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SEAN at PAUSD Meeting on Minority Achievement
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:49:00 GMT
SEAN vice-presidents Lucas and Al Brooks, along with myself, participated in a PAUSD meeting on 2/24/09 on minority achievement, as part of the district's Increasing Academic Achievement for Students of...
SEAN's Lucas Brooks on Paly Facebook Panel
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:48:00 GMT
On January 22nd, SEAN vice-president Lucas Brooks participated on a panel at Paly on the subject of Facebook usage. Lucas spoke about how to use Facebook constructively, and how he has organized a Facebook group...
SEAN's CORE Study Group Program
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:47:00 GMT
SEAN's CORE Study Group Program, which was launched in January, focuses on formation of small study groups that meet twice weekly to study as well as discuss college plans. These are student-led groups...
Remarks at the 12/9 School Board meeting
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:51:00 GMT
At the December 9th school board meeting, we addressed the board on the agenda item regarding our high school graduation requirements. Dr. Skelly proposed, and the board approved, a change to align our English and...
SEAN at PNSC event on Path to College
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:47:00 GMT
On November 19, I participated on a panel at an event called "Is Your Child on the Road to College." The event was co-sponsored by the PNSC, PAUSD, and the Palo Alto Council of PTA's. My role was to give the "student...
SEAN Releases Briefing Paper on High School...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:57:00 GMT
We have prepared a Briefing Paper on PAUSD's high school graduation requirements. We have identified where the graduation requirements are not aligned with the requirements for admission to the UC system. We have...
SEAN releases College Readiness Briefing Paper
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT
Recent PAUSD school board meetings have included presentation of scholastic assessment reports. The three reports are here, here, and here. We have reviewed these reports, along with relevant SARC data, to create a...
Remarks at 8/26 School Board Meeting
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:20:00 GMT
At the August 26th school board meeting, we addressed the board in open forum, on the subject of high school graduation requirements. We asked the board to focus on aligning the graduation requirements with those of...
SEAN Launch at PNSC Event
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:16:00 GMT
Yesterday I spoke at the PNSC welcome back event to introduce the launch of SEAN in our community. Here’s an overview of my remarks. SEAN is a new grassroots student organization...
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:22 GMT
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