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Quote of the Week
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"Remember
there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple
with no logical end."
-Scott
Adams (b. 1957)
creator, Dilbert Comic Strip
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| Ongoing Activities |
May 3 to May 21
Spring Open Enrollment, special session, submit
applications to District Office,
weekdays,
7:30 am to 4:30 pm
Through May 14
Applications accepted for new Creative Connections High School, Grades 9-10,
turn in to District Office
Through May 19
Purchase tickets for the May 24 River Cats game to see Smythe Academy of
Arts and Sciences (7-8) band perform the National Anthem, River Cats Stadium,
7:05 pm, call the school office at 916.449.8622 for tickets, $11 each
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 May
31
Early bird
registration discounts for 2010 Fulton-El Camino Youth Soccer fall season, ages
4 - 18 years
Through June 1
Purchase discounted tickets for June 12 Can You See It, fundraiser for new Grant High School Sports Health Academy and community fitness center, Aerospace Museum, 32oo Freedom Park Drive, McClellan, 6 to 9:30 pm, evening includes dinner with sports celebrities, entertainment and live auction, buy tickets
Beginning June 1
Register for Summer Day Camp 2010 for students entering grades 1 - 6 and residing in zip codes 95815, 95833, 95834 and 95835, Stanford Settlement, 450 West El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, call 916.927.1303
Through
June 4
Purchase tickets for Corazón de México- Heart of Mexico, Ballet Folklórico
Campañía Mazatlán Bellas Artes, ballet folklorico dancing, Crest Theater, 1013 K
Street, Sacramento, 7:30 pm, online or call 916.442.7378
Through June 14
Register for June 14 to July 22 Refugee Summer School Academy, for Hmong and Russian students grades 4 to 12, Grant High School, 8:30 am to 2 pm, Hmong call 916.566.1674, Russian call 916.566.1673, limited space, CBET (Community-Based English Tutoring) for adults
June 14 to July 22
Free lunch at 17 Twin Rivers schools, breakfast also served at some sites, served to children 18 years and younger
Through
June 24
Purchase tickets for the Saturday, July 24 Noel McKee Invitational Golf Tournament to benefit Knights
Football, Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, 3645 Fulton Avenue, Sacramento, 1:30 pm,
call Wendy Barnes at 916.247.6287 or email
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
Beginning July 1
Parking regulations will be strictly enforced at Twin Rivers sites and in the Twin Rivers vicinity by the Sacramento City Police and County Parking Enforcement with the Twin Rivers Police Department. Vehicles parked in violation of California Vehicle Code will be cited and face possible fines. Please park in accordance with posted parking signs and marked curbs.
Volunteers needed to staff entrance kiosk on Fridays, Gibson Ranch County Park, 8556 Gibson Ranch Road, Elverta, park open from 7 am to 7 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
Through End of Year
CAHSEE
(California High School Exit Exam) Preparatory Workshops, Sacramento City
College, Math Workshops
every Monday, 4 to 7 pm, English Workshops every Tuesday, 4 to 6 pm, or every
Saturday, noon to 2 pm, call 916.650.2745 or email
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Looking Ahead
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May 10 to May 25
Arts
Education Program sponsored by The Kennedy Center and Daimler Financial
Services, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy
May 16 to May 21
CA Classified School Employee Week
May 16 to May 22
National Educational Bosses' Week
Monday, May 17
TRERC (Twin Rivers Employee Relations Council), District
Office, Bay A, Pine Room, 4:15 pm
Parent Project, for parents of teens, Winona
Center, 3222 Winona Way, North Highlands,
5:30 to 8:30 pm, 6 of 10 sessions, closed to new students, call Marilyn Elliott
at 916.286.1511 for information on other sessions
Tuesday, May 18
Two Feet Tuesday sponsored by North Natomas Transportation Management
Association, Regency
Park Elementary
School
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
Twin Rivers Multicultural Celebration, District Office, Bay A, 6 to 8
pm, free, music, singing, dancing, visual art and spoken word
RESCHEDULED to May 25, Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office Bay
A, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, May 19
Dinner Fundraiser to benefit Rio Linda Knights football program, Tex Wasabi's, 2243 Arden Way, Sacramento, present invitation and 25% of pre-tax food sales will be donated
Open House, Foothill Oaks Elementary, 6 to 7:30 pm
Open House, Sierra View Elementary, 6 to 7:30 pm
Thursday, May 20
Hawaiian (Spirit) Day, Westside Elementary
In the Grow Farm Stand, Las Palmas Adult
School, 8 to 10:30 am
Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration -
Arts, Education, Health and Job Fair, free, Robert Cooley
Middle School, 9300 Prairie Woods Way, Roseville, 8 am to 3:30 pm, register
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 to 11 am
TR Chess Tournament for grades 4 to 12, TR District Office, Bay A, 4 pm, call
916.566.1691 or email, rescheduled from May 19
Open House, Woodridge Elementary,
5:30 pm
Open House, Kohler Elementary, 5:30 to 7 pm
North Sacramento/Del Paso Heights Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Grant
Union High
School, 6 pm
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Adult
Education
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Babcock Elementary
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Castori Elementary
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Del Paso Heights
Elementary
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Fairbanks Elementary
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Garden Valley Elementary
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Grant Union High
School/Grant West
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Hagginwood
Elementary
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Johnson Elementary
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Martin Luther
King Jr. Technology
Academy
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Morey Avenue Early Childhood Development Center
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Noralto Elementary
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North Avenue Elementary
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Northwood Elementary
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NOVA Community
Day School
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Rio Tierra Junior High
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Smythe Academy of Arts & Sciences (P-6)
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Smythe Academy of Arts & Sciences (7-8)
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Strauch Elementary
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Vista Nueva Career and Technology High
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Woodlake Elementary
Open House, Oakdale Elementary, 6 to 7 pm
Open House, Creative Connections Arts Academy, 6 to 7:30 pm
Open House, Pioneer Elementary, 6 to 7:30 pm
Open House, Aero Haven Elementary, 6:30 to 8 pm
Open House, Ridgepoint Elementary, 6:30 to 8 pm
Girl Scouts Troop #333, girls entering 2nd to 6th grade in
the fall, North Highlands Family Resource
Center, 6015 Watt Avenue #2, North
Highlands, 6:30 to 8 pm, call 916.679.3925
Friday, May 21
Dance Company from Creative Connections
Arts Academy
visits Aero Haven Elementary and Kohler Elementary
Neighborhood Summit presented by the City of Sacramento's
Neighborhood Services Department, Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street,
Grand Ballroom, Sacramento, 8:30 am to 4 pm, call 916.808.6525
Saturday, May 22
CANCELLED - Color Analyzers, free SMUD (Sacramento Municipal
Utility District) workshop for grades 5-8 educators, RAFT (Resource Area for
Teaching), 3136 Howard Street,
McClellan, 9 am to noon, call 916.732.6738
Car Wash to benefit student athletes attending Oregon
Football Camp, Rio Linda High School Stadium, 9 am to 3 pm
Free Cooking Event for the Community, EAT (Ethnic American Treasures) from the
Garden, Grant High School Garden, Room W42, left side of parking lot on Dry
Creek Road by South Avenue, 10 am to 1 pm, call Fatima Malik at 916.256.6593
Uptown
Festival, Hagginwood
Community Park,
10 am to 1 pm, free, food, games, performances
Wednesday, May 26 Neighborhood Schools Celebration, Foothill High School, 6 pm
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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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Thank You for Supporting DREAM
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This Weekend
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| Saturday, May 8
Vote online to support Project DREAM's
College Bound Program Foothill Community Classic Car Show and
Carnival, Foothill High School,
10 am to 3 pm
- Book Fair fundraiser to benefit Sierra View Elementary,
Barnes & Noble, 611 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights, mention Sierra View to cashier so a
portion of your purchase is donated to school, ends May 9
- Solar Schoolhouse Primer, free SMUD workshop for grades 4-12
educators, Customer Service Center, 6301 S Street, Sacramento, 8:30 am
to 3:30 pm, call 916.732.6738 or email
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Car Wash to benefit student athletes
attending Oregon
Football Camp, Rio Linda High School Stadium, 9 am to 3 pm
- Story time featuring guest reader, Christine Saldana, Library Media Technician from Sierra View Elementary, Barnes & Noble, 611 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights, 1 pm
- Stamp Out Hunger, world's largest
one-day
food drive
sponsored by National Association of Letter Carriers, give
non-perishable
donations to your letter carrier
Sunday, May 9Vote online to support Project DREAM'sCollege Bound Program -
Book Fair fundraiser to benefit Sierra View Elementary,
Barnes & Noble, 611 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights, mention Sierra View to cashier so a
portion of your purchase is donated to school, last day
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| This Week |
| May 10 to May 25
Monday, May 10
Vote online to support Project DREAM's
College Bound Program
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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, 5 of 10 sessions, closed to new students, call Marilyn
Elliott
at 916.286.1511 for information on other sessions
Tuesday, May 11Vote online to support Project DREAM's
College Bound Program
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CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), English language
arts
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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, 6 pm closed
session, 6:30 pm open session, rescheduled from May 4, location changed from Grant Union High School
Wednesday, May 12Vote online to support Project DREAM's
College Bound Program- National
School Nurse Day
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CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam), mathematics
Thursday, May 13 - Rio Linda High School's jazz ensemble, Rio
NYN, performance
and recording session, Disneyland
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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
- Dry Creek Elementary
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Norwood Junior High
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Orchard Elementary
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Pathways Community
Day School
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Regency Park Elementary
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Rio Linda Elementary
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Rio Linda High
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Rio Linda Junior High
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Vineland Preschool
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Westside Campus of WPCS
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Westside Elementary
Friday,
May 14 - School and Youth
Day at Farm and Tractor Days, Dry Creek
Ranch House, 6852 Dry Creek Road,
Rio Linda, 9 am to 3 pm
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Next Weekend
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| Saturday, May 15
- Free Day of Adventure, open house for
educators, hosted by Sierra Nevada Journeys, Grizzly Creek Ranch,
Portola, for reservations call
775.355.1688
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Farm and Tractor Days, Dry Creek Ranch
House, 6852 Dry Creek
Road, Rio Linda, 9 am to 5 pm, Western Barbecue Lunch served from 11 am
to 1:30
pm
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"Meet the Greens," training for teachers of grades 3-8, 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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TRUSD Math Bowl for grades 4-8, Rio Linda Junior High, 10 am
to 2 pm, for details call Gewon Richards at 916.566.1600 x 1264
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Sacramento Area Youth Speaks Teacher Workshop, University of California,
Davis Alumni Center,
contact Dr. Sherilene Chycoski at 916.566.1600 x 1257 to register
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Deadlines
| Wednesday, May 12
Deadline to register for May 20 TRUSD Chess Tournament for grades 4 to 12, District Office, 4 pm, email or call 916.566.1691
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
Tuesday, June
1
Deadline to
submit application for two $500 Community College Scholarships for students
seeking a career in an agriculture-related field, awarded by Sacramento Valley Chapter of CA Women for Agriculture
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Volunteer Opportunity |
| Technology Oversight Committee
The Twin Rivers Technology Oversight Committee is looking for teachers and parents to help meld technology and education and to update the Twin Rivers technology plan. The committee meets on the 4th Monday of each month. If you are interested in volunteering, please e-mail Steve Scott or call 916.566.1600 x 1234. The next meeting is Monday, April 26 from 3:30 to 5 pm at Technology Services (GMTI), 5201 Arnold Avenue, McClellan
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Save the Dates - Preschool & Child Care Enrollment Fairs
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