Submitted by Denair Unified School District
Denair Unified School District has posted the agenda for the March regular board meeting, scheduled for March 12, 2015. The public meeting starts at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the DUSD Leadership/Board Room.
Submitted by Denair Unified School District
A dusty strip of land has an emerald green carpet of grass today, the final part of a collaborative community effort to boost pedestrian safety while also beautifying a busy intersection.
Denair High School students worked with district’s maintenance Thursday to lay down sod alongside 700 feet of concrete sidewalk poured in early January on the north side of Monte Vista Avenue. The irrigation system previously had been installed.
The new sidewalk will improve safety and access to and from nearby Jack W. Lytton Stadium, the scene of football games in the fall as well as community events at other times of the year. It also benefits students attending any of the Denair Unified School District campuses around the corner on Lester Road.
The grass makes a much better visual impression to visitors driving into Denair’s western entrance.
Donations worth about $5,000 paid for the sod and associated sprinkler system. The Denair Lions Club, the Education Foundation and the Farm and Family Festival made the largest donations, but individual community members also contributed. Stanislaus County Supervisor Vito Chiesa, who represents the area, arranged for Central Valley Concrete of Denair to donate the sidewalk work.
“I couldn’t be happier about the project. I think it’s another positive example of the commitment of the people who live here and go to school here to our community,” said Denair schools Superintendent Aaron Rosander.
Submitted by Denair Youth Football
Denair Youth Football registration is open for the 2015 season. Children ages 5-14 are invited to take part in football and cheerleading. All registration takes place online at the Denair Lions youth football web site. You can download the flyer here.
For more information contact Robert Mann at (209) 404-7243 for football, and Tiffany Avara at (209) 484-6748 for cheerleading.
Submitted by Denair Unified School District
Bill Weber teaches tennis. To children as young as 3 and seniors as old as 88. To players who have never gripped a racquet all the way to tournament competitors. His office can be a city park, a private club or, this spring, the purple courts at Denair High School.
He is a tennis lifer. He’s been teaching the sport for 30 years and, at age 57, can’t imagine doing anything else.
Recently, he was named the 2014 Independent Teaching Professional of the Year by the U.S. Professional Teaching Association, an international organization with more than 13,000 members. He was singled out as the best in Northern California, a region that stretches from Fresno to the Oregon border.
Weber consistently has earned praise for his innovative teaching techniques, especially with children. He uses a method developed in Europe that uses smaller racquets, a shorter court, lower nets and modified balls to introduce kids to the game. As young players gradually get bigger and stronger, they move to the regular court.
He has worked with the U.S. Tennis Association on a program that integrates life skills and nutrition with instruction. He is one of the organizers of a NorCal team tennis league. He is a volunteer for junior programs. He currently is the director of tennis for Brenda Athletic Club in Turlock and teaches for city rec programs in Turlock, Oakdale, Atwater, Newman and Patterson.
What is Weber’s key message to his students?
“Have fun. If it’s not fun, you’re not going to want to do it, whether you’re a high-level player or a beginning player,” he said.
In Denair, Weber has worked previously with just two of the eight girls and seven boys on his team.
“We’re pretty green, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be competitive,” he said. “My hope for the season is to be undefeated in Southern League. We will have to overcome Ripon Christian, but I think we can.” Continue reading “Denair High Tennis Coach Brings Award-Winning Approach” »