Early Literacy NewsletterMay 2021 Opinion: Oakland schools should focus on students’ early literacyRead the April 30 Op-Ed from Superintendent Kyla Johnson-TrammellEast Bay Times Online | PDF “March Madness” Reading Challenge ResultsOur March Madness Reading Challenge culminated with a celebration at the April 22 Literacy Summit and Family Workshop. We celebrated students, teachers, and schools with recognition and prizes!A special guest, Steph…
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OUSD and Partner Organization, The Oakland REACH Receive Major Grant to Expand the Citywide Virtual Hub to Support Oakland Students
OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Friday, March 26, 2021Contact: John Sasaki Communications Director [email protected], CA — The Oakland REACH (TOR) and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) announced a new partnership today, “Reaching for More: Literacy and Learning for All.” They are dramatically expanding a virtual hub that will provide research-based literacy instruction and a variety of enrichment opportunities…
Students, Staff and Families at Seven Schools Across OUSD Work to Green Their Neighborhoods and Help Fight Climate Change, Campaign Pays Tribute to Essential Workers
OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, March 23, 2021Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — In what is becoming a tradition in OUSD, students, staff and families are distributing and planting trees that will help improve the environment, and as students have learned, produce fresh air. “Today we’re planting trees so there is less opportunity to get asthma and…
21st Annual OUSD Celebration of Latino Academic Excellence: “Our Beautiful Struggle / Nuestra Hermosa Lucha” Set for Thursday, March 25
OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE2018 OUSD Latino Honor Roll Celebration.Thursday, March 18, 2021Contact: John SasakiCommunications [email protected] – The OUSD Office of Equity Latino Student Achievement (LSA) and Oakland Latino Educators (OLE) will host the 21st Annual OUSD Celebration of Latino Academic Excellence for students across the District. This year our celebration will be pre-recorded, premiering on…
#OaklandUndivided Delivers 25,000th Device on Tuesday, the One-Year Anniversary of School Closures
OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Monday, March 15, 2021Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Seniors Receive College Acceptance Messages Using #OU DevicesOakland, CA — In less than ten months, the #OaklandUndivided team, school staff, and a cadre of volunteers have handed out almost 25,000 free computers to Oakland public school students at schools across the city. It was a herculean…