Board Highlights February 26, 2016

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Board Highlights
February 26, 2016
** Board Study Session / March 1, 2016 / 6:00pm / Lathrop High School Theater **
Table of Contents
School Events with attachments ................................................................................................................................2
Manteca Unified Is Rolling Out Mentor Monday (Manteca Bulletin) ........................................................................5
Mentors Step Forward For Pilot Program (Manteca Bulletin) ...................................................................................7
HIGH FLYING ASSEMBLY (Manteca Bulletin) ..............................................................................................................9
Reading at Sequoia (Manteca Bulletin) ................................................................................................................... 11
Getting Ready For Manteca High Play (Manteca Bulletin) ...................................................................................... 12
USDA Pilot Program for Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables ................................................................................. 13
MUSD MacGyver Night! .......................................................................................................................................... 14
Public Preview of ELA / ELD Textbook Materials..................................................................................................... 15
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Community Outreach & Innovative Programs
Community Outreach & Innovative Programs Dept.
School Events with attachments
Friday, February 26, 2016
East Union Business Department
Students who participate in the East Union Business Department classes learn
communication skills, an overview of Office 365, and employment and time
management skills. Students are also introduced to life skills including career, money
management, cost of living expenses, how to acquire housing and transportation, and
most importantly how to budget for most circumstances. Students also have an
opportunity to acquire extensive knowledge on Microsoft Office Suite and learn to type by touch. The East
Union Business Department strives to help students become career and college ready.
1st Annual East Union & Manteca High M.E.Ch.A. Social
M.E.Ch.A- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán
“Chicano Student Movement”
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School Events
with attachments
Golden West Hosts Parent 49er Days
Thus far, Golden West has held three successful Parent 49er Days (9/2,
11/4, 1/13). 49er Days are hosted by the staff, where parent volunteers
prepare projects and prep work for the teachers. Parents and grandparents
help Golden West teachers stay ahead while socializing and enjoying coffee
and pastries. The next Golden West 49er Day is March 30th!
Golden West Celebrates Family Reading Night
Ranking the most successful event this year at Golden
West with the most attendance was Family Reading
Night; held during Fall Conferences the night of
November 12th. This event included: a full evening of
book reading, free book raffles donated by teachers and
staff, popcorn, crafts, face painting and the GW Book
Fair. Being the highest attended event the year, Family
Reading Night boosted the GW Book Fair sales with all
profits to benefit the Golden West site library.
Hey Golden West, Do YOU like Green Eggs & Ham?
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday and in
conjunction with Read Across America,
Golden West PreK-3rd students are
invited to the cafeteria February 26th,
2016 to sample Green Eggs & Ham.
Parents, grandparents and Junior High
Leadership students are volunteering to
serve Golden West students fresh green
eggs & ham provided by Nutrition
Services. Students will go home with Dr.
Seuss pencils, erasers and bookmarks to
commemorate their participation in the
event!
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School Events
with attachments
FFA Week at Sierra High
FFA activities during the Timberwolves lunch hour! Come out and support
Sierra High’s FFA program and students.
Monday, 2/22 - Ag Trivia with balloons
Tuesday, 2/23 - Wheelbarrow Race with straw bales
Wednesday, 2/24 - Egg Toss
Thursday, 2/25 - Corn Hole Game
Friday, 2/26 - Petting Zoo
Thank you to Amy Bohlken, Michael Patterson, and Sierra High’s FFA leadership students for organizing
these events!
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Manteca Unified Is Rolling Out Mentor Monday (Manteca Bulletin)
February 22, 2016
Mentor Monday — the latest partnership between Manteca Unified School District and the community to
work toward greater student success — debuts today.
Initially 13 community-based volunteer mentors will meet with 61 students today from 3 to 4 o’clock in the
Manteca High library. The goal is to have one mentor for every three to five students.
The goal of the MUSD Mentor Match is to help high school students as they prepare to make the transition
to college and career life. The program aims to connect students with mentors so they can gain perspective
on their life ahead in a particular career category.
Students are being encouraged to query their mentors on their life experiences as well as what to expect in
college and the workplace.
“There is not a rigid outline as to where this program will go,” noted MUSD District Superintendent Jason
Messer. “We want it to go where students needs take it.”
MUSD Mentor Match is the outgrowth of an inquiry from Del Webb at Woodbridge residents who offered
their time to help students succeed.
Although the bulk of the initial mentors are residents from the age-restricted community populated with
retirees or those who are empty nesters and past the age of 55, the ranks also include other school district
residents.
The initial year will have all of the four planned sessions taking place at Manteca High as the bulk of the
students that asked to participate are from the campus. As the program proceeds and takes shape, the plan
is to decentralize it with monthly Mentor Mondays at all of the district’s five comprehensive high school
campuses — Manteca, East Union, Ripon, Lathrop, and Weston Ranch.
Unlike more traditional and structured community interaction in the past such as career days, Mentor
Monday is designed to let student needs and concerns drive the discussion.
A sample meeting agenda may entail 10 minutes of everyone introducing themselves, 10 minutes for short
presentations followed by mentor introductions and the discussion of group goals. There will be group
activities giving mentors the chance to share their insights within a group and discuss what they’d like to see
happen at the next meeting.
Messer noted that the MUSD Mentor Match could evolve significantly from that point. He again
emphasized it is an endeavor that will take shape from student needs.
Other meetings are planned for March 14, April 11, and May 2 from 3 to 4 p.m. each day at the Manteca
Library.
Like all volunteers in public schools, mentors are fingerprinted. They pay the $47 cost unless it is a hardship
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To help get the program rolling, an interest survey of careers was conducted of students that are
participating to establish the initial interest based inventory for matches.
The initial 32 categories are listed at http://j.mp/MUSDmentormatch where mentors were asked to check
at least five categories that intrigued them. The same request was also made of students.
Those categories are accounting, administration/management, automotive, banking/financing, budgeting,
career path, college applications, college essay writing, cooking, customer service, design, education,
engineering, entrepreneurship, healthcare, housing options, insurance, internships, legal, manufacturing,
marketing, mathematics, military, portfolio creation, real estate, resume writing, restaurants, retail, sales,
science, telecommunications, and transportation.
http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/38/article/132552/
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Mentors Step Forward For Pilot Program (Manteca Bulletin)
Peter Gale, who is spearheading the MUSD Mentor Match pilot program, talks with the group gathered at the first-ever session
Monday in the Manteca High library.
Vince Rembulat
vrembulat@mantecabulletin.com
209-249-3537
February 23, 2016
Kathleen Belcher has found her inspiration in mentoring.
She’s taught Nursing at Delta College, where, for the past 15 years, Belcher has been able to share her
knowledge in that field based on her experience of working at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton.
No surprise that Belcher, who resides in Woodbridge-Del Webb, wanted to be part of the newly established
Manteca Unified School District Mentor Match.
She became aware of the pilot program that connects high school students with willing mentors in the
community via Del Webb’s “Next Door” website under the direction of Kathy Howe – incidentally, her
husband Steve Howe, a retired counselor who last worked at Sierra High, was also one of the Mentor Match
volunteers along with the retired principal of that school Rick Arucan.
“We’re all here in an attempt to address a need,” said Arucan, who reunited with Steve Howe to provide
nuggets of information to this small group interested in attaining college scholarships.
“Be a squeaky wheel with your counselor,” he added. “All three (in Howe’s group) want to go to college –
our advice was for them to ask their counselor on what (scholarships) will work for them.”
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According to Peter Gale, who is the mediator for the inaugural MUSD Mentor Match – he’s also the
district’s Coordinator of Instructional Technology / Media Publication – this first gathering of the group at
the Manteca High School library was sparsely attended. Sixty-one students signed up for the program but
only 10 showed up on Monday.
Ditto that for the mentors where eight of the 13 volunteers were in attendance.
Getting the word out to students coupled with their involvement with afterschool sports and other
extracurricular activities may have coincided with this first-ever session. Sessions are planned again for the
MHS library on March 14, April 11, and May 2, from 3 to 4 p.m.
For students, they’re matched with mentors who can be the voice of experience on getting into college or a
job.
“Try to do volunteer work,” said Belcher to those looking to get into some health care fields. In this case,
she worked with freshman Hannah Gonzales and junior Alejandra Villanueva-Diaz.
Both expressed an interest in the area of Heath Care.
For a new program, Gale, who previously taught at Lathrop High and Tracy Unified, was thrilled with the
positive energy on this initial gathering.
“I could see the potential,” he said. “The time flew by, people were engaged, and there was a good exchange
of dialogue from both sides.”
For more information on the MUSD Mentor Match, call the district office at 209.825.3200 or log on to
www.mantecausd.net/community/mentor-match.
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HIGH FLYING ASSEMBLY (Manteca Bulletin)
BMX pros pedal point for students at Weston Ranch
Professional BMX rider Brandon Dosch does a trick on Tuesday at the Weston Ranch U.S. Army National Guard “Bring Your A-Game To School”
assembly
Jason Campbell
jcampbell@mantecabulletin.com
209-249-3544
February 24, 2016
WESTON RANCH – For Weston Ranch JROTC SFC Sal Reyes, his perch at the top of the ramp as worldclass BMX riders were in the house would have been perfect.
But as one of the members of AGA Nation National Guard BMX team ripped through the gym and up a
ramp against the back wall, it became clear that he was going to get a lot more than he bargained for – a fullspeed bicycle and rider flipping straight over the top of him as he peered up and the crowd of students that
has gathered for the assembly cheered.
It was a small price to pay for the message – one that he said everything to do with achieving your dreams
and reaching the goals you set for yourself.
“I think that it shows all of the kids what you can achieve whether it’s in school or after school,” said Reyes
– who helped bring the assembly to the student body. “A lot of people don’t realize that there are a lot of
opportunities out there for them – whether that’s going to college or joining the military – and why this isn’t
a recruiting rally or anything like that, it gives the students some information and shows them that
dedication to something can really pay off.
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Behind the riders – which included X Games medalist and Dew Tour winner Brandon Dosch – the banners
representing the tenets of the U.S. Army National Guard stood as a reminder of the things that are needed
to achieve goals much like those flipping though the air were doing right before them: “Duty, respect,
selfless service, personal courage, honor, integrity and loyalty.”
And according to Cory Yarbrough – a member of the team and the emce of the event – the reception from
the students is overwhelmingly positive every single place that they visit.
“The more you’re in the middle of nowhere the crazier the crowds are, but we get people coming up to us
all the time that are from a group that doesn’t seem much like cheering and they all tell us it’s the coolest
thing they’ve ever seen,” said Yarbrough – who organizes the team and has visited the 48 contiguous United
States are part of this tour. “It’s an amazing experience. I hated a lot of the jobs that I had when I was
younger, but now I look forward to getting out there and meeting young people all over the country.”
The tour will next make an appearance in Rancho Cordova.
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Reading at Sequoia (Manteca Bulletin)
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Getting Ready For Manteca High Play (Manteca Bulletin)
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USDA Pilot Program for Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables
District Office
Operations – Nutrition Education
7/1/16
6/30/17
Nutrition Education has been selected to participate in the USDA Pilot Program for
Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables in the 2016/2017 school year. This pilot allows Child
Nutrition programs to divert USDA Foods entitlement funds to purchase from local
growers by connecting schools to the growers of products, while insuring product is certified
food safe, and sized and package as needed. This pilot will allow MUSD Nutrition
Education to generate $50,000 in purchases of produce from our local communities and
counties.
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MUSD MacGyver Night!
District Office
Community Outrightreach & Innovative Programs
2/23/16
Community Outreach and Secondary Education Departments asked District Wide Staff to save the
world with yarn and paperclips, and they said TOO EASY!
On February 23, 2016, sixty-five District staff members showed up with capes of ingenuity to save the
world at MUSD’s MacGyver Night. Teachers, administrators, office staff, and custodial teamed in groups
of three as they were presented with a challenge to overcome with only the following items: 4 wooden
spools, 1 box, rubber bands, 3 pencils, 6 popsicle sticks, 6 straws, scotch tape, duct tape, paperclips,
thumbtacks, and clothespins. Every team performed outstanding, but only three were announced as
winners.
Winning ‘Most Innovative’, team ‘WRTastic’ with Stacia Lagomarsino and Jessica Acoba from Weston
Ranch High School.
Coming in at 2nd place, team ‘The MacGyverettes’ with Jennifer Andermahr, Anne Widmer, and Trish Tallerico
from Golden West.
*Drum roll*
And in 1st place, team ‘Lambda Lambda Lambda’ with Jenni Thompson, Judi Horton and Colby
Clark August Knodt & Information Technology.
A tour of MUSD’s MELS Garage, where connecting Manufacturing and Engineering to Learning though
Stem is made fun for Helping all Learn Stem.
Congratulations to the winners, now they may proudly say they’ve out MacGyver’d MacGyver. Thank you
to all District Wide Staff for their participation, and camaraderie. #proudtobeMUSD
Visit our website for more photos
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Public Preview of ELA / ELD Textbook Materials
As demonstrated above, public notice was posted in the Manteca Bulletin on Monday,
February 22 advising that the ELA/ELD textbooks being considered for adoption will be
available for public viewing at the District Office from February 29 - March 4, 2016 from
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in conference room 103. Forms will be available for the public to
make comments on.
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Board Highlights February 26, 2016

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