On Saturday, May 7th, the Elk Grove High School (EGHS) Automotive Department will hold their 7th Annual “Support Our Auto Shop” Car Show at 7:30 a.m.

All car owners are invited to come out to compete for trophies designed and made by EGHS auto shop students. The event will feature the great cars of the past and present – such as classic muscle cars, hot rods and customs – as well as food, music, drawings and raffles for prizes.

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On Tuesday, April 26, U.S. Representative Dan Lungren will visit Laguna Creek High School to tour the campus and speak with Advanced Placement (AP) Government and leadership students.

Rep. Lungren will begin his visit to Laguna Creek at 1 p.m. with a student-led tour featuring the Strategies Department, Special Education Department, art classrooms and the Manufacturing Production Technology Academy (MPTA).

Following the tour, Rep. Lungren will speak with AP Government and leadership students about the federal budget deficit, education issues – such as No Child Left Behind, and his role as a congressman. Laguna Creek art students will sketch Rep. Lungren during his presentation and will present him with their sketches at the end of his presentation. Laguna Creek MPTA students will also present Rep. Lungren with a commemorative plaque at the end of his presentation.

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Between April 15 and June 30, senior citizens age 65 or older and disabled people living within the Elk Grove Unified School District, and having no school-age children living in the home, may apply for a 70 percent reduction in their Measure A assessment, a local property tax that funds school improvement.

Under 1987’s Measure A, people who live in homes built before 1987 pay $45.84 a year, but with the reduction, they would pay $13.75. Residents whose homes were built between January 26, 1987 and June 30, 1998, pay $117.84 annually, but with the reduction they would pay $35.35. The lower rates also apply to apartments and mobile homes.

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The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) Virtual Academy will hold four Open House events for new parents and students to provide an overview of the district’s K-12 virtual education program, meet staff and ask questions. Enrollment for students is now open for the 2011-2012 school year. Registration materials can be obtained or submitted during open houses or parents can visit http://blogs.egusd.net/egva/ to download materials.

Open Houses will be held at Cosumnes Oaks High School (8350 Lotz Parkway, Elk Grove 95757) in the Computer Lab near the Library on the following dates:

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On Wednesday, February 16, through a partnership between the Elk Grove Unified School District and the Sacramento County Department of Public Health, a free pertussis booster shot clinic will be offered to families, including children ages 10 or older from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16 in the cafeteria at Sheldon High School. All school-age children should try to bring their shot record with them.

A new California law now requires that students entering 7th through 12th grades in the 2011-2012 school year provide schools proof that they have received an adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster shot (Tdap) prior to starting school. The new law was enacted following a widespread pertussis epidemic in 2010.

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This is an update to the story we brought you last week. At their January 18, 2011 meeting, the Elk Grove Unified School District’s Board of Education directed staff to adjust the boundary proposal for Robert J. Fite, Carroll, Elliott Ranch and Joseph Sims elementary schools to begin in the 2012-2013 school year.

The January 18 meeting was the first time that the Board had the opportunity to discuss public input about the boundary proposal. The district held 10 community meetings through December to gather input. The boundary conversations center on the exploration of a number of options to balance enrollment at secondary schools throughout the district.

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The Elk Grove Unified School District’s Board of Education has directed staff to conduct meetings in several school communities to discuss potential boundary changes.

The discussions are part of a process that the Board of Education engages in to study the enrollments of the district’s nine high schools and their feeder schools. In past years, EGUSD boundary studies have focused on accommodating the rapid growth in South Sacramento County. More recently, the boundary conversation has shifted to the economy’s impact on school populations and maturing communities.

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Today marks the first day of school for many kids in the greater Sacramento area. Some districts, like Folsom Cordova, are already in their second week of school, but for a majority of the districts today is the end of a hopefully fun filled summer and back to building of a foundation that will help them succeed into the future.

For most kids the school they are attending will be the same as last year or one that has seen many kids through the years. With the downturn of the economy and housing market we have not seen many new schools built in recent years. Many districts have even started to consolidate and close schools. That is not the case for this year’s students attending Cosumnes River Elementary School in Sloughhouse. Students at Cosumnes River Elementary School, or as most of the local residents call it CRES, are attending a brand new school today.

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On Wednesday, June 16, sixth grader, Kailuh Menefee, will deliver a powerful message to her fellow students: Stop Bullying! She will deliver this message as part of an after-school assembly that she has been planning for the past few months.

Earlier this year, Kailuh was assigned the task of writing an essay about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message and how it could affect the decisions she makes in her life. As part of her essay, Kailuh wrote, “In the fifth grade I’d look out the window of my dark room and see myself in a town of vacant buildings. I was in pain. I thought people wouldn’t like me for myself. To mask the hurt I went around ridiculing people and telling them they were ugly. Now, I realize because of the bullying I’ve done I was on my own.”

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Here is what’s going on in the Elk Grove Unified School District during the week of May 17-22:

May 17: Parents interested in the new EGUSD Virtual Academy are invited to attend an open house from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Elementary School in the library. Parents will receive more information about the school and have the opportunity to ask questions and register for the program at this event.

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