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Henderson, Semple student achievement plans on table for Thursday’s school board meeting

October 31, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

At the Oct. 19 school board meeting, the principals of Benicia Unified School District’s three secondary schools delivered the Single Plans for Student Achievement for their schools, which were unanimously approved by the board. Now the board is in the process of hearing from the elementary school principals, but unlike in past years where all […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, Christina Moore, Joe Henderson, Melanie Buck, Robert Semple, school board, Single Plan for Student Achievement

Benicia Heads Back to Class: What’s new, what to expect at Benicia Unified’s 7 schools in 2017-18

August 18, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

As indicated by the cooler weather and flood of advertisements for school supplies, summer is winding down. On Monday, Aug. 21, Benicia students at all grade levels will head back to school for the start of the 2017-18 school year. However, no matter which school they are attending, all of Benicia Unified School District’s sites […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: back to school, Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Middle School, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, Liberty High School, Mary Farmar Elementary, Matthew Turner Elementary, Robert Semple

Joe Henderson Elementary celebrates 30 years with schoolwide birthday bash

June 11, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

(This article has been updated from the print edition.) The 2016-17 school year marked a major milestone for Joe Henderson Elementary School. Benicia Unified School District’s second youngest elementary school turned 30 back in January and celebrated with a major party this past week. The event was spearheaded by fifth-grade teacher Kelly Hughes and featured […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: 30th anniversary, Benicia, Bobbie Horack, Carin Garton, Joe Henderson, Marian Susnjar

Further Benicia Middle School remodeling updates presented to school board

April 9, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

New Henderson and Liberty principals, deputy superintendent announced Lee Pollard of HY Architects delivered an update of Benicia Middle School’s campus modernization project at Thursday’s school board meeting. The redesign of Benicia Middle’s campus, funded by Measure S and set to begin in the fall, has been a topic of discussion at school board meetings […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Middle School, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, Khushwinder Gill, Liberty High School, Measure S, Melanie Buck, Odyssey of the Mind, Zachary Pless

Mardi Gras-themed elementary school fundraiser, auction event returns

February 15, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

BottleRock, Warriors tickets among prizes (This post has been updated) Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 28, but you can celebrate three days earlier while also supporting Joe Henderson and Robert Semple Elementary School’s parent teacher groups. The annual event— now in its fourth year— certainly puts the “fun” in “fundraising.” It is an adult-only event […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: auction, Benicia, BottleRock, Golden State Warriors, Joe Henderson, Mardi Gras, Robert Semple

Benicia beaver rehabilitated, released to wild

January 29, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Leave it to beaver, indeed. A beaver was found wandering around Joe Henderson Elementary School a few weeks ago following a major rainfall. The 2-year-old beaver was taken to the Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital, where it was nursed back to health and released back into the wild just last week. Although Henderson’s mascot is a […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: beaver, Benicia, Joe Henderson, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Soncoma County Animal Rescue

Joe Henderson Legacy Big Band coming to Empress

January 6, 2017 by Elizabeth Warnimont Leave a Comment

  Vallejo Drummer Bob Belanski of Bob Belanski’s SpecDrum will welcome trumpeter Warren Gale, Jr., trombonist Steve Turre and others to the Empress Theatre in Vallejo Saturday, Jan. 28 for a 19-piece Big Band concert in honor of the late tenor sax legend Joe Henderson. The Joe Henderson Legacy Big Band will perform jazz standards […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, Music, The Arts Tagged With: Bob Belanski, Empress Theatre, Joe Henderson, Mozart Einstein & Me, Vallejo

School board approves elementary student achievement plans

October 23, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District voted unanimously to approve the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) for each of the elementary schools after hearing goals presented by the principals. According to Leslie Beatson, the assistant superintendent of educational services, the goal of the SPSA is to raise the academic performance of […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, Mary Farmar Elementary, Matthew Turner Elementary, Robert Semple, school board, Single Plan for Student Achievement

School board to hear elementary school student achievement plans at Thursday’s meeting

October 18, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will vote to approve the Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) for each of the site’s four elementary schools at Thursday’s meeting. The SPSA is established by school site councils to develop goals, aligned to BUSD’s Local Control Accountability Plan, which would support the academic performance […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, Mary Farmar Elementary, Matthew Turner Elementary, Robert Semple, school board, Single Plan for Student Achievement

Bench installed in memory of late Benicia Unified educator Rosie Switzer

May 5, 2016 by Elizabeth Warnimont Leave a Comment

Starting Monday, April 25, passers-by may have been noticing a newly installed view bench along the Benicia Bay waterfront trail. The bench was installed over the previous weekend by the city of Benicia in remembrance of Rosie Switzer, a longtime resident and champion of children in town, who died in November. Friends and family of […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, Joe Henderson, memorial bench, Mills Elementary, Robert Semple, Rosie Switzer

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