Eldridge Elementary--
Walking proves to be great for health and for schools! On Wednesday, August 18, Eldridge Elementary, one of HUSD's four year-round schools, sponsored a walk-a-thon at the school field adjacent to Eldridge Park. Students who participated helped raise funds for class study trips. Students received pledges from family members who helped cheer on the students at the August event. Students in grades 4th-6th walked 15 laps around the school, grades 1-3 walked 10 laps, and kindergarteners walked 5 laps. Volunteers and staff members gave students water throughout their walk and kept track of the laps. Thanks to all the students, staff, parents, and volunteers who helped make this a successful event!
HUSD—The HUSD AmeriCorps Grant Community Kick-off Meeting on Tuesday evening, August 31, was well attended by parents and community members who wanted to find out how HUSD plans to engage young people and families in life-saving and skill-building health promotion activities. Parents and community members are invited to participate in an exciting opportunity through HUSD's newly funded AmeriCorps Program. HUSD will be recruiting 54 AmeriCorps members from the community to assist with activities
at our school sites that encourage health, nutrition and physical fitness. AmeriCorps supports the engagement of members in service to meet critical community needs. In return for their service AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance, of up to $6,247.00, and an AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for college or to pay back school loans. In addition, recruitment meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, September 1, 5:30-7:00 pm and Wednesday, September 8, 1:30-3:00 pm. Both will be held at the Student Information and Assessment Center (SIAC), 27211 Tyrrell Avenue in Hayward.
August 30, 2010 Hayward
Unified
School District
Creates “Superintendent’s Priority Schools” for Four Most Academically Troubled Schools Superintendent Janis Duran is intensely focusing on improving underperforming schools to help more than 3,255 students in four schools—Longwood Elementary, Burbank Elementary, Harder Elementary and Tennyson High School.Three of these schools were identified by the California Department of Education as among the state’s “persistently low-achieving” schools. Harder Elementary was not named by the state; however, was identified by the HUSD Board of Education to have also not served students adequately. All four schools have a new principal this school year with proven leadership experience!Both Harder and Longwood have a new teaching staff with teachers and other staff members who have chosen to come to be a part of the Turnaround Process.Some other staff members chose to stay at these schools and rededicate themselves to change and dynamic processes to raise student achievement.Staff at both Burbank and
Tennyson
High School
has made strong commitments to excellence and doing whatever it takes for their students to excel!
