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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | Volume VIII, Issue XL
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Your weekly recap of student success
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| VIDEOS: Folsom High student makes guide dog PSA |
Lindsey Hunter, Folsom High sophomore and filmmaker just released a new PSA about guide dogs. Her dad, Richard is blind and is featured in the PSA, with his guide dog Klinger to educate people about service dogs. Last year her short film "SILENT" on the power of kindness went viral on the district's Facebook page. Her work is truly inspiring WATCH her PSA.
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ABC10 Teacher of the Month: Jessica Cisneros-Elliot
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ABC10 was out at Walnutwood High School this week filming a story on Independent Studies Teacher Jessica Cisneros-Elliot who was selected as April's ABC10 Teacher of the Month.
Cisneros-Elliot has been a teacher at Walnutwood High School for the past six years, prior to that she taught a year of English at Sutter Middle School. She has been with Folsom Cordova Unified School District for seven years total. She also taught at additional schools in Southern California and Colorado for eight years teaching English in middle schools.
If you'd like to catch her story on TV it airs on Tuesday 4/11 at 5 p.m. on ABC10. Congratulations!
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| VIDEO: Meet The Masters at Oak Chan Elementary |
The arts are important in our schools. Anyone who has a child at Oak Chan Elementary past or present knows how much the "Meet The Masters" art program that is run by parent volunteers and funded by the Oak Chan PTO means to students.
The Meet The Masters program has been active for several years and is currently run by 25 parent volunteers. Students get multiple art lessons throughout the school year based on a different artists techniques and style.
Here is an inside look at Ms. Morgan's 3rd grade classroom and their art lesson. Tracey Russell was the parent teaching the art lesson the day we visited her daughter Shaylyn's class. WATCH HERE.
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| SHARE YOUR INPUT: Folsom Cordova's LCAP spending plan |
The state of California directs a greater share of public education funding to high-need schools, and requires districts to plan for and show how these funds are spent in a document called a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). Every school district in the state receives a base amount of funding, then additional funding based on their percentages of English learner, low-income and foster youth students.
As school districts plan each year how to best spend that money, they must include community feedback. That's where you can help:
FIRST:
Review our 2016-17 LCAP spending plan. You can check out an easy-to-use overview infographic, or dig into the full 93-page document for more details (you can also access at
www.fcusd.org/lcap
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Questions?
Contact FCUSD Communication and Community Engagement at (916) 294-9000 ext. 104530.
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See your school performance: CA School Dashboard
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California is field-testing a new web resource that gives families and community members across the state a better idea of how our public schools are performing. At
Folsom Cordova, we want to make sure our stakeholders understand how to use this resource to make informed decisions about their neighborhood schools.
Remember the Academic Performance Index, or API? The single number, based primarily on test scores, that for years we used to rate and rank public schools? That's gone.
The new system, called the California School Dashboard, doesn't rely just on test scores to tell you how a school is doing. It also gives you detailed information on graduation rates, suspension rates, English learner progress, and more. Are schools that have challenges making changes to improve student success? Are historically high-performing schools improving outcomes for all students? The dashboard gives you much more information to help answer those questions.
Visit
www.fcusd.org/dashboard
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videos, resources, and answer to common questions to learn more about the new state website. Then take some time in the driver's seat to explore Folsom Cordova schools!
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VIDEO: District wide after school program STEM Fair
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The Folsom Cordova Unified School District has been integrating science, technology, engineering, and math, abbreviated as STEM into the After School Education and Safety(ASES) learning program for about a year and a half, with great student results.
This month an ASES STEM Expo Fair was held at Mills Middle School to showcase the work of students involved in the after school program. 200 students from nine different schools participated in this event, with more than 65 projects.
Community leaders volunteered as judges and helped organize the event. Judging was based on whether they had a provable question, a well developed hypothesis, the materials used, how the data was graphed, and other variables.
Students enjoyed the event and their projects were truly impressive. Click here to watch this video.
Elementary School Winners:
First Place: Laylani Whitehead, Zaniyah Askew, and Amir Kearney, (Cordova Villa)
Second Place: Sophia Mendoza, Emily Zavaleta-Padilla , Isabella Crawford, (Williamson)
Third Place: Kevon Hayes, Vanessa Del Rosario, and Angel Dizon, (Peter J. Shields)
Middle School Winners:
First Place: Connor Keehner, (Mills)
Second Place: Najee Ellis, (Mills)
Third Place: Tim Penn, (Mills)
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Go online for regular FCUSD negotiations updates
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Folsom Cordova Unified is in contract negotiations with its two employee bargaining units: the Folsom Cordova Education Association (FCEA) which represents teachers and certificated staff, and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) unit, which represents classified, non-teaching staff members.
FCEA's contract expired on June 30, 2016, and CSEA's expires on June 30, 2017. Folsom Cordova is in discussions with both groups to reach a successor agreement. The existing terms of both contracts remain in effect until new agreements are reached.
Visit
www.fcusd.org/negotiations
for regular updates, historical information, and more. This webpage provides current information to district employees, parents, and community leaders regarding ongoing contract negotiations.
Among recent updates:
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Folsom High Art and Engineering Fairs
The art and engineering departments at Folsom High are hosting a two-day event on Thursday April 6 from 5:30-8 p.m. for parents and the community.
On Friday April 7 the art show is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The engineering show is from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.for students and staff.
This gives student the chance to show off their art work and STEM projects.
Locations:
Art Show - Library, Career Center, and AC / IB Building.
Engineering Show- Gym, Foyer, and patio entrance to Gym.
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Good Day Co-Host, Cordova High alum visits Mills Middle School
Did you know that Good Day
Sacramento co-host Ken Rudulph is a Cordova High Alum? Go Lancers!
He was recently out in Rancho Cordova covering Mills Middle School's Career Day.
Watch
Ken's coverage of Career Day.
While at the school Ken also attempted to conduct the orchestra.
Watch here.
We love that one our our alums is doing positive news coverage in his community!
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Board of Education Update: March 23, 2017
The FCUSD Board of Education held its regular meeting on Thursday, March 23, at 6:00 pm
Agenda items included:
The full agenda can be found here.
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