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Archive for January, 2008

Downtown Public Library Hosts Bay View Art Exhibit

Posted in Elementary Schools, Events on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Artwork created by Bay View Elementary students can be seen now through the end of February at the Downtown Santa Cruz Public Library. This exhibition shows a wide range of artwork done by kindergarten through fifth grade classes. Students are very fortunate to have classes taught by credentialed art teachers, Alison Soo Hoo and Vickie [...]

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Marathon Math

Posted in Elementary Schools on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Delaveaga Elementary School 4th graders have been getting in shape by running the length of our Golden State’s coast. Well, virtually. Each week students run on the playground, calculate their combined mileage, and give a brief description of which town or city they’ve reached. Students began at the border of Mexico and will run to [...]

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Open Houses

Posted in Events, High Schools, Middle Schools on January 16, 2008 | Comments Off

It’s open house season for our middle schools and high schools. Parents of 5th or 8th graders, this is the ideal moment to get a sense of your child’s new school. Stepping up to middle and high school is a major transition for the entire family; getting a sneak peak today will ease the way [...]

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Santa Cruz Education Foundation Awarded $10,000 Grant for Successful Academic Mentoring Program

Posted in News Flash, SC Education Foundation on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Monterey Peninsula Foundation Grant Targets At-Risk Students at Branciforte and Mission Hill Middle Schools For the second year in a row the Monterey Peninsula Foundation Youth Fund extends it support to the Santa Cruz Education Foundation for our “Successful Academic Mentoring Program” (SAMP), which targets at-risk middle school students at Branciforte and Mission Hill Middle [...]

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Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Trustees Elect New Officers

Posted in News Flash on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Each year the seven-member school board reorganizes, electing officers from among the seven Trustees. In their regular meeting on December 12th, the board elected Cynthia Hawthorne to President and Ken Wagman to Vice President for 2008.  With the district covering all of the City of Santa Cruz, as well as the coastal zone of the [...]

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College Readiness: Harbor High’s Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)

Posted in High Schools on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Research confirms that one of the best ways to encourage students to reach for college is to prepare their parents as well. Learning how to navigate the path to college is daunting for any parent; it becomes a real challenge when English is not your first language. Harbor High recently paved the way for parents [...]

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