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The Denair High School Drama Club will be preforming a stage adaption of Frank Capra’s, It’s a Wonderful Life, on Saturday, December 7, at 6:30 pm and a matinee on Sunday, Dec 6, at 2:00 pm, in the Denair High School Event Center. An original musical score was composed and arranged by Jonathan Green. Tickets for the show will be available at the door for $8.00.
Denair Academic Avenues is hosting an event made for the whole family! Come enjoy an awesome breakfast, pictures with Santa, a silent auction, and games and crafts for the kids. Breakfast is $5.00 per person, but you don’t have to eat to come and enjoy the festivities. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 – 10:30. Santa will be arriving at 9:00 and leaving for the North Pole at 10:30. Pictures will be $5.00 per picture. All proceeds benefit Denair Academic Avenues.
Download a flyer for the event here.
Denair Unified School District board member Louisa Allen was honored for twelve years of service at the November meeting, held in Denair Middle School’s Coyote Center. She was presented with a plaque, thanking her for her service to the district, by Dr. Walt Hanline. Allen served three terms, starting in December, 2001, running through November, 2013. Prior to serving on the board, Allen was a paraeducator at Denair Elementary School for twenty-four years, directly serving hundreds of Denair’s students.
After the meeting, Allen said, “I thoroughly enjoyed being on the school board, even now when we are on a very bumpy road. I tried my best and hope the citizens of Denair realize we all have tried our best. Thank you to the citizens that stood behind me during the good and bad times. I want to thank all of the members on our staff, for all the hard work they have done to make our district one to be proud of. I wish the new members good luck and enjoy the ride as I did.”
While Allen isn’t a product of Denair’s school system, all three of her children, as well as three of her grandchildren, attended school in Denair. Allen said one of the things she’ll most miss is handing diplomas to the 2014 Denair High School graduating class in June.
At the December, 2013, meeting, Sandi Dirkse and Kathi Dunham-Filson will join the board, bringing it back to five trustees. The board has been operating with four trustees since the resignation of Julian Wren, earlier this summer.
Denair Unified School District has posted the agendas for the special and regular board meetings, scheduled for November 14, 2013. The special board meeting will start at 5:30 pm, followed by closed session at 6:00 pm. The regular board meeting will start at 7:00 pm. Both meetings will be held in the Denair Middle School Coyote Center.
The Gallo Center for the Arts, in Modesto, is hosting a presentation on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, from 7:00-8:30 pm, on the new mathematics California Common Core State Standards. The event is co-sponsored by Modesto City Schools and Stanislaus County Office of Education. The presentation is geared toward parents, teachers, community members and K-12 educators, and is free to attend. David Foster will be the keynote speaker and is Executive Director of Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative. He will be speaking about how to prepare for college and career with Common Core Math Standards, and how junior high and high school mathematics courses are changing to align with new Common Core Math Standards. Fawn Oliver, Director of Student Support Services for Denair Unified School District, stated, “We are excited and feel very fortunate that David Foster will be in our area, giving our student’s parents, as well as our community members, the opportunity to get a glimpse of how math is changing under the Common Math Core Standards. The changes will enable our students to be more prepared as they enter the college and career world. A flyer for the event can be downloaded here.