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Quote of the Week
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"We are each gifted in a
unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our
own special light."
-Mary Dunbar
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| Ongoing Activities |
Through March 13
Saturday's only, TRUSD Elementary Basketball League, Foothill Farms Junior High, Norwood Junior High and Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy
Through March 16
North Area Youth Baseball, sign
ups, Round Table Pizza, 4403 Elkhorn Boulevard, Sacramento, every Tuesday and Wednesday,
6-8pm. Saturdays, noon to 3pm
Through April 1
Order tickets for
Festival of DREAMs to benefit Project DREAM (Developing Resiliency through
Education, the Arts and Mentoring), Saturday, April 17, Twin Rivers District
Office, 6 to 9:30 pm, order online or call 916.566.1788
Order complimentary tickets for the International Staff Band of the Salvation Army's Thursday, April 1 performance, Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street, Sacramento, 7 pm, call 916.563.3760
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
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 Mid-May
Grant High School Pathway VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Exhibition, District Office, Bay 1
Through Fall
Highlands High School Class of 1960 alumni and former classmates, contact Dave and Cindy Haschke, Rita Chinn Perry or Jeanette Null Laprezioso to get information on your October 22-23 50th Class Reunion Celebration
Every First Thursday of the Month
Big
Daddy Night, Center for Fathers and Families, 7000 Franklin Boulevard,
Suite 820, Sacramento, 7 to 8:30 pm, call 916.568.3237 x 205
Every Second Thursday of the Month
Free
Legal Night with Attorney Rhonda Hughes, Center for Fathers and
Families, 7000 Franklin Boulevard, Suite 820, Sacramento, 7 to 8:30 pm,
call 916.568.3237 x 205
Every Friday
Apoyo Latino, Latino support group, 810 Grand Avenue, Sacramento, 5 to 6 pm, call 916.927.7694 x 114 or 916.567.9567 x 201
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Looking Ahead
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Monday, March 15
Dare to Be You, free workshop for families of children 6
years and younger, Smythe Preschool, Parent Room, 8 to 9:30 am, call
916.566.1600 x 1553
TRERC (Twin Rivers Employee Relations Council), District
Office, Bay A, Pine Room, 4:15 pm
Tuesday, March 16
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), English language
arts
Dance Auditions, Creative
Connections Arts
Academy, for applicants,
by appointment
Wednesday, March 17
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), mathematics
Drama Auditions, Creative
Connections Arts
Academy, for applicants,
by appointment
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
Rio Linda High School jazz ensemble, Rio NYN, opening act, ARC
Vocal Jazz Ensembles, American
River College,
4700 College Oak Drive,
Sacramento, 7 pm, call Dr. Art
LaPierre at 916.484.8195
Music in Our Schools Concert, Rio Linda Junior High,
gymnasium, 7:00 pm
Thursday, March 18
Making Parenting a Pleasure, free skills workshop for parents
with children of all ages, Fairbanks Elementary, Room 6, 8 to 10 am, call
916.566.1600 x 1553
DAC (District Advisory Committee), District Office, Bay A,
9:30 to 11 am
Baseball Game, Foothill High School vs Lincoln High School,
Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive, West Sacramento, Junior Varsity at 3 pm,
Varsity at 6:30 pm
Open House, Norwood
Junior High, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Open House for Grade 3, Regency Park
Elementary, 6:30 pm
Music and Art Auditions, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
for applicants, by appointment
Friday, March 19
Jump Rope for Technology fundraiser, Frontier Elementary, to
donate call 916.566.1840
Census Night Out with the Kings, ARCO Arena, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento,
7 pm, call 916.928.6907
Saturday, March 20
College: Making It Happen, free for grade 6-9 students and families, California
State University,
Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento,
8 am to noon, email or call Doris
Tormes 278.5610
Cesar Chavez Free Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration - Arts, Education, Heath and Job Fair, Robert Cooley
Middle School, 9300 Prairie Woods Way, Roseville, 8 am to 3:30 pm, sign up
"Worm Compost Bins and Seed Germinator Kits," training for
teachers of grades K-8, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street,
McClellan, 10 am to noon, to register call 916.640.1442 or email
Board of Trustees Workshop, District Office
Bay A, 10 am to 3 pm
Be Counted Be California, Census walk and rally, West Steps of Capitol, 10 am to 3 pm
Satursday - Sunday, March 20-21
TRUSD Elementary Basketball Tournament, call Gewon Richards at 916.566.1691
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Save the Dates
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2010 Neighborhood
School Celebrations - recognizing our outstanding staff, students, volunteers
and community partners
Thursday, May 6, Highlands
High School, 6 to 8 pm
Thursday, May 13, Rio
Linda High School, 6 to 8 pm
Thursday, May 20, Grant Union High School, 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday, May 26, Foothill High School, 6 to 8 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 email or
call our Communications Department at 916.566.1628.
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Help Select TRUSD Teachers of the Year
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Communication Department is seeking volunteers... to serve on
our District Teachers of the Year Selection Committee. Parents, administrators,
retirees and community members are encouraged to be involved in this exciting program that highlights educational innovation, student learning and the
rewards of teaching. Committee members will be asked to review essays and serve
on an interview panel. For more information, email or call Charlene VanAllen at 916.566.1765. |
This Weekend
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Saturday, March 6
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Energy and Me and Oobleck, free workshop for grades K-3
educators, SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District), 6301 S Street,
Sacramento, 8 am to 3:30 pm, call 916.732.6738 or email
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"Wild about Science," hands-on interactive workshop for
teachers of grades Pre-K to K, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street,
McClellan, 10 am to noon, to register call 916.640.1442 or email
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This Week
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Monday through Friday, March 8 to 12
- Shortened (by 60 minutes) School Days, elementary students
only
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2nd Trimester Parent/Guardian Conferences,
elementary schools only
Monday, March 8
- Big Hands, Little Hands, for adults and children
age 2 to 5 years old, The Effort North Highlands Family Resource Center, 6015 Watt Avenue #2,
North Highlands, 9:30 to 11 am, make Clover Leaf Cut Outs and Handprint Rainbows
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Spaghetti Dinner and Book Signing by author, Patricia Newman, Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (P-6), signing from 5 to 6 pm, dinner at 5 pm, call 916.263.8466 for dinner tickets
Tuesday, March 9
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Making Parenting a Pleasure, free skills workshop for
parents with children of all ages, Garden Valley Elementary, Room 14, 8 to 10
am, call 916.566.1600 x 1553
- "A Personal Plan for Action," workshop for all teachers,
RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street, McClellan, 4 to 6 pm, to
register call 916.640.1442 or email
Wednesday, March 10
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Making Parenting a Pleasure, free skills workshop for
parents with children of all ages, Fairbanks Elementary, Room 6, 8 to 10 am,
call 916.566.1600 x 1553
- Grupo de Apoyo Latina (Latina Support Group), The Effort
North Highlands Family Resource Center, 6015 Watt Avenue #2, North Highlands,
12 to 2 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
Thursday, March 11
- Special Board Meeting, District Office, 6 to 9:30 pm, Good
Measures for Good Governance Modules Training
Friday, March 12
- Meet children's author, Laura Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Sacramento Central Library, 8281 I Street, Sacramento, 6 pm
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Next Weekend
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Saturday, March 13
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eWaste fundraiser to benefit swim team, Grant High School main gym, 9
am to 1 pm, call 916.806.0344 or email Teal LeBaron, will unload items from
your automobile
- H3: It's All About Me, youth symposium, Samuel Jackman
Middle School, 7925 Kentwall Drive, Sacramento, 9 am to 2:30 pm, call
916.955.0806
- Car and Bike Show, Westside Elementary, 9 am to 3 pm, call
916.501.0869 or 916.992.0629, rain date 03.20.10
- Car Show, Dry Creek Elementary, 10 am to 3 pm, call
916.566.1820 or 916.214.7384
- CANCELLED: "Solids, Liquids and Gases," free SMUD (Sacramento Municipal
Utility District) workshop for grades K-3 educators, RAFT (Resource Area for
Teaching), 3136 Howard Street, McClellan, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, call
916.732.6738 or email
- Second Saturday Art Exhibition and Phantom Galleries
participation, VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) featuring art exhibition and
entertainment by Grant High School students and artwork of elementary and
junior high school students in the Grant neighborhood, 2100 Del Paso Boulevard,
Suite A, Sacramento, 6 to 9 pm
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Deadlines
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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 email
Monday, March 15
Deadline to nominate an outstanding teacher for Education Foundation award and grant, sponsored by Prudential Northern California Realty
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, March
22
Deadline
to register for Sacramento Educator Academy,
Saturday, March 27, Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Rosemont High School, 9594 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento,
9 am to 2 pm, call 916.441.3150 or email
Tuesday, March
23
Deadline
for teams to enter Saturday, March 27 TRUSD Knowledge Bowl for junior and
senior high students, Foothill Farms Junior High, 10 am, call 916.566.1691
Wednesday,
March 31 at 3 pm
Deadline
to submit entries for the 2010 Fight the Bite Design a Calendar Page contest
for grades K-12, sponsored by Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control
District (SYMVCD), prizes awarded, call 1.800.429.1022 or email
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.
Friday, April 16
Deadline to submit
Good Neighbors Club of Del Paso Heights scholarship application, send to
3461 Taylor Street, Sacramento or call Kaven Umstead at 916.370.4333
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