| Quote of the Week |
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines
all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet
discover and create."
-Albert Einstein (1875-1955)
theoretical physicist, philosopher
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| Ongoing Activities |
Through January 25
Sign up at any Twin Rivers school for parent/community member English classes, locations vary, free playcare for children ages 5-12, free materials and supplies
Through January 31
Make a Wish fundraiser, donations accepted at Twin Rivers District Office receptionist desk, district goal $500
Through February 1
Help break the Guinness World's Record for the "Most
People Jumping/Skipping Rope at the Same Time," sign up to volunteer,
participate or donate, Monday, February 1, 9 am, call 916.922.3596
Through February 5 Sacramento Kings Teacher Appreciation
Group Night is Friday, February 5, Kings vs Phoenix Suns, cheer for Twin Rivers
Teachers of the Year Anna Ampania and Reginald Harris during halftime, largest
group will win a Kings rally at its school, ticket information
Through February 12
Westside Preparatory Charter School completed applications accepted at District Office, School and Community Relations Department, Bay A
Through February 13
Schedule Free Tax Preparation for January 30 or February 13, Grant Union High School, appointment required, call 916.498.1000
Through February 26
Creative Connections Arts Academy completed applications
accepted at District Office, School and Community Relations Department, Bay A
Through March 8
Foothill
High School
Pathway VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Exhibition, District Office, Bay A
Through March 13
Saturday's only beginning January 30, Basketball League, elementary developmental and competitive divisions, Foothill Farms Junior High, Norwood Junior High and Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy
Through April 14
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) free
tax help, Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District, 810 Oak Lane, Rio Linda, Wednesday's only, 1 to 5
pm, call 916.991.5929 for appointment
Through Spring, 2010
Pre-order "Day in the Life of Twin Rivers School District" photography book being published by fhspress.com and the Journalism program at Foothill High School. Proceeds benefit Project DREAM and the FHS Media Club.
Through June 30
FREE online computer classes for all Twin Rivers employees, teachers, and students, web-based classes that can be taken anytime through June 30 at your own pace, choose from Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Word, get started now
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Looking Ahead
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Monday, February 1
Televised airing of North Highlands Jubilee,
Comcast channel 17, 7 am, web access
Rio Linda Little League Boys Baseball and Girls
Fast Pitch Softball, sign-ups, Papa's Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio
Linda, 5 to 8 pm
Tuesday, February 2
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), English language
arts
Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Buffalo
Pizza, 5757 Hillsdale Boulevard, Sacramento, 6 to 8 pm
Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office
Bay A, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, February 3
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), mathematics
SNAP (Sierra North Arts Project) Introduction to Career
Technical Education: Arts, Media and
Entertainment, workshop, 4 to 6 pm, call Christine
Monroe at 530.752.9683 for details including location
How to Build a Solar Race Car, professional development for high
school and community college educators, SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility
District), 6301 S Street, Sacramento, 4 to 7 pm, call 916.732.6738 to register
Dare to Be You, free workshop for families of children 6 years and younger, Oakdale
Elementary, dinner at 5 pm, workshop 6 to 7:30 pm, call 916.566.1600 x 1553 to
register
Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
Parent Project, for parents with adolescent youth, English
& Spanish classes, Foothill Farms Junior High, 6 to 9 pm, call Vicky Gunter
at 916.566.1770
Squire Booster Club, Rio
Linda Junior High Library, 6:30 pm
Thursday, February 4
Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
Family
Resource Center
dedication, Harmon Johnson Elementary, 2 pm
North Avenue Elementary 4th grade field trip to
Sutter's Fort State Historic
Park, 2701 L Street, Sacramento,
dinner at 6 pm, everyone invited
Friday, February 5
Service Learning Training for Educators, District Office,
Board Room, 8 am to 3:30 pm, pre-register by January 27, e-mail Keenya Powell
or call 916.566.3598
Movie (Inkheart!) and Pizza Night, Strauch Elementary, 5:30
to 7:30 pm
Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
Rio Linda Bobby Sox Softball, regular sign-ups, Papa's Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio Linda, 6 to 8 pm
Teacher Appreciation Group Night, Kings vs. Phoenix Suns,
ARCO Arena, 1 Sports Parkway,
Sacramento, 7 pm, cheer for Twin
Rivers Teachers of the Year Anna Ampania and Reginald Harris during halftime
Saturday, February 6
Fishing in the City, Oak
Grove Park,
Stockton, 6 am
to noon
YNOTRECYCLE, electronic equipment recycling, Creative Connections Arts
Academy, 9 am to 1 pm
Meeting the Diverse Needs of Learners, workshop for
grades K-8 educators, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street, McClellan, 10 am to
noon, e-mail or call 916.640.1442
Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Robert
Frost Park, 4715 Robert Frost Drive, Sacramento, 10 am to 1 pm
Rio Linda Bobby Sox Softball, regular sign-ups, Papa's
Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio
Linda, 10 am to 2 pm
Natomas Girls Softball, final sign-ups, South Natomas
Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento, 11 am to 3 pm
Rio Linda Little League Girls Fast Pitch Softball
and Boys Baseball, last chance to sign up, Papa's Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio Linda, 11 am
to 5 pm
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Welcome to the TRUSD eWAG. We hope you find this
electronic week at a glance helpful.
We are actively soliciting information from our schools, departments and community
organizations. Please send them to Kathy.Young@twinriversusd.org or
call our Communications Department at 916.566.1628.
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| Support California Kids! |
Support CA Kids! is a grassroots movement that began in the Elk Grove Unified School District
and has recently been endorsed by the Twin Rivers Board of Trustees. Support CA Kids! is working to affect change in how
public education is funded by asking concerned parents and community
members to write their legislators asking that education be their top priority
this budget season.
On the website, parents and community members can
use the template letter or write their own.
Using the link, they can send the letters to their legislators. It is fast - only takes 3 minutes! There is also information on the State budget
that is easily understood and a place to register for email updates.
SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 6:30 pm, District Office - Support CA Kids! has scheduled a community meeting to rally support for public education funding.
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This Weekend
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Saturday, January 23
- Free e-waste collection fundraiser to benefit Foothill Oaks
Elementary 6th grade class, Foothill Oaks parking lot, 9 am to 1 pm,
will unload items from your car
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The Rhythms of Africa, arts education teacher workshop, University of California, Davis Technoculture Studies
Department, 9 am to 4 pm, call Christine Monroe at 530.752.9683
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Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups and free baseball skills clinic, Robert
Frost Park,
4715 Robert Frost Drive,
Sacramento, 10 am to 1 pm
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A Juicy Workshop, free samples, tastings and tips
on winter fruits, Grant High School GEO Garden Café, Room W-42, 10 am to 1 pm,
call Fatima at 916.256.6593
- Rio Linda Bobby Sox Softball, regular sign-ups, Papa's
Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio
Linda, 10 am to 2 pm
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TRUSD Alliance for Arts Education, arts planning partnership
workshop, District Office, 11 am to 2 pm, e-mail Sher Chycoski or call at
916.566.1600 x 1257 to register
- Natomas Girls Softball sign-ups, South Natomas
Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento, 11 am to 2 pm
Sunday, January 24
- Sacramento
Area Youth Speaks, writing workshop, Smythe
Academy of Arts &
Sciences (7-8), 1 to 3 pm
- Sacramento
Philharmonic Orchestra, Target Family Concert, Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade,
Community Center Theater, 1 to 3 pm, children under 12 free, adults $10
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This Week
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Tuesday, January 26
- Superintendent's Representative Council - Classified,
District Office, Bay A, 3:45 pm
- Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Buffalo
Pizza, 5757 Hillsdale Boulevard, Sacramento, 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday, January 27
- Superintendent's Representative Council - Certificated,
District Office, Bay A, 3:45 pm
Dare to Be You, free workshop for families of children 6
years and younger, Oakdale Elementary, dinner at 5 pm, workshop 6 to 7:30 pm,
call 916.566.1600 x 1553 to register
- Parent Project, for parents with adolescent youth, English
& Spanish classes, Foothill Farms Junior High, 6 to 9 pm, call Vicky Gunter
at 916.566.1770
Thursday, January 28
-
Natomas Girls Softball, sign-ups, South Natomas Community Center, 2921
Truxel Road, Sacramento, 6 to 8 pm
- Special Board Meeting, District Office, 6 pm, to discuss SFAC (Superintendent's Facilities Advisory Committee) Recommendations
Friday, January 29
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Next Weekend
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Saturday, January 30
- Education Beyond High School, free Project Inspire parent workshop, Foothill
Farms Junior High Cafeteria, registration/continental breakfast, 8 am,
welcome/workshop, 8:30 to 11:30 am, call Mai Yang at 916.566.1600 x 1286, Gewon
Richards at 916.566.1691 or Alma Hernandez at 916.439.0329, Spanish
916.566.1676, Hmong 916.566.1674 or 916.566.1675, Russian 916.566.1673
- In All Probability, free SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District)
workshop for grades 3-6 educators, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136
Howard Street, McClellan, 9 am to noon, call 916.732.6738 or sdelbon@smud.org
- Free Tax Preparation, Grant Union
High School, 9 am to 3
pm, appointment required, call 916.498.1000
- Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Robert Frost Park, 4715 Robert Frost Drive, Sacramento, 10 am to 1 pm
 Televised airing of North Highlands Jubilee,
Comcast channel 17, 11 pm, web access
Sunday, January 31- Televised airing of North Highlands Jubilee,
Comcast channel 17, 5 pm, web access
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Deadlines
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Wednesday, January 27
Deadline to pre-register for Educators Service Learning Training, Friday, February 5, District Office, Board Room, 8 am to 3:30 pm, lunch provided, fax or e-mail principal signed, part A, Permission to Attend, Travel Conference Form to Keenya Powell at 916.566.3598, subs provided, must include sub # on Permission to Attend
Friday, February 12 at 4 pm
Completed Westside Preparatory Charter School application packets due at District Office, School and Community Relations Department
Friday, February 26, at 4 pm
Completed Creative Connections Arts Academy application packets due at
District Office, School and Community Relations Department
Monday, April 5
Deadline to apply for SAFE Credit Union scholarships. Ten will be awarded in the amount of $1,000 each to college-bound seniors from high schools in the greater Sacramento area.
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