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2011-2012 PEAK AWARDS
The 2011-2012 PEAK! Award winners are:
 | | PEAK! Partner of the Year for Superiority in Partnerships John L. Scott Real Estate, Susan and Curtis Dahl, Chiawana High School. |
 | | Unique PEAK! Award for Innovative Partnerships Genie Tour Coaches, Ochoa Middle School |
 | | District Choice Award for Excellence in Partnerships Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, Twain Elementary School. |
Congratulations to all the award winners.
If you are interested in more information about the PEAK! or Partners in Educating All Kids program, please contact Gracie Valle-Chimal at gvalle@psd1.org. |
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ENTERPRISE WEEK
November 26-30
WE NEED YOU!
Enterprise is a partnership with local businesses, Pasco School District and Washington Business Week. The program provides all seniors with the opportunity to experience the business world from industry experts who share business principles and knowledge.
Please click to learn more about Enterprise Week and to volunteer. |
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Evolution of Dance Speaker Motivates CHS Students
Motivational Speaker Judson Laipply, best known for his "Evolution of Dance" video that went viral on YouTube, was at Chiawana High School on Sept. 5.
His program for the student body, titled "Making Choices, Not Excuses,"
encouraged the students to figure out what choices to make in order to achieve the things they desire. His presentation concluded with a performance of the "Evolution of Dance." |
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Welcome Back to School
Post Holiday Enrollment Numbers
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Pasco School District has 15,700 students enrolled as of Sept. 5, 2012. This was an increase of 261 students, or 1.69 percent, over this time last year.
Enrollment numbers for Sept. 5 were: Grades K-5: 8,028 students, which is an increase of 107 students or 1.35 percent over the day six count in 2011. Grades 6-8: 3,516 students, which is an increase of 30 students or .86 percent over the day six count in 2011. Grades 9-12: 4,156 students, an increase of 114 students, or 2.82 percent, over the day six count in 2011.
Enrollment typically continues to increase through September. October 1 is the State's official count date. |
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Student Board Representatives
The Pasco School District Board of Directors welcomes 2012-2013 School Board Student Representatives Nallely Centeno and Ignacio Bayardo, who were sworn in at the board meeting July 24. Centeno attends Delta High School and Bayardo attends Pasco High School. Both are seniors this year.
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Nallely Centeno |
Nallely Centeno will be a member of Delta High's first graduating class, the Class of 2013, and the first in her family to go to college. Recalling the moment she was accepted to Delta, Centeno says, "That's when my life changed." She credits Delta for helping her focus on her education and her future. She hopes to study psychology at Johns Hopkins University or UCLA.
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Ignacio Bayardo |
Ignacio Bayardo has taken Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish, AP Biology (one of his favorite classes), AP History and is enrolled in AP Chemistry and AP English this year. He says he was inspired to apply for the leadership position by his grandpa, Primitivo Bayardo, who is a former parent leader for Pasco School District's Migrant and Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (PAC). He has his sights set on a degree in biochemistry at Harvard with the goal of attending medical school.
"We are pleased to welcome these bright and enthusiastic students to the board," says Board President Sherry Lancon. |
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EVENTS CALENDAR
Throughout the school year, Pasco School District hosts opportunities for community members to visit schools and interact with students and staff.
Click on the VIP Sign-Up Form or the Bus Tour Sign-Up Form to register or contact Community Relations Manager Gracie Valle-Chimal at 543-6743 or gvalle@psd1.org to reserve your place. Spanish translation is available for all events. Please call ahead for transation in other languages. We look forward to seeing you soon!
VIP DAYS: VIP Day allows community members a chance to follow a high school student through a morning of their daily schedule and observe school life.
BUS TOURS: Community and business members join Superintendent Saundra Hill to tour schools, visit classrooms, speak with educators and principals, and spend valuable one-on-one time together.
This year the schedule of events is as follows:
Oct. 4: VIP Day, Pasco High School
Oct. 16: VIP Day, Chiawana High School
Nov. 1: VIP Day, New Horizons High School
Nov. 29: Superintendent's Bus Tour to New Horizons High School, Frost Elementary School with a special stop at Enterprise Week at TRAC.
Feb. 14: Superintendent's Bus Tour to Chiawana High School, McLoughlin Middle School, and Livingston Elementary School.
March 7: Superintendent's Bus Tour to Pasco High School, Captain Gray Early Learning Center, and Emerson Elementary School.
March 20: Superintendent's Bus Tour, Delta High School and Ochoa Middle School.
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Delta High Principal Takes Flight
Once-in-a-lifetime Flight with Blue Angels
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Holmberg pictured with Delta High students Alexander Thompson on the left, and Jacob Antoine on the right. |
Delta High School Principal Deidre Holmberg was awarded the Blue Angels Key Influencer Award for her outstanding service to youth. Holmberg was nominated by a member of the U.S. Navy for the award that culminates with a once-in-a-lifetime flight on a Blue Angels F-18 Hornet. A video of the flight can be viewed on YouTube by searching for "Deidre Homberg Blue Angels." |
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Pasco Earns Sixth Straight District Partnerships Award
For the sixth consecutive year the Pasco School District Parent and Community Partnership Program won a Partnership District Award from the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) at Johns Hopkins University for 2012.
Pasco was honored for continuing to make excellent progress in guiding schools to develop goal-oriented programs for school, family, and community partnerships. Essential elements of district leadership on partnerships include teamwork, leadership, goal-linked plans for action, implementation, facilitation, evaluation, and network connections.
Additionally, three schools were also selected for the NNPS 2012 Partnership School Award: Twain Elementary School (third time winner), McGee Elementary School (third time winner), and Markham Elementary School (first time winner).
The schools' Action Teams for Partnerships (ATP) planned and implemented the school activities Family Fun Zone (McGee), Dads and Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham (Markham), and Read for the Record Kick Off (Twain), which, along with outstanding activities from Angelou Elementary, Livingston Elementary, Robinson Elementary, McLoughlin Middle School, Ochoa Middle School, and the District, will be published in the 2012 NNPS Promising Partnership Practices collection.
"Pasco School District is demonstrating that research-based approaches can be used to make every school a welcoming place and to improve student attendance, behavior, achievement, and high school graduation rates," said Dr. Joyce L. Epstein, Director of NNPS.
To learn more about Pasco's Parent and Community Partnership Program, visit the "ATP (Action Team for Partnerships)" page under the "Families" tab on the District web site, www.psd1.org. |
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PEAK! Partners
 This school year begins the fourth year of the PEAK! Program, which offers local businesses and organizations the opportunity to become involved partners in Pasco Schools. Each school has two PEAK! Partners.
PEAK! Partners enter into a contract with the District for the school year. PEAK! Partners pay $500 which goes directly to their partner school. This money can be used for rewards, awards, parties, prizes for math and science nights, and other activities that cannot be paid for with State funds.
More importantly the business also agrees to participate in three activities with their partner school during the school year. These activities range from reading to students during Read Across America Week to large scale organized events including contests, themed math and science nights, and even field trips to local businesses.
PEAK! activities make a positive impact in students' lives and the school community as a whole. Please help us welcome and support our new and returning PEAK! Partners this year, and help spread the word about PEAK!. If you know of a business or organization that may be interested in this innovative program, contact Community Relations Manager Gracie Valle-Chimal at (509) 543-6743. |
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