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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 麻豆国产AV will showcase projects to make their campuses more eco-friendly at 麻豆国产AV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 麻豆国产AV Superinten

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麻豆国产AV 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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麻豆国产AV 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 麻豆国产AV 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 麻豆国产AV鈥檚 comprehensive approach to combating bullying in schools and in cyberspace.