Valley Champs
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APRIL 2016 VALLEY CHAMPS Fresno Unified captured Valley titles in boys soccer and boys bas- ketball in February, historic wins that reflect the district’s investment in activities outside the classroom for all students. On Feb. 26, the McLane High School boys soccer team won the Central Section Division-IV title -- its first Valley championship -- at McLane Stadi- um with a 5-3 overtime win against Kerman High School. McLane scored two goals in the second overtime. The team, led by head coach Ramiro Teran and assistant coach Edgar Mondragon, won Students the North Yosemite League title with a 9-0-1 record, its first league title since 1979. Below, from left, Juan Flores, Emerson Hernandez Spellbound and Gabriel Sosa celebrate after winning the title. The Roosevelt High School boys basketball team, seeking its first {PAGE 5} Valley crown since 1977, brought the title home on March 5 with a 60-36 win over Selma High School for the D-III championship at Selland Arena. The Rough Riders, with a record of 25-7, were led by the Fresno State-bound Bryson Williams (left) who had 29 points, 23 rebounds and two blocks. Second-year head coach is Jamarr Chisom. See story on individual Valley champs on Page 5. Employee Spotlight {PAGE 6} Help Prioritize $26M in School Site Funds Parents and community members who how state and federal funding should be site councils must generally allocate want to be more involved in the inner used. School site councils districtwide additional LCFF funding to categories workings of their neighborhood school helped allocate $21.2 million in Local such as instructional supports, teacher Preschool should look no further than participat- Control Funding Formula (LCFF) professional learning, family engage- ing in a school site council -- made funds for the current school year. ment, and social/emotional supports. Registration up of teachers, parents, community It is being recommended that for the At Hoover High School, Principal members, employees, and students. 2016-17 school year an additional {PAGE 10} One of the biggest ways that school site $5.1 million be allocated to schools, councils influence their campuses is which would bring the total amount See SCHOOL SITE FUNDS assisting their principals in determining to $26.2 million districtwide. School Continued on page 4 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Change in Storybook Ending Measure Q Project Superintendent’s Message Immunization Law for Libraries in Spanish and Hmong Page 2 Page 7 Page 8 Page 15 APRIL 2016 PARENTS Change in Immunization Law Parent University Offers Classes Does Away with Beliefs Waivers on Student Sexuality Issues A new state law requires students For students enrolling from out of state enrolling in school as of July 1 to be or students enrolling in preschool or Parent University courses support Classes offered in April: fully immunized for school entry, with federally funded child development parents in their efforts to help their personal beliefs waivers no longer centers, transitional kindergarten, • April 1-21: “Let’s Talk,” children do the best they can in accepted. kindergarten, or seventh grade, medical Ahwahnee Middle School, school. In April, Barrios Unidos will exemptions written by a California Thursdays, 8:30-10:30 a.m. The district is committed to helping offer, through Parent University, a doctor will be the only exemption (English and Spanish) parents through this transition time. “Let’s Talk” course in the Bullard accepted. Parents with questions about the new and Hoover high school regions. • April 2-22: “Let’s Talk,” vaccination law may call their school Immunizations may be obtained from Wawona Middle School, Fridays, “Let’s Talk” gives parents medically nurse or the Fresno Unified Department health care providers. Children who 8:30-10:30 a.m. (English only) accurate information on reproduc- of Health Services at (559) 457-3294. do not have private insurance and tive health that can be combined More information on Parent have Medi-Cal, or are uninsured, may The district has on average granted with a family’s personal and moral University courses is available at qualify for immunizations from: 10 exemptions a year for personal beliefs. The course helps parents (559) 457-6006. beliefs waivers. This will no longer • Fresno Unified School District feel more comfortable talking with On April 14 at Roosevelt High be possible with the passage of Senate their children about sensitive issues, Call (559) 457-3294 for locations School, Parent University Bill 277 on June 30, 2015. The bill including puberty and anatomy, and times. Immunizations are will recognize all parents who was passed to make sure that vaccine family planning, sexually transmit- given on a walk-in basis. A parent have participated in Early preventable illnesses are kept in check. ted diseases and healthy relation- or guardian must accompany the Learning, Elementary, Middle, Authors of the bill cite an outbreak of ships. The class also addresses student. Students are asked to bring and High School modules for the measles that started in December 2014 the effect of social media on what a copy of their immunization record. 2015-16 school year. at Disneyland and led to 134 confirmed children are learning and the mixed cases of the highly contagious disease. • Clinica Sierra Vista (www.clini- messages they are getting. casierravista.org) The intent of this change in the law is to protect the children who are most vulnerable to these illnesses because of medical conditions that keep them See IMMUNIZATIONS from being fully immunized. Continued on page 10 Parent Dates to Know April 4-May 27: Standardized April 13: Board of Education testing window for elementary and meeting middle school students (see story State Testing is in April for April 14: Parent University this page) graduation, 6 p.m., Roosevelt High Elementary, Middle and High April 11-May 20: Standardized School auditorium testing window for high school April 27: Board of Education students (see story this page) School Students meeting Fresno Unified students will take state Grade 11 April 12: College: Making it tests in April, year 2 of the California Early Assessment Program (EAP) Happen event Kings Canyon Assessment of Student Performance Middle School, 6-7:30 p.m. When scores are sent home in the fall, and Progress (CAASPP). they will include a comparison for The testing window for elementary and the spring 2016 test results with the middle school students is April 4-May students’ scores from spring 2015 in 27 and the testing window for high grades 4-8. school is April 11-May 20. Students The CAASPP, taken by students all RECEIVING A take the tests on a computer. connect. communicate. educate. over California in grades 3 through 8 DAILY UPDATE OF YOUR Students participating in the CAASPP and 11, replace the former paper-based REGISTER VIA CELL PHONE TO RECEIVE YOUR CHILD’S STUDENT’S GRADE AND ATTENDANCE USING YOUR will take the following tests: STAR tests. GRADES IS AS PARENT PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON YOUR STUDENT’S CLASS Grades 3-8, and 11 To learn more about the test please EASY AS SCHEDULE, PROGRESS REPORT, THE ATLAS PARENT English language arts and mathemat- visit www.fresnounified.org. PORTAL OR THROUGH THE SCHOOL OFFICE. ics (referred to as Smarter Balanced) 28527 TEXT YOUR PIN TO 28527 VISIT THE PARENT TAB AT Grades 5, 8, 10 WWW.FRESNOUNIFIED.ORG Science TO LEARN MORE. Page 2 PREPARING CAREER READY GRADUATES www.FresnoUnified.org APRIL 2016 District Remains Focused on the Goal of All Students Excelling in Reading, Writing and Math Think big goals and you’ll find even (3) All students will demonstrate char- of Education, strategic investments BOARD larger successes. acter and competencies for workplace throughout the district are providing Luis Chavez Area 2 success and; (4) All students will additional resources to school sites When educating over 73,000 students President stay in school on target to graduate. focused on the district’s goal of having [email protected] there is not one goal that defines our Through these goals, Fresno Unified is all students excelling in reading, work, but rather many. No matter Christopher De La Cerda Area 4 educating the whole child and prepar- writing and math. Research shows that Clerk the role our ing college and career ready graduates. students who are reading proficiently [email protected] employees by third grade are more likely to stay play within With graduation rates the highest in Brooke Ashjian Area 7 in school and on target to graduate. [email protected] our district, decades at nearly 82%, over 5,000 That is why we have early learning each of us is high school students taking career Valerie F. Davis Area 3 opportunities at each of our elemen- [email protected] focused on technical education (CTE) courses, tary schools -- providing high-quality doing our part 5,000 students engaged in Advanced Lindsay Cal Johnson Area 1 instruction with an emphasis on early to ensure every Placement courses, a significant [email protected] literacy, math concepts and visual arts. student has the increase of 17.8% in our English Carol Mills, J.D. Area 5 The district has also implemented opportunity to learner redesignation, and significant- [email protected] components of the school improve- walk across ly more students engaging in school Janet Ryan Area 6 ment model, which adds 30 minutes that high Michael Hanson activities outside the classroom, the [email protected] Fresno Unified of direct instruction time per day at school gradu- students, staff and parents of Unified Superintendent 30 elementary schools with 10 more ADMINISTRATION ation stage. are seeing the fruit of their collective elementary schools being added next Michael E.