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June 2010
- Board authorizes two bond measures for the November 2010 election
- Tomorrow, Michael Gonzalez, the districts’ director of student services, will retire, ending a 37-year career in public education
- The New Cool, a newly released book about Dos Pueblos High’s Engineering Academy teacher Amir Abo-Shaeer and Team 1717
- Special Education Stakeholders Workgroup accomplishes formidable tasks
- Start time of June 29, 2010 board meeting
- Franklin Elementary School qualifies as fitness finalist in Governor’s Challenge Competition
- Information on the Eastside Childhood Obesity Prevention and Wellness Program
- Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara, and San Marcos high schools make Newsweek’s list of America’s Best High Schools for 2010
- Three Dos Pueblos High School students win national DASH+ contest in a surprise announcement this morning
- Jaime DeVries named 2010-11 Santa Barbara County Distinguished Educator
- Professional Development Week trainings are underway
- Harding School is missing part of its history; the Harding Hawk weathervane is gone
- Saluting the School District’s Leaders of Tomorrow
- School board approves agreement regarding school crossing guards for the next three years
- Congratulations Class of 2010!
- Academic Performance Index and State Similar Schools Ranks for 2008-09
- Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) faces closure due to lack of funding
- Santa Barbara High’s Geoff Hahn reaches finalist level in National Classical Singer competition
- Summer Food Program to provide free lunch for children
- Perfect attendance
- IN ALL HONESTY, a comedy by Dos Pueblos playwright Quinn Sosna-Spear premieres locally
- Dos Pueblos team wins 2010 Los Angeles Capital Markets Contest
- Roosevelt principal goes green
- AVID Write-Off winners for Santa Barbara County 2010
- Spencer the Gardener to provide a mini-concert at Monroe Elementary on Thursday
- Districts’ first solar panel project
- Progress on Board Focus Goals for 2009-10 found in Excellence For All
- May revise of the state budget
- CDE recommended reading list is now on the web
May 2010
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ 100 percent participation in No Place for Hate
- Open Alternative builds upon the No Place for Hate theme of respecting the rights of all
- Clips of Ken Burns presentation at San Marcos now on YouTube
- Open Alternative to host an Empty Bowl fundraiser on Friday
- Race to the Top, Round 2
- Harding Early Years Program, Phase 2
- Abby Vasquez is the Santa Barbara Community Academy’s new head teacher/administrative designee
- Special board meeting on Friday, May 28, at two school sites
- Update: $10,000 in grants and four laptops awarded to the San Marcos Earth Club
- La Colina Junior High School Jazz Band
- Teachers Network II other grants and awards
- Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns to meet with high school students today
- Franklin School featured in the Indie
- Peabody Charter School presents NO STRINGS ATTACHED
- Teachers Network-Impact II holds Education Celebration
- Document shredding and free electronics recycling event this weekend at Dos Pueblos High
- La Colina students ace National Latin Exam
- Award-winning student art exhibition is at your fingertips
- Peabody Charter’s Delaney Smith takes Fourth Place at State Spelling Bee
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ National Merit Program Finalists and Scholar for 2010
- AVID Senior Celebration today at 4:30 at Santa Barbara Junior High
- The California State Science Fair results are in and the winners are…
- San Marcos High’s Enchante brings home the gold
- La Cuesta celebrates Santa Barbara Foundation scholarship winners
- San Marcos High’s Earth Club wins $5,000 in Increase Your Green national campaign
- La Cuesta teams up with the museum on avatar projects
- Update: Math Superbowl
- AVID Senior Celebration on May 19
- Moving forward on developing healthy school campuses
- Cleveland School students, teachers, families and friends to celebrate the arts
- San Marcos High’s Social Studies Film Festival
- Tuesday, May 18, is Bike to School Day
- Update: Governor’s May revise of the state budget
- Special education vision statement
- 2010 Math Superbowl results
- Washington Elementary wins big in Math Superbowl
- Santa Barbara High School’s choral groups to hold spring concerts at the Music Academy
- Santa Barbara Youth Mariachi heading to New York
- There is still time to catch SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN at Santa Barbara High
- Superintendent Sarvis announces selection of Shawn Carey to lead Dos Pueblos High School
- May 12 is California Day of the Teacher
- Spring health tips from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
- Dos Pueblos High team competes in the prestigious National Science Bowl
- California State Spelling Bee
- National School Nurse Day is May 12
- Harding School readies for THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS, a musical
- May 11 board of education meeting to start one hour earlier
- Dos Pueblos students ace National Latin Exam
- Santa Barbara Junior High’s Marilyn Garza named County Teacher of the Year
- Student Art Show on display through May 8 at Kim Kieler Gallery
- Time to RSVP for La Colina Junior High’s 50th anniversary lunchtime barbeque on May 14
- Roosevelt School invites you to A GRIMM NIGHT FOR HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
- “Mis Tres Caras/Shalosha Panim/My Three Faces,” Santa Barbara Junior High’s Girls CORE Program finale on May 17
- Santa Barbara Junior High prepares for a Renaissance Faire
- Santa Barbara High Dons IDEAS club event to benefit AB 540 seniors
April 2010
- Four Santa Barbara math students receive Google Awards
- Santa Barbara Junior High presents Willy Wonka Jr!
- Year round calendar for 2010-11
- Flags at half-staff today
- Board decision on proposed Adelante Charter School
- Principal Jo Ann Caines recognized for her leadership and commitment to youth
- Adams Elementary to kick off Food Scrap Program this Friday, April 30
- Adams Elementary to celebrate Arbor Day on Friday
- GREASE opens at San Marcos High this Thursday
- Dos Pueblos students receive top scores in the National French Contest
- San Marcos High’s Poetry Slam ends tomorrow, April 28
- 2010 Reno Jazz Festival
- La Colina Junior High to celebrate 50 years of academic excellence
- Nancy Weiss to speak on healthy school lunch programs
- Santa Barbara High student Robert Salazar, Los Angeles County 2010 Youth Volunteer of the Year
- Students make a difference by raising money for relief efforts in Haiti
- National Merit scholarship winner from Dos Pueblos High School
- Special meeting of the school board and Santa Barbara City Council
- Alta Vista Middle College information meeting nights
- Santa Barbara High’s Spring Art Show begins April 29
- 2010 Tri-Cities Online Middle School Art Show winners
- San Marcos Automotive Technology ROP students win Earth Day 2010 Green Car Show Award
- Crystal Apple winners announced
- San Marcos High’s Winter Guard brings home the silver
- Goleta Valley Junior High’s Pedal Power gives students the tools to ride safely
- Dos Pueblos Robotics Team receives Motorola Quality Award in Atlanta
- It’s official, Santa Barbara Community Academy and Peabody Charter are on the state’s 2010 California Distinguished Schools list
- Santa Barbara County Science Fair results
- Young Soloists Showcase Concert features several district students
- Roosevelt School encourages families to participate in National TV Turnoff Week
- Districts’ new special education parent education specialist
- Tune in to the FIRST Robotics Championships
- Santa Barbara School Districts celebrate Earth Day 2010
- Measure V general obligation bond, a $115 million investment in school facilities
- Waste collection diversion rates
- Santa Barbara Junior High’s surf team rides the waves
- 2010 Graduation and Promotion Ceremonies
- San Marcos High and La Cumbre Junior High to participate in the California Read-a-Thon
- HONK! comes to Goleta Valley Junior High
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
- Free 4 the Weekend Writing Contest winners
- San Marcos High’s Madrigals and its Wind Ensemble return home with top honors
- Prom 2010
- Every 15 Minutes, a lesson in safety, at San Marcos High School
- Districts’ website RSS feed
- Franklin Elementary school mural unveiled at McDonald’s on Milpas Street
- District’s winners of the 2010 CIF Southern Section Academic Awards announced
- Washington School Students achieved their fund raising goal for the 2010 jog-a-thon, prompting principal Barnett to keep his promise to dye his hair Wildcat Red
- A-OK and the Kiwanis team up to fundraise for the A-OK Program
- Board ratifies selection of new executive director
- FUSE Night at La Colina Junior High
- Franklin School-created mural to be unveiled at McDonald’s on Milpas
- Dos Pueblos High’s D’Penguineers win robotics regionals and head to the April 15-17 world championships
- Students place in Optimist essay and oratorical contests
- Peabody students compete at state finals of Odyssey of the Mind
March 2010
- Special board meeting on April 6
- Intradistrict transfer application deadline is March 31
- Harding’s preschool is now enrolling for 2010-11
- Board votes 4:1 to accept the Secondary District Honors Coursework Plan
- Mark Swanitz has been appointed principal of Santa Ynez High School
- Personnel changes ahead in the Special Education Department
- Santa Barbara High’s Clifford Anderson is headed to Guadalajara with USA Volleyball
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Mock Trial team takes fifth place
- Jeff Elings makes a $100,000 Challenge Grant to the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy capital campaign
- Free H1N1 flu shots will be available at La Cumbre Junior High and Harding School
- Secondary principals comment on the GATE and Honors course labels
- McKinley Elementary School’s All School Art Show on March 25
- Two San Marcos students place in the Northside Optimists’ Oratorical Contest
- 2010 Arbor Day national poster contest winners
- An Artistic Discovery: The Congressional Art Competition
- Step back in time this Thursday at La Colina Junior High’s “A Walk Through the Middle Ages”
- La Colina Junior High students support the troops
- Tri-County GATE Council recognizes its own
- Districts’ String Festival
- San Marcos High celebrates student athletes
- Districts’ reduction in force notices issued prior to March 15 deadline
- Members of US Air Force Band of the Golden West to perform at La Cumbre Junior High
- Revisions to “Secondary District Honors Coursework Proposal”
- Spring Into Health Day at Franklin Elementary School
- Positive Certification on Districts' Second Interim Financial Report
- Santa Barbara Community Academy and Peabody Charter receive California Distinguished School recommendation
- La Colina recognition at the Dos Pueblos Jazz Festival
- 2010 Presidential Scholars Program candidates
- Mobile Waterford Program prepares 4-year-olds for kindergarten
- Tonight: Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos boys soccer teams meet at Harder Stadium
- Today/Tonight: San Marcos High School’s Broadway Musical Marathon
- Tomorrow: Dos Pueblos Jazz Festival on March 6
- Census 2010
- Update: Race to the Top
- Board level discussion on the GATE Program rescheduled for March 23
- President Obama’s letter to Franklin Elementary School students
- Congratulations go out to Santa Barbara High’s National Merit Finalists
- Dos Pueblos Jazz Band awarded first place in the Central Coast Jazz Festival at Cuesta College
- Santa Barbara High Concert Winds present "A Mostly Disney Concert"
- The 41st annual DP Jazz Festival takes place this Saturday
- Yesterday’s lockdown at Harding
- San Marcos High School vocalists host Broadway Musical Marathon
- Peabody heads to the state finals of Odyssey of the Mind
- Local march in support of public education scheduled for 4pm on March 4
- Dos Pueblos wins Santa Barbara County Mock Trial competition
- La Colina Mathcounts Team takes Mathcounts Chapter Competition by storm
February 2010
- San Marcos students emerge as winners in the Lions Club Speech Contest
- Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better
- Read Across America Day is March 2
- Current and former students shine in THE REMARKABLE FARKLE McBRIDE
- Board ratification of the tentative SBTA settlement agreement
- Teachers Honored for Care for our Earth
- Peabody, La Colina, and Santa Barbara Junior High students shine at the county spelling bee
- Santa Barbara School Districts cut $6 million from 2010-11 budget
- Dos Pueblos and San Marcos Mock Trial teams headed for the semifinals
- Cynthia Munoz joins the Special Education Department
- Adams students make a difference by making fleece blankets for the homeless
- Calendar revision
- Tentative agreement with SBTA
- Dos Pueblos aces Kern County Regional Science Bowl
- Franklin’s Pozole Night
- Musical Theater Competitions of America
- The Blind Doctor
- Next three board meetings to begin at 6:00 p.m.
- Surplus Facilities Committee recommendations
- Santa Barbara Film Festival 10-10-10 winners
- Geoffrey Canada on "Reimagining Community: What We Can Do to Help Every Child Succeed" at the Luke Theatre tomorrow
- What’s Right in Our Town…KEYT highlights Santa Barbara High’s Don’s Net Café
- CDE recognizes Santa Barbara Community Academy as a recipient of the Title I Academic Achievement Award
- Census
- Gang Intervention Program
- Fiscal Solvency Plan, Phase 3: budget cuts
- Draft proposal regarding Honors coursework in the Santa Barbara Secondary School District
- Voluntary Income Tax Assistance is in full swing at SBHS
- Intradistrict transfer application deadline
- Raytheon becomes first national corporate donor to local engineering academy
- Kudos to the districts’ mathletes
- Goleta Valley Junior High PTA to host panel discussion tonight on local medical marijuana dispensaries
- Free talk by education reform advocate Geoffrey Canada on what we can do to help every child succeed
- Comedy Night fundraiser at Dos Pueblos High School features DP Alum Josh Duvendeck
- Kids Draw Architecture drawings on display
- Santa Barbara’s QAD supports local schools with technology
- Diversity and Equity Awareness Week
- Special board meeting to be aired on February 6
- Draft Action Plan for special education
- Open Alternative School is accepting applications for the Middle School Program
- News from San Marcos High’s Health Careers Academy
- SARCs are online
- Census 2010
- Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest winners
- Check it out…Student artwork at the Balboa Building
- This is National School Counseling Week
- Census 2010
January 2010
- San Marcos High’s Katie Shara receives Harriet Miller Scholarship
- “Americana” is coming to La Colina Junior High
- Health Now is a new club on the Dos Pueblos High School campus
- Winners of the Tri-County GATE Council grants/award
- Parent Pay Transportation Program
- Winners of the 31st annual Art Scholarship Exhibition and Awards
- Kudos to San Marcos High teacher Jamie DeVries and students for their awesome Kids Helping Kids fundraiser
- H1N1 influenza response
- Santa Barbara Community Academy leadership
- Wellness with a Heart, a symposium on coordinating care for individuals with developmental disabilities
- Poogling: Internet safety seminar
- Today’s MOU symbolizes the new Harding and UCSB partnership
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy receives first national corporate donation from Raytheon Company
- Harding Elementary School to become Harding University Partnership School
- Weather Watch: Update on Las Flores Preschool
- Downed tree at Las Flores Preschool
- Roosevelt Elementary School partners with Ballet Santa Barbara
- Weather Watch
- Santa Barbara School Districts prepare for continued rain
- Districts given clean bill of financial health by outside auditors
- Governor’s proposed 2010-11 budget full of empty promises
- Monroe students honor Dr. King’s memory by participating in the Kindness and Justice Challenge
- Internet safety seminar
- EVER AFTER, THE MUSICAL to open at La Cumbre Junior High
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Engineering Academy capital campaign receives $100,000 donation
- Students control large telescope in Australia for astronomy research
- Special board meeting to consider participation in Race To The Top
- Correction: Martin Luther King, Jr., Award for Prose and Poetry
- Winners of the Martin Luther King Jr., Essay and Poetry Contest
- Heisman Leadership Award
- New H1N1 vaccine clinic for all county residents
December 2009
- Virgil Elings donates $1 million to the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
- Board Approves Positive Certification of First Interim Financial Report
- Dos Pueblos High's Hardeep Ahdi is Goleta's Teen of the Year
- Students from San Marcos and Santa Barbara High ace 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition
- 2009 San Marcos High School's penny drive to benefit the Santa Barbara Unity Shoppe
- Kudos to San Marcos High’s Marching Band and Colorguard, silver medal winners
- OAS to host a magical Festival of Lights on December 16
- H1N1 flu clinic open on December 14
- And the Holiday Parade winners are...
- Don’s Net Café newsletter places in Tennessee competition
- Upcoming San Marcos High School choir performances
- Time to cheer our kids on at the December 4 Downtown Holiday Parade
- The Santa Barbara Education Foundation is hosting a three-in-one event on December 8
- San Marcos High School’s Marching Band and Color Guard to perform their 2009 award-winning show “Kinesis”
- Upcoming H1N1 vaccination clinics in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria
- Santa Barbara High’s holiday concerts
- Indie local heroes have district connections
- Dos Pueblos High School’s Alison Kern is recognized for her award-winning journalism entry
- DONS Day is coming up
- December broadcast schedule of the meeting of the Santa Barbara School Districts Board of Education and Goleta City Council
November 2009
- DPHS students hone their skills at journalism conference in Washington D.C.
- A message from the districts’ Wellness Council
- H1N1 vaccinations available today, November 30, 2009
- Districts’ second special education director position has been filled with the selection of Dr. Michele Britton Bass
- Moliere’s “Scapino” coming to San Marcos High School
- Peabody Charter School makes the grade
- Celebrate the season at Dos Pueblos High’s Winter Instrumental Music Concert
- The Good Neighbor Award to the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Celebrate the season at Dos Pueblos High’s Winter Instrumental Music Concert
- Science activities at La Colina Junior High
- Students are ramping up to help those in need
- Round of applause for Cleveland custodian Stan Mize
- Board meeting schedule and locations in November
- Elementary school GATE and Advanced Learning Information Night
- Measure V update – The Road to Renovation
- Districts’ board of education and Goleta City Council to meet
- DONS Day at Santa Barbara High
- What’s happening in the districts’ State Preschool Program
- Town hall meeting on medical marijuana dispensaries
- San Marcos High School’s 50th “Big Game”
- Adams Elementary School ahead of the times
- Harvest of the Month at La Cumbre Junior High School
- Santa Barbara Junior High invites you to a performance of Stefanie Hero
- Eichelberger and Cutsinger to serve as SELPA representatives
- Las Flores Preschool to be a demo site for the Outdoor Classroom Project
- Junior Chef Day at Adams Elementary School
- Santa Barbara Community Academy eligible for 2010 Distinguished School Award
- Update on H1N1 flu: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and county schools join to protect children against H1N1 flu
October 2009
- Is there a doctor in the house? Yes and they are local grads
- Series 6000 Instruction Board Policy and Administrative Regulation updates
- Process and timeline for implementation of 2010-11 budget reductions
- Emergency responders share dangers of Halloween partying in Isla Vista
- Nutrition Services receives approval for a $20,000 grant
- Santa Barbara Junior High is saving money by monitoring trash and green waste
- La Cuesta students to participate at museum’s Dia de los Muertos
- Dos Pueblos girls’ waterpolo in ESPNRISE
- A little more info on Farenheit 451
- Fee-based parking at the District Office lot
- Complaint procedure regarding instructional materials
- Middle College information meetings
- Fahrenheit 451 sparks discussion
- Dos Pueblos students find food for thought in visit to Homeboy Industries and UCLA
- Royal High School Classic field tournament winners
- Development of a Special Education Action Plan
- Debbie Rankin honored as Special Education Teacher of the Year
- Monroe Elementary School PTA to accept $10,000 check from the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness
- October 22 is Lights On Afterschool
- San Marcos High School’s lockdown last week, an update from principal Norm Clevenger
- Congratulations Crystal Apple Award winner Michael Riley
- October 16 is Career and Community Service Day at La Cuesta High School
- Fun and food at DP ROCKS! Concert on October 16
- Scott O’Leary dedication ceremony at Dos Pueblos High School
- Special Education Department staffing
- The Goleta City Council declares October 9 as Scott O’Leary Day
- Public Health Department Initiates an H1N1 Nurse Information Line
- Franklin teacher Maria Salas is “A Day Made Better” winner
- ShakeOut Drill
- Fire Prevention Week is October 4-10, 2009
- Emergency at San Marcos High School
September 2009
- Dr. Kerri Mills to serve as special education director
- Kudos to Marlen Valencia, recipient of an award of excellence by the California School-Age Consortium
- Creating a Safe Community forum on October 8
- Board focus goals for school year 2009-10
- Good news on state and federal testing results
- Update on parcel tax Measures H and I
- Plan approved to resolve revenue reduction from the state
- Board recognizes California Standards Test high-scoring students
- Kudos to Monroe’s PTA, recipients of governor’s $10,000 award
- Fast Facts about the districts
- Celebrating 50 golden years of academic excellence
- San Marcos alum now playing for the Cleveland Browns
- Hand to Mouth Greatest Virus Transmission Risk
- Public Law 107-89: September 11 is Patriot Day
- 5000 series Board Policies and Administrative Regulations
- Enrollment as of September 4, 2009
- Dos Pueblos High School to dedicate stadium on October 9
- Child Development’s State Preschool classrooms to participate in Health Fair screenings
- President Obama’s back-to-school message for students
- Free professional education program for school educators, administrators, and parents
- Back-to-School Night is coming up
- Santa Barbara School Districts’ enrollment for August 28, 2009
- Boundary maps
August 2009
- Update on last spring’s layoffs
- Board recognizes several organizations that provide dental services to districts’ children in need
- New revisions to the Santa Barbara School Districts’ transfer policies
- Impact of 2009-10 state budget on the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Flags at half-staff as a mark of respect for the memory of Senator Ted Kennedy
- Safe Routes to School’s Walk and Roll
- Update: Santa Barbara School Districts Real Property District Advisory Committee
- Teachers and administrators attend training with Dr. Anthony Muhammad on professional learning communities
- Costco-Goleta helps almost 400 students head back to school with some of the tools they need
- Tom Guajardo selected to serve as the Santa Barbara School Districts’ executive director of special education
- Professional development trainings are taking place this week in the Santa Barbara School Districts
- Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program: Rebekah Sillars and Yasmin Ali Kahn exchange jobs and homes
- Fiscal Solvency Plan summary
- Two Academy students thrilled to have a turn at the Forester’s pitching mound
- San Marcos High School teacher Phil Levien named 2009-10 County Distinguished Educator
- Districts’ interim special education administrator is now onboard
July 2009
- Interim special education administrator selected for the districts’ Department of Special Education
- Clarification: Santa Barbara High School’s name has not been changed; the board changed the district’s name
- Santa Barbara High School mural will soon be completed
- Child Development Program awarded $100K grant
- It is back to school time at Santa Barbara Community Academy and Cleveland Elementary School
- Special education director withdraws from position