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SLUSD'S NEWSLETTER
March, 2019
Volume 4, Issue 7
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A Message from the Superintendent
Dear SLUSD Families,
March is a busy, exciting time in our schools. An array of assessments start for our students, including local, state and national exams, which provide invaluable insight into their academic progress. March is also when we begin to celebrate this progress at recognition nights for African American and Latino students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement. Almost 1,300 students will be recognized at formal evening events during March and April. We are proud of the hard work all of our students demonstrate, but our Latino and African American students continue to face significant challenges in our society. They deserve special recognition for defying statistical averages and overcoming a persistent achievement gap, more accurately described as an equitable access gap. Read more about our access and equity work
here.
Our Graduate Profile is a holistic measure to gauge progress for our students, which incorporates more success indicators than any single test could capture. This month, we expand on a quadrant of the profile to understand what a
Communicator and Collaborator
looks like in SLUSD. We know that complex challenges require cohesive collaboration. Communication occurs across countless channels with diverse audiences. These core competencies comprise 21st-century work environments and collegiate classrooms.
San Leandro Unified develops students who:
LISTEN
- SLUSD graduates seek to understand multiple perspectives.
DELIVER INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
- SLUSD graduates advocate, teach, inform, and clarify.
COLLABORATE
- SLUSD graduates are flexible and able to work with diverse teams in complex settings to build consensus.
Key supporting initiatives in our strategic plan include:
- Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching
- Responsive, engaging pedagogy with college and career-oriented applications
- Personalized, real-world project-based learning
As always, thank you for your ongoing support and I look forward to sharing more of our Graduate Profile with you in the months to come. Please visit
www.slusd.us
for all of the latest news from the award-winning public school district in your backyard.
Sincerely,
Mike McLaughlin, Ed.D. Superintendent
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SLUSD Continues to Win Awards
Administrators at SLHS were notified on International Women's Day they had earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for attaining high female student representation in AP Computer Science Principles for 2018. Among more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, SLHS is one of only 685 that achieved this important distinction. What a wonderful way to celebrate Women’s History Month! For more about San Leandro High School, including their award-winning AP programs, visit their website at
www.slhs.net
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Career Exploration Events
SLUSD partnered with the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce and the San Leandro African American Business Council to welcome over 70 professionals to Career Day on March 21. San Leandro High School students learned about various career fields and participated in mock interviews to prepare them for job searches. Career Day is one of the many college and career support tools available through the College and Career Center at SLHS. Find out more about available services, including summer internships
here
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New this year, Wilson Elementary hosted Role Model Day on March 14. The goal of this event was to showcase the professional role models in our own community. Participants inspired students to think about their future and to work hard to reach their dreams. Read more about exciting spring events happening at Wilson Elementary
here
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SAT is FREE in SLUSD
SLUSD brought the SAT School Day to San Leandro High School at no charge to all 11th grade students and families. SAT School Day allows all juniors to take the SAT in school, on a weekday, expanding access to a globally recognized college admission test accepted at all U.S. colleges. This incredible opportunity to increase access and equity for our 11th-grade students to post-secondary options is a key initiative for Goal 2 of our SLUSD strategic plan. Learn more
here
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Summer School June 17 to July 25
San Leandro Unified School District will host a six-week summer school program Mondays-Thursdays June 17th to July 25th. High School programs of credit recovery and work-based learning internship programs will be at FTK campus. Extended school year programming will be held at Jefferson Elementary. The Jefferson campus will also host elementary ELD boosts, enrichment/intervention for elementary students and rising TK/K camps. Middle school intervention programs in Math/ELA will be held at Bancroft Middle school as well as enrichment/EL programs for 5th-8th grades. Summer school applications are now available online
here.
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New Coordinator Supporting Secondary Math
SLUSD is pleased to welcome Celine Liu to the Instructional Services team as a coordinator for teaching and learning. Celine joins San Leandro Unified from the Alameda County Office of Education, where she served as a Math Program Manager in Core Learning, supporting teaching and learning in all 18 districts served by ACOE. In that role, Celine focused on coaching, curriculum adoption, pathway, and course development. She will be primarily supporting secondary math, assisting with intervention and professional development.
Born in Taiwan, Celine grew up in Colorado. Her teaching career started on the east coast, where she also worked in international development for the United Nations. She also supported restaurant workers in New York City’s Chinatown after the events of 9/11 to advocate for improved working conditions. She credits this background in social work, coupled with her fluency in four languages, with deepening her perspectives on the work to be done in education. “This work is urgent to me,” said Liu, “This district’s demonstrated commitment for access and equity is why I joined SLUSD.”
Learn more about the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Equity within the SLUSD Instructional Services division
here
. Student and family resources for math support can be found
here
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More SLUSD Achievement Nights to Come
Congratulations to our Jefferson, McKinley, Roosevelt & Washington Elementary, Bancroft Middle and Lincoln Alternative Education Center Latino students who received recognition for their academic achievements last Thursday evening. Over 350 students were eligible for awards on this evening alone! All achievement recognition events are held in the San Leandro High School gymnasium, starting at 6:30 pm. 6th through 12th-grade students qualify for recognition by earning a 3.0 grade point average, while 5th-grade students are recognized for scoring on or above the 70th percentile for STAR reading or math assessments.
Dates for the remaining events are as follows:
Latino Achievement Night #2
SLHS, John Muir Middle, Garfield, Madison, Monroe, & Wilson Elementary schools
Thursday, April 11
African American Achievement Night
All Schools
Thursday, April 25
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New Curtain at San Leandro High School Gym
The stage curtain at the SLHS gym was recently replaced for the first time in several decades. This modernization is just one of the many projects and upgrades underway across the district that are being funded by the J1 Bond that was passed by San Leandro voters in 2016. We are so grateful to our community for their support.
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San Leandro Citywide Track and Field Meet
Presented by the San Leandro Sports Foundation
When:
May 4th, 2019
Where:
Burrell Field in San Leandro.
Time:
4 - 7 pm (warm-ups start at 3 pm).
Who:
Any student in grades 3 through 8 who attends a San Leandro School or lives in San Leandro.
**Participants may enter 4 events including relays maximum**
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Track Events
50-meter dash (all grades)
100-meter dash (all grades)
200-meter dash (all grades)
4x100 co-ed relay (all grades)
4x400 co-ed relay (all grades)
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Field Events
Obstacle Course (grades 3,4,5)
Softball Throw (grades 3-8)
Long Jump (grades 3-8)
50 meter Dash (grades K-2 only)
4x100 relay Parents/Coaches Relay
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SLED Builds S.T.E.A.M. Support
The San Leandro Educational Foundation hosted a donor event on Friday, March 8 at Garfield Elementary to showcase the teaching and learning happening in the school's STEAM lab, which is funded in collaboration with SLED and SLUSD. The lab is one of two rooms being piloted this year, with hopes of scaling the work to more elementary schools in the future.
Guests heard from district and site leaders about the impact of hands-on learning, while also having the opportunity to see students in the STEAM lab engaging in inquiry-based instruction. Warm appreciations go out to all who were able to attend. More information about the SLED supported STEAM labs will be shared at the annual SLED Full Steam Ahead Breakfast on Friday, April 5.
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Every 15 Minutes
As part of Strategic Plan Goal 2, SLUSD is committed to promoting prevention and intervention programs that focus on health, wellness and positive personal, social development. The biannual Every 15 Minutes program at SLHS is a powerful experience for students to dive deeply into the devastating effects of impaired driving. The two-day event includes a detailed drunk driving crash simulation, including an emergency response from all of the major public safety first responders with a medical helicopter air evacuation. The student memorial event on the following day brought parents, students and the community together to understand the lasting impact seemingly small decisions can make. Funding for the program is supported by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The memorial event was live-streamed by the San Leandro Multimedia Academy (SLAM) and can be viewed
here
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Mobile Menus and More
Did you know you can check school menus from your phone! The menus also include valuable nutritional information. Printed menus will soon be a thing of the past, saving over 7,000 sheets of paper every month!
Bon Appetit!
For more information about our food services programs, contact:
Chef Clell
(510) 667-6242
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Dr. Michael McLaughlin celebrates Read Across America Day at Roosevelt Elementary School.
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Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services Ms. Sonal Patel celebrates Read Across America Day at Jefferson Elementary.
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Garfield Elementary students exceeded their Readathon goal by $1000 so Principal Hornada becomes the “Gator in Charge”
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Elementary principals visit the Art IS Education Elementary art reception at the San Leandro Main Library.
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Kindergarteners from Washington Elementary visit the SLHS broadcasting studio to record their weather report.
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One of the many inspiring performances at the James Monroe Elementary Multicultural Celebration.
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Lee Dason Lam named National Merit Scholarship Finalist with SLHS co-principals Drs. Reginald and Ronald Richardson.
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SLUSD School Board Trustee Monique Tate celebrates Read Across America at Washington Elementary School.
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Important District Dates to Note:
- March 28 - San Leandro Scholarship Foundation Dinner
- March 29 - Professional Development Day (No School)
- April 5 - SLED Full Steam Ahead Fundraiser Breakfast
- April 11 - Latino Achievement Night #2
- April 15-19 Spring Break (No School)
- April 25 - African American Achievement Night
- May 1 - SLUSD booth at San Leandro Farmers Market
- May 4 - San Leandro Citywide Track and Field Meet
- May 16 - Open House for Elementary Sites
- May 27 - Memorial Day (No School)
- May 29 - Pre-Pride Parade Poster Painting & Pizza Party
- June 1 - San Leandro Cherry Festival
- June 6 - Last day of school
- June 30 - SLUSD marches in the SF Pride Parade
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San Leandro Unified School District | communications@slusd.us | www.slusd.us
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