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Middle School Honors Concert (Click to view)

2017 Middle School Honors Concert celebrate with

students from MUSD.


Features

Students of Joshua Cowell sharing their creative mission reports.

Joshua Cowell 5th grade students participated in an “Out of this World” project. Students were assigned a planet, and asked to create an alien to survive on that planet taking into consideration the habitat, atmosphere and weather.


Joshua Cowell students celebrated 100 Days of school in a variety of ways. TK celebrated with STEM activities in their classroom, first grade dressed as 100 year-olds, and Kindergarten counted to 100 by making cereal necklaces.


The first phase of modernization has been completed at Golden West! The new

library has officially opened. It is an amazing, accommodating space and is fully

equipped to support the needs of Golden West students. The space is inviting

and provides a quiet and relaxing seating area. There are big windows to let in

bright light for reading. Attached to the library is a new curriculum room.

Golden West is looking forward to seeing the enjoyment of reading and

learning in our new library!

Special kudos to librarian Jackie Bylow, custodial staff and several volunteers

for their dedication and support in moving the library contents to its new

location. Their pride and joy in making the library a special place is evident.

The Golden West Boys and Girls Volleyball team

celebrated a successful 2016/17 volleyball

year. Both teams showed what it really means to

play for the blue and gold! The 49ers boys and girls

played every game like a team, working hard to dig,

spike and serve winners. They showed great

sportsmanship and did very well in the Manteca

High Tournament! The boys made the playoffs and

played their hearts out against Neil Hafley! We

wish our 8th graders the best in all their future

endeavors and remember, “Skill can only take you

so far, but your heart can take you as far as you

want to go!”

Great job on a fantastic season 49ers!!!


This past weekend 11 students represented Manteca High in the Norcal DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America - Business Competitions) DCD Event in San Ramon. It was a very busy weekend full of testing, event competitions and activities.

Congratulations to Guadalupe Piceno Lopez for placing third in the Accounting aptitude-testing category!


Sierra High had 11 FFA students compete in the Delta Cal Sectional Speech

Contest at Linden High School.

The Marketing team placed 1st High Team. Joseph DeRuyter placed 2nd

High Individual, and Riechal Martinez placed 10th High Individual in this

contest. The Best Informed Greenhand team placed 2nd High

Team. Amber Zarevich placed 1st High Individual, Gillian Montross placed

3rd High Individual, Krystal Luis placed 4th High Individual, and Jackie Brown

placed 6th High Individual in this contest.

Sierra High school and FFA Agriculture Teacher Amy Bohlken are so proud

of these students and their accomplishment!!

Stella Brockman 8th grade

students from Mrs. Ramirez’s

social studies class created

historical fiction picture books

about the Revolutionary War.

8th grade students partnered

up with 2nd grade students to

share their books by reading

aloud.

The story time not only

created an environment to

share knowledge, but also

served as assessment.

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Community Outreach Stories

Weston Ranch High School JROTC's Monster Performance

Submitted by: Joe Contreras Community Outreach

17,500 people filled the brand new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento as the Weston Ranch High School JROTC Color Guard with a perfect cadence, walked in sync, and presented the Colors.

The Color Guard at Weston Ranch High School often presents the colors during the National Anthem at events but this was not your typical event. On Saturday January 21st, they had the honor of presenting the colors in front of a sold out crowd before the Golden 1 Center hosted a Monster Jam event.

The squad included Senior-Nancy Aguilar, Senior-Teresa Novoa, Junior-Adam Daniels, Senior-Octavio Lopez, and Junior-Jose Revulta.

Lopez explained, "It was a wonderful but nerve racking experience."

He has been doing color guard since his sophomore year and this was his first event in color guard this school year. There were many people cheering for color guard and the National Anthem, Lopez described.

They had the opportunity to see behind the scenes of back stage before the monster trucks go out to perform and to meet the drivers of the monster trucks. They also received free ticket to watch the actual monster truck jam.

Daniels adds, "It is something that I would definitely want to do again."

His favorite part was stepping out of his confront zone and perform in front of a sold out crowd that helped him improve.

Left to Right: Octavio Lopez, Adam

Daniels, Teresa Novoa, Nancy Aguilar,

and Jose Revuelta


WRHS Soroptimist Girl of the Month

Submitted By: Joe Contreras Community Outreach Intern

Nicka Mallari walked into the Rendezvous Banquet Room in Manteca, California on January 17th for a luncheon—not knowing that she was the only student being honored. Mallari received the January Soroptimist Girl of the Month award.

The Soroptimist International was founded in 1921 in Oakland, California. The Manteca branch was established 56 years ago and is a businesswomen’s service organization. Soroptimist strives to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. Their vision is to give women and girls the resources and opportunities to reach their full potential and live their dreams. Their core values include gender equality, empowerment, education, diversity, and fellowship.

Mallari was selected out of all the female students at Weston Ranch High School for her outstanding involvement in the community and as someone who makes a difference.

She commented, "It was an honor to be selected out all of the girls at this school."

Mallari had the opportunity to meet the President of the organization- Betty Ingell. Jodi Beaty, WRHS Science Teacher, presented the award to Mallari and spoke about her involvement in the community and in the medical field.

She is a member of the new be.Vital program at WRHS where she plans to seek a career in the medical field.

"I want to go to a four year college, work my way up, and get a bachelors in Nursing," Mallari explained.

She is currently taking the Pharmacy Tech classes to get prepared for a test to be certified to become one while she studies nursing. Other be.Vital courses she has taken includes both Medical Terminology and Medical Chemistry.

Mallari has applied to four California State Universities including CSU Stanislaus, San Francisco State, CSU East Bay, and CSU Sacramento. She awaits the acceptance letter from one of the four schools.

Teachers had the biggest impact in her high school experience, "they worked with me, helping me before and after school," added Mallari.

She has volunteered numerous of hours at the St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton as a gift shop cashier and in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which is a six-month commitment that she began in September. Mallari is also involved in competitive volleyball. From IT Student Intern to Digital Support Technician

Nicka Mallari with Soroptimist

President Betty Ingell


From IT Student Intern to Digital Support Technician

Community Outreach Intern Submitted By: Shamyel Rezaye

Bradley Weberg is the first person who was able to

turn his summer internship in Manteca Unified

School District into a permanent position.

Weberg is a Digital Support Technician at Sequoia

elementary school. He worked as an intern for the

District over the summer in 2016.

“The internship helped introduce me to the basics of

MUSD’s infrastructure as far as technology,” said

Weberg. “It’s very satisfying to be able to step

through an issue and get it resolved through

whatever means necessary.”

During his time as an intern, he was able to work

independently on projects while learning from the

experiences and expertise of the staff.

The Internship provided him with the building blocks

he needed for his future.

“Being a student intern helped get me ready for

working with the technology in use here,” added

Weberg. “I actually was not able to apply for the DST

internship position as it was for High School

students, but I knew that was the sort of thing I

wanted to do.”

“I’ve always been looking towards a troubleshooting and technical support role for as long as I’ve wanted to

work in technology.”

The internship helped him go through the experience of what he will be doing as an employee and now that he

is one, he enjoys it a lot.

When it comes to long-term goals, Weberg knows that this is the beginning of his career. He has earned his

associates degree in business and is finishing up with his bachelor’s degree in Business with an IT concentration

this summer coming up.

“With regard to my long-term career goals, I feel learning about the latest technology being used in a working

environment, being able to better understand problems, and being more comfortable fixing these issues would

be some of the things I’d like to pick up on,” said Weberg. “I’d maybe like to become someone in charge of the

backbone of technology as opposed to front-line support but that is certainly a long time away.”


Lancer Clubs Welcome Incoming 8th Grade Students

Submitted By: Jessica Pablo Community Outreach Intern

The annual 8th grade visitation allows current eighth graders to step onto the high school campus and get a feel for what their second home will be like for the next four years. Along with social participation, the eighth graders were able to listen to a high school counselor talk about their four-year journey towards graduation.

"This is just a brief preview of what high school is like and it all takes place within a few hours," said senior leadership member Jenna Zuniga.

The future students of East Union went on a tour to view the main parts of campus, as well as given insight on various clubs, sports, and annual events to partake in.

"I liked 8th grade visitation because it's a good way to show what high school is all about," said Rally Commissioner Vonika Pok.

Many different clubs perform for the eighth graders during their visit. This year the programs that performed or were involved in the rally were Asian Pacific Islander Club (API), Choir, JROTC, Cheer, Theatre, Band, Drumline, Folklorico, and Color/Winter Guard.

"You can see what visually interests you so you can get sort of an idea for when you get there," explained Pok. "It's important for them to know that high school has a lot of fun activities and clubs to offer so they better keep their grades up or else they won’t be able to be a part of any of it!"

Many eighth graders really enjoyed their short visit.

"It totally made me excited for high school, since my older sister Lyka does API and the fact that she let me perform with her at the rally was fun,” explained New Haven eighth grader Nicole Sebastian. “It gives me that feeling that the next four years will be filled with excitement!"


Department Highlights

Measure G- Modernization Project process update Operations Department

The modernization projects at Lincoln, Golden West, Lathrop, Sequoia and Shasta elementary schools are

nearing completion. The District has now occupied each of the new buildings that were constructed as part of

the modernization and the remaining construction within each of existing facilities is underway. Each contractor

will complete their scope of work depending on the individual schedule demands of the project. Currently, the

modernization projects at Sequoia and Shasta elementary are scheduled for final completion in February with

Lincoln, Golden West and Lathrop elementary following in March and April. Please check out the link below to

see construction progress at each site so far.

View the modernization update video below-

http://www.mantecausd.net/about-musd/modernization

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January 17, 2017

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUSD Marks a Software Milestone

Steven English, DST at Brock Elliott

elementary, helps a student with his learning

device.

(Manteca, CA) — The Digital Support

Technicians (DST) and Information Technology

(IT) Department at Manteca Unified School

District just completed their 10,000th

Windows 10 software installation. Migrating all MUSD computers to the same version of Windows is a major

goal of the IT department this year.

Most district computers run Windows 8.1, however, many desktop and laptop computers in offices, classrooms,

and computer labs all ran Windows 7 previously. This meant that the IT department had to support three

different versions of Windows. But there are more important reasons why this migration is an important goal.

“Windows 10 offers better collaboration and with it we upgrade everyone to Office 365, which also has more

features and a seamless software update system,” said Josh Bowers Technology Support Analyst and Windows

10 migration project manager for the IT Department.

Bowers added, “It also includes the new Windows Store for Education that provides an easy way for teachers

and students to install learning software they need while educators don’t have to worry that their students are

installing games and getting off task.”

Debbie Hagedorn, DST at Lincoln Elementary, was the technician who joined the 10,000th Windows 10 computer

to the MUSD domain after completing the software installation. She is one of 31 DST support staff in the district.

“A lot of credit goes to the DSTs,” said Bowers. “They have really had to prioritize these upgrades without

ignoring student needs at the site.”

When it comes to older computers, Bowers explained, “We are going to migrate 100% of the computers in the

district. We did a lot of work up front to make sure this would be successful for even our older devices—some

up to 12 years old.”


One measure that the IT Department put into place was a self-serve portal that provided explicit directions on

how an MUSD Employee could upgrade their computer to Windows 10 on their own—without a DST to help.

“The district already added 4,000 student windows 10 computers, but this milestone means that we have

migrated 6,000 computer lab, office, and teacher computers to Windows 10,” said Bowers. “Of those, 887—or

about

15%—were upgraded without IT help using the self-serve portal. All teacher and school computers will be

upgraded to Windows 10 before the end of the school year.”

In addition to the software and technical side of the project, there is an important human element too. Many

people are not comfortable with the idea of a new version of Windows and require some training.

“We have done about 40 staff trainings with up to 30 people per training,” said Bowers. “A lot of people were

nervous. Once people get their hands on it, though, I usually get a sigh of relief. Microsoft did a great job with

helping the transition to Windows 10 be a lot easier. It has familiarity of both Windows 7 and Windows 8 in it.”

To help manage the project, Bowers established a schedule and deadlines for school employees and their

support technicians to complete the work. All teacher and school computers will be upgraded over the school

year. This summer, the IT Department has the ambitious goal to migrate all other student computers in the

district to Windows 10.

To help with that work, they will be hiring 10 high school student interns to assist the DST and IT staff with the

project. They will be working on computers from one school at time. This ensures that students will be issued

the same computer they had the year before.

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The Manteca Unified School District (MUSD) serves more than 23,500 students. MUSD School Board will ensure

every school day is relevant, rigorous, and leads students to become productive and engaged members of a

global society while residing in the central valley. MUSD is committed to providing a safe environment where all

students will thrive with the tools, resources and support needed to achieve their academic and personal

potentials.

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State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Funding Relief for School

Closures Due to Flooding, Winter Storms

SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today directed the California

Department of Education to work with all schools and school districts forced to close as a result of flooding and

other winter storm related issues so that they may qualify for relief from the loss of Average Daily Attendance

(ADA) funding.

“Creating and maintaining a safe environment for students and school staff is a top priority of the

California Department of Education. Any schools forced to close as a result of the extreme winter weather we’ve

seen this month may be able to recoup these important ADA funds,” Torlakson said. “I’ve directed my staff to

help affected school administrators through the process of applying for waivers due to school closures. Schools

in California should not suffer financially or in any other way for putting the safety of our students first in any

kind of emergency.”

Approval of school closures may be requested by submitting three copies of Form J-13A (DOC). For more

guidance on ADA relief, see the CDE’s Management Advisory 90-01 on ADA Credit During Periods of Emergency.

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The California Department of Education is a state agency led by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. For more information, please visit the California Department of Education’s Web site or by mobile device. You may also follow Superintendent Torlakson on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

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MHS: THE FUTURE Roundtables seek community input

Dennis Wyatt

[email protected]

209-249-3519

January 24, 2017

Manteca High — the oldest campus in Manteca — is targeted for $30 million worth of modernization work.

And although actual work may not start for another five years using Measure G bond money, how Manteca Unified District proceeds will have significant impacts not just on future students and the surrounding neighborhood but much of the school district as well.

The district is starting its planning effort with two community roundtables scheduled for the Manteca High cafeteria. They are Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.

It is being billed as an opportunity to “work with a small group to help shape the next evolution of Manteca High School.”

School leaders are seeking feedback on safety, parking classrooms, walking pathways, and other facility needs.

Given that $30 million has been described as a “drop in the bucket” by Deputy Superintendent Clark Burke when it comes to the long list of campus needs, the district also wants input on what the community believes the first priorities should be in spending the bond proceeds.

The input will be used to help form a modernization plan for the campus that dates back 98 years.

The Manteca High campus was rebuilt in 1949 with new structures and modernizations taking play in 1993, 1996, and 2002. It consists of a 45-acre campus split by Garfield Avenue. There are numerous program deficiencies related to structures including a gym that can only hold a third of the student body at any given time.

Manteca Unified has two major issues coming together at the same time — the need to modernize and improve the security as well as safety of Manteca High plus deal with growth mostly south of the 120 Bypass. That growth could balloon district enrollment by 20 percent over the next four to five years.

The district owns land on Tinnin Road designated for a new high school. The cost to build a high school campus for 1,500 to 1,800 students is pegged at $140 million plus. The big ticket items are extending infrastructure to serve the campus and support facilities such as a gym, football field, swimming pool, and such.

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The district is at 96 percent capacity and lacks roughly a third of the funding to build any new school. That missing third reflects a combo of state and local bond money. None of the Measure G bond can be used for construction to accommodate growth. At the same time, the state school bond passed in November is not expected to yield much funding, if any, for new schools per se due to a backlog of modernization projects and existing new school work already approved for reimbursement when the state sells the school bonds.

The likelihood of Manteca Unified pursuing another bond with taxpayers still paying on two existing bond measures isn’t considered a possibility in the near future. That leaves Manteca Unified with only two funding sources for new construction: Mello Roos taxes or some other financial mechanism developers might be willing to put in place and growth fees assessed on new housing on a per square footage basis.

With elementary schools costing $25 million to $30 million apiece, it is prompting Manteca Unified to look at all potential scenarios.

Almost 80 percent of all growth in the district could come from south of the 120 Bypass. The two closest high schools are Sierra High and Manteca High.

While busing to Weston Ranch, East Union, and Lathrop are options it would be only short-term temporary or could end up adding portable classrooms and overloading campuses. Lathrop High also has potential growth to address in that community although the volume is not as imminent as it is in South Manteca.

Sierra High could accommodate some additional permanent classrooms.

And while none of the $30 million earmarked for Manteca High Measure G work can go to house new growth, how it is spent and the campus configured could play a key role in accommodating that growth. That could mean growth fees collected on new homes could be spent to expand Manteca High.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email [email protected]

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EU senior earns full ride to Stanford

Vince Rembulat

[email protected]

209-249-3537

January 21, 2017

Jordan Barajas is going to Stanford University. The East Union High senior was told at an early age that with hard work and good grades he could go anywhere in the country to college.

He may have been skeptical, initially. “I’ll get straight A’s throughout high school and see what happens,” Barajas recalled.

He did just that. Not only did he get perfect grades – included was 29 A-plus grades at last count, according to Principal Raul Mora – over the course of the past four years, he’s also been involved in various activities.

Since his sophomore year, Barajas has been a varsity basketball player for the Lancers.

The Stanford-bound student is also receiving a full-ride scholarship via the QuestBridge. He applied for this national college match shortly after receiving his acceptance letter on Dec. 1.

By then, Barajas had already applied to Yale, Dartmouth, and Columbia.

“I had to withdraw those applications (from those Ivy League schools),” he said Friday in the East Union High library, pointing out that this was part of the QuestBridge scholarship stipulation. Barajas hopes to someday become a math teacher.

No surprise, he was greatly influenced by his many instructors at East Union, in particular, freshman honors teacher Brad Edam, AP Language teacher Nate Smith, and Astronomy teacher Remberto Lopez. The latter was Barajas’ basketball coach as a freshman.

“He took me under his wing,” he said of Lopez, who was impressed with the strong work ethic the teen put forth on the basketball court and the classroom. Barajas is currently a teacher’s aide for Lopez. “He’s always did a good job managing both basketball and his school work,” said Jennifer Barajas, Jordan’s mother.

She nudged her son along his educational path.


“He was always motivated,” Jennifer Barajas said. “I really didn’t need to push him.” Mora and counselor Angeleena Sim were proud of Jordan Barajas’ acceptance into Stanford. They can’t

recall the last time that an East Union student made it to the prestigious West Coast school directly from high school. Both credited block scheduling during the past two years for helping that dream come true for Barajas. He’ll be visiting Stanford on Jan. 31 for his Class of 2021 orientation. Barajas will also spend several days on campus in late April for the Admit Weekend event. To contact reporter Vince Rembulat, e-mail [email protected].




For Kids’ Sake appreciates help January 22, 2017

Editor, Manteca Bulletin,

The Manteca Parks and Recreation Department’s Youth Advisory Commission in cooperation with the Manteca Unified School District’s Transportation Department and the Silver Barons MC sponsored the Stuff the Bus “For Kids’ Sake” event and the Christmas Party “For Kids’ Sake “and provided families in our community with Christmas gifts, jackets, food baskets and 300 holiday meals at the Christmas party. Close to 1,300 children benefited from this program.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincerest gratitude to the following: Major Sponsors and Supporters of the event: Manteca Wal-Mart, Trips and Tours Committee Members, The Jeff Burkhardt Foundation, Manteca Senior Advisory Committee, Pastor Mark Bell of First Christian Church, Bob Raymus, Ron Laffranchi, RDO Equipment Co., Tesla Company, Thrive Church, Manteca Police Chief Foundation, Delicato Winery, Manteca Police Officers Association, Central Valley Association of Realtors, The Lost Riders MC, East Union Basketball team, East Union Leadership class, East Union FFA, East Union Cheerleaders, Sierra High School Leadership, Raymond Handling Concepts, Old Navy Managers, Staff of Great Valley School in Weston Ranch, Curzon Transportation, Trigo Industries, Momma T’s Custom Creations, Vengeful Saints MC, Community Development Dept., Hi-Five Nutrition, Binford’s Custom Cycle, Second Harvest Food Bank, Eagle’s Nest Harley Davidson, Manteca Fire Department , Girl Scout Troop #726 and Reflections Photography.

Thank you to the Manteca Parks and Recreation staff and volunteers and the MUSD bus drivers for serving at Christmas Party.

Thank you to community members who donated toys, food, coats blankets, pillows, gift cards and monetary donations to our Stuff the Bus events, without you this project would not have been a reality. Also thank you to those in the community that helped prepare gifts, serve at the party and delivered gifts to the families.

A special thank you to the Trips and Tours Committee and the Spaghetti Dinner Crew from the Senior Center, who prepared, cooked, served and provided clean up at the Christmas Party.

Thank you to the entire Manteca City Council, City Staff and the MUSD School Board for their support of this program.

For Kids’ Sake Committee Members



Choir ~ Orchestra ~ Band

San Joaquin County Off ice of Educat ion

2017 Middle School Honors Concer t

Students from your dis tr ic t have been se lec ted to par t ic ipate in

the 2017 Middle School Honors Concer t .

Please jo in us and suppor t this wor thwhile event .

T he event i s free of charge and open to the publ ic .

Saturday, March 4, 2017

7 pm

Delta College

Atherton Auditorium

Free Admission

209.468.4973

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