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Quote of the Week
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"The way you
get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote
yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating
something that gives you purpose and meaning."
-Morrie Schwartz
(1916 - 1995); educator
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| Ongoing Activities |
Through January 31
Make a Wish fundraiser, donations accepted at Twin Rivers District Office receptionist desk, district goal $500
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 February 28
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam) Preparatory
Workshops, Sacramento City College, Math Workshops, Mondays, 4 to 6 pm and English Workshops, Tuesdays, 4 to 6 pm, call 916.650.2745 or e-mail
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, TRUSD Elementary Basketball League, 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 8
President's Parade for Big Hands Little Hands, The
Effort North Highlands, 6015 Watt
Avenue #2, North Highlands,
9:30 to 11:30 am
Tuesday, February 9
Cash for College, free workshop, Grant Union
High School, 6:00 to 8:00
pm
Natomas Girls Softball Signups, Mountain Mike's
Pizza, 2069 Arena Boulevard,
Sacramento, 6 to 8 pm, late
charge
Wednesday, February 10
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
Showcase Night, Creative
Connections Arts
Academy, 6 pm
Cash for College, free workshop, Rio Linda High School, 6:00 to 8:00 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
DELAC (District English Learner Advisory Committee), Foothill High School, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Thursday, February 11
Open House and Spaghetti Dinner, Westside Elementary, 5:30
to 7:30 pm
Showcase Night, Creative
Connections Arts
Academy, 6 pm
Special Board Meeting, District Office, 6 to 9:30 pm, Good
Measures for Good Governance Modules Training
Friday, February 12
Last Day of School before Presidents' Week break
Westside Preparatory Charter School, completed
application deadline, District Office, before 4 pm
Saturday, February 13
Fishing in the City, Elk Grove Park, 8:30 am to noon
Free Tax Preparation, Grant Union
High School, 9 am to 3
pm, appointment required, call 916.498.1000
Rio Linda Bobby Sox Softball, regular sign ups, Papa's
Pizzeria, 420 Elkhorn Boulevard, Rio
Linda, 10 am to 2 pm
Monday, February 15
American Heritage Day, Mount Vernon Memorial Park,
10 am to 2 pm,
Monday and Tuesday, February 15 and 16
District Office closed for Washington's and Lincoln's
Birthdays
Week of February 15-19
Schools closed for Presidents' Week
Tuesday, February 16
Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office, 6 pm
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Helping Earthquake Victims
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Electronic recycling, Sims Recycling Solutions, Inc., proceeds to Red Cross in support of the Haitian Earthquake Relief Effort
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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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This 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
- CANCELLED: 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 for other workshop details
- 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
- Alumni Football Game to fund the Body Faught Athletic Scholarship, Rio Linda High School Stadium, Wheatland vs Nevada Union at 1 pm, Bear River vs Colfax at 3 pm, Rio Linda vs River City Gators at 5 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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| This Week
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Monday, February 1
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Elementary Students' Access Changed to Q:drive, use new site
log in, call 916.566.1600 x 4357 or e-mail Help Desk
- Televised airing of North Highlands Jubilee,
Comcast channel 17, 7 am, web access
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
Tuesday, February 2
- CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), English language
arts
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Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
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Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Buffalo
Pizza, 5757 Hillsdale Boulevard, Sacramento, 6 to 8 pm
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Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office
Bay A, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, February 3
- CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), mathematics
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fiddler on the Roof, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6 pm
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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
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Next Weekend
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Saturday, February 6
- YNOTRECYCLE, electronic equipment recycling, Creative Connections Arts
Academy, 9 am to 1 pm
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Foothill Farms Little League, sign-ups, Robert
Frost Park, 4715 Robert Frost Drive, Sacramento, 10 am to 1 pm
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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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Natomas Girls Softball, final sign-ups, South Natomas
Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road, Sacramento, 11 am to 3 pm
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Deadlines
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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
Sunday, March 7 at 5 pm
Deadline to submit entries
to "Mars Mission" poster contest for grades 4 - 6, Aerospace Museum of
California, 3200 Freedom Park Drive, McClellan, call 916.425.5125 or e-mail
Thursday, March 18
Deadline to register for College: Making it Happen scheduled for Saturday, March 20, 8 am to noon, California State University, Sacramento, free event for grade 6 to 9 students and families, help preparing academically and financially for college, space is limited, must register online
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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