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Quote of the Week
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"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the
lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple
of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy
and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest
walls of oppression and resistance."
-Robert F. Kennedy
(1925-1968)
politician, senator,
civil rights activist
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First Come, First Served
The Twin Rivers Professional Development Department will reimburse
up to 30 TR educators for registration fees for the April 17 Spring Technology Fair
sponsored by SECC (Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium), hosted by Capitol
CUE (Computer Using Educators), Jonas Salk High-Tech Academy, 2950 Hurley Way,
Sacramento, 8 am to 1 pm, register online and submit name and proof of payment
to Jo Baker at 916.566.3587
Through April 1
Order discounted tickets for
Festival of DREAMs hosted by Project DREAM (Developing Resiliency through
Education, the Arts and Mentoring) to benefit Twin Rivers students, 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 9
Purchase tickets for May 3 River Cats Teacher Appreciation Night, River Cats vs Salt Lake Bees, Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive, West Sacramento, call Charlene VanAllen at 916.566.1765
Through April 14
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) free
tax help, Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District, 810 Oak Lane, Rio Linda, Wednesdays only, 1 to 5
pm, call 916.991.5929 for appointment
Through April 15
Discounted registration for May 2 May Day Run to benefit Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center,
450 W El Camino Avenue,
Sacramento, 9 am, rain or shine,
fee increase after April 15
Through April 17
Purchase tickets for Saturday, April 17 Reno bus trip to benefit Kops-N-Kids, 8 am to
8 pm, call Officer William Cho at 916.286.4875 or Rafael Enriquez at
916.566.1600 x 1394
Through April 24
Purchase tickets for April 24 Crab and Shrimp Feed to
benefit Foothill High
School football summer camp, Hamilton Park
Community Center, 4855 Hamilton Street, Sacramento, 6 to 9 pm, call
916.501.6782
Through April 30, 4 pm
Applications accepted for new Creative Connections High School, Grades 9-10, District Office, School and Community Relations Department, Bay A
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 May 8
Order tickets or make
donations for Saturday, May 8 Scramble Straight Start Golf Tournament to benefit Rio
Linda High School boys' and girls'
golf teams, Alister MacKenzie Golf Course, Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, 3645
Fulton Avenue, Sacramento, 8 am registration, contact Bryan Bautista, 916.286.4537, or Teresa Taranto, 916.286.4543
Through Mid-May
Grant High School Pathway VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Exhibition, District Office, Bay 1
Through May 21
Discounted
registration deadline for June 8 Golf for Charities to benefit Stanford Settlement and other local charities supported by Soroptimist International
Sacramento North, Teal Bend Golf Club, 7200 Garden Highway, Sacramento, 11:30
am registration, 1 pm start, 6:30 no-host cocktails, 7 pm banquet, fee increase
after May 21
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, call 916.566.1600 x 1271 with questions, get started now
Volunteers needed to staff entrance kiosk on Fridays, Gibson Ranch County Park, 8556 Gibson Ranch Road, Elverta, park open from 8 am to 8 pm, call Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District at 916.991.8112, must be 18 years or older
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
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Looking Ahead
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Monday, April 12
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
Parent Project, for parents of teens, Winona
Center, 3222 Winona Way, North Highlands,
5:30 to 8:30 pm, 1 of 10 sessions, call Marilyn Elliott at 916.286.1511 to
register
Tuesday, April 13
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
Superintendent's Representative Council - Classified,
District Office, Bay A, 3:45 pm
Information Meeting for new Creative Connections Arts Academy High School, CCAA Elementary Campus, 7201 Arutas Drive, North Highlands, 6 pm, call 916.566.1870
Open House, Johnson Elementary, 6 to 7 pm
Wednesday, April 14
Superintendent's Representative Council - Certificated,
District Office, Bay A, 3:45 pm
"Surrealistic Collage," training for teachers of grades
4-12, RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street, McClellan, 4 to 6
pm, to register call 916.640.1442 or email
Open House, North Avenue Elementary, 6 to 7:30 pm
DELAC (District English Learner Advisory Committee), Martin Luther King Jr Technology Academy, Cafeteria, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Thursday, April 15
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
Open House, Morey Avenue Early Childhood Development Center, 5 to 6:30 pm
Open House, Frontier Elementary School, 6 to
7:30 pm
Drama Troupe Performance, Creative Connections Arts Academy,
6 pm
Friday, April 16
Talent Show, Foothill High School, 5 to 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 17
Spring Technology Fair sponsored by SECC (Sacramento
Educational Cable Consortium), hosted by Capitol CUE (Computer Using
Educators), Jonas Salk High-Tech Academy, 2950 Hurley Way, Sacramento, 8 am to
1 pm
Reno bus trip to benefit Kops-N-Kids, 8 am to 8
pm
3rd Anniversary Sale, RAFT (Resource Area
for Teaching),
3136 Howard Street,
McClellan, 9:30 am to 4 pm
TRUSD Track and Field Camps for grades 4-8, Grant Union High School and Foothill High School,
10 am to noon, for details call Gewon Richards at 916.566.1600 x 1264
Festival of DREAMS to benefit Project DREAM, Twin Rivers
District Office, 5115 Dudley Boulevard, McClellan, 6 to 9:30 pm, order tickets online or
call 916.566.1788
Thursday, May 6
Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Highlands High School, 6 pm
Thursday, May 13
Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Rio Linda High School, 6 pm
Thursday, May 20
Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Grant Union High School, 6 pm
Wednesday, May 26 Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Foothill High School, 6 pm
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Weeks of March 29 & April 5, 2010
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Welcome to the TRUSD eWAG. This electronic week at a glance is published weekly except during school breaks. We hope you find it 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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Next Year's School Calendar
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The First Day of Instruction for the 2010-2011 School Year will be Thursday, August 12. Click here to see next year's student calendar.
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This Week
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Saturday, March 27
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Rio Linda Little League Parade, M Street, Rio Linda, 9 am
- Sacramento Educator Academy,
The Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Rosemont High
School,
9594 Kiefer Boulevard,
Sacramento, 9 am to 2 pm, call
916.441.3150 to register
Monday, March 29 - Monday, April 5
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Schools closed for Spring Recess
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District Office closed for Spring Recess
Tuesday, March 30
Wednesday, March 31
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"Maintaining Your Non-profit
Organization," California Lawyer for
the Arts, 1418 20th
Street #201, Sacramento,
noon to 1:30 pm
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Volunteers
needed to stuff eggs for Johnston Park Egg Hunt, Robertson Community Center,
3525 Norwood Avenue, Sacramento,
3 to 5 pm, call 916.808.7002, egg hunt on Saturday, April 3
Friday, April 2
Saturday,
April 3
- Volunteers needed
for Egg Hunt, Johnston Park, 231 Eleanor Avenue,
Sacramento, 11 am to 3 pm, refreshments and activities at 1 pm, egg hunt
at 1:30 pm
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Next Week
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Monday, April 5
- Schools closed for extension of
Spring Recess (changed from
original calendar)
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District Office closed for Spring Recess
Tuesday, April 6
- School Resumes after Spring Recess
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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
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Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office
Bay A, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, April 7
Thursday, April 8
- 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
Friday, April 9
- TRUSD Basketball Crossover Invitational, Grades 7-8 vs 4-6, Grant Union High School, Martin Luther King Jr. Lions vs Hagginwood Hawks at 3:45 pm; Norwood Nobles vs Regency Park Pride at 4:29 pm; Rio Tierra Pioneers vs Strauch Falcons at 4:55 pm; Smythe Knights vs North Avenue Panthers at 5:30 pm
Saturday, April 10 -
TRUSD Track and Field Camps for grades 4-8, Grant Union High School and Foothill High School,
10 am to noon, for details call Gewon Richards at 916.566.1600 x 1264
 TRUSD Chess Tournament for grades 4-12, Rio Linda High School, 10 am to 2 pm, for details
call Gewon Richards at 916.566.1600 x 1264
- CANCELLED - Chemical Reactions, free SMUD (Sacramento
Municipal Utility District) workshop for grades 5-8 educators, RAFT (Resource
Area for Teaching), 3136 Howard Street, McClellan, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, call
916.732.6738 or sdelbon@smud.org
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Deadlines
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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
Wednesday,
March 31
Deadline
(extended) to nominate an outstanding teacher for Education Foundation award
and grant, sponsored by Prudential Northern California Realty
Saturday,
April 3
Deadline
to enter Honoring Young Voices, speech contest for high school students in
grades 9-12 living in foster care
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
Saturday, April 10
Deadline
to submit student entries, six per school, to the April 22, SARA (Sacramento
Area Reading Association) Writer's Showcase, Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences
(P-6), 5:30 pm, call Veronica Schwalbach 916.966.3497 or school principal
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
Friday, April 23
Registration
deadline for school tours of May 27-28 Sacramento County Fair, 1600 Expo Boulevard, Sacramento
Friday, April 30, 4 pm
Deadline to submit application to attend new Creative Connections Arts Academy High School for grades 9 - 10, District Office, School and Community Relations Department, Bay A
Saturday, May 22
Deadline for free registration
for May 30 Walk 'N Rock for Kids to benefit Roberts Family Development Center,
Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Drive, West Sacramento
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DREAM Raffle to Benefit TR Students
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Win a stay at Seale House in Sea Ranch
 Purchase DREAM raffle tickets for a 2 night, 3 day stay at Seale House at Sea Ranch in Gualala, buy
tickets from Debra or Dawn at our District Office, Bay A, or call 916.566.1600
x 1301 or 1367, $5 each or 5 for $20, drawing April 17, need not be present to
win
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Employee Charitable Giving
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United Way CampaignThe United Way campaign is underway at Twin Rivers.
This is an opportunity for employees to make either a tax-deductible, one-time
donation or a monthly contribution to a nonprofit agency. Donations of
any amount help agencies provide much needed services such as food, housing,
health care services, counseling and job training to people within our
community and throughout the nation.
Twin Rivers United Way Campaign
Campaign code: twin2010
Username: twin2010
Password: twin2010 Call Kate Bishop Hazarian at 916.566.1759 with questions.
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