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Merced Sun-Star Column by MCSD Public Information Officer Sara Sandrik: A powerful partnership between Rivera Elementary and Rivera Middle schools is helping students at both campuses improve their reading and writing skills, while building invaluable relationships along the way. It’s exactly the type of collaboration Merced City School District leaders envisioned when the preschool through sixth-grade campus was built right next to the middle school using voter-approved Measure S and Measure M funds. The program began last year when seventh-grade teacher Lynn Parker reached ou...
Two Cruickshank Middle School Students were recognized at the CSF/CJSF Central Regional Spring Conference in Fresno, on Saturday, March 18, 2017. The California Scholarship Federation (CSF) is one of California’s oldest honor societies. In 1921, Charles F. Seymour, founder of CSF, established a statewide honor society for California students. The nonprofit organization honors outstanding high school students who have earned academic excellence. In 1967, the CSF Board of Directors founded the California Junior Scholarship Federation to honor outstanding middle school students. ...
Two students from UC Berkeley and one from UC Davis visited Hoover Middle School on Wednesday, March 29 while cycling across the Central Valley. They spoke to Mrs. DeMers class about solar energy and also brought 3D printed miniature solar powered bicycles for the students to assemble and enjoy! The UC students are part of an organization called Cycle for Science. Cycle for Science brings hand-on, renewable-energy focused science lessons to communities by bicycle. The group's driving mission is fourfold fold: (1) to teach the next generation of U.S. scientists and citiz...
After receiving rave reviews during its debut in 2016, the Charles Wright Elementary Wax Museum delighted visitors for a second straight year on Wednesday, March 29. The project features dozens of sixth graders who each play the role of a significant figure from the past or present, including Elvis Presley, Bruce Lee, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Queen Elizabeth, President Donald Trump, and Walt Disney. To prepare for the their moment in the spotlight, the students conducted research, created props and backdrops, selected costumes, and memorized short speeches they wro...
Merced Sun-Star ColumnBY SARA SANDRIK Preparing students to be college and career ready takes a multifaceted approach with support in a number of areas. In fact, our Merced City School District Superintendent and Associate Superintendent of Educational Services recently took part in a roundtable discussion about those efforts with leaders from other local educational agencies, as well as the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium, the Governor’s Office, and the California Department of Finance. While it is a complex topic, one of the first steps is simply helping stu...