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SBCUSD to update Community Enga gement Plan
By Anthony Victoria
an Bernardino City Unified School District officials announced on Tuesday their plans to update their Community Engagement Plan to focus on the “important” work to help students achieve. Much of the plan will remain the explained Deputy same, Superintendent Dr. Harold Vollkommer. The development of the plan, which included students, leaders, and educators, has apparently helped improve the district’s graduation rates and helped career pathways for students. However, Vollkommer believes district officials and employees should “reenergize” efforts to follow the engagement plan to full capacity. “We recognized that our strategic plan is one part of revitalizing the City of San Bernardino,” said Vollkommer. “We’re very excited where we’re going. We believe the work will be critical.” According to the district’s website, the Community Engagement Plan’s objectives are helping students develop and pursue academic and career plans based on inter-
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ests and talents, build independent skills. Students will reach those initiative and community pride, objectives by using applied learnand develop creativity through the ing methods, obtaining mentoring mastery of knowledge and applied SBCUSD, cont. on next page
Women’s March in River side expected to draw thousands a gain
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Vermont Elementary School principal Ana Maria Perez writing down her group’s ideas during the San Bernardino Community Road Show meeting that took place at Arroyo Valley High School on February 12, 2015.
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Riverside-based Paralegal Eleanor Kalnin leading the crowd in some chants during the Women’s March in downtown Riverside on Jan. 21, 2017.
housands of women are expected to turn out for this year’s Women’s March in downtown Riverside. Over 4,000 marched to celebrate women’s rights and denounce the inauguration of President Donald Trump last year. Organizers of the march-members of Rise Up and social justice organizations--are aiming to have over 8,000 this time around. According to fliers distributed on social media, the march will commence at the Riverside Historic Courthouse steps located on 4050 Main Street. “In January 2018 we march toward the votes that will be necessary in June and November 2018,” reads a statement posted on the Rise Up website. “We [will] take to the street once again to remind and encourage others that the only thing that will make a true difference is our vote.” So far, groups involved in the planning of the event next March, cont. on next page
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ll parents and guardians are encouraged to update their emergency contact information on file at their child’s school if they or other emergency contacts have moved or changed phone numbers or email addresses since August 2017. In an emergency, the San Bernardino City Unified School District makes every effort to contact parents as quickly as possible using the contact information on file. When contact information is out of date, parents and guardians may not receive important communications. In a major effort to improve communication with parents, guardians, and students, SBCUSD has been rolling out new and improved communication tools since August 2017. The changes began with a re-designed website that contained updated information and a user-friendly design that meets accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities. SBCUSD also launched a free mobile app that users can configure to receive notifications from the schools that matter to them, as well as access general information about SBCUSD and its schools and view the District’s social media accounts. Anyone with a smart phone can download the free app by searching for “San Bernardino City USD” in the Google Play or App Store. Anyone who prefers to receive alerts via text message may sign up with SBCUSD’s partner SchoolMessenger by texting “Yes” without the quotation marks to 67587. Only cell phone numbers on file with a child’s school will receive emergency text messages, even if the number has been signed up with SchoolMessenger. Users may opt out of receiving text messages at any time. Thanks to the District’s partnership with Peachjar, PDF versions of school flyers are accessible on each school’s webpage by clicking the Peachjar eflyers icon. Parents can also receive email notices of new flyers if they provide a valid email address to their child’s school.