Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Family Movie Night & Dinner

Families across the district came together Friday night to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a cultural presentation that included dinner, a martial arts presentation by Kovars of Natomas, and the Disney movie "Raya and the Last Dragon." Watch the highlights of this family-fun event in the video below. 

Celebrating Our Graduates 

This week we are focusing on two graduates from Indekrum and Leroy Greene whose hard work is paying off. Congratulations to both of them. Job well done! We will continue featuring graduates from all of our high schools throughout this graduation season.

Viktoriia Kurilenko

Inderkum High School

USC

Viktoriia Kurilenko will attend USC to study civil engineering. She was a QuestBridge National College Match Finalist and got into USC during the Regular Decision round. She would like to thank all of her friends, teachers, and counselors that helped her during this process! FIGHT ON!"

Muskan Josan

Leroy Greene Academy

UC Davis

Muskan Josan will attend UC Davis in the fall to study biochemistry as a first generation college student. She was the ASB president and was involved in school leadership every year of school. She will graduate with a 3.5 GPA, and two college courses completed. Way to go Muskan. We're so proud!

Natomas Middle School Students Learn about the History of Jazz 

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, which happens every April, students at Natomas Middle School were able to learn about notable pioneers of jazz music. “Megan Deems and Michelle Jamieson are the two talented music teachers who suggested we do a Jazz themed project in the month of April to celebrate Jazz appreciation month,” said Andrea Lunetta, Art Teacher at Natomas Middle School. Deems and Jamieson provided her with a list of influential jazz artists, and over the course of three days, students learned about the history of Jazz and Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and Louis Armstrong. 

“For the project I thought doing a grid drawing would be a great way to apply a Jazz mindset to art. In a grid project, everyone does a few squares of a larger drawing, and we connect them together like a puzzle at the end. So, in this project, everyone got to have their own voice, and apply their own style to create one cohesive piece of artwork. The kids had a ton of fun during this project, and it also emphasized teamwork, risk-taking, and problem-solving."