Rancho City Employees Sponsor 2nd Annual Scholarship

by Helen Brewer on March 5, 2010 · 0 comments

in Lifestyle, Schools

The 2nd annual Community Pride scholarship, established and funded by Rancho Cordova City employees, will be awarded next month to a graduating high school senior who lives in Rancho Cordova.

The $500 scholarship was established last year to show City employees’ support of youth and education in the Rancho Cordova community. Read more –>


February 26, 2010

Regional Science Bowl Set for March 6

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Sacramento’s Mira Loma High School will begin defending its winning Regional and National Science Bowl titles on March 6. Students from Mira Loma, along with other high school teams, will test their knowledge in math and science at the Sacramento Regional Science Bowl in Folsom, to compete for a chance to attend the National Science [...]

February 11, 2010

Local Students Awarded Medals at 30th Annual Sacramento County Academic Decathlon

Individual and team winners of the 30th Annual Sacramento County Academic Decathlon, held February 6 at Inderkum High School, have been announced by Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools David W. Gordon. Modeling their efforts after the Olympic Decathlon, close to 300 local students competed for awards in ten demanding academic events: Mathematics, Art, Music, Language/Literature, [...]

January 24, 2010

Mitchell PTSA fundraiser at Straw Hat Jan. 25

On Monday, Jan. 25 from 11am-10pm, Mitchell Middle School PTSA will hold its next Straw Hat Pizza fundraiser at the restaurant located at 2929 Mather Field Rd, Rancho Cordova (363-5050).
Straw Hat will donate 50% of EVERY pizza purchase to to help pay for Mitchell classroom supplies and field trips.
This year was tough. PTSA contributed money to help [...]

January 20, 2010

Bettencourt to Replace Godwin as FCUSD Superintendent; Cordova High Principal Replacement to be Determined

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FCUSD Board members decided to replace Superintendent Patrick Godwin with current Deputy Superintendent Debbie Bettencourt in a unanimous vote Thursday, while  Cordova High School Principal Jackie Levy’s replacement has yet to be decided.
Godwin announced his retirement in November after holding two public forums regarding the closure of two Rancho Cordova elementary schools. His retirement will be [...]

January 2, 2010

Superintendent Godwin Spells Out FCUSD Budget Woes

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The Folsom Cordova Unified School District will be returning from their winter break with the goal of cutting at least $10.6 million from their budget, an update from Superintendent Patrick Godwin said.
Though the amount of potential cuts has been reduced from the original figure of $20 million late in 2009, Godwin said the number could [...]

December 18, 2009

Cordova Lane Parents Launch Effort to Keep School Open

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The Folsom Cordova Unified Schoold District has given concerned parents the opportunity to keep one of the schools open that is slated to close at the end of the school year.

November 27, 2009

Next Steps Being Determined in Rancho Cordova School Closures

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The FCUSD school board has already handed down their decision to close two Rancho Cordova schools, and the district is now gathering its resources to begin students’ transitions to new schools.
Students currently attending Riverview Elementary will be transitioned to Peter J. Shields Elementary, located at 10434 Georgetown Drive; students attending Cordova Lane Elementary will either be [...]

November 19, 2009

FCUSD Approves Closure of Cordova Lane and Riverview Elementaries

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In a decision Board President Ed Short said was “heart-wrenching,” the Folsom Cordova Unified School District Board of Education approved the closure of Cordova Lane and Riverview Elementaries at a meeting held Thursday night.
“I know for me personally, combining schools is not something I want to do,” Short said to the packed audience in the Cordova [...]

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