Archive By Section - Education
Chatom Union consolidates super with principal
The Chatom Union School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees approved the consolidation of the district superintendent position with the Mountain View Middle School principal position during their Tuesday night board meeting.
Taking steps to improve
Three years ago the Turlock Unified School District was placed in "program improvement" after failing to meet federal student testing standards. Since that time the district has been implementing a Sheltered Intervention Observation Protocol (SIOP), which is essentially a way for school administrators and district personnel to evaluate teachers' instructional methods, with follow up discussion and coaching. Administrators and district ...
TUSD receives Energy Star award
The Turlock Unified School District recently received the federal government's Energy Star award for 14 school sites throughout the district.
Parents help plan new eCademy Charter School
Parents and community members gathered at the Turlock High Performing Arts building Tuesday night to hear more about the new high-tech eCademy Charter School and to add their suggestions on how the school will work.
Bilingual immersion students share learning experiences
Students in the Two-Way Bilingual Immersion program at Dutcher Middle School spent Thursday night showing off. Most of the students in the program have been studying in English and Spanish since they were in kindergarten or first grade. On Thursday they took the opportunity to showcase what they have learned and to persuade younger students that the immersion program pays off.
School administrators justify iPad purchases
In recent weeks numerous anonymous complaints have been made to the Turlock Journal concerning a recent $20,000 purchase of Apple iPads for Turlock Unified School District administrators and certain teachers. The complaints circulated around the idea that administrators were wasting money on iPads and letting teachers go without much needed technological upgrades in TUSD classrooms.
EDUCATION: MUSICALLY INCLINED
Edwin Savelson, an 8th grader at Turlock Junior High, was recently awarded first chair at the California Music Educators Association conference in the Bay Area for his exemplary French horn play. He is also first chair for the Stanislaus County Honor Band. Edwin, also an honor student, has only played the French horn for about a year and a half after switching from clarinet.
Turlock Christian Schools highest performing in county
According to data from the California Post Secondary Education Commission, Turlock Christian High School sends the highest rate of students on to California colleges in Stanislaus County.
Welding tech students with future occupations
One of the most paramount priorities of secondary public education is to train a skilled, workforce to enter technical related career fields educated and employable.
Dangerous crossings in Hilmar
During a recent Hilmar Municipal Advisory Council meeting, Isabel Cabral-Johnson, Hilmar Unified School District superintendent, updated council members about her concern for a potentially dangerous out-of-order set of lighted crosswalks in front of Elim Elementary School and Hilmar High School.
Turlock schools climb up education ladder, still work to do
The Turlock Unified School District is showing serious signs of improvement, but lots of work remains to be done.
EDUCATION: GOIN’ COUNTRY
Walnut Elementary Education Center students, danced, sang and played the fiddle - among other things - on Friday during the "Walnut Goes Country" talent show. A total of 175 students auditioned for the show.
TUSD Board of Trustees to receive update on energy program, budget process
The Turlock Unified School District Board of Trustees will consider approval of numerous noteworthy items at Tuesday's board meeting. The board is scheduled to hear an update regarding the TUSD Energy Conservation Program and schools that received the "Energy Star Label" award from the federal government.
Parenting focus of ‘Choose Civility’ lecture event
Justin Lookadoo entertained and informed parents on Thursday night at the Stanislaus County Office of Education's latest "Choose Civility" event. Lookadoo is a former juvenile probation officer turned professional speaker who lectures across the country. Lookadoo said that he does consultation work with schools and parents who have made national headlines because of crisis situations. "What I'm excited about here ...
Poll says most voters will support K-12 education with tax extension
A poll of 2,000 residents released yesterday by the Public Policy Institute of California, an independent research institution, indicates the majority of California voters would "pay higher taxes to maintain funding for K-12 education."
Articles by Section - Education
Pitman teacher's aide to represent county in state award program
From a very early age, Karen Souza felt a special connection to her fellow students who didn't quite fit in. Souza eventually turned her passion for inclusion into a career as a teacher's aide in special education. She has now been a para-educator at Pitman High School for three years, and was one of five classified employees chosen to represent Stanislaus County in the California School Employee of the Year program. Called ...
Education foundation holds tailgate party to support Kaepernick
A community-wide celebration of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is planned for the day before he makes his debut in the Super Bowl arena. The Turlock Education Foundation is hosting "Turlock Believes," a community tailgate party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at Pitman High School. Kaepernick's performance as the 49ers quarterback and the team's rise to the Super Bowl has inspired the community and the foundation wanted a ...
More cuts for Denair schools
In a special board meeting held Thursday night, the Denair Unified School District continued to process cuts for the 2013-14 school year in an effort to avoid financial insolvency. Denair trustees unanimously voted to give four furlough days to five confidential classified employees, effective Feb. 1, for an estimated $6,184 savings for the district. The district also accepted the resignation of Denair Charter Academy principal, Karla Paul. Paul will be working with ...
Walnut students take fourth in Future City competition
Walnut Elementary students took fourth place in the Future City Competition, held Saturday, with their design for "Garnicia." Modesto Girl Scout Troop #2225 took first place and will be representing Northern California at the National Engineers Week Future City Competition Feb. 15-20 in Washington, D.C. The annual challenge has received national attention and acclaim for its role in encouraging middle schoolers nationwide to develop their interest in science, technology, engineering and math. <p ...
Denair students prepare for Super Bowl of academics
Months of preparation will soon be put to the test as students from Denair High School compete in the 2013 Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon. Hailed as the biggest academic event for local high schools, the decathlon is slated to take place on Feb. 2 in the Gregori High School gymnasium in Modesto. The decathlon is a two-day series of tests, speeches and interviews highlighting this year's theme, Russia. The Academic Decathlon's goal ...
TUSD taking steps to improve school safety
Parents who were outraged at the lack of security at their child's elementary school site in December are now working with the district to create a school safety plan. Turlock resident and local law enforcement officer Vince Hooper, who videotaped himself walking around campus in December at Medeiros Elementary pointing out the lack of security, voiced his safety concerns and his appreciation of steps already taken to trustees at Tuesday's Turlock Unified School ...
Four local school employees receive accolades
A desire to help people succeed in education is the reason Beverly Cullum wakes up every day. Cullum, a typist clerk at Turlock Adult School, will be honored among 28 outstanding classified education employees through Stanislaus County's "Employees Making a Difference" on Tuesday at the Petersen Event Center in Modesto. For Cullum, her job is her passion. Since beginning her tenure at Turlock Adult School in 2004, Cullum goes above and ...
Dutcher students play fair at school, in life
January Character Counts Profile: Fairness Student Feature: Teresita Orozco and Andrea Selkow, Dutcher Middle School Open communication is key to creating fairness, a trait that eighth graders Teresita Orozco and Andrea Selkow exemplify. Both Orozco and Selkow were honored as the district students for the character trait of fairness. Selkow, a 4.0 GPA student, has always played by the rules from an early age. She takes turns in sharing with her ...
Time right to spend on school projects, says TUSD staff
The Turlock Unified School District is moving forward with a list of potential one-time expenditures for the 2013-14 school year, despite uncertainty from a few of its board members. The move to carry on with one-time expenditures made sense to district officials after the passage of Proposition 30 and an increase in TUSD's enrollment for the 2012-13 school year, said district staff. "Based on the passage of Prop. 30 and other events ...
Parents voice concern about school safety
Concern about the safety of school campuses continues to mount nationally and locally as parents hope to avoid shootings like the ones at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and more recently, Taft Union High School in Southern California. Turlock resident Lori Hooper was so dissatisfied with the security at Medeiros Elementary that she pulled her 8-year-old daughter out of school. "There's no fences. There's nobody monitoring. There's nobody watching," she said. ...
Walnut students build city of the future
Across the nation, teams of middle school students are working to imagine, design, and build cities of the future, a task that 6th grade Walnut Magneteers are familiar with. For the third consecutive year, students from Walnut Elementary will participate in the Stanislaus County Future City Competition on Wednesday at the Peterson Event Center in Modesto. The annual challenge has received national attention and acclaim for its role in encouraging middle schoolers ...
More cuts for Denair schools
The Denair Unified School District continues to make cuts in order to avoid a state takeover. During a yet another crowded meeting, school district trustees unanimously voted to cut teachers' salaries by 3.5 percent effective Feb. 1 , while also eliminating four school days and one training day. Over the next 18 months, Denair must cut $1.4 million in ongoing spending in order to avoid a state takeover. "We're back and ...
Local students prepare for Mock Trial
Students from Turlock and Pitman high schools will soon have their day in court. The annual Stanislaus Mock trials will be held on Tuesday at the Stanislaus County Courthouse in Modesto. This year's fictitious case, People v. Vega, is a trial of Adrian Vega, a resident of Hidden Valley and child of the city's mayor. Vega is charged with failure to perform a duty following an accident (commonly referred to as felony ...
Merced College to offer Customer Service Academy
Merced College, in partnership with the Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce, will offer a professional development training program through the college's Customer Service Academy. Morning and afternoon workshops will be offered on the last two Thursdays of each month, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Topics will include "Customer Service," "Team Building," "Attitude in the Workplace," "Values and Ethics," "Stress Management," "Time Management," "Conflict Resolution," "Decision ...
CSU Stanislaus professor studies gangs
Hung Gao, a criminology professor at California State University Stanislaus, is beginning research on juvenile gang activity in the Central Valley. It's a shift for Gao, who spent seven years studying drug use among women in China, but local gang activity is a good topic for research, Gao said. Currently, very little research exists on gangs in the Central Valley, despite the location's importance in drug trafficking. "I hope my research on ...
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