Attention Principals, Counselors, Educators, and Parents: African American and Latino Students planning to attend or considering college are welcome to join informational fair on 4/30/11.
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 Happy Spring!
In this issue of In Touch, we highlight our commitment to integrative learning and community partnerships.
We begin by acknowledging the students, parents, and school administrators who joined us for an evening of dialogue with California's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson.
Our annual celebration of Art IS Education month was a grand and visible success, including the culmination of the Freedom Bus Project with a lively community celebration and Freedom Bus Tour. The Freedom Bus will be in service through May. Look for ACOE-AC Transit Freedom Bus in a neighborhood near you.
We thank you in advance for forwarding on scholarship and internship information to your teachers and students.
Finally, if you serve 7-12th graders, please remind them to update their Dtap booster shot before the new school year begins.
Stay In Touch! Sheila.
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| An Evening with Tom Torlakson
Educational leaders, students, community engage in dialogue
 ACOE hosted Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, parents, students, and school administrators to engage in public discourse about California's educational state of affairs. Supt. Torlakson asked everyone involved in education to work together to reform current measures of student learning, school performance evaluations, and assessment and accountability systems. He urged everyone to help him build a case before the public for the full funding of California's public schools.
You can view a video highlight or full coverage here. Click here for event pictures.
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| Art IS Education & Freedom Bus Project
Integrative learning and collaboration across community agencies--a grand success!
 Arts education makes learning visible! Through our partnership with AC Transit to develop The Freedom Bus Project, we made critical connections and shared our commitment to support youth and build sustainable communities.
Collaboration between ACOE, Alameda County Arts Commission, Alameda County Library, AC Transit, and the Alameda County Sustainability Program made this year's Art IS Education celebrations' one of the best ever!
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Dozens of Art IS Education events were celebrated county-wide. The grand finale was held at the Oakland School for the Arts where AC Transit co-sponsored The
Freedom Bus Project with artwork created by Berkeley's Arts & Humanities Academy and Juvenile Justice Center students commemorating the 55th anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic bus ride in Montgomery, Alabama, which effectively ignited the modern Civil Rights Movement ~ a fine example of integrative learning!
Click to view the Freedom Bus Project highlights video, launch event pictures and Bus Tour highlights.
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| Scholarships & Internships
Opportunities for youth, please spread the word...
The Hispanic Community Affairs Council is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year. Students can receive up to $1,500 in scholarship money towards their higher education goals. Click here to access the application.
Univision 14-KDTV, TeleFutura 66-KFSF and KFC are committed to improving educational opportunities for Latino students in the Bay Area through its local scholarship Éxito Escolar (Scholastic Success) as a part of the National education campaign Es El Momento (It is time). Applications are downloadable here.
 Civicorps is currently accepting applications for twenty-five young adults between the ages of 18-24 years old, and have not met their high school requirements or has graduated from high school. Students can earn their high school diploma, as well as paid on the job training. Click to download application. Please contact Mr. Rodney Dunn at 510-992-7800 with any questions.
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| Healthy Families ~ Low Cost Insurance
Provides health, dental, and vision coverage for children who have no insurance and do not qualify for free Medi-Cal
 Attention School Administrators!
Healthy Families Program is outreaching to School Districts. The program wants to bring awareness to families who are NOT aware that their child/ren could qualify for either the Healthy Families Program or Medi-Cal.
Healthy Families' goal is to enroll the millions of uninsured children who could be eligible for state health care programs. Click here to download informational flyer in English or Spanish.
For more information, please contact Audrey Oberle at 916-673-4055 or via email: audreyaoberle@maximus.com
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| Love Art?
Join Congresswoman Barbara Lee's Artistic Discovery
Please join Congresswoman Barbara Lee For the 2011 An Artistic Discovery. Join us in honoring the students and their art at this annual awards presentation. A panel of judges will select a winner to represent California's 9th Congressional District at the national art exhibit in the U.S. Capitol for one year.
 Saturday, May 14, 2011
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street (please use Oak Street entrance)
Oakland, CA 94607
To RSVP for this event, please email or for more information, please contact Elaine McKellar at (510) 763-0370
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| Attention 7th-12th Graders!
On July 1, 2011 a new law will go into effect that requires that all 7-12 grade students at all schools provide proof of an adolescent booster shot for whooping cough before being allowed to attend school in Fall 2011. To learn more click here.
Free Clinic Opportunity!
Oakland Coliseum, 700 Coliseum Way, Oakland
Thursday, May 26, 2011 ~ 10 AM to 3 PM
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| Service Learning Changes Lives
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Anthony Chavez, grandson of the late Cesar Chavez leads John Muir youth into a peace march.
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Service-Learning is a teaching strategy that connects content standards with community service activities. The Alameda County Office of Education is viewed as a state and national leader in service-learning; having created innovative staff development tools and developed model programs.
At John Muir Middle School and San Leandro High School, both schools are using service-learning to help build culture and climate as part of their "Season of Service, Period of Peace," an effort that stretches from Martin Luther King Day through Cesar Chavez Day at both schools. Students engage in a myriad of activities and that promote non-violence and give back to the community.
To bring service learning to your community, please contact Evan Goldberg at 510-670-4233, or via email at egoldberg@acoe.org. To learn more about the 2011 Season of Service, please click here.
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