Join Us for a Night Under the Lights at the Friedman Center
October 23, 2010
Music, Dinner & Dancing, Live & Silent Auctions, Student Performances and MORE!
(click here to purchase tickets to the event)
Golf Tournament 8/2
Thank You to everyone who participated, sponsored and supported Schools Plus at the 18th Annual Friedman's/Schools Plus Golf Tournament.
(photos and sponsors coming soon)
Join Us June 25th
starting at 6:30pm
Sonoma County League vs North Bay League All Star Basketball Games
Haehl Pavillion, Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa's Red, White & Boom!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Hosted by:
-Active 20/30 Club #50
-Santa Rosa's Police Officers & Firefighters
Proceeds Benefit Schools Plus to Help Save Spring Sports Programs!
JOIN US FOR A FUN, FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION EVENT!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Santa Rosa Fairgrounds
4 pm: Gates Open
5 pm: Music Begins (Featuring Wonder Bread 5 & High Speed Wobble)
9:30/Dark: Fireworks
Ticket Info:
Family of 4 for $20 or less:
$7: Adults and kids 13 and over
$3: Kids 6-12
Free: Kids 5 and under
Parking: $5
Food Vendors! Music! Including Wonder Bread 5, High Speed Wobble and more!
Note: No glass or alcohol. Picnicking encouraged, but no tailgating please.
Learn more: www.santarosaredwhiteandboom.com
Event Description
Santa Rosa Red, White & Boom is a fun, family-friendly celebration event held at the Sonoma County Fair Grounds that includes fireworks, picnic grounds, food vendors and music. Put on by volunteers from the Active 20-30 Club #50 and Santa Rosa’s police officers and firefighters for the benefit of the community, proceeds in 2010 will go to nonprofit Schools Plus to help save area school spring sports programs at middle and high schools. The public is encouraged to support this community event!
Schools Plus Helped Save Spring Sports for 2011!
"....... To bridge any potential gap in the $250,000 needed to fund spring sports, the district received a guarantee of up to $100,000 from the non-profit SchoolsPlus organization.
'We exist for you,' SchoolsPlus board member and retired Montgomery High School principal Bill Stirnus said. 'Our purpose is to keep athletics going in schools. We understand how important that is.' ...."
read full article here
Welcome New Board Members!
Cortney Burke
Jeff Carniglia
Ted Grafe
Ashley Haskins
Ann Hurd
Patty Jellison
Brendan Kunkle
Jason Lea
Rick Niles
Jill K. Peterson
Patrick Stolzner
Tracy Weitenberg
We are looking forward to an exciting new year!
Thank You's
A Big Thank you to Redwood Credit Union and the Wine Country Chapter of the California Credit Union League! We had a great time at the event held May 13 at the Rohnert Park "Driven Raceway" with 92 people in attendance, racing the night away. Seven local credit unions cane out to the Staff Appreciation, Business Partner Spotlight & Fundraiser, including; Redwood, Community First, Call State Central, Patelco, Mendo Lake, Golden 1 & San Francisco Police. Schools Plus was the beneficiary.
The CCUL provides forums for education, networking, political advocacy, and credit union awareness, while promoting community involvement and a cooperative spirit among credit unions.
Thank you Pomegranate Salon. Wow! What a team you have there in the beautiful, old Rosenberg house at 824 Mendocino Avenue. Your recent gifts to Schools Plus are generous and important and will help greatly as Schools Plus works with the whole community to save sports and art programs in our city high schools. Pomegranate Salon is a perfect example of business people dedicated to community. Again, THANK YOU.
Save the Dates!
Upcoming Schools Plus events to mark your calendars! More information will be made available closer to the event dates.
June 25 – All Star Basketball Game & Schools Plus is a beneficiary! Join us – court-side at the SRJC gym!
July 4 – Santa Rosa’s 20/30 club hosts the Red White and Boom event and Schools Plus is a beneficiary! Come enjoy the fireworks!
August 2 – Friedman’s/Schools Plus golf Tourney at the Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club.
October 23 – Salsa Contest Winner Gala Dinner
Town Hall Meeting 4/13
Schools Plus is holding a community, town hall meeting on April 13, 2010, at Santa Rosa High School's auditorium: 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Santa Rosa may cut school year, spring sports
Published on February 8, 2010
By KERRY BENEFIELD, The Press Democrat
Santa Rosa's school board Wednesday will consider cutting three days from the upcoming school year, along with eliminating spring sports and more than seven librarians, in a quest to save $5.6 million.
The county's largest school district expects to save more than $1.3 million if it shortens the school year by three days. It is the largest item in the district's debate over how to cut the $5.6 million from its $88.2 million general fund.
That cut is subject to negotiation with affected employee unions and has yet to be agreed to by the Santa Rosa Teachers Association, for which three fewer work days would translate to a pay cut of about 1.5 percent.
"We're close but we don't have a tentative agreement," said Dan Evans, president of the teachers' union. "They (the board) are going to have to do something with a qualified vote."
Board members long have warned that without a shortened school year even deeper cuts would be imminent.
Click here to read the full story at PressDemocrat.com
Santa Rosa Schools facing $5.6 million in cuts
Published on January 26, 2010
By KERRY BENEFIELD, The Press Democrat
The Santa Rosa City School Board is considering increasing class sizes, cutting campus police officers and slashing campus discretionary funds as a way to reach an estimated $5.6 million in cuts from next year's budget.
Looming large over those discussions is whether to shorten the the next school year by as many as five days for a savings of $2.1 million.
The board is expected to take action Wednesday night on class sizes and the police presence on campus, as well as continuing a downsizing of adul