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2008-09 News
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June 2009
- Dr. Barbara Semel Parkhurst joins Santa Barbara School Districts as a special education director
- Districts readvertising special education administrative positions
- Farmers Market will soon be underway at Harding Elementary School
- San Marcos High School Band co-hosts drum corps event at Harder Stadium
- FCMAT final report on special education
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Board of Education adopts 2009-10 budget
- Board announces selection of special education directors
- Board of Education adopts Fiscal Solvency Plan-Phase 2
- Cesar Chavez Charter School named finalist in state fitness competition
- Parcel tax senior citizen tax exemption application filing deadline is June 15
- Dos Pueblos and San Marcos Make Newsweek’s List of Top High Schools in the Nation
- 2009 high school graduates
- Dos Pueblos scores in Capital Markets contests
- Dos Pueblos students take first place for their water conservation video
- Update: anticipated budget cuts
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ anniversary
- Elementary district library news
- Rosemary Soares awarded QAD grant
May 2009
- Santa Barbara High musicians merit drum roll at awards banquet
- Kudos to districts’ teachers honored at May 27 Teachers Network-Impact II
- National Merit Scholarship Program winners
- National Hispanic Recognition Program
- Students with the highest number of community service hours
- Budget update
- Eric Nichols to join the elementary district as principal of the Santa Barbara Community Academy
- Wearing of military uniform at graduation
- High school graduation and junior high promotion schedule for 2009
- Public invited to San Marcos High’s spring concert
- San Marcos High’s Jazz Band takes first place at San Barbara High’s Jazz Festival
- High school summer school
- Dos Pueblos team wins Spring Stock Simulation
- Districts’ secondary students score at the California State Science Fair
- Santa Barbara Junior High to step back in time with Renaissance Faire
- Maria Amante crowned 2009 Santa Barbara Youth Leader
- San Marcos High’s spring tour groups to perform on May 27
- Defeat of Propositions 1A through 1E
- San Marcos High School student Evan Lincoln wins second place in the Senior Division of the California State Science Fair
- Special education liaison is now providing services and is located at Santa Barbara Junior High
- Elementary students benefit from United Way’s donation of “Jeopardy” game units
- Santa Barbara High’s jewelry class creations on display at A.H.Gaspar
- It’s all in the family: La Colina Junior High’s Brenna Hensley took second place at the state junior high Spelling Bee while brother Quinn took first place at the elementary level
- Washington School’s Quinn Hensley takes first place in the California State Elementary Spelling Bee Championship
- Instructional time and days waiver regarding the Jesusita Fire
- FCMAT releases preliminary report on special education
- High school special event: Art Bash on Monday, May 18
- Museum store window to showcase student art work
- Board approves resolutions recognizing certificated and classified staff
- Santa Barbara High School reschedules prom
- Measure V Bond Oversight Committee member selected
- Board approval of new member for the Measure H2008 Parcel Tax Citizens Oversight Committee
- Santa Barbara High School’s A Cappella Choir and Madrigal Singers prepare for their annual spring concerts
- MAN OF LA MANCHA at San Marcos High held over and performances scheduled for May 14, 15, and 16
- Harding Elementary School’s restructuring plan
- Revised AP exam test schedule
- 10:35 am: Final closures
- 10:30 am: Santa Barbara High School prom postponed
- 7:10 am: Additional school closures
- 6 pm: School closures for May 8 and other fire-related information
- 6 pm: Man of La Mancha performance
- 10:30 am: Schedule changes due to the Jesusita Fire
- 9 am: Outdoor activities are being curtailed due to air quality
- 6 am: Jesusita Fire School Closures
- 8 am: Jesusita Fire update
- Board resolution of state ballot measures 1A and 1B
- H1N1 (swine flu) virus update
- Goleta Valley Junior High’s yearbook lauded at the fair
April 2009
- Board meetings are aired on public access television
- Principal Amy Alzina to transfer to Adams Elementary School
- San Marcos High School is hosting a Poetry Slam in the Library at lunch through April 30
- San Marcos High School to perform Man of La Mancha, beginning April 30
- School alert regarding the swine flu | Alerta escolar referente a la epidemia de gripe (porcina)
- Santa Barbara High School Art Department to showcase multimedia exhibit by more than 200 students, beginning April 30
- San Marcos Madrigal Singers deliver stellar performance in Orange County
- San Marcos High’s drum line takes seventh place in international championship in Dayton
- Taxpayers to receive refund from general obligation bonds
- Dos Pueblos Theatre Department students to perform Funny Little Thing
- San Marcos High senior Erik Holliday receives Bank of America award
- Earth Day kudos to Harding and Peabody, districts’ top recyclers
- Peabody celebrates Earth Day
- FOOTLOOSE and high energy go together at Santa Barbara High School
- Dressing for the big night
- Dos Pueblos advances to regional level of the Economics Challenge
- Dos Pueblos High's team has strong showing in the FIRST Robotics Competition in Atlanta
- Pistachio and spice recall
- Fiscal Solvency Plan update
- High school district name change
- San Marcos High takes silver at Carnegie Hall
- CIF to celebrate San Marcos High’s scholar athletes on April 22
- Washington Elementary’s Michael Riley is a Crystal Apple winner
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Engineering Academy Robotics Team 1717 wins the Sacramento FIRST Regional competition and heads to the international championship in Atlanta on Wednesday morning
- Dos Pueblos Chargers celebrate scholar athletes
- League of Women Voters’ April 15 forum on effective programs in secondary schools
- Dos Pueblos High’s Nicole Schauser receives top ACT score
- April is Poetry Month and La Cuesta and La Cumbre students take top honors in local contest
- La Cuesta’s Nitsa Pomerleau places in SBCC poetry contest
- Website provides Science Fair information
- San Marcos High School’s Alice Zajic moves forward in Lions Club Speech Contest
- Measure H2008 Parcel Tax Oversight Committee for the secondary district
- Measure I2008 Parcel Tax Oversight Committee for the elementary district
- Kids Draw Architecture sketch sessions coming up
March 2009
- Tri-County GATE honorees
- Facilities projects are ready to bid
- CCEA honors La Cuesta’s Paul Cronshaw and Leticia Padilla
- Possible name change for the Santa Barbara High School District
- Prom schedule May 2009
- Dos Pueblos High’s Virtual Enterprise aces Venture Capital Competition
- MESA Day at UCSB
- McKinley Elementary welcomes visitors to its All School Art Show
- Dos Pueblos had strong showing at California State Mock Trial championships in Riverside
- Permanent positions layoffs and the release of temporary teachers
- Dos Pueblos High School wins Santa Barbara County’s Mock Trial
- La Colina Junior High students will step back in time on Thursday
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ Education Technology Ambassadors for 2009
- Home School Santa Barbara Update
- San Marcos High’s Concert Band headed for Carnegie Hall
- FCMAT preliminary report
- New interdistrict attendance board policy
- Personnel reductions in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Hensley wins elementary spelling bee for third year in a row
- Iconic portraits inspired by Ten
- Theatre Fest 2009
- Education-related aspects of the federal stimulus package
- Stone Soup, a schoolwide cooked-from-scratch project, will take place at Franklin Elementary on March 9 and 10
- Goleta Valley Junior High’s Daniel Gay wins county spelling bee
- Students to be recognized at March 5 Grandparent Show
- San Marcos High School’s Marquettes win national titles at the JAMZ National Dance Championships
- La Colina Junior High students prepare for A Walk Through the Middle Ages
- Santa Barbara Elementary School District seeks a district parent to serve on the parcel tax citizens’ oversight committee
- Book fair at Adams Elementary School
February 2009
- Impact of the state’s adopted budget on our school districts
- Harding Elementary School farmers market
- Board of education denies interdistrict transfers in the elementary district
- Actuarial study of retiree health benefits and their impact on the budget
- FCMAT survey of districts’ special education program
- Dos Pueblos High’s film festival takes place tomorrow, February 25
- Status of math and reading/language arts instructional materials adoptions
- San Marcos High students win student speakers contests
- California Senate approves state budget
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Science Bowl team takes top honors in regional competition
- New leadership at Home School Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Junior High and Dos Pueblos High’s Engineering Academy recipients of the Women’s Fund grant awards totaling $220,000
- Elementary schools to celebrate Lincoln’s 200th birthday
- Tax time is just around the corner and Santa Barbara High’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is in full swing
- Parcel tax update
- San Marcos students Aya Miyazaki and Stephen Amspoker winners of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s 10-10-10 Student Filmmaker and Screenwriting Competitions
- Santa Barbara High’s Virtual Enterprise students’ applications garner strong support from the Scholarship Foundation
- Santa Barbara High's Fabiola Gonzalez recipient of the Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award
- Board discussion of interdistrict transfers in the Santa Barbara Elementary School Districts
January 2009
- Santa Barbara Elementary and High School Districts extend application deadline for parcel tax citizens’ oversight committees
- McKinley Elementary School’s student art to be displayed in the office of Santa Barbara County Supervisor Janet Wolf
- San Marcos High Performing Arts Department to welcome incoming eighth-grade students on February 3 and 10
- Recalled peanut products from Dough-To-Go not served in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Malfunction of the districts’ e-mail system
- Parcel tax citizens' oversight committee
- Theatre Fest 2009
- Districts’ students recognized for their words in the Martin Luther King Jr. poetry and prose competition
- Presidential inauguration tied to the curriculum in classrooms throughout the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Applications sought for Santa Barbara School Districts’ two parcel tax citizens’ oversight committees
- Santa Barbara High’s Maggie McDermut to serve as congressional page
- Recognition of Santa Barbara City College’s Dual Enrollment Program
- La Cuesta Continuation High School’s end-of-semester presentations on making positive choices
- Time to register for school year 2009-10
- New leadership in the districts’ Special Education Department
- Spending Freeze Effective Immediately
- CBET computer and English classes for non-English speaking parents
- San Marcos High School students will perform “An Evening of One-Acts” next week
- Santa Barbara High sailors take gold at Rose Bowl Regatta
December 2008
- Adams Elementary School Third Graders Learn to Care and Share
- Santa Barbara High’s Don’s Net Café Grand Opening on Friday
- Snow Flurries Due at Santa Barbara High School on Friday
- Open Alternative School’s Festival of Lights on December 17
- San Marcos High School’s Sandra Iraheta is Goleta’s Teen of the Year
- Interim Financial Report on the Districts’ 2008-09 Budget
- Santa Barbara Junior High School’s December 18 Winter Concert
- Aikens-Avila to Represent Santa Barbara Elementary School District at GATE Conference
- Tomorrow’s Battle of the Bands at Santa Barbara High
- Santa Barbara High School Mural Presentation at Franklin Elementary School at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 12
- New Members Join the Districts’ Board of Education
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Virtual Enterprise Program Scores at Bakersfield Trade Fair
- Downtown Organization Announces Winners of Holiday Parade
- Community Service is the focus of Wednesday’s DONS DAY
- Santa Barbara High Net Café Seeks Support for their Quest to win the Best Buy @ 15 Challenge
- San Marcos High School’s Marching Band Won the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association 1A Division Competition on Saturday
- San Marcos High School’s Phil Levien to Stage a Sheltered Production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It
- Dos Pueblos Holiday Festival of Voices on December 12 and 13
- San Marcos High School’s Choirs to Hold a December 17 Holiday Performance
- San Marcos High School Took Sweepstakes Award at Moorpark’s Battle of the Bands
- Board of Education Focus Goals for 2009-2010
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Winter Concert on December 4
- Special Education Update
November 2008
- Santa Barbara High School’s A Cappella Choir and Madrigal Singers Prepare for a Holiday Concert
- San Marcos High School Marching Band’s Free Community Performance
- Inherit the Wind to be Performed by Santa Barbara Junior High Students
- All Schools in the Santa Barbara School Districts will be open Monday, November 17, 2008
- Career Technical Education
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art Exhibit presents a Learning Opportunity for Students
- Veterans’ Day Observances at Local Schools
- Costco Provides Backpacks for Elementary Students
- Update on the State Budget
- Grand Jury Report on Anti-Gang Efforts in the City of Santa Barbara
- American Charter High School
- November 4 Election Results
- And the Presidential Winner Is...
- A Village Fable Coming to the Santa Barbara High School Stage
- San Marcos High School Marching Band Wins 1A Division Sweepstakes at Simi Comp
October 2008
- State Budget Situation Deteriorating; Governor calls for Mid-Year Cuts; Impact on our District Still Unknown
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Marching Band and Jazz Band Receive Awards and Accolades
- Gas Company Partners With Santa Barbara High School’s Regional Occupational Program/Dons Net Cafe on Workforce Readiness and Ethonomics
- Dos Pueblos High School Team Returns from China with the Silver
- Board of Education Recognizes STAR California Standards Test Highest Scoring Students
- San Marcos High’s Marching Band Takes First Place In Las Vegas Competition
- San Marcos High School to Host Presidential Debates
- Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors to be Performed at San Marcos High School
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ GATE Plans
- Board Policy and Administrative Regulation Updates
- Student Mock Election at La Cumbre Junior High School
- La Cuesta Students’ Artwork in the Museum’s Dia de los Muertos Exhibition
- Election 2008 at San Marcos High School
- Elementary District GATE and Advanced Learning Parent Information Night
- School Board Candidates' Forum at Open Alternative School
- Elementary District GATE Testing
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Performing Arts Department to Present THE VISIT
- Dual Enrollment Program with Santa Barbara City College
- Update: Annual Secondary GATE and Advanced Learning Information Night Postponed
- Elementary District Sponsors BRAVO! a Free After school Music Program
- News from Special Education’s Transition Program
- Principal Jo Ann Caines to be Honored by the Anti-Defamation League
- Elementary District Makes the November Election an Educational Experience
- October 14 Meeting of the Santa Barbara School Districts Begins at 6:00 pm
- Franklin Elementary School to Hold Mariachi Informational Meeting for Parents
- Districts' Elementary School Students to Participate in Tomorrow's Walk to School Day
- Free English and Computer Classes for Non-English Speaking Parents
- Walk to School Day on October 8
- Green Rides 2 School
September 2008
- Recent Academic Performance Index and Adequate Yearly Progress Reports
- La Colina’s 2008 Film Festival
- Coming in October 2008
- Next Week’s Lunchtime Banned Book Readings at San Marcos High School
- Dos Pueblos Students Win National Math Competition
- Corwin Press Grants Bolster Elementary Library Collections
- Districts Access More than $50m in State Funds for Construction Projects
- State Budget Signed by the Governor
- Antioch University Leases Space in our School Districts
- Meg Jetté to Serve as Districts' Director of Fiscal Services
- Sports Programs in the Secondary District and Coaching Stipends
- Jodi Miles Named a MetLife Fellow
- Board Approval of Parent Notification System
- Jeff Uyesaka to be Honored as the CIF Southern Section “Champion of Character”
- Dos Pueblos to Play its First Varsity Home Game on September 26, 2008
- City and Santa Barbara School Districts Working on a Framework for Future Collaborative Efforts
- Patriot Day: Flags at Half-Staff on September 11
- San Marcos High School to Honor the School’s 2008 Olympians
- Traffic Alert: Construction of Traffic Signals on Foothill Road at Cieneguitas (near La Colina Junior High School)
- District Receives $524,591 Facilities Grant from State
- Nitin Anand and Alex Tashma at the Helm of Open Alternative School
August 2008
- Board of Education Adopts New Mission Statement
- Parcel Tax Measures H2008 and I2008 to Appear on the November 4 Ballot
- Santa Barbara School Districts Prepare for Students to be At School, On Time, and Ready to Learn!
- La Cuesta has a New Home
- Parks and Recreation After School Program
- San Marcos High School’s Change in Drop-off Area
- Board of Education Candidates for the November 2008 Election
July 2008
- Mimi Hall joins the Santa Barbara School Districts as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
- Districts’ Board of Education Adopts Balanced Budget
- Board Approves GradeWorks for the Elementary District
- Board Approves Membership for Surplus Facilities Committee
- Districts’ Board of Education Votes to Place Two Parcel Tax Resolutions on the November 4 Election Ballot
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Summer School Classes to Resume on Monday, July 7, at La Colina Junior High School
- Gap Fire Update: Summer School Classes Cancelled at Dos Pueblos High School for Thursday, July 3
- Dos Pueblos High Summer School Closure
- Gap Fire Information