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May 2016

Attendance Clerk is

Always Present

Edison Student

Walks 1,000 Miles

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Cesar Chavez

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Graduation

Schedule

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Superintendent’s Message

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Taking the

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Enrollment in Fresno Unified preschool has more than doubled in the past four years, with the number of preschoolers learning in district classrooms expected to top 3,200 in the coming school year.The jump in enrollment reflects the district’s additional investment of $10 million to hire more teachers and staff and add preschools to eight additional sites and add additional preschool classes at 10 other schools. The district is currently serving 3,121 preschoolers compared to 1,293 in 2011. Including programs for infants and toddlers, the district is serving 3,266 children from birth to 4 years old this year.This means that more students are entering kindergarten better prepared, academically and socially. In addition, district staff is able to intervene earlier to help young learners who may struggle. “I am incredibly pleased with the growth that we have made as a system in supporting our amazing preschool-ers throughout the community,” said Superintendent Michael Hansen.

A large body of research connects student achievement with participa-tion in preschool, also known as prekindergarten. For example, a study published by Arthur Reynolds and a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin in 2007 found that children

who attended a high quality preschool were more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special

Fresno Unified is embarking on a groundbreaking new project to increase the number of low-income students who complete their bachelor’s degrees.

Using a $500,000 grant from the College Futures Foundation, the district is partnering with Fresno City College, Fresno State and University of California at Merced to share data to increase students’ successful transi-tion from high school to college, and from community college to a four-year

college or university. “I see this new partnership as a critical step to making sure even more of our students achieve their dreams of

Preschool Jump-Starts Student Learning

District Collaborates with Colleges to Improve

Transition to Higher Education

See college futureS continued on page 9

See early learning continued on page 4

■ Goal is to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion

Wishon Elementary School preschool teacher Andrea Wall works with Sonny Molina while Jae'da Worthy waits her turn.

www.FresnoUnified.orgP R E P A R I N G C A R E E R R E A D Y G R A D U A T E SPage 2

May 2016

Day Date GraD time Practice School location

Monday May 23 7 p.m. 2 p.m. Design Science FCC - OAB Theater

Tuesday May 31 7 p.m. During School Day Rata Rata High School MPR

Thursday June 2 11 a.m. None Fresno Adult H.S. & GED Saroyan Theatre

Thursday June 2 3:30 p.m. 7 a.m. DeWolf Saroyan Theatre

Thursday June 2 5:30 p.m. 8 a.m. J.E. Young Saroyan Theatre

Thursday June 2 7:30 p.m. 9 a.m. Cambridge Saroyan Theatre

Friday June 3 5 p.m. 9 a.m. Phoenix Secondary Phoenix Secondary

Monday June 6 4 p.m. 8 a.m. Edison Save Mart Center

Monday June 6 8 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Hoover Save Mart Center

Tuesday June 7 4 p.m. 8 a.m. Sunnyside Save Mart Center

Tuesday June 7 7:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. McLane McLane Stadium

Tuesday June 7 8 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Roosevelt Save Mart Center

Wednesday June 8 4 p.m. 8 a.m. Fresno Save Mart Center

Wednesday June 8 7 p.m. 9 a.m. Duncan Saroyan Theatre

Wednesday June 8 8 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Bullard Save Mart Center

TBD July 9 a.m. Summer School Roosevelt Auditorium

PARENTS2016 High School Graduation Schedule

Parent Dates to Know

april 4-may 27: Standardized testing window for elementa-ry and middle school studentsapril 11-may 20: Standardized testing window for high school students

may 10: Fresno Unified Scholarship Banquet (see story Page 14)may 11: Board of Education meeting

may 23-June 8: Graduations (see schedule this page)may 25: Board of Education meeting

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Nearly 1,000 parents participated in the Parent University Parent Recognition Cer-emony on April 14 at Roosevelt High School, which also highlighted Parent Univer-sity’s fifth anniversary. Parent University and its community partners offer classes to empower parents to help educate their children by providing them with information about the resources and opportunities the district offers, and connecting them to the school community and resources in the community at large.

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Michael E. HansonSuperintendent

Ruth F. Quinto

Deputy Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer

Kim MecumChief Academic Officer

Jorge Aguilar

Associate Superintendent, Equity and Access

Miguel AriasChief Information Officer

Paul Idsvoog

Chief Human Resources/Labor Relations Officer

Kurt MaddenChief Technology Officer

Bob NelsonChief of Staff

Rosario Sanchez

Associate Superintendent, Curriculumand Instruction

Karin TempleChief Operations Officer

Luis Chavez Area 2 President

[email protected]

Christopher De La Cerda Area 4 Clerk

[email protected]

Brooke Ashjian Area 7 [email protected]

Valerie F. Davis Area 3 [email protected]

Lindsay Cal Johnson Area 1

[email protected]

Carol Mills, J.D. Area 5 [email protected]

Janet Ryan Area 6

[email protected]

Jed ChernabaeffPublic Information Officer

Tony BernardMedia Technician

Lori Clanton

Communications Analyst

Michael De La CerdaSupervisor Media Services

Anne Ellis

Community Relations Officer

Amy IdsvoogCommunications Analyst

Xee Yang

Manager III

We have all heard the adage, “You’re never too old to learn,” but have you ever stopped to consider the other side of that coin? “You’re never too young to begin learning.” Our children are our most important as-set. As our fu-ture citizens, they will be responsible for shaping our community and our country’s future -- ensur-ing growth and prosperity for the generations that follow them. It won’t be easy, so we need to provide them ev-ery possible tool.

It’s well documented that Fresno is fighting concentrated poverty. Fresno Unified’s answer to concentrated pov-erty is concentrated education, and that effort starts at an early age. The Board of Education has invested $10 million in resources in early learning. The research is overwhelming that starting the formal education process as early as possible is critical. If we can get our youngest residents into classrooms when they’re 4 years old, we’re setting them up for increased success throughout their aca-demic career. With the help of our original invest-ments back in 2011, we now have 62 early learning sites, totaling 109 class-rooms offering 182 classes and serving more than 3,200 students. Our $10 mil-lion expansion of early learning pro-grams has led to deeper collaborative work with national organizations like the Packard Foundation. It too recog-

nizes that early learning for our youth is paramount. In fact, last year the Packard Foundation made a 10-year investment in only three places in the country, and Fresno Unified was one of those places.Fresno Unified offers a range of struc-tured early learning programs that help build and promote social and emotional development, language and cognitive skills, pre-math and literacy skills as well as developing a child’s motor skills. Programs offer a wide-range of options for students and parents, including three-hour and full day pre-kindergarten programs, dual-immersion with instruc-tion in Spanish at selected sites, inclu-sion programs, early learning classes focused on oral language development,

Building futures is a monthly publication of fresno Unified School District prepared by the Communica-tions Office. To place an ad, contact (559) 457-3733 or email [email protected].

District Focuses on Early Learning, Expands Preschool Sites

Exposing Children to Positive Experiences, Learning Early on is Essential

boArd

AdMINISTrATIoN

bUILdING FUTUrES

Michael HansonFresno Unified Superintendent

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When you brought your newborn baby home from the hospital did you drive a good 20 miles under the speed limit like I did? Were you so cautious in every-thing you did, for fear of doing something wrong? Me, too. And I’m guess-ing you and I are not alone. Babies don’t come with par-ent manuals when they are born. We enter into parenthood with experi-ences handed down to us from our own parents and from what we’ve seen from parents around us. Sometimes this is a good start. Sometimes it is not. Unless we are experts in early childhood development, it’s likely that we all will need some guidance along the way. We need to know how to best communicate with our young children, help them learn, get along with others and so much more. We need information, help and support. I’m the executive director at First 5 Fres-no County -- an organization dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of children ages 0-5 and their families -- and I’m also a mom, and I get it. I know that parenting can bring so many what-ifs that the weight can be tremendous. Fortunate-

ly, First 5 Fresno County is here to help. We invest in efforts that support parents with knowledge and resources to help their young children thrive. The majority of the brain develops in the first three years of life. By exposing children to positive experiences early on, we help ensure they walk onto the school campus their first day of kindergarten ready to learn. Ready to learn does not necessarily mean that the child is reciting his ABCs and 123s. Being ready to learn is so much more than that. A child is ready to learn when he knows he is loved. She is confident. His curiosity is embraced. Her physical body is well. It takes parents, families, neighbors, schools and the com-munity to get our young kids to this place. Equipped parents don’t know everything, they just know when and where to ask for help. First 5 Fresno County is work-ing to equip parents by providing them with information about what to expect as their babies grow from within the womb to school-aged children, and every stage in between. In addition, First 5 Fresno County is proud to partner with Fresno Unified and other school districts through the Birth to Third Grade Initiative. This initiative helps schools and communities create support for children and parents every step of the way, from birth through third grade. This new way of investing in young children and families is making such great strides that Fresno Unified has attracted addition-al funding from the Lucile Packard Foun-

dation to improve parents’, caregivers’ and educators’ interactions with young children -- a great win for parents and their little ones.And finally, the community can help by ensuring resources are readily available to families. Yes, we as parents are our chil-dren’s first teachers, but we aren’t their only teachers. First 5 Fresno County part-ners with organizations to connect families with young children to whatever it is they need to thrive. Perhaps it’s as simple as providing parents with tips on interacting with their babies. Or maybe it’s as com-plex as helping a parent identify a child’s disability and connecting them to state-funded services. For many, it’s somewhere in between. Whatever the case, we want parents, pediatricians, childcare providers, aunts, uncles, grandparents and teachers to all have somewhere to turn when they are concerned about a child in their care. More importantly, we want to connect them to the resources they need to help that child succeed -- and be ready for kin-dergarten.Yes, the responsibility of parenting be-comes oh-so-real on that extraordinarily slow ride home from the hospital. The good news, though, is that we as parents are not alone. First 5 Fresno County is here to help build a community that sup-ports parents and is devoted to helping all young children in Fresno County thrive. For more information, visit www.first-5fresno.org.

Message from First 5 Executive Director Emilia Reyes

Emilia ReyesFirst 5 Fresno County

Executive Director

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May 2016

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Comprehensive Professional Learning Program for all Employees

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Editor’s Note: Fresno Unified is committed to maintaining its status as the employer of choice in the central San Joaquin Valley. The district will offer a series of stories outlining the many benefits of working within Fresno Unified.

Fresno Unified employees hold interesting and challenging jobs, are rewarded for the contributions they make in students’ lives, and are provided with a variety of training and development opportunities to progress professionally.All employees -- certificated staff, certificated leaders, and classified staff -- are provided with a system of profes-sional learning that offers opportunities to grow professionally and gain skills and knowledge for high performance.

“Our wide range of professional learning opportunities separates Fresno Unified from many school districts statewide,” said Melissa Dutra, instruc-tional superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Learning. “A true professional never stops learning. We equip our employees with curriculum based on best practices and the most up-to-date research.” Certificated teachers receive a minimum of 24 hours of district-led professional learning and a minimum of 54 hours of site-based professional learning. Trainings consists of face-to-face as well as structured collaboration time to maximize teacher learning. As part of the continuum of support for teachers, Fresno Unified is committed to thoughtful, common, and differ-entiated professional learning. For example, to meet the needs of new teachers, each new teacher is assigned an instructional coach who works

side-by-side with them on a weekly basis for two years. Support is intended to help new teachers take effective actions that will result in substantial and sustained improvements in performance. They also participate in five additional days of professional learning that includes classroom observations and confer-ence style sessions to meet their needs. These five days support the baseline professional learning that all teachers receive.

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education, be held back a grade or get in trouble with the law than students who did not attend preschool.The district began the building process for increasing preschool participation in 2010 with the launch of the Early Learning Task Force. The group reviewed research highlighting the positive impact of early childhood programs, found an inadequate supply of early learning programs in Fresno and committed to increasing access to early learning programs in the district.The Board of Education unanimously approved the recommendations of the Early Learning Task Force presented in a comprehensive report to the board and community in 2011. Since that time, enrollment in early learning programs has steadily increased each year:

Because research clearly shows early education programs must be high quality to really make a difference for students, Fresno Unified devoted staff and funds to develop an inten-sive professional development and coaching model. This has proven

to be a tremendous success, provid-ing increased support for individual learners in preschool classrooms. In addition, the district secured the Starting Smart and Strong Initiative, a grant supported by the Packard Foundation, and is creating innova-tive practices to improve the quality of adult-child interaction for early learners. For example, providing resources to families, extended families and informal caregivers so they can provide nurturing environments to children.Also, as part of the Starting Smart and Strong Initiative Fresno Unified is partnering with Early Head Start, Head Start, and Children’s Services Network to provide educators with the tools and training they need to create quality connections and engaging learning activities that address the needs of all children.The district is already seeing the benefits of these practices for children, service providers and interagency collaboration across Fresno.

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For the first time in the history of Fresno Unified, all district sixth grade students had the opportunity to go to outdoor school this year. For many students, it was their very first time to the mountains.With the school year winding down, a final handful of schools will take their trips in May. More than 4,200 students traveled to overnight camps, with student participation at nearly 90% for the trips. Students stayed in Calvin Crest, Green

Meadows and Sierra Outdoor School, all in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. More than 50 of the district’s 67 sixth grade classrooms already have camp reservations set for the 2016-17 school year. Students had the chance to learn science and environmental lessons in an outdoor setting and interact outside the four walls of the classroom with peers, staff and parents. Students hiked, tested their skills on climbing walls and participated in a variety of other fun activities not possible in the normal school setting.McCardle Principal Linda McLaughlin’s sixth grade students spent three nights at Calvin Crest camp March 8-11. She attended dinner and the quiz show Spin It to Win It activity on the final evening.“I was able to get to know some students on a different level by sitting down to eat dinner family style and it was awesome to see students working together as cabin groups to review what they learned during the outdoor educa-tion experience,” McLaughlin said.She said it made a huge difference to families to not have to worry about fundraising to pay for sixth grade camp.Lori Barcus, a sixth grade teacher at McCardle, said camp was “one of the best experiences we could ever provide for them.”

“Not only are the outdoor interac-tions with nature an amazing way to learn, but their team building skills and relationships with others are also enhanced,” Barcus said. “We truly believe that our students have gained a wealth of knowledge and experiences at camp that will enrich their lives forever.” Rick Christensen, a sixth grade teacher at Yokomi Elementary School, said naturalists at Sierra Outdoor School presented the perfect mix of adventure

and education to keep students highly engaged and thoroughly entertained. The district’s Goal 2 staff congratulated all 67 elementary schools in support-ing students and getting them to camp. The schools worked hard to make the expanded enrichment opportunities a reality for sixth grade students and teachers did a terrific job ensuring students will remember this experience the rest of their lives.

McCardle Elementary School students, from left, Eli Herrera, Oracio Moreno, Jarrett Halliman, Diego Fausto, Anthony Blajos, and Dominick Figueroa have fun in the snow at Calvin Crest for the six grade outdoor school field trip. All sixth graders in the district had the opportunity to go to camp this year.

Sixth Grade Camp Trips Create Lasting Memories for Students

Girls in Programming Club

Encouraged to Crack the Code

GOAL 2: ARTS, ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS

Nearly three dozen CoderGirlz club members from Computech, Cooper Academy, Kings Canyon and Scandinavian middle schools and Edison High School had the life-changing opportunity to meet with a diverse panel of female technologists at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus.Codergirlz is a new Fresno Unified coding club for middle school girls who are curious about coding or already love to code. The clubs build

self-confidence and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathemat-ics and prepare students for computer science courses.The Microsoft developers the students met with on March 28 encouraged the girls to help change the culture of women in technology by pursuing their

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Yokomi Elementary School students try out the climbing wall at Sierra Outdoor School, where sixth graders traveled for camp earlier this year. The experience is part of the district’s commitment to its Goal 2: All students will engage in arts, activities and athletics.

Kings Canyon Middle School teacher Celeste Avedikian, top, poses at Microsoft headquarters in the Silicon Valley with CoderGirlz members, from left, Nayelli Evans, Tiffany Gimbarti, Sydnee Splettstoesser, and Carolina Pulido from Cooper Academy and Vannie Chanpheng, Betsua Andrade and Alison Chang from Kings Canyon.

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Tracy Owensby teaches English and the Laptop Program at Tenaya Middle School, where she has taught her entire 25-year career. She was an Excellence in Education finalist in February, recognized by her peers for her challenging and engaging lessons and welcoming classroom environ-ment, and for helping create a positive campus culture.What is different about teaching middle school students vs other grades?Working with middle school kids is watching the process of ‘human meta-morphosis” daily. They come in short, sweet, and a bit naive, and leave having invented it all. That said, I believe kids of all ages need to be nurtured through creative and challenging content, high expectations and structure, and defi-nitely a teacher with a good sense of

humor! how did you come to choose teaching as a career?Honestly, I tried to fight it. My dad, Ed Parrish, was a teacher and administra-tor. However, being a tad stubborn, I wanted to do my own thing. I was a Business Marketing major at Fresno State, and at the end of my junior year, I realized I was fighting nature. What do you enjoy the most about your job? I am always making fun of myself, to get a laugh out of them, in order to connect content with something silly or positive. (Trust me, there is nothing fun about grammar!) I also love that

Rosemary Galvan-Reyes, a 20-year employee with the district, is the highly regarded attendance clerk at Roosevelt High School, a position she has held for two years. She was a finalist for an Excellence in Education award in February. Roosevelt High Principal

Michael Allen says Galvan-Reyes provides “vital support to some of our most at-risk students.”What is the hardest part of your job? Seeing students struggling with their

home life. Being bullied, and hungry.What do you enjoy the most?Our students, whether they are my former students or the students I have here at Roosevelt. I enjoy giving motherly advice. Having them come back to tell me their stories of success, which makes me feel like I was a little part of their lives. And I get to go to the Save Mart Center on their gradua-tion and to see my summer grads, see their faces full of pride. Some of these students might not have a parent or guardian or their parents work and are not able to be there. So I will stand in for my students, and they appreci-ate that you acknowledge them as a person.What is the weirdest excuse you have heard as to why a student was absent? My dog was in labor and I had to help it.What do you do to encourage better student attendance?I collect cans and buy bus tokens for students who I know are trying very

hard to get good grades and trying to accomplish their dreams of walking across the stage and receiving their diploma.Why are some students absent so often?It could be many reasons: I have to watch over younger siblings, I don’t have clean clothing, and I am being bullied and am afraid to ask for help. Or the family is homeless and embar-rassed to ask for help or afraid if they do they might be rejected or looked down upon.if you were not an attendance clerk, what career would you choose?I would have loved to have been an attorney.What is your dream vacation? Hawaii.What is one thing most people do not know about you?I was a victim of domestic violence. But that’s OK. It made me stronger and I will always fight for anyone who needs help.

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

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Tenaya Middle School teacher Tracy Owensby helps Aris Welch, left, and Jack-son Biggs during her English language arts class, part of the Laptop Program.

Rosemary Galvan-Reyes, the attendance clerk at Roosevelt High School, gets to know families to help students have better attendance.

Tenaya Middle School Teacher uses Humor to Connect with Students

Roosevelt High School Clerk is Always Present for Students, Families

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Oscar Rivera arrived at Edison High School in 2014 knowing only a few words of English and still recovering from his 1,000-mile trek -- on his own -- from his home in Honduras to Texas. His father was dead and his mother missing.Despite obstacles that would have defeated many twice his age, the 17-year-old is on track to graduate June 6 from Edison. He arrived with zero credits but thanks to the guidance of counselors, took extra courses and worked hard so that he can graduate on time with his class. “To have a kid who has gone through what he has, walked all that way, I think he can do anything he puts his mind to,” said Arthur Sulcer, Oscar’s academic counselor.He also benefitted from the provi-sions of Assembly Bill 167, which waives local graduation requirements for foster-care students in favor of the state-mandated graduation require-ments. The bill applies to foster-care students who changed schools in their junior or senior years.Oscar earned a 3.5 GPA last semester and is earning A’s and B’s this semester. He plans to attend Fresno City College as part of the Promise Scholars program for students in foster care.“What he’s been through is mind-blowing,” said Jeff Belcher, a teacher on special assignment working with Project ACCESS, a program for students who are homeless or in foster care.Oscar is one of 785 Fresno Unified students in foster care, 42 of those seniors. Project ACCESS made sure Oscar was eligible for AB 167 and that all his credits were transferred to Edison High, and helped him apply for Fresno City College and complete his Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for college. Oscar’s story begins in his birth country of Honduras, where a farm laborer is lucky to make $5 a day. He attended six years of elementary school, then went to work in the corn and bean fields. His father was killed in 2009 while working in Florida and sending money home to the family. Six months later, his mother left for the United States to work and he and his five sisters lost contact with her.

“We think that she passed away,” Oscar said.A year later, he and his siblings had no money and at age 13 he decided to walk to the United States to find work and send money home. An uncle sent him $100 for the journey. He traveled

by foot with a group of 20 as far as Guatemala, then traveled alone.He carried only a school-sized backpack with food, some clothes, a small knife and a blanket. He slept along the way on the ground, hearing wild animals at night. It took him two months to reach

Texas, arriving Dec. 16, 2013. The border patrol placed him in a camp for Honduran refugees. He was there for 29 days before a relative in Mendota paid his airfare to fly to Fresno. He was able to obtain paperwork allowing him to stay with the uncle.He worked in the fields of Mendota for nine months, but immigration offi-cials told him he would be deported unless he went to school. He attended Mendota High School for two weeks but his living arrangement with his relatives was no longer working out.He was placed in the foster care system and went to live with his foster parent on September 3, 2014 and began attending Edison High. This move set him on a path to success. “My foster mom helps me with every-thing in life,” Oscar said.At Edison High, he took English immer-sion classes to learn the language and worked hard to do well in school. He was motivated by a desire to help his sisters. He made friends and impressed his teachers. “He said he wanted to have a better life for his family. He feels like America is the land of opportunity,” Sulcer said. “Sending money to his family, that’s his main goal right now.”This, his final semester at Edison, he takes seven classes (including three English courses), then three hours of physical science at night four days a week at Fresno Adult School so that he can graduate next month. He will be allowed to graduate with the state-mandated requirement of 130 credits.He will get a part-time job this summer and hopes to travel to Honduras to visit his sisters after graduation. His sisters call every Sunday. His ultimate goal is to become a California Highway Patrol officer. “In Honduras, there’s no opportunity to work,” Oscar said. “Here, I have a bunch of opportunities to work.”

Journey to

Graduation

Edison High School senior Oscar Ri-vera, working with academic counselor Arthur Sulcer, walked 1,000 miles from his home in Honduras to the U.S., eventually living with a foster family. He will graduate in June despite arriv-ing two years ago with zero credits and little English.

edison Supports Foster Care Student



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Gabby’s Room has opened at Heaton Elementary School in a portable class-room, filled with donated and new sensory integration and motor skills equipment to help students with autism.The room is named for Gabrielle Cleo Ellis, a graduate of Fresno High School and student at Fresno City College who died at age 20 in 2010 in a car accident. She had plans to pursue a career as an art therapist for children.Her mother, Christine Breaud, is the speech language pathologist at Heaton. Donors include Breaud and the Ellis Family Partnership of Nancy, Howard and Robert Ellis. “It’s wonderful to see children do what comes natural through play. Children have taught me so much about living joyfully in the moment,” Breaud said.Gabby’s Room features four different swings, water and sand tables, bean bag chair, spin top, exercise balls tent, LED lights, tumbling ramp, crash pad, scooter, tubs, kinetic sand, and a trampoline. Donated extra funds are

available to replenish materials and purchase additional supplies. Some of the equipment came from other motor skills rooms in the district that were no longer being used.Students with autism typically struggle with sensory input and output. Sensory integration (SI) is a developmental theory describing how people organize sensory information from their bodies and the environment to move, play and learn.SI develops in the course of ordinary childhood activities and provides a crucial foundation for later, more complex learning and behavior. The sensory experiences include touch, smell, sight, taste, hearing, movement, and body awareness. Gabby’s Room is specifically designed to stimulate and challenge all of the senses. The equipment is for autism program students primarily, but time is set aside for general education students to use the equipment as well.

Gabby's Room at Heaton Elementary Helps Students with Autism

John Dylan “JD” Ronk tries out a new swing at Gabby’s Room, a new sensory/motor skills center for the autistic program at Heaton Elementary School.

they teach me something about being a better person or a new viewpoint all the time. The other day, a young man said something, and I just stopped and looked at him and said, “You know, I’ve done this many times, and I’ve never thought of it that way. I’m glad I showed up today!” We all laughed because when they learn something and things connect, I yell, “Aren’t you glad you showed up today?” What is the most challenging?Watching students who have the ability to succeed, but refuse to try is frustrating. Working with students who don’t have anyone at home in their corner is heart-breaking. Dealing with the increase in negative behavior can be scary. Teaching huge classes of 38 times five and differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each child is mind-boggling. Those are all very real issues that I see on campus daily. However, the biggest personal challenge as a wife, mom of four, and English teacher is trying to balance work and home.

tell me about the laptop Program at tenaya.Students share three core teachers in English language arts, history, and science. It is a GATE/pre-AP two-year program that students apply for in sixth grade. They need a minimum 3.0 GPA, a letter of recommendation, and an application essay. We can be current and creative, while covering classics alongside brand new curriculum. What book are you recommending to others right now? These are all middle school friendly, but worth a read for by all: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs, “The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, “The Mortal Instruments Series” by Cassandra Clare, “House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer, “Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard” by Rick Roirdon, and “The Book Thief”’ by Marcus Zusak.

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DISTRICT ROUNDUPRoeding, Lawless teachers are educators of the Week

Julie Johnson, a sixth-grade teacher at Roeding Elementary School, and Karen Wong, a first grade teacher at Lawless Elementary School, were both recently named KSEE24’s Educator of the Week. Each week, the station honors a teacher in the valley who goes above and beyond.

Edison, Computech Excel at History Day competition Following the Fresno County History Day competition March 12, Edison High School champions who will move on the state competition May 5-7 in Rocklin are: Historical Paper on the Explorations of John Muir, Gisell

Vandrick; Historical Paper on the Encounters Leading to the Compromise of 1850, Catherine Jalomo; Group Website on the Exploration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Laura Larsen, Jake Hanson, Hannah Millhollen, Ryhan Arnett; Group Performance on the Encounters of Religious-based Hate, Rachel Mrkaich, Anthony Perez, Omar Ceja, Richard McCoy, Gisel Delacerda.Other winners were: Third place Group Exhibit on the Exploration of Cloning, Dillion Lay, Sandra Rodriguez-Paredes, Johana Herrera and Maria Macias; third place Group Website on the Exploration of Women’s Rights, Darielle Green, Sambria Morgan, Valerie Estrada and Summer Ghaleb; runner-up Group Documentary on the Jewish Curse (Encountering the Holocaust), Harneet Kaur, Mariana Olivo, Karen Tapia and Anyely Hernandez; runner-up Individual Exhibit: The Encounter that Launched the Gay Rights Movement, Mayahuel Garcia; runner-up Historical Paper on the Encounters of the Youth Counter Culture, Samira Abed; runner-up Individual Website on Womanism: An Exploration of Black Feminism, Katie Bordona.

Computech Middle School students advancing to the state competition are Group Performance on the Exploration of AIDS in the 1980s (Ryan White), Tyler Mrkaich, Austin Kern, Annie Cooper, Emma Pitcher.

Fresno Unified, AT&T Partner to Teach Students Valuable lesson

Roosevelt High School students learned firsthand the dangers of distracted driving thanks to a simulator provided by AT&T on campus March 31. Students had the opportunity to take a test drive in the “It Can Wait” simulator, which aims to teach students about the dangers of sending or looking at texts, Tweets, posts or emails while

driving.

Wawona Will Host Multicultural FairWawona Middle School will host an on-campus Multicultural Fair from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., May 14 to bring the community together and promote cultural awareness. Various commu-nity members and organizations will be on hand to present information to attendees. The event will also feature bounce houses, food trucks, the mobile health truck, and cultural presentations.

Edison Debaters are Valley championsEdison High School seniors Samira Abed and Katie Bordona won a Valley title in Public Forum Debate at Stockdale High School March 4-5 and moved on to the California High School Speech Association’s State Championships in April. They were joined by Edison’s Kyle Tsutsui.

higher education,” said Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson.The non-profit College Futures Foundation works to remove systemic and institutional barriers to college degrees, enabling students to access the resources they need to complete their degrees on time and help California thrive.

Project will align resourcesThrough the project, the district and colleges will work to better align systems and coordinate resources to increase student academic achieve-ment, college preparation, matricula-tion and transition, university trans-fers, and the rate of bachelor’s degree completions. The effort builds on an existing Fresno Unified partnership with UC Merced

that embeds seven UC Merced profes-sional and technical staff in Fresno Unified’s Department of Equity and Access to help develop and monitor student data between the two educa-tional systems.Staff is able to monitor students not at grade level or who have gotten off track to graduate so that they get the support they need.

how it will WorkUsing the College Futures Foundation grant, the district will place personnel from Fresno State and the State Center Community College District in Fresno Unified to work alongside UC Merced and district staff to improve practices that boost student achievement in high school and college. Through the project, Fresno Unified and higher education partners will be able to identify the most challeng-ing barriers that keep students from

transitioning successfully to college. The partnership will be able to access “real time” accurate student data; develop new, critical indicators to help spot students who are struggling; and improve monitoring of student achieve-ment from all educational sources.

Proven track recordOne of the reasons Fresno Unified received the grant from the College Futures Foundation was the success it had already achieved with the work of its Equity and Access staff. The work was launched in 2009, focused on building a career and college-going culture. The first phase focused on training for academic counselors, A-G course completion (for admission to UC and CSU campuses) and gradua-tion rates.Equity and Access worked with academic counselors on tools and processes so they could better identify and remove barriers keeping students

from being eligible for college, includ-ing establishing an A-G Monitoring Tool data base. Staff also redesigned the summer school program starting in 2010 so that students who had gotten off track to graduate or complete A-G courses could make up the work. Students were pre-enrolled in the classes they needed and had to opt out if they were not going to attend summer school.

Social/emotional addressedMore recently, deeper investments are being made in providing social emotional supports to students, such as social workers and counselors, because behavioral issues and poor attendance is often the reason students get D’s or F’s in classes and are then not eligible for college.

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The legacy of Cesar Chavez is kept alive for students every year through the Cesar E. Chavez

Day of Service and Learning, a citywide event for all ages that includes a commemorative march from the Saroyan Theatre to the Fresno Adult School Cesar Chavez campus.

Students, staff and the commu-nity also honored the legacy of Chavez with dancing, essays and a garlanding ceremony at the event, this year held on March 17, its 16th year.Tioga Middle School students swept the Cesar Chavez Essay Project middle school awards this year, while in the high school division, a Design Science High School student took first and Edison High School students took second and third.Winners from Tioga were Sofia Medina, first; Tiara Cardenas, second; Victoria Rosales, third. Their teacher is Joseph Bushong. High school winners were Isaak Hernandez, first, from Design Science (teacher is Crystal Arredondo); Caoilin Mullings, second, from Edison (teacher is Edward Garcia); and Miguel

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The district’s implementation of a better support system for students has paid off in a number of ways:• The graduation rate has increased

from 69.2% in 2010 to an estimated nearly 82% in 2015

• A-G completion rates have increased from 25.8% in 2008 to 46.57% in 2014

• Application rates to UC increased from 220 applicants in 2009 to 695 in 2014

• Application rates to Fresno State increased from 999 in 2009 to 2,048 in 2014

• 85.77% of students from the 2014 graduating class applied to commu-nity college

El Distrito Colabora con los Colegios para Mejorar la transición a educación SuperiorEl Distrito Escolar Unificado está embarcado en un nuevo proyecto

innovador para incrementar que el número de estudiantes de bajos ingresos obtengan sus títulos de licenciatura. Usando una subvención por $500,000 de la Fundación de Futuros Colegios, el distrito está asociado con el Colegio Comunitario de Fresno, la Universidad de Fresno y la Universidad de Merced para compartir información e incre-mentar la transición exitosa de los estudiantes al colegio y del colegio comunitario a una universidad de cuatro años. “Veo esta nueva asociación como un paso crítico en asegurar aún más que nuestros estudiantes alcancen sus sueños de educación superior,” dijo Michael Hanson, Superintendente del Distrito Unificado de Fresno. La Fundación Colegios del Futuro es una organización sin fines de lucro que trabaja para eliminar barreras sistemáti-cas e institucionales para obtener títulos universitarios, permitiendo a los estudiantes el acceso a los recursos que ellos necesitan para obtener sus títulos en el colegio y contribuir con el creci-miento de California. Con una conferencia de prensa

en abril, el Distrito Unificado de Fresno inicio su colaboración con los colegios, conocida como la Sociedad de Educación Superior del Distrito Unificado de Fresno. A través de este proyecto, el distrito y los colegios trabajarán para alinear mejor los sistemas y coordinar recursos para incrementar el aprove-chamiento académico de los estudi-antes, en la preparación para el colegio, matriculación y transición, transferen-cias universitarias y los promedios de títulos de licenciatura completados. El esfuerzo de basa en una sociedad existente entre el Distrito Unificado de Fresno con UC Merced quien colabora con siete miembros del personal profe-sional de UC Merced y con personal técnico del Departamento de Equidad y Acceso del Distrito Unificado de Fresno para ayudar a desarrollar y monitorear la base de datos entre los dos sistemas educativos.Personal está disponible para moni-torear a los estudiantes que no están a nivel de grado o que se han salido de su camino a la graduación para que reciban el apoyo que necesitan.

Usando la subvención de la Fundación para Colegios del Futuro, el distrito asignará a personal de la Universidad Estatal de Fresno y del Centro Estatal del Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios, para trabajar en el Distrito Unificado de Fresno junto con UC Merced y el personal del distrito para mejorar las prácticas que impulsen el éxito del estudiante en preparatoria y el colegio. A través del proyecto, el Distrito Unificado de Fresno y los socios de educación superior, podrán identificar las barreras más comunes que inter-fieren con la transición exitosa de los estudiantes al colegio. La sociedad será capaz de tener acceso exacto a la información del estudiante en “tiempo real”; desarrollar nuevos indicadores de pensamiento crítico para ayudar a identificar a estudiantes que están en apuros; y mejorar el monitoreo del aprovechamiento estudiantil con todos los recursos educativos. Una de las razones por las que el Distrito Unificado de Fresno recibió

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Maravilla, third, from Edison (teacher is Erica Jimenez).Cesar E. Chavez Day of Service and Learning is a joint project of El Concilio de Fresno, the district and Fresno Adult School, the California Highway Patrol, and other public and private agencies.A committee collaborates with district departments to support the develop-ment of Chavez curriculum and service learning in all of Fresno Unified schools.Marchando por César ChávezEl legado de César Chávez es mantenido vivo por los estudiantes cada año a través del Día de Servicio y Aprendizaje de César E. Chávez, un evento que abarca toda la ciudad y para personas de todas las edades que incluye una marcha conmemorativa desde el Teatro Saroyan a las insta-laciones de la Escuela de Adultos de Fresno César Chávez. Los estudiantes, personal y la comu-nidad también honraron el legado

de Chávez con bailes ensayos y una ceremonia de guirnaldas, este año cele-brada el 17 de marzo en su 16vo año. Los estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria Tioga se llevaron los premios del Proyecto del Ensayo este año, en la división de estudiantes de escuelas secundarias, mientras que en la división de escuelas prepara-torias, un estudiante de la Escuela Preparatoria Design Science se llevó el primer lugar y los estudiantes de la Escuela Preparatoria Edison se llevaron el segundo y tercero. Los ganadores de la Tioga fueron Sofía Medina, primer; Tiara Cárdenas, segundo; Victoria Rosales, tercero. Su maestro Joseph Bushong. Los gana-dores del nivel de Escuela Preparatoria fueron Isaak Hernández, primero, de Design Science (maestra Crystal Arredondo); Caolín Mullings, segundo, de Edison (maestro Edward García); y Miguel Maravilla, tercero, de la Edison (maestra Érica Jimenez). El Día de Servicio y Aprendizaje de César Chávez es un proyecto conjunto del Concilio de Fresno, el distrito y la Escuela de Adultos de Fresno, la

Patrulla de Caminos de California y otras agencias públicas y privadas. Un comité colabora con los departamentos del distrito para apoyar al desarrollo del currículo y servicios de aprendizaje en todas las escuelas de Distrito Unificado de Fresno. Taug Kev Rau Cesar ChavezCia qhov Cesar Chavez tsim tau tseg ciaj sia rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv txhua xyoo txog Cesar E. Chavez Hnub ntawm nws tej kev ua haujlwm thiab kev kawm uas yog ua ib qhov kev nco txog rau tas nrho zej zog zoo li taug kev ntawm lub Saroyan Theatre mus rau tom Tsev Kawm Ntawv Cesar Chavez. Cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv, neeg ua haujlwm, thiab neeg zej zog muab kev qhuas tej uas Chavez tsim tau tseg los ntawm kev ua yeeb yam, sau ntawv thiab ua kev nco txog uas yog tshim sim rau thaum lub Peb Hlis Hnub Tim 17, uas yog xyoo thib 16 lawm.Tsev Kawm Ntawv Tioga cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv qib nrab yeej qhov sib kheem sau ntawv txog Cesar Chavez xyoo no. Cov tub ntxhais uas

yeej nyob rau cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab yog Tsev Kawm Ntawv Design Science yeej thib ib thiab Tsev kawm Ntawv Edison yeej thib ob thiab thib peb.Tus uas yeej nyob rau Tioga yog Sofia Medina tau thib ib, Tiara Cardenas tau thib ob, Victoria Rosales tau thib peb, lawv tus xib fwb yog Joseph Bushong. Nyob rau cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab yog Isaak Hernandez tau thib ib ntawm Design Science (tus xib fwb yog Crystal Arredondo); Caoilin Mulllings tau thib ob nyob ntawm Edison (tus xib fwb yog Edward Garcia) thiab Miguel Maravilla tau thib peb nyob ntawm Edison (tus xib fwb yog Erica Jimenez)Cesar Chavez Hnub uas ua Haujlwm thiab Kawm yog ib qhov kev koom tes los ntawm El Concilio de Fresno, hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv thiab tsev kawm ntawv rau laus, cov tub ceev xwm xeev California thiab lwm cov kooshaum zej zog. Muaj ib pawg neeg muab kev koom tes ntawm hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv los pab npaj Chavez cov kev kawm nyob rau Fresno cov tsev kawm ntawv.

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As we head into the summer months, we need to consider a public health issue that has increas-ing impact as the weather w a r m s . That issue is f o o d b o r n e i l l n e s s e s . These illness-es remain a daunting public health c h a l l e n g e , but can be prevented. F o o d b o r n e illnesses are caused by eating food that has been contaminated with viruses, bacteria, toxins, or parasites. Each year, one in six Americans gets sick from a foodborne illness and 3,000 die. Symptoms of foodborne illness are often attributed to “stomach flu” and

these symptoms may include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramps, fever, joint aches, and fatigue. They may occur within minutes after eating the contaminated food or as long as weeks after ingestion of the offending agent. The symptoms can range from mild to life threaten-ing. Individuals at particular risk for serious illness or death include infants, older adults, and those with weakened immune systems. A wide variety of fresh foods frequent-ly harbor organisms that can cause foodborne illness. The opportunity to ingest these organisms or their toxins may occur in one of three ways: • When these fresh foods are improp-

erly prepared or cleaned • When food containing these organ-

isms comes into contact with other foods

• When foods are not adequately cooked

Organisms can also be spread to food

by persons who have been infected with foodborne illness organisms and then handle or prepare food for others. A recent study conducted by the University of California at Davis reveals that many safe food prepara-tion practices are overlooked even by those who consider themselves to be well-informed on food safety. To protect ourselves and others from these preventable illnesses we must know and follow the basic guidelines:

CLEAN, SEPARATE, COOK, and CHILL published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found at http://1.usa.gov/1pZBC3a We must also be aware of symptoms of foodborne illnesses. Contact your health care provider for any diarrhea lasting longer than three days or when diarrhea is accompanied by high fever, blood in the stool, or so much vomiting, that liquids cannot be kept down and very little urine is passed.

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interests, regardless of traditional gender roles. The panel stressed pursuing passions and trying many things without worrying about failing. They explained that technology will be a significant component of any career in the future and it isn’t necessary to major in computer science to land a job that involves coding. Fresno Unified students articulated their interests, hopes and doubts with maturity beyond their years and then asked a series of probing

questions with tact. Those questions included “What does it take to land a job at Microsoft? Any interview tips for us?”The students left the session with the technologists with Microsoft swag and vouchers to eat at the Microsoft café. The field trip also included a visit to the Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose. “The entire day was charged with the excitement and I think it’s safe to say that many, if not all, of the girls went home with an expanded notion of what is possible,” said David Jansen, Fresno Unified tech-nology services manager.

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Sunnyside High School’s Don't Laugh at Me (DLAM) bullying prevention group visits the state capitol after presenting at Crocker-Riverside Elementary School in Sacra-mento April 8, students’ first opportunity to take their message on the road outside the Fresno area. Students also got to meet DLAM founding member Muhktar Ali, who now works as a bill reader in Sacramento and arranged a tour of the capitol.



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la subvención de la Fundación de Colegios del Futuro fue gracias al éxito que ya ha tenido con el trabajo de su personal de Equidad y Acceso. El trabajo del proyecto fue lanzado en el 2009, enfocado en construir una cultura de carreras y asistencia al colegio. La primera fase se enfoca en la capacitación de consejeros académi-cos, en completar los requisitos de la A-G (para admisión a las instituciones de UC y CSU) y en los índices de graduación. El Departamento de Equidad y Acceso trabajó con los consejeros académicos en las herramientas y procesos para que pudieran mejor identificar y eliminar las barreras que evitan que los estu-diantes sean elegibles para el colegio, incluyendo el establecimiento de una base de datos como Herramienta de Monitoreo. Personal especializado también rediseño el programa de clases de verano empezando el 2010 y así los estudiantes que se han salido de su camino para la graduación o no completando sus clases para los cursos de la A-G puedan ponerse al corri-ente con su trabajo. Los estudiantes fueron pre registrados en las clases que necesitaban y tuvieron la oportunidad de elegir si optaban por no asistir a las clases de verano. Más recientemente, se han hecho inversiones considerables para propor-cionar apoyo socio emocional a los estudiantes tales como trabajadores sociales y consejeros, porque asuntos de comportamiento y pobre asistencia son en muchas ocasiones, la razón por la que los estudiantes tienen D’s o F’s en sus clases y no son elegible para el colegio. La implementación del distrito de un mejor sistema de apoyo para los estu-diantes ha dado frutos de diferentes formas: • El índice de graduados ha aumen-

tado de 69.2% en 2010 a un aproxi-mado de 82% en 2015

• Los índices de completar los requi-sitos de la A-G han aumentado de 25.8% en 2008 a 46.57% en 2014

• Los índices de solicitud de ingreso a UC aumentó de 220 solicitantes en 2009 a 695 en 2014

• Los índices de solicitudes a la

Universidad de Fresno se incre-mentó de 999 en 2009 a 2,048 en 2014

• 85.77% de los estudiantes de la generación del 2014 solicitó ingreso al colegio comunitario

Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kev Koom Tes nrog Tej Colleges los Txhim Kho Kev Tshais Mus Rau Kawm Txuj SiabFresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv tab tom khawb av ua dej num tshiab los nce tus naj npawb ntawm cov tub kawm ntawv khwv tau nyiaj tsawg nws kawm tiav lawv qhov bachelor’s degrees.Siv ib qho nyiaj pub $500,000 los ntawm College Futures Foundation, hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv tab tom koom tes nrog Fresno City College, Fresno State thiab University of California hauv Merced los muab tej ntaub ntawv sib qhia los nce tub kawm ntawv txoj kev tshais mus rau college tau zoo, thiab los ntawm community college mus rau ib lub college plaub xyoos los yog university. “Kuv pom tias qhov kev koom tias tshiab no yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb los ua kom paub meej tias ntau tug ntawm peb cov tub kawm ntawv tau raws li lawv tej kev npau suav ntawm kev kawm txuj ci siab,” Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv Tus Tuam Thawj Saib Kev Kawm Michael Hanson tau hais li.Lub College Futures Foundation tsis muaj paj tej hauj lwm yog los tshem tawm txoj kev ua thiab tej kev thaiv kev khiav dej num rau college degrees, ua rau tej tub kawm ntawv muaj kev nkag tau rau tej kev pab lawv muaj kev xav tau kawm tiav lawv qhov degrees ncav sij hawm thiab pab California ua tau zoo.Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv pib nws qhov kev koom tes nrog tej colleges, paub tam li Fresno Unified Higher Education Partnership, nrog rau ib qho koob tsheej tso xov xwm thaum lub Plaub Hlis.Los ntawm qhov dej num, hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv thiab tej colleges yuav ua hauj lwm sib dhos kom zoo dua qub thiab tswj tej chaw muab kev pab los nce tub kawm ntawv kev kawm tau txuj ci, kev npaj kawm college, kev cuv npe thiab kev hloov, university tej kev tshais, thiab naj npawb ntawm cov

kawm tiav bachelor’s degree. Dag zog tsim ib qho Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv kev koom tes muaj dua los lawm nrog UC Merced ua koom nrog rau UC Merced xya tus neeg khiav dej num paub dej num thiab txuj ci hauv Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv Lub Chaw Khiav Dej Num ntawm Kev Ncaj Ncees thiab Kev Nkag Tau los muab kev pab tsim thiab saib xyuas ntaub ntawv tub kawm ntawv ntawm ob qho kev kawm txuj ci.Cov neeg khiav dej num muaj peev xwm los saib xyuas cov tub kawm ntawv leej twg kawm tsis tau nyob raws theem qib los yog tau mus tsis ncaj kev kawm tiav kom lawv tau kev txhawb pab lawv kev xav tau. Siv College Futures Foundation qhov nyiaj pub, hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv yuav muab cov neeg khiav dej num los ntawm Fresno State thiab the State Center Community College District hauv Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv los ua hauj lwm ua ke nrog UC Merced thiab hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv cov neeg khiav dej num los txhim kho tej kev ua uas txhawb tub kawm ntawv kev kawm tau hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab thiab college. Los ntawm qhov dej num ua, Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv cov neeg koom kev kawm txuj ci siab yuav muaj peev xwm muab kev txheeb tej teeb meem thaiv cov nyom tshaj plaws ua ua rau tej tub kawm ntawv los ntawm kev tshais mus rau college tau zoo. Tus neeg koom tes yuav muaj peev xwm nkag tau “sij hawm tam sim” tub kawm ntawv tej ntaub ntawv raug; tsim yam tshiab, tej cem tseem ceeb los pab xyuas tej tub kawm ntawv leej twg muaj kev peem tus kheej; thiab txhim kho kev saib xyuas tub kawm ntawv kev kawm tau los ntawm tag nrho tej kev pab kev kawm txuj ci. Ib qho ntawm tej qab hau Fresno Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv tau txais nyiaj pub los ntawm College Futures Foundation yog kev ua tau zoo nws twb ua tau zoo los lawm nrog kev ua hauj lwm ntawm nws cov neeg khiav dej num Ncaj Ncees thiab Kev Nkag Tau. Qhov hauj lwm tau pib ua thaum lub xyoo 2009, ua tsi ntsees rau kev tsim tus yam ntxwv ua hauj lwm thiab kawm college ntxiv mus. Thawj theem ua tsi ntsees rau kev cob qhia rau cov kws qhuab ntuas kawm txuj ci, kawm tiav chav kawm A-G (rau kev nkag rau cov vaj loog kawm UC thiab CSU)

thiab tus naj npawb kawm tiav.Kev Ncaj Ncees thiab Kev Nkag Tau ua hauj lwm nrog cov kws qhuab ntuas kawm txuj ci txog tej twj thiab tej kev ua lawm tom ntej kom lawv muaj peev xwm txheeb tau zoo dua qub thiab tshem tawm tej teeb meem thaiv ua rau tej tub kawm ntawv tsis muaj kev tsim nyog rau kev kawm college, xam nrog rau kev tsim ib qho Ntaub Ntawv Twj Saib Xyuas A-G. Cov Neeg Khiav Dej Num kuj tseem rov tsim dua qhov kev kawm ntawv caij ntuj qhua pib lub xyoo 2010 kom cov tub kawm ntawv leej twg mus tsis ncaj txoj kev kawm tiav los kawm tiav cov chav A-G rov kawm tau. Tej tub kawm ntawv raug cuv npe ua ntej hauv cov chav kawm lawv yuav tsum tau kawm thiab thau tawm yog tias lawv yuav tsis mus koom kev kawm caij ntuj qhua.Tsis ntev los no, tau nqis peev ntau heev rau kev npaj txhawb pab kev nyob haum xeeb rau tej tub kawm ntawv, xws li cov neeg ua hauj lwm nyob haum xeeb thiab cov kws qhuab ntuas, vim tias tej teeb meem coj cwj pwm thiab kev mus koom kev kawm tsis zoo hom kheev yog qhov qab hau cov tub kawm ntawv tau tus qhab nia D los yog F hauv tej chav kawm thiab thiaj tsis muaj kev tsim nyog rau kev kawm college.Hauv paus tsev kawm ntawv qhov kev siv ntawm ib qho kev txhawb pab zoo dua qub rau tej tub kawm ntawv tau txiaj ntsim hauv ntau txoj kev:• Tus naj npawb kawm tiav tau nce

ntawm 69.2% hauv xyoo 2010 rau ib qho kev kwv lam ze li ntawm 82% hauv xyoo 2015

• Naj npawb kawm tiav A-G tau nce ntawm 25.8% hauv xyoo 2008 mus rau 46.57% hauv xyoo 2014

• Naj npawb thov mus rau UC tau nce los ntawm 220 daim ntawv thov hauv xyoo 2009 mus rau 695 hauv xyoo 2014

• Naj npawb thov mus rau Fresno State tau nce ntawm 999 hauv xyoo 2009 mus rau 2,048 hauv xyoo 2014

• 85.77% ntawm cov tub kawm ntawv txij thaum xyoo 2014 kawm tiav tau thov mus rau community college

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May 2016

STUDENT COLUMN

Being an active member of the Fresno Unified Student Advisory Board ( S A B ) , I genu-inely enjoy serving the students of my campus and district.This is my fourth year being in SAB and s t u d e n t g o v e r n -ment and the work we do makes a substantial impact on students of all ages. Over the years, I have learned what it takes to be a leader and I know my efforts have influenced kids to want to make a difference.

Ever since I was old enough to acknowl-edge it, I have seen the amazing work teachers do for students day in and day out. I am so grateful for the work that every Fresno Unified employee does to help every student grow as individuals; your work will never go unrecognized. I have personally experienced the Human Element campaign’s growth and impact on students since my freshmen year as it has grown into a nationally recognized campaign. Throughout these four years, I have watched and learned from successes and shortfalls how to successfully carry out a “kindness campaign.”Many parents, teachers, and members of the community have preached the whole “don’t bully” spiel,” yet we figured it would be more beneficial to just simply promote kindness. In doing so, we came up with our trend #FresnoKIND. #FresnoKIND is a

double-meaning trend that means as a Fresno kind, we are kind. In this year's video, “Rewind,” we encourage everyone to think before a negative situation plays out, and speak truths in kindness to provide a foundation for a positive, kind situation to take place. The video recently placed in the top 25 of the Great American NO BULL Challenge video competition. Top winners will be announced May 13.Here at Edison High School, we are winding up the school year with enjoy-able, engaging, yet educational events for everyone. We are planning for a multicultural rally that will showcase a multitude of different cultures through unique, student-produced performances. Along the cultural lines, we are planning our annual Cinco de Mayo festivities, a whole week dedi-cated to Mexican American dancing, singing, and many other performances

celebrating Mexican and various Hispanic cultures. Students are prepar-ing for AP tests, which start the first two weeks of May. At the end of these extensively strenuous weeks, students can reward themselves by attend-ing our “A Stroke at Midnight” prom hosted by our junior class. As my senior year comes to an end, I’d like to thank every teacher/coach who has helped mold me into the student, teammate, leader, and young adult I am today. Without the outstand-ing work of Edison Campus Culture Director Fabiola Perez and Principal Lindsay Sanders, I would not be where I am today. The entire Edison staff and students have made me feel welcome since the day I stepped on campus, and my goal is to make every other student feel safe and love being a part of the Edison family. Here at Edison, we are “One Tiger, Many Stripes.”

A Fresno Unified Scholarship will help Acsa Payan of Duncan Polytechnical High School achieve her dream of attending Fresno State and a career as a teacher.Coming from a family of seven with a limited, unstable income, Acsa was sometimes unsure she would ever

make it to college. The Fresno Unified Scholarship provides not only a much-needed financial boost but recognizes her dedication and determination to pursue higher education. Acsa is one of 45 students awarded Fresno Unified Scholarships this year, provided through the generosity of

Fresno Unified employees and the community. All winners will be recog-nized May 10 at an inaugural awards banquet at Tornino’s, organized by Parent University. The commu-nity is invited to attend the banquet.Through the Fresno Unified Scholarship Fund, the district will award $60,000 in schol-arships to students this year, many who have overcome losing parents, language barriers, extreme poverty and numerous other hardships. The students persevered to excel academi-cally and be leaders among their peers.All of the scholarship recipients have inspirational stories about how they achieved academic success. For Acsa, the turning point was when she joined the child development pathway at Duncan her junior year. Prior to that, she was unsure about continuing school and discouraged about college.

In the child development pathway, she found students with similar inter-ests and she got to experience the real

world of work in her chosen field.“Being with my preschool students gave me motivation to go to school every day and made my interest grow more and more,” Acsa said. “My school has prepared me for the career I want to achieve in the future, and that is

becoming a kindergarten teacher.”She said she has discovered a “true passion for teaching” and is deter-mined to “make a difference in chil-dren’s lives.”

Students Learn to Serve, Care for Others at Edison High School

Banquet will Recognize Fresno Unified Scholarship Winners

Jazlyn QuintanaEdison High School

ASB President

Duncan Polytechnical High School senior Acsa Payan is one of 45 recipients of a Fresno Unified Scholarship. She wants to be a kindergarten teacher and is already working with students at Wishon Elementary School as part of the child development pathway at Duncan.

Fresno UnifiedScholarship Banquet 6 p.m. May 10 at Tornino’s

Information: (559) 457-6006



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as well Child Development Centers and programs for children 3-5 with disabili-ties.As you of-ten hear from our partners at First 5 of Fresno County, a child’s brain is influenced and shaped by e x p e r i e n c e s beginning at birth, with 90% of their brain development complete by kindergarten. By age 3, children from families with low levels of education have heard 30 million fewer words than the children of working class or profes-sional parents. A strong language-based preschool program can close this gap by accelerating vocabulary develop-ment before kindergarten. Researchers have found that every dollar spent on preschool saved $2 to $12 spent later on by the criminal justice system and for welfare and special education services. Early learning has an impact on us all. No matter the program, they strengthen our students’ ability to succeed in the classroom long-term, reduce the likeli-hood of dropping out down the road and provide them the tools they will need to stay on track to graduate college and be career ready. Early learning registration is vital for our youth and our community. You can learn more about early learning opportunities in this edition of Building Futures or by calling (559) 457-3682 or (559) 457-3803. Mensaje del SUPERINTENDENTETodos hemos Escuchado el adagio que dice “Nunca se es demasiado viejo para aprender,” pero ¿te has puesto a consid-erar el otro lado de la moneda? “Nunca se es demasiado joven para empezar a aprender.”Nuestros niños son nuestra posesión más importante. Como nuestros futuros ciudadanos, ellos serán responsables de moldear nuestras comunidades y el futuro de nuestro país – asegurando el crecimiento y la prosperidad de las gen-eraciones que los seguirán. No será fácil, así que necesitamos proveerles todas las herramientas posibles. Está bien documentado que Fresno está luchando contra la concentración de la pobreza. La respuesta del Distrito Es-

colar de Fresno a la concentración de la pobreza es concentrarse en la educación y ese esfuerzo empieza a una edad tem-prana. La Mesa de Educación ha inverti-do $10 millones en recursos para el apre-ndizaje temprano. Son abrumadoras las investigaciones que dicen que es crítico que el inicio del proceso de la educación formal sea tan temprano como sea po-sible. Si podemos hacer que nuestros residentes más pequeños asistan a los salones de clase para cuando cumplan 4 años de edad, los estaremos preparando para incrementar el éxito a través de su carrera académica. Con la ayuda de nuestras inversiones originales en el 2011, ahora contamos con 62 localidades ofreciendo apren-dizaje temprano, sumando un total de 109 salones de clase ofreciendo 182 clases y sirviendo a más de 3,200 estu-diantes. Nuestros $10 millones para am-pliar nuestros programas de aprendizaje temprano nos ha llevado a un trabajo más profundo de colaboración con orga-nizaciones nacionales tales como la Fun-dación Packard. Ellos también recono-cen que el aprendizaje temprano para nuestros jóvenes es supremo. De hecho, el año pasado la Fundación Packard hizo una inversión de 10 años en sólo tres lugares del país y el Distrito Escolar de Fresno fue uno de esos lugares. El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Fresno ofrece una variedad de programas es-tructurados de aprendizaje temprano que ayudan a construir y promover el desar-rollo socio emocional, el lenguaje y las destrezas cognitivas, pre-matemáticas y destrezas de lectoescritura, así como del desarrollo de las destrezas motoras. Los programas ofrecen una amplia variedad de opciones para estudiantes y sus padres incluyendo un programa de tres horas o de día completo para pre-kindergarten inmersión dual con enseñanza en espa-ñol en localidades seleccionadas, pro-gramas de inclusión, clases de educación temprana con énfasis en el desarrollo del lenguaje oral, así como Centros de De-sarrollo Infantil y programas para niños de 3 a 5 años con discapacidades. Como usted probablemente ha escucha-do de nuestros socios de la Oficina de los Primeros Cinco del Condado de Fresno, el cerebro de un niño es influenciado y moldeado por experiencias desde el ini-cio de su nacimiento, con un 90% de su cerebro completamente desarrollado para cuando asista a kindergarten. Para la edad de 3 años, los niños de familias con bajos niveles de educación han es-cuchado 30 millones de palabras menos que los niños de padres de la clase traba-jadora o profesionales. Un programa de pre-escolar fuerte basado en el lenguaje puede cerrar esta brecha y acelerar el de-

sarrollo del lenguaje antes de kindergar-ten. Investigaciones han encontrado que de cada dólar invertido en pre-escolar se ha ahorrado de $2 a $12 dólares gastados posteriormente en el sistema de justicia criminal, en bienestar infantil y servi-cios de educación especial. La educación temprana tiene un impacto en todos no-sotros. Sin importar el programa, estos fortale-cen las destrezas de nuestros estudiantes para que tengan éxito a largo plazo en los salones de clase, reducen las posibi-lidades de abandonar la escuela a la mi-tad del camino y les proveen herramien-tas que necesitarán para mantenerse en rumbo a la graduación del colegio y estar listos para una carrera. Cada inscripción en educación temprana es vital para nuestros jóvenes y nuestra comunidad. Usted puede aprender más acerca de las oportunidades de aprendizaje temprano en esta edición de Bulding Futures o lla-mando al (559) 457-3682 ó (559) 457-3803.

Thawj Coj Tsev Kawm Ntawv Cov Lus Tshaj TawmPeb ib txim hnov tej laus muab txoj lus piv tias, “Koj laus lawm los koj yeej tseem kawm tau,” tias sis koj puas xav txog tias? “Txaws hais tias koj me npauj li cas los koj yeej yuav tsum kawm tau thiab.” Peb cov menyuam yog cov uas tseem ceeb tshaj rau peb. Lawv yog peb cov neeg zej zog yav tom ntej, lawv yuav yog cov uas los saibxyuas peb lub zej zog thiab peb lub teb lub chaw yav tom ntej—yog li ntawm yuav tsum cia kom lawv loj hlob los tsim txiaj thiab cia muaj ntau tiam zoo lawv qab lawv. Nws tsis yog ib qhov uas yooj yim, yog li ntawm peb yuav tau ua txhua yam pab lawv kom zoo.Nws yeej muaj ntaub ntawv lawm tias Fresno tab tom nrhiav kev pab rau tej koog uas txom nyem. Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv qhov kev npaj pab cov koog txom nyem yog saibxyuas ua kom muaj kev kawm ntawv zoo, yog li ntawm qhov kev pab yog cia kom muaj kev kawm thaum ntxov. Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv Pawg Neeg Sab Laj thiaj li muab $10 lab nyaj los them rau qhov kev kawm thaum ntxov no. Kev tshawb nrhiav pom tau tias yog pib tau kev kawm thaum ntxov ces yog ib qhov uas zoo heev. Yog hais tias peb coj tau peb cov menyuam muaj 4 xyoos mus kawm ntawv ces yuav pab tau kev kawm ntawv nce nyob ntawm lawv lub neej.Nrog rau peb qhov kev pab pib xyoo 2011 txog hniaj hnub no peb muaj 62 qhov chaw kawm thaum ntxov thiab muaj 109 chav kawm thiab 182 qhov kev qhia uas

yog pab rau coob 3,200 tus menyuam kawm ntawv. Peb $10 lab nyiaj pab rau cov menyuam kawm thaum ntxov ua rau muaj kev koom tes los ntawm ntau lub lub koomhaum teb chaws zoo li Packard Foundation. Nws kuj pom tau tias cov kev kawm rau thaum ntxov yeej pab tau menyuam mus siab tiag. Yog li ntawm xyoo tas los no lub Packard Foundation txiav txim pab 10 xyoo rau peb lub qhov chaw ces Hauv Paus Tsev Kawv Fresno txawm yog ib lub ntag. Hauv Paus Tsev Kawm Ntawv Fresno npaj los pab cov kev kawm thaum ntxov ua kom tsim tau thiab txhawb tau kev loj hlob, hais lus thiab kev to taub uas kom muaj kev paub lej(math) thiab hais lus zoo rau cov menyuam yau. Peb cov kev kawm pab muaj ntau yam rau menyuam kawm ntawv thiab niam txiv xaiv zoo li muaj peb xoob moos losyog ib hnub kiag rau pre-kindergarten, kawm ob hom lus ua ke zoo li Mev. Cov kev qhia thaum ntxov no yog saibxyuas txog kev hais lus thiab kev pab menyuam rau lwm qhov chaw thiab kev pab rau cov menyuam tshwj xeeb 3-5 xyoos.Zoo li koj tib hno hno ntawm peb tus phooj ywg First Five of Fresno County hais tias menyuam cov hlwb tau txais kev pom thiab kev paub 90% ntawm txoj kev ua neej thaum yug kiag mus txog kinder-garten. Thaum lawv muaj 3 xyoos, cov menyuam uas lawv yug tau rau cov yim neeg uas lawv tau txais kev kawm ntawv qis ces lawv tau hnov 30 lab lo lus tsawg dua cov menyuam uas yug tau rau cov niam txiv muaj kev kawm siab dua. Cov kev kawm preschool yuav pab tau cov menyuam no ua kom lawv paub ntau lo lus ua ntej lawv mus kawm kindergarten. Kev tshawb nrhiav pom tau tias txhua ntus las nyiaj muab siv rau kev kawm preschool yuav txuag tau $2 rau $12 ny-iaj uas muab siv mus rau kev mus raug txim, noj xoom qhuab thiab kev kawm rau cov kawm tshwj xeeb. Kev kawm thaum ntxov raug rau peb sawv daws. Txawm hais tias cov kev pab zoo li cas los lawv yuav pab tau kom peb cov me-nyuam kawm ntawv ua tau zoo nyob hauv chav qhia ntawv, txo ua kom cov tawm ntawv yav tom ntej muaj tsawg thiab npaj ua kom lawv nyob kawm kom tau tiav mus kawm tas qib siab thiab paub mus kawm haujlwm. Kev cuv npe rau menyuam kawm thaum ntxov tseem ceeb heev li rau peb cov menyuam yau thiab lub zej zog. Koj yuav kawm tau ntau ntxiv txog cov kev kawm thaum ntxov ntawm peb tsaab ntawv Building Future no losyog hu mus rau (559) 457-3682 los (559) 457-3803.

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Michael HansonFresno Unified Superintendent



May 2016

JUMP STARTYOUR CAREERTHIS SUMMERMay 23–June 17: 4-Week Session

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VACATION & HOLIDAYS Independence Day: July 4, 2016

Labor Day: Sept. 5 Veterans' Day: Nov. 11

Thanksgiving: Nov. 21-25 Winter Break: Dec. 19-Jan. 6 M.L. King, Jr. Day: Jan. 16 Lincoln's Birthday: Feb. 13

Presidents' Day: Feb. 20 Spring Break: April 10-17

Memorial Day: May 29 Independence Day: July 4, 2017

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS

2nd & 4th Wednesdays unless otherwise specified.

Board Meetings are held at the FUSD Education Center

2309 Tulare Street, 2nd Floor

BOARD ADOPTED January 20, 2016

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