November 15th, 2009 07:00am
by Extra.Credit
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 9th, 2009 03:15pm
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UPDATE: Since the CSBA declined to reward any lawmakers this year, I wondered who was honored last year. This just in from Frank Pugh:
The Board of Directors ratified the following state lawmakers who have earned CSBA’s annual recognition for working actively to improve California’s public schools and exercising legislative leadership:
Outstanding Legislator of the Year – Assembly Member Lois Wolk, D-Davis;
Outstanding Legislator of the Year – Sen. Darrell Steinberg,
D-Sacramento; Outstanding Freshman …
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TAGS California School Board, Elsie Allen High School, Frank Pugh, Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts, Santa Rosa High School | CATEGORY Uncategorized
October 11th, 2009 07:03am
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Santa Rosa High School announced the names of seven Panthers who earned “Commended Student” status in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program:
Thomas Carruthers
Sara Gardner-Heart
Patrick Herrmann
Caitlin Kirkpatrick
Katharine Konietzko
David Tangney
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition by taking …
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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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