SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D., will be the special guest speaker at the Com-Link meeting on Thursday, November 17, which will start at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Heninger Park Elementary School, located at 416 W. Walnut, in Santa Ana.
The theme of the meeting is “A Special Celebration and Tribute to our Veterans.”
Here is the meeting agenda: Continue reading
Help the Santa Ana High School Chamber Singers get to Carnegie Hall by supporting their video in the “GLEE! Give a Note” campaign for a chance to win up to $50,000. The video is titled “Help Us Shoot for the Moon, and Land Among the Stars.” Seventy-three schools from across the country have the chance to receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. There are nearly 400 schools attempting to win one of the 73 spots, Santa Ana High School being the only school in SAUSD among them.
Lend your voice to the cause by voting for Santa Ana High School. Here’s what you have to do: Continue reading
Contacts: Wendy Day Brown, 949-294-5630; Angela Burrell, 714-558-5555
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Grammy Award Winner Oleta Adams Headlines Hope Alive! Concert on Sunday, November 13th
Event Benefits Music in Santa Ana Schools
Event: New Hope Presbyterian Church in Orange announces its third annual benefit concert to increase music programs in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), with particular emphasis on Willard Intermediate School. Proceeds will fund music enrichment programs, which have been limited or eliminated by budget cuts to education due to the State’s fiscal crisis. The concert will feature the musical genres of classical, gospel, and jazz performed by a variety of artists. Continue reading
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Contacts:
David Valentin, Chief of School Police, 714-558-5829
Angela Burrell, APR, 714-558-5555
SAUSD Implements GRIP Program to Keep Kids in School and Out of Gangs
Forms Partnership with Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies
SANTA ANA, CA — October 26, 2011 – The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) School Police Department has entered into a Gang Prevention and Intervention Partnership (GRIP) with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA), Orange County Probation Department, and Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) aimed at keeping youths in school and out of gangs. The official Santa Ana launch of the program will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Century High School, located at 1401 S. Grand Ave. Continue reading
Contact: Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, OCDA, 714-347-8408, 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, OCDA, 714-347-8405, 714-323-4486
Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, Public Information Officer, SAPD, 714-245-8029 , 714-709-2043
David Valentin, Chief of Police, SAUSDPD, 714-558-5829,
Orange County District Attorney, Santa Ana Police Department, & Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2011
GRIP KICKS OFF SCHOOL YEAR WITH NEW CITY AND NEW PROGRAM TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF GANGS
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) Gang Prevention and Intervention Partnership
(GRIP) has kicked off the new school year by officially welcoming the City of Santa Ana to its law enforcement
partnership and launching a new GRIP II program to keep kids in school and out of gangs. Continue reading
Press Release for October 18, 2011 – Press Conference at 10:30 a.m.
SOS-El Sol Wellness Center, El Sol Science and Arts Academy, 1010 Broadway, Santa Ana Partners Collaborate to Expand Opportunities for El Sol Science and Arts Academy Students and Families
Unique 40-year lease and two major grants totaling $2.3 Million Announced
Santa Ana, CA (October 18, 2011) – Monique Daviss, Executive Director of El Sol Science and Arts Academy, a public charter school in Santa Ana serving low-income students, announced today that the school has entered a 40-year lease with the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) to remain at its current location of 1010 Broadway in Santa Ana. Continue reading
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SANCHEZ TO LEAD GRANTEE AWARDS TOUR ON FRIDAY
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, October 7, at 12:30 p.m. PST, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) will lead her first grantee awards tour with visits to three Orange County organizations that have recently received significant and competitive grants from the federal government. Rep. Sanchez will visit Santa Ana College, the Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department, and Orange County Head Start to congratulate them on their awards. Continue reading
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Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, (714) 558-5555
Santa Ana students to help set world reading records in their pajamas on Thursday
Students, Santa Ana Superintendent to help set world records, raise awareness of importance of reading early
SANTA ANA, CA — October 4, 2011 – – Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) students will wear their pajamas to school on Thursday as Superintendent Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D., and other local school officials will read them a favorite story book while working to set two world reading records. Continue reading
The Santa Ana Unified School District is hosting a “Closing the Latino Achievement Gap, Orange County 2011 Summit,” on September 30, at Santa Ana College. Click here to see the event flier.
Some 350 federal, state, local educational and community leaders, students and parents will come together at Santa Ana College to focus on the challenge, data and projections, legislative policy and fiscal issues, and best practices for bridging the achievement gap for Latino students and English language learners.
You may attend in person by registering at this link, or click here to sign up for the webinar version of the event.
Here are the event details: Continue reading
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Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, (714) 558-5555
Spurgeon Intermediate Dedicates ‘Russ Ford Hall’ on September 23
New two-story classroom building honors legacy of beloved teacher
SANTA ANA, CA – September 22, 2011 – Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) Spurgeon Intermediate School will hold a ceremony to dedicate the school’s new classroom building in memory of retired teacher Rusell Ford on Friday, September 23 at 9:00 a.m. Ford was tragically slain last spring in a domestic dispute. Continue reading
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Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, (714) 558-5555
SAUSD Shows Off New School Facilities Improvements
Facilities Team Recognized by Board of Education for Their Diligence and Efficiency in Completing Projects
SANTA ANA, CA — September 15, 2011 – Some 56,000 students in the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) returned to new or improved school campuses this new school year as a result of the summer work of SAUSD’s Facilities and Governmental Relations Department. The team ensured that new classroom buildings were completed, campuses were remodeled, blacktops were resurfaced, fencing installed, synthetic turf fields installed, and maintenance tasks checked off in time for students’ return from summer break. As a result, the department’s leaders and workers were recognized by the SAUSD Board of Education this week for improvements made Districtwide. Continue reading
SAUSD students and parents, as well as teachers and administrators are in an uproar over an ill-advised cost-cutting measure adapted by the SAUSD, apparently on the sly.
As of this year, SAUSD schools are not stocking extra “class sets” of textbooks in the classrooms. Instead students are now required to carry their textbooks to and from school everyday without the opportunity of leaving them in lockers nor in the classroom. The total weight of carrying some of these textbooks can exceed 25 pounds. These books can contain over 400 pages each and the health issues related to students carrying these textbooks are immense.
“Over 92% of children in the United States carry backpacks that are typically loaded with 10% to 22% of their body weight,” write the researchers. “Thirty-seven percent of children aged 11 to 14 years report back pain, the majority of whom attribute the pain to wearing a school backpack,” according to WebMD. Continue reading
The new California Academic Performance Index (API) scores are out. These are the cornerstone of California’s Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999. They measure the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of academic measures.
Click here to see the Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) API scores.
Here is a recap of the SAUSD’s API successes – and those schools that underperformed: Continue reading
MEDIA ADVISORY
FREE HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE ON TWO SATURDAYS IN AUGUST FOR THOSE IN NEED IN ORANGE COUNTY
WHAT: UnitedHealthcare, the Coalition of Orange County Clinics and the coalition’s member clinics will provide free health services to Southern California residents who lack access to health screenings and immunizations.
The free health services will be offered on Aug. 13 and Aug. 27. Continue reading
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Contact: Angela Burrell, APR, 714-558-5555
SAUSD Welcomes New Schools Superintendent in Public Reception on August 23
Thelma Meléndez de Santa, Ph.D., Previously Served Under the Obama Administration
SANTA ANA, CA – August 22, 2011 – The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) officially welcomes its new schools superintendent Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, Ph.D., in a public reception to be held on Tuesday, August 23 at Villa Intermediate School beginning at 4:15 p.m. Villa Intermediate School is adjacent to the SAUSD administration building located at 1601 E. Chestnut Ave. in Santa Ana. Additional information can be obtained by calling 714-558-5555. Continue reading