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Superintendent Message -- December 2019
We are just a few weeks from closing out the calendar year. It has been an interesting and exciting four months of the school year and the final days of 2019 will be some of our busiest and most important with a Districtwide Budget forum and a number of VAPA events.
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District Hosts Televised Budget Forum on Monday, Dec. 9
The West Contra Costa Unified School District will host a live town hall meeting from 6 pm to 8 pm that will be broadcast and streamed online to discuss its budget deficit and gather input from community stakeholders on Monday, December 9, 2019.
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Community Celebrates Grand Opening of New PVHS Campus
As students and staff looked eagerly to the future while celebrating the grand opening of Pinole Valley High School’s glistening new campus on a warm, sun-splashed August morning, they also took time to say goodbye to their temporary home across the way.
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Superintendent's Message -- November 2019
Our challenge now is that we have to find ways to reach all students, especially those that have been farthest from opportunity and historically underserved. We can and are doing this work already. One of the biggest shifts occurring is ensuring that the learning experiences within our schools are engaging, empowering and challenging for students.
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Superintendent's Message -- October 2019
The 2019-20 school year is in full swing and this month was a perfect example of the great things happening within our District. Helms Middle School hosted its grand opening celebration for its Internationals Academy and Chevron and DonnorsChoose.org kicked off the 10th Fuel Your School Event.
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Kennedy High School' s Football Team's Historic Postseason Run Ends Four Points Shy of Title
The Eagles were playing for their first North Coast Section Title in 31 years but fell just short, losing 31-28 to St. Bernard-Eureka.
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De Anza, Kennedy High School Football Teams Two Wins From First NCS Titles in More Than 30 Years
The last time the De Anza and Kennedy high school football teams were both in this position, none of the current players were born and most of their parents were still in grade school.
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Team Work: WCCUSD, Special Olympics Partner for Third Annual Special Olympics Basketball Tournament
Just before the Thanksgiving Break, the West Contra Costa Unified School District and the Special Olympics of Northern California partnered on November 20 to host the third annual Special Olympics basketball tournament.
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Out for a Spin: Richmond Hosts 8th Annual E-Bike Challenge
Richmond High School engineering students, Chevron engineers team up to design, build and race electronic bicycles for the 8th Annual Richmond High School E-Bike Challenge.
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District Hosts Televised Budget Forum on Dec. 9
The West Contra Costa Unified School District will host a live town hall meeting that will be broadcast and streamed online to discuss its budget deficit and gather input from community stakeholders from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday, Dec. 9.
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Four WCCUSD Schools qualify for NCS Football Playoffs
For the third straight year, the West Contra Costa Unified School District will have four schools in the postseason. Kennedy, De Anza will host NCS playoff games on Friday, while Pinole Valley and El Cerrito will travel to play games also on Friday.
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UC President Janet Napolitano visits Hercules middle and high school to kick off UC's application filing period
With the Titans’ varsity drumline providing theme music and the cheer squad supplying the spirit, Hercules welcomed UC President Janet Napolitano to school for UC Achieve Day. The retiring UC President also brought four recent Hercules alumni with her to highlight the UC experience and to raise awareness around the UC Application Filing Period that ends November 30.
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Annual State of the Schools Postponed
Due to the recent PG&E power outages, the Annual State of the Schools event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Power of WE: Wilson Breaks Ground on New Campus
When Wilson reopens, it won’t be your traditional school with long hallways lined with classrooms. Instead, the Tiger community will have large classroom suites that enables teachers across grade levels to collaborate together. And when they want to, the suites can separate into smaller classrooms.
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Sea Plankton earns El Cerrito Freshman National Recognition
El Cerrito High School freshman Nora Thompson's science project "Lights of the Sea" was one of 300 projects nationwide recognized by the Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science and the Public. Thompson will find out Sept. 18 if her project is among the top 30 in the country.
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A Message From Superintendent Duffy
It is with profound sadness that I am writing to let you know that Aaron Aldana, a student who attended Greenwood Academy and Richmond High School, died suddenly last week. Our condolences, thoughts, and prayers are with his family and friends as they try to understand this tragic situation.
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District Celebrates First Day of School with Partners
Board President Tom Panas, Superintendent Matthew Duffy, and United Teachers of Richmond President Demetrio Gonzalez held a "competition" to see who could visit the most schools on the first day.
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Kennedy High School Students, Fab Lab Recreate History
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, students at Kennedy High School and the Fab Lab were asked by former Myth Buster's co-host Adam Savage to help recreate the command module hatch from the mission.
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Freedom School Comes To WCCUSD
Freedom School has come to West Contra Costa Unified School District for its first year. The Children's Defense Fund's Freedom School provides a safe, fun, and fulfilling learning experience for 50 children from Stege and Nystrom Elementary Schools.
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Rev. Shumake Receives Jefferson Award for Work with Mafanikio Program at Nystrom
Jacqueline Martin was so impressed with Rev. Andre Shumake’s leadership of the Mafanikio program and the impact it’s had on her grandson, D’jae Harrell, that she nominated him for the Jefferson Award for community service that he was recently awarded by KPIX Channel 5.
