Soledad Unified School District Weekly Newsletter Board of Trustees

Jodi Massa President

Josie Perez-Aguilera Vice-President

Marie Berlanga Clerk

Jaime Fernandez Trustee

2016/2017 Theme: Discover What's Possible

Javier Galvan Trustee

MARCH 24, 2 017

SUSD Bright Spots

Future Chef's Competition

On Thursday, March 22, 2017, Sodexo sponsored the 2017 Chefs Challenge. Winners 4th place thru 9th place – Each winner received a chef coat, chef hat, Future Chefs t- shirt, cook book, and a mixing bowl o Celeste Godinho - Low Cal Fettucine o Gabriel Luna Pretty - Perfect Parfait o Alexander Jaime - Greek Salad with Marinated Chicken o Laura White - Teriyaki Chicken and Rice Bowl o Ethan Solorio - Italian Mushroom Omelet o Sophia Martel - Foiled Salmon

Migrant Speech and Debate On Sunday, March 19, 2017, a group of Soledad High School students won 1st place at the Migrant Speech and Debate Tournament at Harden Middle School in Salinas.

3rd place - received a flying drone, chef coat, chef hat, Future Chefs t- shirt, cook book, and a mixing bowl with kitchen utensils Alexander Camarena Zucchini Noodles 2nd place – received a Fit Bit, back pack with assorted prices, chef coat, chef hat, Future Chefs t- shirt, cook book, and a mixing bowl Joseph Lugo Stuffed Zucchini 1st place - – received two season passes to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Razer Scooter, chef coat, chef hat, Future Chefs tshirt, cook book, contest champion apron, and a mixing bowl

Thalia Ansado Nutty Muffins

Pictured above from left to right, Marco Lopez, Nayeli Lopez, Laritza Hernandez, Dariana Lizaola and Jose Angel Crus. We also want to thank their Coach, Mayra Amador.

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Educational Services Team LCAP Goal 2 & 4: Curriculum Council Meeting The Curriculum Council members, which includes teachers, administrators, and parents, met on Monday, March 20 to discuss new courses that needed to be approved for SHS .Each principal also

shared their CAASPP testing dates as well as shared the importance of training their staff to make sure that all teachers are ready to give the state test in the spring. Then an LCAP presentation was shared that included: • What we did last year • We reviewed our 6 Goals • We discussed the difference between base funding and supplementary funding • We talked about state and local indicators • We showed the new Dashboard that is available to the public • We shared the 5X5 Grid that shows where our schools fall in all the indicators • Then all the members divided into Goals Groups to look at data. • We discussed that our Opportunity Gaps should be given LCAP resources.

LCAP Goal 2: Elementary Lead Teacher Task Force The Elementary Lead Teacher Task Force met on Wed., March 22 from 1:00-3:25 to discuss how to narrow our focus for next year as well as to discuss solutions . Our goal is to take back to the sites the items that we discussed and to get their input. Each teacher member is to bring back feedback from their sites for our next meeting which will be on April 12 at 1:00.

____________________________________ LCAP Goal 2: The Next DW-Grade Level Meetings will be at 2:15 on March 29 at Rose Ferrero. ________

LCAP Goal 1-6- Our District Team Attends LCAP training at MCOE on March 22 !2

Special Projects Coming Up: • March 6th - April 14th Field Testing ELPAC at Gabilan, San Vicente, Frank Ledesma, Soledad High School • March 21 - DELAC (District English Language Advisory Committee) 6:00 p.m. Jack Franscioni School LibraryAdvisory Committee) 6:00 p.m. Jack Franscioni School Library • CABE Conference: Tuesday, March 28 - Friday, March 31

After School School STEAM (LCAP Goal 3)

ELPAC (LCAP Goal 6)

There is a wealth of ELPAC information on the CDE website. You may access the following: • ELPAC / CELDT comparison chart • ELD Standards • ED Code for the English Language Proficiency Assessment • ELPAC Blueprints • ELPAC Pilot Report • Transition to ELPAC Information If you are not that familiar with ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessments of California) this is a great site to visit to research the new assessment and EL Standards, as well as, Ed Code. You can access the site here: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/

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After school program is nearing an end for the 2016-17 school year. We are winding down with some fun end of the year activities. More information to come regarding these activities ... stay tuned. Additionally, after school program has already begun to plan for next year. Please be looking for more information; regarding applying to work for the after school program and registering students for the 2017-18 school year, as the information comes available. Stay tuned... more information to come.

Human Capital SPECIAL EDUCATION

Intellectual Disability (ID)

Rosa's Law

-The most common developmental -2010 federal legislation that passed disability

unanimously

-Comprises 7.3 percent of all children - S u b s t i t u t e d u s e o f t h e t e r m who need special education "intellectual disability" in place of the -In California, almost 45,000 students ter ms "mental retardation" and who received special education in 2014 "mentally retarded" were categorized with ID


DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS Pictured Deissi Lamas, is in her second year with the district serving at Main Street Middle School. Deissi is an Instructional Aide and has had great success with students in meeting there academic and behavioral goals at the middle school. Thank you Deissi for all you do, you are appreciated!

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B U S I N E S S D E P A R T M E N T

President Trump Budget Proposal Cuts Funding for Education Department, Student Aid Last week, President Trump released his budget proposal of $1.15 trillion that cuts the US Department of Education's $68 billion budget by $9.2 billion (13.5%), down to $59 billion. According to campus technology, " It calls for the elimination of the $2.4 billion Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program, or Title II grants, stating that the program is “poorly targeted and spread thinly across thousands of districts with scant evidence of impact.” The $808 million Trio and $219 million GEARUP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), two programs that prepare low-income, first-generation and disabled middle and high school students for college, would lose $193 million."

Losers and Winners In percent terms, according to latimes.com, "...the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the hardest hit under the proposed budget." !5

Human Resources Vacancy Job Announcements: Click on the link below https://www.edjoin.org/Home/Jobs?

Attention CalPERS Anthem Blue Cross Benefit Members Save the Date: Wednesday, March 29th at 2:15 pm Where: Soledad High Multi-Purpose Room MCSIG will be presenting valuable benefit coverage options ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

WELLNESS ROCKS: HEALTH FAIR All EMPLOYEES WELCOME! When: Thursday, March 30th 3:00 pm- 6:00 pm MCOE: 901 Blanco Circle, Salinas

nterested in becoming a Teacher? Please attend a CalState TEACH Presentation Date: 3/27/2017 Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Location: C&I Building | 1261 Metz Road, Soledad Credentials: Log onto ctc.ca.gov to check the status of your credential & note its renewal date. If you need assistance, please email: [email protected]

Julia Turner - New Teacher Support & Development Coordinator

BAGELS, BACON, CINNABONS, & CARROTS “Ooh . . . Aah,” intoned students as the images of bagels, bacon, burgers, and cinnabons, even carrots, appeared on the screen! Items not for breakfast, … not for subliminal messaging, … but for a math lesson!? Two days ago, Math Consultant Chase Orton* and Gabilan teachers Messrs. Loder and Garcia, involved in lesson inquiry, collaborated, planned, and designed the lesson, which they delivered this morning (Thursday). Orton began by engaging students in mentally solving one-variable equations and then in defending their reasoning. When Orton asked students to articulate their reasoning, they explained various cognitive strategies to arrive at the solution. Ending this introductory segment, Orton assigned, “Based on what we have been doing, share with their elbow partners what you think you will be learning today.” Students responded, “We will look at the same answer through different ways.” “We will decide what X is equal to.” “We will find-out what the variable is.” Orton acknowledged that they had picked-up on the objective for learning: they would show their reasoning for solving equations. Loder and Garcia continued their lessons using a video (only visual, no words) to examine math in everyday context: analyzing nutrition labels of “foods we eat,” one student remarked. As the video scrolled through numerous gustatory delights, students remained focused, as evinced by their ensuing “wonder” reflections, such as “I was surprised that a bagel and a doughnut have the same amount of calories.” The video tasked students to consider, for example, “How many calories are in one burrito?” “How many cinnabons would you need to eat to [consume] 2000 calories?” Students extracted the needed information from the nutrition label, computed the math using white boards, tablets, and pencil/paper, and the majority reached the same solution; but they reasoned via various cognitive approaches. For closure, reflecting on “What did you enjoy most about math class today and why?” students responded: “the pictures helped me understand;” (teachers] “didn’t tell me right or wrong;” “we expressed our answers and how we got them.” On the Exit Ticket, students solved one-variable equations and wrote their reasoning. Teachers, this is your chance to ooh and aah! *Orton writes a math blog, link included here, in which he includes lesson writes-ups of the lessons SUSD teachers and he have taught together. These are catalogued by grade and list the relevant standards. http://undercovercalculus.com LCAP #2 –SUSD will provide a high quality and comprehensive instructional program. LCAP #5 –SUSD will attract, recruit, support, and retain a highly effective and diverse workforce

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Technology

AR Apps

District Wide Re-Cabling Project

Teachers: AR apps will no longer be available for use on the iPads, per their developers. In order to access these programs you will have to access the URL's. Please contact Annette Aguilar if you have any questions.

We have received 7 proposals for our recabling project. We will be reviewing the proposals with our identified criteria listed in the RFP to be sure to account for experience, certifications, warranties, and cost for each proposal. A selected vendor contract will be submitted for board approval for the next meeting.

Swift Playgrounds LCAP Goal 2

District's Technology Plan We are in the process of updating our District's Technology plan. A component of the tech plan is to set goals for desired skill levels for our students, by grade level.

Are you interested in Apple's Swift playgrounds coding app? Unfortunately, please note that it is not compatible with our older iPad 4's. In the meantime don't forget the other coding resources that are available to all teachers, below.

We are reaching out to our Tech Committee for feedback, as well as grade level teams to ensure they provide their input for the plan. Please reach out to Annette Trujillo if you have any questions or suggestions for our Technology Plan.

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MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, & FACILITIES

BUS STEPS HANDRAIL

Weekly FMOT Activity Report The FMOT Director met with school site principals and staff this week to review all outstanding work order requests and special projects. New restroom dispensers are being installed starting at Jack Franscioni. The new dispensers are more durable and hold more product than in the past. We will do the same at Ledesma and Ferrero next. A meeting was held this week with Gabilan’s Principal Silva, Superintendent Guzman, Cesar Vega CBO, and John Dominguez of School Site Solutions regarding the renovation of the original office building. We will be meeting with Belli Architectural next week to start design drawings with program input from Principal Silva.

When entering and exiting the bus it is important to always use the handrail. The steps are very steep and difficult to maneuver when not paying attention, or, student's hands are full which causes poor balance. Safety is priority!

We audited the 600 building today at the High School in preparation for re-keying. The final design will be approved by the Principal.

Main Street Construction Update As you drive past Main Street Middle School, you will see that construction has begun, thanks to the dry weather. It is very exciting to see movement.

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Ms. Aidee Aldaco District Wide Intervention Coordinator

Community

Attention ALL Teachers! MST is looking for an opportunity to bring interactive lessons using the MST route system!

To schedule a visit & learn more, email Ms. Aidee Aldaco [email protected] MST can even bring a bus for the youth to explore!

Expanded health coverage program for uninsured backed by Board of Supervisors Pilot health coverage program aimed at county residents who remain uninsured because they are in the country illegally.

http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/ 20170314/expanded-health-coverage-program-for-uninsuredbacked-by-supervisors

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