PRESS RELEASE Monday, November 30, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — Youth Beat, which is OUSD’s multimedia arts program teaching students how to be documentarians, filmmakers, directors, reporters, producers and photographers, will host its annual fundraiser and celebration, Fast Forward 2020, on Thursday, December 3rd at 6:00 p.m. This year’s event will be virtual, and it…
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CWK: In an Already Difficult Year, Many of Our Schools Have Lost Beloved Students and Recent Graduates
In all, we have lost more than a dozen young people, people who were taken from us far too early, in most cases, by street level violence.
CWK: OUSD Has Newly Elected Board of Education Directors; Swearing in Takes Place in January
November 13, 2020 Dear Oakland Unified Community,As we have been talking over the past few weeks, Tuesday, November 3 was an enormous election for our city, the state of California, and the United States. Here in OUSD, as you know, we saw voters pass Measure Y, the bond measure for facilities projects across the District. The…
OUSD Board of Education to Vote Thursday Evening on Declaring November Indigenous People’s Heritage Month
Thursday, November 12, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — On Thursday evening, November 12, the OUSD Board of Education meeting will see the seven Directors vote on a resolution to declare November Annual Indigenous People’s Heritage Month across the District. This is an effort to honor the history, culture and impact of Indigenous people in this nation…
Oakland Athletic League (OAL) to Host First Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament for Middle School Sports on Thursday, Celebrating 80th Anniversary of the OAL
Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — The Oakland Athletic League (OAL) knows how important sports are to young people. And while the pandemic has brought sports to a halt in OUSD, both the District and the OAL know that sometime, hopefully sooner than later, Oakland will return to conditions that allow sports to resume for…