Celebrating Educational Excellence -- Statewide Event Fetes Leading Educators.SAN FRANCISCO -- A gala event to celebrate the accomplishments of California's districts, schools, educators, and students is being held on the evening of May 30th at the Design Center Galleria in San Francisco. This annual event is put on by Springboard Schools to emphasize the good news in education in California The California education system consists of a full range of public and private schools in California, from the University of California system, to well-known private colleges, to an extensive network of secondary and primary education schools. . This year, Springboard Schools will recognize three organizations or people who exemplify good educational systems and who have made successful efforts to improve the schools and districts in which they work. The schools and districts being recognized at the Annual Gala are not wealthy - in fact, they have large populations of students learning English and with low family incomes. Where these schools and districts are rich is in their dedicated education leaders who are determined that every student in every school has a successful school career, and is ready for college or the workplace upon graduation. The annual Gala, hosted by Ysabel Duron, KRON 4 news anchor, will include cocktails, a dinner, and entertainment by the Healdsburg High School Healdsburg High School is a high school in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, USA School Information Healdsburg High School is a comprehensive four year school for grades nine through twelve. Jazz Band. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Sandra Hernandez, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the San Francisco Foundation. This year's honorees include: * Superintendent Jane Russo, Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is a school district in Orange County, California that serves the city of Santa Ana. Although its geographic size is only 24 square miles, it is the third largest school district in the state of California with 61,693 students. * Lodi Unified School District Lodi Unified School District is a school district located in San Joaquin County, California. It encompasses the cities of Stockton and Lodi and currently has roughly 28,396 students. * Roosevelt High School Roosevelt High School is the name of various public and independent secondary schools:
Celebrating Educational Excellence would not be possible without the generous support of people and organizations that recognize the value and importance of a good education for every California child. This year, our sponsors include: * AT&T * Autodesk * Half Moon Bay Brewing Company * The James Irvine Foundation * Lautze & Lautze * Bill and Mary Poland * San Francisco Business Times * See's Candies * State Farm * Wells Fargo For more information call 415 348-5526 or visit www.SpringboardSchools.org. About Springboard Schools Springboard Schools is a California-based nonprofit and non-partisan network of educators committed to raising student achievement and narrowing the achievement gap. Springboard Schools was founded in 1995 as the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (BASRC BASRC Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (California) ). Last year alone, Springboard Schools worked with 85 districts in Northern California, the Central Valley, and Southern California, and impacted more than a million California public school students. |
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