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Quote of the Week
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"You
can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You
have to go to them sometimes."
-Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne (1882-1956) author |
| Ongoing Activities |
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, 3200 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, children 18 years and younger
June 16 to July 30
Summer hours for TR elementary school libraries, Garden Valley,
Kohler, Noralto, North Avenue,
Northwood, Oakdale, Orchard, Pioneer, Sierra View and Village, 10 am to 1 pm,
closed July 7
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
Year Round
Free education assistance
for TRUSD K -12 students of American Indian descent, Capitol Area Indian Resources, Inc., 3423 Arden Way, Sacramento, tutoring, homework help, cultural
classes, field trips and summer sessions, completed 506 form required, call
916.971.9190
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Looking Ahead
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Monday, May 31
District Office and schools closed for Memorial Day
Tuesday, June 1
Two Feet Tuesday sponsored by North Natomas Transportation Management
Association, Regency
Park Elementary
School
Graduation, Pacific Career and Technology High, Lions Gate
Garden Pavilion, 5640 Dudley Boulevard,
McClellan, 10 am
Graduation, Vista Nueva Career and Technology High, Lions Gate
Garden Pavilion, 5640 Dudley Boulevard,
McClellan, 1 pm
Promotion, Creative
Connections Arts
Academy, 6:30 pm,
rescheduled from June 3
RESCHEDULED to June 15, Board of Trustees
Meeting, District Office Bay A, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, June 2
Promotion, Martin
Luther King
Jr. Technology Academy, 9 am
Graduation, Keema High School, Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H
Street, Sacramento, 1 pm and 4 pm
Promotion, Frontier Campus of WPCS, Frontier Elementary, 6
pm
Squire Booster Club, Rio
Linda Junior High Library, 6:30 pm
DELAC (District English Learner Advisory Committee), District
Office, Bay A, 6:30 to 8 pm, location changed from Rio Linda High School
Graduation, Grant
Union High
School, Stadium, 7 pm
Graduation, Rio Linda High School,
American River College
Stadium, 7 pm
Thursday, June 3
In the Grow Farm Stand, Las Palmas Adult
School, 8 to 10:30 am
Sixth Grade Promotion, North Avenue Elementary, 8:30 am
Sixth Grade Promotion, Westside Elementary, 9 am
Promotion, Norwood Junior
High, Norwood
Amphitheater, 9 am
Promotion, Rio Tierra Junior High, Rio
Tierra Campus, 9 am
Promotion, Westside Campus of WPCS, Westside Elementary, 5
pm
Promotion, Eastside Campus of WPCS, Hillsdale Elementary, 6
pm
RESCHEDULED to June 1, Promotion, Creative Connections
Arts Academy,
6:30 pm
Graduation, Foothill
High School, Stadium, 7
pm
Graduation, Highlands
Academy of Arts &
Design, Stadium, 7 pm
Friday, June 4
Student Minimum Day/Last Day of School before Summer Recess
Kindergarten Promotion, North Avenue Elementary, 8:30 am
Promotion, Foothill Farms Junior High, Foothill High School
Stadium, 9 am
Promotion, Rio Linda Junior High, Rio Linda High School Stadium, 9 am
Promotion, Smythe
Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Middle School Campus, 10 am
Promotion, NOVA, Vista
Nueva Multipurpose Room, 10 am
Graduation, Twin Rivers Adult
School, Las Palmas Center
Gym, 6:30 pm
Corazón de México
- Heart of Mexico, Ballet Folklórico
Campañía Mazatlán Bellas Artes, ballet folklorico dancing, Crest Theater, 1013 K
Street, Sacramento, 7:30 pm, email or call 916.442.7378 for tickets
Saturday,
June 5
Community Yard Sale, Old Foothill Farms, 8 am to 4 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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This Weekend
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| Saturday, May 22
- 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
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Uptown Festival, Hagginwood
Community Park, 3271 Marysville Boulevard, Sacramento,
10 am to 1 pm, free, food, games, performances
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Car
Show, free, 4331 Elkhorn Boulevard,
Sacramento, 10 am to 6 pm
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Sacramento
News and Review's 21st Birthday Bash on the Boulevard, 1124 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento, 1 to 6 pm, fashion show at 4 pm
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Elvis
Performance, free, Mr. Pickles, 4331 Elkhorn Boulevard, Sacramento, 2 to 6 pm
- CANCELED - Color Analyzers, free SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility
District) workshop for grades 5-8 educators
Sunday, May 23
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Newcastle Community Day, Marshal Square, Newcastle,
11 am to 2 pm
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This Week
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| Monday, May 24
- School Readiness Launch, hosted by The
Effort North
Highlands Family Resource Center, Freedom
Park, ADDRESS, North
Highlands, 9:30 to 11 am, for parents with children 5-years-old
and younger
- Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (7-8) performs the
National Anthem, River Cats stadium, 7 pm, call the
school office at
916.449.8622 for game tickets
Tuesday, May 25
- 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
- Musical
Cabaret, Creative Connections Arts Academy, 1:30 pm and 6 pm
- Board of Trustees Meeting, District Office
Bay A, 6:30 pm,
rescheduled from May 18
- Talent
Show, Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (P-6), 6:30
pm
Wednesday, May 26
- Open House, WPCS Westside Campus at Westside Elementary,
5:30 to 7:30 pm
- Musical
Cabaret, Creative Connections Arts Academy, 6 pm
- Foothill
Farms Junior High
- Foothill High School
- Foothill Oaks
Elementary
- Frontier Campus of WPCS
- Frontier Elementary
- Keema
High School
- Madison Elementary
- Oakdale Elementary
- Pioneer
Elementary
- Woodridge Elementary
Thursday, May 27- 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
- TR
Earthquake Exercise, all school sites, 10 am
- Sacramento
County Fair, Cal Expo
Fairgrounds, 1600
Exposition Boulevard, Sacramento, noon to 10 pm
- Drama
and Art Auditions, new Creative Connections Arts Academy High School,
elementary campus, 2 to 4 pm, for
applicants, by appointment
- Line
Dancing for Fitness and Fun, hosted by Curriculum and Academic
Achievement,
instruction by Master Line Dancer Terry Dawson, District Office, Bay C, 4
to 5
pm, email Ginna Myers or Zarina Malone to sign up
- Open House, Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (7-8), 5 to 7
pm
- Open House, Dry
Creek Elementary, 5 to 7 pm
- Musical
Cabaret, Creative Connections Arts Academy, 6 pm
- Open House, WPCS
Eastside Campus at
Hillsdale Elementary, 6 to 7 pm
Friday, May 28- Enrichment
Day, Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences (P-6), fun activities for students
- Free
Multicultural Day, Morey Avenue Early
Childhood Development
Center, 9 am to 2 pm, open to
preschool families from Morey
Avenue, Woodridge
and Kohler
- Boys Rhythm Stomp performance, Creative Connections Arts Academy,
1:30 pm
- Music
and Dance Auditions, new Creative Connections Arts Academy High School,
elementary campus, 2 to 4 pm, for
applicants, by appointment
- "Hate Hurts, Tolerance Heals," a play
about six survivors of the Holocaust written and performed by Strauch
Elementary, Grant High School, 6 pm, call
916.263.8477
- Renaissance Day, Creative
Connections Arts Academy, 6 pm, interactive playground and gallery,
falcon assembly, appearance by Shakespeare
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Next Weekend
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| May 29 to May 31
Saturday, May 29
-
Watt
Avenue Clean-Up, meet at Freedom Park, corner of Freedom Park Drive and Dudley
Boulevard, North Highlands, 7:45 am, picnic lunch following
- Sacramento County Fair, Cal Expo
Fairgrounds, 1600
Exposition Boulevard, Sacramento, 10 am to 10 pm
Sunday, May 30
Monday, May 31
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District Office and schools closed for Memorial Day
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Deadlines
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Wednesday,
May 26
Application
deadline for SPARK Power grants ($10,000 value) for 5 CA elementary schools,
School Specialty
Tuesday, June
1
Register
for TR Online Summer School, Grant
High School computer lab,
flexible fee-based credit recovery program, Session 1 from June 14 to July 8
and Session 2 from July 12 to August 5, see high school counselor or email,
visit the FAQ page
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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