplies and Contracted Services” caught my eye.
According to a staff report, the district spent $16,861.31 in supply costs and contracted service work …
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TAGS Comstock Middle School, Hidden Valley Elementary, Maria Carrillo High School, Santa Rosa City Schools, Slater Middle School, vandalism | CATEGORY Uncategorized
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