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| Novato Unified School District intends to submit an application for the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant. The application will be submitted to CDE by February 15, 2008. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Novato HS Hornets - 2nd Place Division II State Champions! Coach Travis Brackett and the NHS football team represented Novato with skill, respect, heart, and the Novato spirit. CIF honored them as 2nd place Division II state champions. We are so proud of them. Special thanks to Rey, Lynn, Jessica, Dan, and NHS staff, parents, and students who worked so hard on the special event. We are grateful for all your support of our students. |
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Forbes Magazine - July 5, 2007 - Best and Worst School Districts for the Buck - Marin County ranked #1 in the United States based on per pupil spending based on graduation rates, examination participation and results on SAT and ACT - see article Some facts about NUSD schools:
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NUSD 2007 High School Grads - Where are they going next year?
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FANS/Lu Sutton Elementary featured in Bay Area Backroads From swine… to wine… and from hot chilis… to chilly ice cream, we’ll explore the fertile, organic farmland of Marin County and meet some folks who are changing the way our food is grown… and eaten. KRON 4 Bay Area Backroads filmed a program about Marin Organics and our FANS department was filmed at Lu Sutton Elementary |
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NOVATO SCHOOLS RECEIVE GARDEN GRANTS The California Instructional School Garden Program at the California Department of Education has awarded the NUSD schools a $45,000 non-competitive garden grant. Funds will be divided among the schools based on enrollment. Grant funds may be used for garden equipment, garden supplies and teacher/school garden coordinator professional development. Miguel Villarreal, NUSD Food and Nutrition Services Director (FANS), assisted in the garden grant process for the school district. He was assisted by Veronica Valero, volunteer parent and Novato Live Well Network founder, along with Sandy Wollenberg, volunteer community member. This is grant will provide another great opportunity to connect and collaborative with students, teachers, parents and FANS around wellness, nutrition and life experiences. |
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Congratulations to the Marin School of the Arts! MSA musicians won 1st place at the Marin Home Show and $1800. Congrats Marle and musicians. |
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Congratulations to the Novato High School Boys Baseball Team! Novato High School Baseball Earned NCS champion for the first time! Special thanks and congrats to Bob Scheppler, coaches and players. It was a very exciting game. Our kids were awesome! |
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Congratulations to the San Marin High School Girls Softball Team! San Marin girl’s softball beat Drake High School for the NCS Championship. This is their 4th NCS section title in six years! Amazing coaching by Randy Willis and player talent abounds for San Marin High School softball. We all congratulate you! |
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One World Children's Fund benefit concert raises over $19,000... On May 5th, Sinaloa MS and Miller Creek MS held their first annual One World Children's Fund benefit concert under the direction of Sinloa music teacher Jason Eckl. The purpose of the concert was to help South African children who have been orphaned by AIDS. The goal was to raise $5000 to support a school of 100 children for one year. Due to the tremendous generosity of the Sinaloa and Miller Creek Middle School communities, more than $19,375 has so far been raised! All of the money will go directly to help the children in South Africa. A very special thank you to all the volunteers and donors who helped make this benefit concert a resounding success! |
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Marin School of the Arts Advanced Jazz Band Judged "Perfect" at Santa Cruz Jazz Festival! The MSA I Jazz Big Band, comprised of 20 of the most advanced musicians in the school, took 1st place at the festival, earning a Command Performance. The band was the first and only big band to earn "Perfect" scores from each of the festival judges. The Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, held on the last weekend of March, is the largest jazz festival in Northern California with over 75 participating schools from Eureka to Fresno. According to one festival judge, the MSA Jazz Band is "the most musical high school band I've ever had the pleasure of listening to." In the jazz world, this is a high compliment indeed. Eight individual awards were also given to MSA I students for Outstanding Musicianship by the International Association of Jazz Educators, and one to a Novato High School band member. In addition, four students were recognized with prestigious scholarships to Berklee College of Music's Summer Program. The eight MSA I students receiving individual solo honors included Nick Grinder (trombone), Nick de Ryss (drums), James Perderlwitz (tenor sax), James Harman (guitar), Ali Rucker (flute), Jason Mauch (bass), Kelly Styger (alto sax), Maydha Basho (piano). Nolan Rees (tenor sax) from Novato High School's jazz band was awarded an Outstanding Musicianship certificate. James Perdelwitz and James Harman also received solo awards for their performance in the small group combos. James Harman, James Perdelwitz, Nick de Ryss and Nick Grinder each received scholarships to Berklee College of Music Program for their solo performances. These awards are determined by the festival judges during the Command Performance. The MSA I Jazz Band performed three songs "Point of No Return" by Eric Richards, "Fantazm" by Duke Ellington and John LaBarbera and "Cut'N Run" by Gordon Goodwin. These selections are highly complex songs that are typically not tackled by high school bands. "The Santa Cruz Jazz Festivals is one of the biggest and toughest festivals in the state with many of the top jazz bands competing. To have The Marin School of the Arts Jazz I Big Band achieve the rare distinction of getting three perfect scores from the judges and placing first out of 75 bands is amazing. Part of the success has to go to our eight seniors, many of whom have received large scholarships totaling over $300, 000.00 to attend college at prestigious universities and music conservatories next year," says Mark Peabody, Director of Marin School of the Arts. The band, made up of students from throughout Marin County is recognized as one of the top high school groups in the state. In addition to the stellar performance by the Advanced Jazz Band, both of the MSA small group combos earned top ratings and raves from the judges as well. The MSA II Jazz Big Band, consisting of primarily freshman, earned straight 1's in Performance, a remarkable achievement for a young group. They were the highest rated group of all the bands that performed on Friday. The Novato High School Band earned an overall 1 rating from the judges. The MSA Jazz Choir also received unanimous "2's" for their performance. |
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Congratulations to San Marin Advanced Drama Class- A Big Sweep at the Marin Theatre Company Competition!!!!!!!! Congratulations to San Marin Advanced Drama Class who were big winners at the Marin Theatre Company Scene Fest Competition on Monday night, April 2. The other schools participating were Branson and San Dominico. Jeff Johnstone and Laila Banejad won first place in the Monologue Category from Brad Slaight's Second Class, Rose Oser and Kyle Ruth placed first in the scene category from Brad Slaight's Class Action, 2nd place went to Melanie Spaan and Ryan Rohtla for their scene from Yuri Baranovky's Courting 101 and Third Place to Nicole Mammasor and Jocelyn Anderson for Brad Slaight's Second Class. First place place winners will get $300 off Marin Theatre Company Summer Camp, in addition first place and all other winners will get four tickets each to the next Marin Theatre Company production of "Tonight is Love" and dinner with Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis on Sunday, May 20. Winning is great but the best part about the evening were the workshops. The real learning from the experts takes place after performance where students can improve what they just did and that is what the competition is all about. Come see San Marin’s Production of Pride and Prejudice May 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. |
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San Marin Principal Named Interviews for the San Marin principal position were conducted by a committee of 16, which included San Marin staff, district staff and community members. As a result of the interviews and site visits, one candidate was brought forward and recommended to the board for approval. The board approved Dr. Robert Vieth, as the San Marin principal for the 2007-2008 school year, at the March 20th board meeting. Dr. Vieth has a B.A. in biology from U.C. Berkeley, a Masters in special education from St. Mary’s, and a Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Policy from U.C.L.A. He has been a high school and middle school teacher, principal at elementary, middle, and high school; opening a brand new high school in Lodi, and a Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Vieth currently is an Associate Professor at SSU/U.C. Davis and directs the administrative credential and doctoral programs. Dr. Vieth will work two days a week this spring with the current principal, Rod Hollander, to ensure a smooth transition. We are grateful to Rod Hollander who has done an excellent job as interim principal during the 2006-07 school year. |
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The Novato HS Academic Decathlon team won 3rd place in its division last weekend at the California Academic Decathlon Championship. In addition, the team took home 18 individual medals. "The NHS Academic Decathlon team, led by science teacher Jon Dick, is a nine-member group composed of of three “A” students, three “B” students and three “C” students who competed in ten different events: art, music, literature, math, social science, economics, essay writing, speech, interview, and Super Quiz, which dealt with climate change." Individual student results are as follows:
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| Tracy Walker, Sinaloa Leadership teacher, received Director of the Year award representing Alameda, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marin County Gold Bell teacher awardees have been named for outstanding teaching:
Marin County Golden Bell volunteer awardees have been named for exemplary districtwide volunteerism: |
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San Jose science teacher, Pete Stewart, has received a $10,000 Toyota Tapestry grant, for the second time, to use for his classroom.
Mr. Stewart says...students will design, videotape, and edit a public service announcement (PSA) about energy. These PSA’s will serve to increase student awareness about the science and sources of energy as well as how energy permeates their lives. By creating a PSA, students will have the hands-on opportunity to produce a storyboard, learn cinematography, do video editing, and give public presentations, while learning about energy. Ultimately, we expect the students will show their PSA to their school and to the community on a day to celebrate energy called “Earth- Energy Awareness Day”. |
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| Loma Verde Elementary has received a State Title I Academic Achievement Award. They will be recognized on April 17 at the State Title I Conference at the Hilton in Costa Mesa. Congratulations to the entire Loma Verde community of learners and staff for a wonderful recognition by the California Department of Education. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Safe Schools of Novato is recognizing the following trustees, employees and parents for outstanding achievement in promoting equity for all
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