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Top Denair High School Students Awarded $26,000 in Combined Scholarships

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Nearly $26,000 in scholarships were awarded as Denair High School celebrated the academic achievement of its students Thursday night.

Abigail Dirkse received the Jim Booth Memorial Scholarship worth $2,500, the top individual award. She also earned the $1,500 Turlock Chamber of Commerce Ag Scholarship and was awarded $250 from the Stanislaus County Women in Agriculture.

Logen Arndt was recognized as the Class of 2016 valedictorian for his grade-point average of 4.33, best among seniors. David Sweeten and Dirkse (both 4.25 GPA) will be salutatorians at the May 27 graduation ceremony.

About 300 people attended the one-hour ceremony in the Coyote Center at Denair Middle School.

Other scholarships, listed by student:

  • Logen Arndt: $500 from the Mark Selee Memorial Scholarship, $500 from the Denair Education Foundation, $400 from the Turlock Pentecost Association, $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters, $250 from Denair Farm and Family, and $150 from Denair Youth Football
  • Eric Borba: $1,000 from the Denair Lions Club Tom Dougherty Scholarship
  • Juan de la Cruz: $250 from Denair Farm and Family
  • Taryn Fletcher: $1,500 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship, $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters, $250 from Denair Farm and Family, and $150 from Denair Youth Football
  • Edward Flores: $500 from the Denair Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship, $500 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters, and $250 from Denair Farm and Family
  • Lucas Gomes: $200 from the DUTA Scholarship
  • Tristan Haile: $250 from Denair Farm and Family
  • Molly Hall: $75 from the Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Brallen Hernandez: $500 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship
  • Heidi Johnson: $1,000 from the Bright Family Foundation
  • Malia Martinez: $750 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship
  • Eva Olivas: $1,750 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship and $200 from the DUTA Scholarship
  • Angela Parada: $500 from the Dairy Herd Improvement Scholarship
  • Markus Rocha: $800 from the Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship
  • Cheyenne Rutherford: $750 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship, $500 from the Kiwanis of Greater Turlock Ron Jesse Scholarship, $500 from the DUTA Roberta Prescott Scholarship, $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters, $300 from Denair Youth Football, and $250 from Denair Farm and Family
  • Megan Silva: $1,000 from the Denair Lions Club Tom Dougherty Scholarship and $250 from Denair Farm and Family
  • Isaac Starks: $500 from the Kiwanis of Greater Turlock Ron Jesse Scholarship and $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters
  • David Sweeten: $500 from the DUTA Roberta Prescott Scholarship, $400 from the Denair Sports Boosters and $200 from the DUTA Scholarship
  • Jacqueline Tachiquin: $1,500 from the SCOE Access Success Scholarship

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Denair Schools Welcome Community with Open Houses

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The Denair Unified School District will open its doors to parents and its community Thursday night with open houses at all its campuses as well as academic demonstrations and awards presentations. Here is the schedule for each school site:

 

Denair High School

6:00 p.m. – Classrooms will be open for all parents to meet and talk with teachers and observe various projects.

7:00 p.m. (at Coyote Center at Denair Middle School) – Annual awards presentation. More than 150 of the 270 students on campus will be honored. Honor roll awards based on grade-point average will be announced, students receiving scholarships will be recognized and those with perfect attendance will be celebrated.

 

Denair Middle School

5:30 p.m. – Teachers in all classrooms will welcome parents and others.

 

Denair Elementary Charter Academy

5:00 p.m. – Science Fair in the elementary gymnasium.

5:00-7:30 p.m. – Art show featuring student creations in the cafeteria.

6:30-7:30 p.m. – Open house in all classrooms.

 

Denair Charter Academy

6:00 p.m. – Classrooms 39 to 45 will be open with student displays and science experiments. Python Ron will be on hand with various reptiles for an interactive experience. A baby boutique also will be open with donated clothing for students who are parents.

Denair High School Hosts Basketball Camp

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Come and join local area high school and college coaches and players for the fifth annual Turlock/Denair Basketball Camp. Camp 1 will be held May 31-June 2, 2016, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (ages 7-10) or 1:00 – 4:00 pm (ages 11-14). Camp 2 will be held July 5-7, 2016, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (ages 7-14).

Each camper will learn and develop the basic fundamentals, and sportsmanship needed to play and enjoy basketball. Campers will be divided into teams by age and ability, for maximum participation and enjoyment. Cost for the camp will be $60.00. Each camper will receive a camp T-shirt. Camp 1 will be held at Turlock High School Gymnasium. Camp 2 will be held at Denair High School Gymnasium.

You can download a flyer for the basketball clinics here.

Spanish Club Is Natural Extension of DECA’s Language Program

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Spanish instructor Donna Williams has been one of the most popular, energetic and inspirational teachers on the Denair Elementary Charter Academy campus for many years. Her enthusiasm for her students – and her subject matter – bubbles through every lesson in each class.

So it should come as no surprise that when Williams returned from Christmas break this year with the idea to begin a Spanish-language service club, her students embraced it with the same excitement Williams brings to her work. That is to say, they loved it.

The Sociedad Hispanica de Amistad, known by the acronym “SHA,” is national group affiliated with the American Association of the Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Williams attended a national conference for foreign language teachers in December. AATSP leaders were impressed to learn of DECA’s commitment to teaching Spanish to every student and offered her a membership on the spot. She, in turn, was delighted to hear about SHA.

In Williams’ mind, it was a perfect fit. DECA’s chapter was formed in January and already has 50 members in third through fifth grades. It is called Los Manos de Esperanza (“Hands of Hope”) and is the first in the Central Valley.

“I had wanted to start a service club using our Spanish as a mode to promote languages, as well as serve our community and school, and the SHA offered exactly what we were looking for,” Williams explained.

Students attend weekly meetings during their lunch period, where they plan and participate in language-based activities. Already, the club hosted a Spanish teacher from nearby Stanislaus State University for a meet and greet. In March, they organized a clean-up project on the DECA campus, counting and singing in Spanish while moving from classroom to classroom for 25 minutes. Continue reading “Spanish Club Is Natural Extension of DECA’s Language Program” »

Longtime Educator Joe Galindo Appointed Interim Principal at Denair High School

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A former superintendent with decades of education experience will lead Denair High School for the rest of this school year.

Joe Galindo began as interim principal Thursday at the campus. He retired in 2008 after 13 years as superintendent of the Riverbank schools system.

Galindo replaces Alecia Myers, the first-year principal who is out on a leave of absence.

“Joe is an experienced and talented educator, and we’re delighted to have him join our staff,” said Superintendent Aaron Rosander, who introduced Galindo at Thursday night’s Denair Unified School District board meeting.

Galindo, 68, has frequently worked in interim roles as a principal or administrator during his retirement. His longest stint was a year and a half as principal at Bellevue Elementary School in Atwater. The shortest, he expects, may be the six weeks or so he spends in Denair.

“The main goal is to bring the school year to a close in a strong fashion and to make sure all the functioning areas are running and the school programs are in order,” he said.

Galindo’s career in education has taken him from Merced to Riverside, Modesto and then Riverbank. In 1997, two years after becoming superintendent in Riverbank, he led the effort to unify the district by combining the Riverbank Elementary School District with a portion of the Oakdale Joint Union High School District to form the Riverbank Unified School District.