The Class of 2012 is partnering with the Close-Up Foundation to travel to Washington, D.C. this summer! Using the nation’s capital as a living classroom, participants get a “close up” view of government and democracy in action.

We will travel to D.C. to get educated and inspired to become informed and engaged citizens. Our aim is not just to expand our minds and heart through experiencing new places and people, but it is also to learn things that we can bring back to our lives here in Oakland.

As a team of seven juniors and one teacher, we are working together to make sure we raise the money to pay for our program expenses, but we need some help from family and friends to raise the remainder of the funds.

http://www.unityhighcloseup.com/

Congratulations to all Oakland Unity High School “All League” student athletes!

http://bacsac.org/bacsac/bacsac.html

1st team All-League Boys’ Soccer
Abraham Salazar

2nd team All-League Boys’ Soccer
Carlos Cervantes
Salvador Sanchez

2nd team All-League Girls’ Basketball
Kaisha Lopez
Milagros Quintero

Boys’ Basketball Honorable Mention
DeQuan Alexander

Alicia Vicente Ortega (Grade 11), Ana Pena (Grade 11), Brenda Garcia (Grade 11), and Nori Dubon (Grade 9) will all be attending the Smith College Summer Science and Engineering Program for High School Girls. Congratulations to them. Your hard work has paid off!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Smith Summer Science and Engineering Program (SSEP) is a four-week residential program for exceptional young women with strong interests in science, engineering and medicine. Each July, select high school students from across the country and abroad come to Smith College to do hands-on research with Smith faculty in the life and physical sciences and in engineering. Girls who will be in high school (grades 9-12) in fall 2011 are eligible to apply for the summer 2011 program.

Our proficiency rates are climbing, and overall passing rates remain high. Here are some highlights from this year’s results:

ELA
Passed: 80.4% (53 out of 66) was 83% in 2010
Proficient (380 and above): 53% (35 out of 66) was 35% in 2010!

MATH
Passed: 89.4% (59 out of 66) was 92% in 2010
Proficient (380 and above): 68.18% (45 out of 66) was 44% in 2010!

This year, more than 4,900 charter schools across the nation, including 912 diverse charter schools across California, will mark National Charter Schools Week the first week of May. This is an annual opportunity to not only celebrate the great work accomplished by charter public schools, but to:

=> Advocate for a more favorable policy environment for charter schools,
=> Show how the quality and accountability of charters schools is transforming public education and the lives or over a million children, and
=> Increase public awareness that charter schools are public schools dedicated to improving our nation’s public education system.

More information can be found here:

http://www.calcharters.org/National_Charter_Schools_Week_CA_Fact_Sheet.pdf