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Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | Volume VII, Issue XXXVI
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Your weekly recap of student success
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Cordova High's construction class wins Design and Build competition
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he 31st Design and Build competition was held on May 10 and 11 by the SRBX Educational Foundation and Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange at Cosumnes River College. Cordova High School's construction class competed against 14 other schools teams and won "Best in Show."
The purpose of the competition was to see which team could build the best designed structure in only two days. This is Cordova High's second win in a row for the team.
The team was led the past two years by Yulia Khandryka, who designed the winning structure, and led team members: Mark Dovbysh, Eddie Slivinskiy, Adam Starkey, Gio Funicellio, Anthony Michelini, Cameron Bittick, Justin Martin, Wayne Boyce, and Kai Jorgensen to victory.
The construction teachers that worked with students are Andre Leinineke, Jon Rossi, Monica Lobbestal.
Watch ABC10's story on the Cordova High team whose project was building tiny houses for the homeless veterans.
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| Walnutwood High adolescent parents publish book |
Walnutwood High students who are in the Adolescent Parent Program became published authors.
Students worked with their teacher Jennifer Harmon, the non-profit group 916 Ink and well-known local author Marilyn Reynolds on the creative writing project publishing a book of poetry and prose, "Not Broken, Awoken."
Students read from the book to an audience at their book release party on May 9.
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FMS student advances to finals at National History Day
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Folsom Middle School seventh grader Lea Han has qualified for the National History Day (NHD) finals in College Park, Maryland, June 11-5, with her historical research paper entry called: " Chiune Sugihara: A Japanese Counsel Who Took a Stand Against His Government."
Han competed among more than 1,400 students from 272 schools in 29 California counties at the state competition on May 7 at William Jessup University in Rocklin.
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Elementary students compete in track and field event
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The 17th annual Elementary School Track & Field Meet was held on April 28 at Folsom High stadium.
Students from FCUSD elementary schools in grades 4-6 competed in heats of eight and nine. Student athletes were given placement ribbons at the end of their heat.
The events offered were: discus, long jump, 100m, 200m, 400m, 4 X 400m relay, 1600m races and softball throw.
The event has been planned over the past 6 months by Elementary Track & Field Meet Commissioners Heidi Bonnett and Kevin Morning, along with P.E. teachers and the FCUSD Health Programs office.
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2017 Intel Involved Grant Celebration highlights partnership
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Folsom Cordova Unified School District's community partner Intel held their 2017 Intel Involved Grant Celebration on May 2.
Many Intel employees stood up at the event when they were asked who volunteers at Folsom Cordova Unified Schools. The school district is the largest locally that Intel engages with, and last year its employees spent over 30,000 hours in our schools.
Intel raised $325,612 in matching grant funds by engaging with 29 of the 33 district schools, which serve over 20,000 students each year. The district's schools are able to use grant funds to purchase state of the art technology for classrooms, as well as supporting robotics programs and enhanced engineering curriculum.
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Budget Update: Governor releases revised spending plan
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Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown released
a revised budget plan
that is being cautiously welcomed by school districts as an improvement over previous proposals for education spending.
In his revised budget proposal, public schools would receive about $1.1 billion more next year than the governor had forecast in his previous draft in January.
A report from School Services of California
cautions that any gains will be tempered by rising pension costs.
"All in all, the May Revision (budget) is better for public education than the January budget,"
according to the report
. "But only enough to offer slightly better prospects for maintaining programs. There is little room for growth in program costs or new programs."
Folsom Cordova is still analyzing the impacts of the governor's latest revisions on its own budget projections. Based on the governor's previous budget draft in January, the District has anticipated a $3.8 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year, 2017-18.
The impact of the governor's budget revisions on Folsom Cordova's projected revenues will be discussed when the District and the Folsom Cordova Education Association (FCEA), the employee group that represents teachers and other certificated staff, return to the negotiation table on Friday, May 19.
The FCUSD Board of Education also will discuss the impact of the governor's revised budget at its regular Board meeting Thursday, May 18. The agenda item includes the
report from School Services of California
, which provides a detailed analysis of the governor's proposals.
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Parenting a successful athlete
Parents of students in grades K-8 are invited to attend
How to Parent a Successful Athlete session at
Folsom High School on May 22, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Join top university coaches, scouts, trainers and former local professional athletes. They'll provide tips and the best ways to support student athletes. Learn the best ways to interact with coaches and officials, respect, discipline, character, recognizing, burnout, etc.
A few of the panelists are:
Bill Baxter, Head Women's Basketball Coach at CSUS
John Volek, former Head Football Coach at CSUS and collegiate athletic director
Danielle Viglione, former Sacramento Monarch's professional basketball player
Debbie Meyer, three-time gold medalist at the 1968 Olympic games and former world record holder in the 200, 400 and 800 meter freestyle events.
The event is free and open to interested parents who want to attend.
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Summer enrichment week for GATE identified students
Folsom Cordova
GATE Department is pleased to offer Summer Enrichment Week, a fun and unique learning experience for GATE and high achieving students
currently
in grades 3-8!
Dates: June 19 to 23
Time: 8:30 am to 12:40 pm
Location: Gold Ridge Elementary
The program is parent donation based and
requires teacher recommendation.
GATE identified students will be given first priority and others will be considered based on available space.
Please complete your student's registration and emergency forms, then pick available classes for this year's program.
Mail your enrollment,
emergency contact forms and donation no later than May 19, 2017:
Education Services Center
ATTN:
GATE Enrichment
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
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Board of Education Update: May 18, 2017
The FCUSD Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, May 18.
Agenda items will include:
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The full agenda can be found here
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