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Honoring Our Volunteers
Bettina Madsen of Florence Markofer Elementary School 
Bettina Madsen was recognized as an Education Partner at the May 22, 2012 meeting of the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education. Madsen is a volunteer at Florence Markofer Elementary School, where she helps classroom teachers almost every single day. She has attended every first grade field trip this school year and regularly takes home papers to grade for fifth grade teachers. Madsen is an active member of the Markofer PTA - working long hours to ensure all of the wonderful events for children, teachers and their families are enjoyable for everyone. She currently holds the position of membership chair and continues to work tirelessly to ensure the Markofer PTA continues to grow. Madsen also enjoys working with students on art projects and helping first grade students with their spelling words when they write in their journals. She enjoys decorating for the annual Spaghetti Feed, as well as the Fall Festival, Markofer's school carnival. Madsen is married to Craig Madsen. They have three children who all attend Markofer - Dalton, a first grade student, Breighlynn, a third grade student and Cali, a fifth grade student. |
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Sheldon High School basketball coach selected as SureWest Sports Coach of the Year
Joey Rollings, head coach of the Sheldon High School boys varsity basketball team, has been selected as the SureWest Sports Coach of the Year for boys athletics. Coach of the Year honors from SureWest Sports are based on achievement, leadership and sportsmanship. Rollings has been head coach of the Sheldon Huskies boys varsity basketball team for the past three years. He led Sheldon to a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I three-peat and to a Northern California large-school championship, the only public school in regional history to do so. Sheldon reached the state title game before losing to national power Mater Dei of Santa Ana. Rollings was also named The Bee's 2012 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year following the season. Click here for more information on SureWest Sports Coaches of the Year.
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Carroll Elementary School student wins InvestWrite competition for Northern California
Maryum Nazir, a fourth grade student at Carroll Elementary School, has placed first in the InvestWrite competition for Northern California. Nazir now advances to the national competition, where she is eligible to compete for an array of prizes - including a laptop, digital camera and classroom pizza party. InvestWrite invites students participating in the Stock Market game to respond to a prompt about investing in the stock market. Elementary students in grades 4-5 were asked to select at least two stocks - bonds or mutual funds to purchase and explain how they would reach their goal. Click here for more information about the InvestWrite competition.
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EGUSD high school students take home awards at
digital film competition
Students from two Elk Grove Unified high schools took home awards at the 16th Annual Teen Digital Reel Showcase on Friday, May 4 at the Crest Theater. The Teen Digital Reel Showcase invites teens to produce short computer-enhanced movies that address compelling topics.
Students earned awards in the following categories:
Sheldon High School
Short Story - Animation
Tyler Norman Castelo and Zeb Hameed - "Tea Time - Best of Show
Audio Design Grand Prize
Tyler Norman Castelo and Zeb Hameed - "Tea Time"
Franklin High School
Sports Industry
Kyle Zanzi, Tony De Marco and Morgan Perry - "How to Hit a Baseball" - Best Film
Music Video/Creative Audio Design
Jacob Bryan, Ashlee Hanson, Lexi Rose and Eamilie Powers - "One Last Chance" - Best Film
Ryan MacFarlane and Elijah Graham - "Crew Mentality" - Award of Excellence
Documentary
Trevor Morisawa and Mathew Mesfin - "Japanese Internment" - Award of Excellence
Experimental
Jenise Vu and Sam Vu - "Bitter" - Award of Excellence
Short Story - Live Action
Michael Todd and Jessica Mow - "The Diary" - Award of Excellence
The annual competition was created by Tower of Youth to showcase the film-making talents of high school students. Students may submit entries in eight content categories: Perspectives on the Environment, Sports Industry, Commercial Duet, Public Service Announcement Duet, Music Video/Creative Audio Design, Documentary, Experimental, Short Story - Live Action or Short Story - Animation. Click here for more information about the Teen Digital Reel Awards.
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Welcome to eguNews, an EGUSD email newsletter published every two weeks. If you have questions about eguNews, you can email communication@egusd.net or call (916) 686-7732.
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Laguna Creek High School takes home top awards at 2012 SMUD Northern California Solar Regatta
Students in Laguna Creek High School's Green Energy Technology Academy (GETA) took home three of the top awards at the 2012 SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities Agency) Northern California Solar Regatta on Friday, May 18 at Rancho Seco Lake.
Laguna Creek entered two teams in the competition, the "junior" team and the "senior" team. The "junior" team won the slalom and speed races. By finishing first in these races, the "junior" team amassed the highest point total for the day and took home the Regatta Cup. The award-winning "junior" team consisted of the following students: Molly Kelly, Santana Marin, Andy Panuschka and Kerstin Wallinger.
The SMUD Northern California Solar Regatta is a water race that invites teams of students in grades 7-12 to design, build and compete with solar-powered boats. Each student team is mentored by an educator or other school administrator. During the school year, students were loaned solar modules to design and build the boats. On race day, students competed in sprint, distance and slalom races. Students also received awards for creativity, design and efficiency of their boats.
"I am extremely proud of our students' accomplishments at this event," said Eric Johnson, a science teacher at Laguna Creek and co-coordinator for GETA. "With the help of Gerhard Panuschka, a parent of one of our students, both teams spent countless hours constructing, sanding, finishing and testing the boats. They also learned a great deal in regards to the design and integration of the boat's power management system. The students are already planning for next year's event and we hope that more teams step up to the challenge next year."
The GETA Academy is designed for students interested in green energy. GETA students explore the concepts of energy extraction, conversion and transmission processes through complex, hands-on, project-based work. Depending on their post secondary plans, students who graduate from the Green Energy Technology Academy will be prepared to enter two or four institutions of study, a technical training program or go directly to work in the Energy Sector.
The 2012 Northern California Solar Regatta was sponsored by SMUD and the San Joaquin Office of Education. Click here for more information about the SMUD Solar Regatta.
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Local artist teaches students to see the world through watercolors
With the expert assistance of local artist Jan Rau, students in Melody Bruch's sixth grade class at Edna Batey Elementary School were able to transform plain sheets of white paper into colorful watercolor-enhanced landscapes.
Although Batey students have been exposed to art history and different artists through the years due to the Art Docent program, most students had very little experience with using watercolors correctly. During Rau's first visit, students learned how to watercolor properly, by using strokes, water and paint percentage. Students then created their own landscape picture during Rau's second visit.
"Because Jan used to be a teacher, her interactions with the students were much like mine - instructive, encouraging, yet demanding," said Melody Bruch, a sixth grade teacher at Edna Batey.
"It was amazing to see all of the students take what they learned to heart in creating their landscapes with Jan. The landscapes they created were beautiful, especially when taking into account the fact that they only participated in two one-and-a-half hour 'how to watercolor' workshops with Jan."
Rau is a former physical education teacher at Elk Grove High School, where she spent 24 years assisting the gymnastics team, advising the drill and bowling teams and coaching the track team. Rau also has a community park named in her honor through the Cosumnes Community Services District located on the corner of Sheldon Road and Elk Grove-Florin Road. Click here for more information about Jan Rau and the park named in her honor.
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Valley High School career academy selected for $12,000 grant from statewide agency
Valley High School's Health TECH Academy has been selected to receive one of eight $12,000 Health Careers Training Program (HCTP) mini-grants from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, putting the academy alongside other recipients, such as the University of California Regents and Stanford University.
Valley High School's Health TECH Academy will use the mini-grant on their "Your Choice, Your Career" program. This program will allow Health TECH students to interact with health professionals from a broad array of careers through two career fairs.
"What makes the program unique is what happens after the career fairs," said John Buckmaster, Health TECH Academy coordinator at Valley. "Health TECH students will take what they've learned to five Elk Grove Unified School District middle and high schools through traveling health and career fairs.
Students will also share their knowledge with the community at cultural awareness and community health education project presentations. With the increasing demand for health care workers in all fields, 'Your Choice, Your Career' can help students and community alike see available options.
The academy focuses on helping underserved and underrepresented populations, which will help us achieve the overarching goal of 'Your Choice, Your Career,' which is to help increase diversity in healthcare."
Valley has partnered with Kaiser Permanente; Samuel Jackman Middle School; Blood Source; University of California, Davis' School of Medicine; and Stars Sports and Educational Services among others to administer the grant.
Click here for more information about the HCTP mini-grants.
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TDAP immunization required
for incoming seventh grade students
All incoming 7th grade students are required to show proof of receiving a Tdap booster shot prior to the start of the 2012-2013 school year. The first day of school is Thursday, August 16. Students will not be able to attend school until they have turned in proof of a Tdap booster shot to the school office. Currently enrolled Elk Grove Unified School District students submit proof of this immunization over the summer at their EGUSD middle school.
A California law was passed prior to the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year which required all students entering 7th through 12th grade in the 2011-2012 school year provide schools proof that they had received an adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster shot (Tdap) prior to starting school. The new law was enacted following a widespread pertussis epidemic in 2010. Pertussis is a serious disease that causes coughing fits that can last for months. It can also be deadly for infants.
Please note that the tetanus-diphtheria booster shot (Td) does not meet the requirement of the law. Students must have the Tdap booster to meet the requirements of the new law.
California law allows parents/guardians to exempt their child from the pertussis booster (Tdap) immunization for two reasons: (1) medical (by way of letter from physician) or (2) personal beliefs. The law does not allow parents/guardians to elect an exemption out of convenience. The exemption form is available at the school and must be completed at the school of attendance). If you have questions, contact the nurse or Health Records Assistant at the school.
For additional information, please visit the California Department of Public Health website at http://www.shotsforschool.org/parents_faq.html.
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