educational options center enrolls students from across southern california

Educational Options Center

Enrolls students from across Southern

California

Early Childhood Development

Early Childhood has State Preschool and Head Start programs that serve 800

low income families.

Homeless Liason

That as of June 30th, 2012, there were over 2000 students

identified as homeless and over 650 students identified as

foster/group students in RUSD?

Jodi Gonzales/Program Quality/Academic English

Learners/Categoricals Dept.

Our department teamed up with 5 elementary schools in 2011 to implement The AVID Elementary program and will expand to 7 schools in 2012!

Bryant School of Arts & Innovation

All students attend art and music

classes each week

Human Resources

Human Resources is going paperless

through DocuShare

Special Education Services

Did You Know that the district has created an in-house Intensive Behavior Interventions team and has reclassified

and trained 50 classified employees and 14 teachers to reduce our reliance

on outside agencies when providing service to students with autism?

Facilities Projects

We've managed $412 million of construction

projects over the last 10 years

Payroll

Works during blackout and other shutdowns

times to process paychecks

Alcott Elementary School

With the combined support of PTA and the Alcott School Foundation, Alcott is

starting the "Journey to Success" program, a student organization and

character education program based on coach John Wooden's Pyramid of

Success.

Central Middle School

A time capsule was buried in 1978. However, no one knows for sure where it is.

Instructional Services

RUSD middle and high schools will be partnering with Ed Trust-West this coming

year to examine student academic experience and recommend strategies

aimed at increasing the number of students who complete A-G college

entrance course sequences.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School

We were named a 10-10 school this

summer!

Publications Department

During the summer Publication produces 4,000,000 copies per

Riverside Adult School

Our facility is eighty-five years old

Jefferson Elementary School

We have had two dead bobcats on

campus.

Nutrition Services

Our Secondary offer a minimum of 14 different entree choices each day and serve more meals in 25 minute lunch period that most

restaurants do in a 16 hour work day.

Sunshine Early Childhood Center

Sunshine addresses the special education needs of over 300

preschoolers annually

Serves the largest number of GAIN

participants in Riverside County

Special Education

There are approximately 650 students in elementary

non-severe (mild/moderate) programs

in the district."

Nutrition Services

Creating a healthier environment for our students & changing perception of school meals;

such as the "Farmers' Market Salad Bar" program, daily BBQs, and secondary sites’ food court.

Categorical Programs and Academic English Learners

Our focus is to establish and grow an enduring

legacy of academic success for each scholar.

King High School

Despite the fact that we have more than 3,200 students, fewer than 50 are English Language Learners (ELL). This past year, with the assistance of Janie Rhodes and Michelle Mitchell, we made significant

improvements with all aspects associated with their educational development.

Jackson Elementary School

Jackson is 53 years old

My site turned fifty years old in 2011

Maintenance & Operations

M&O maintains 53 sites encompassing 584,800

acres of real estate

Chemawa Middle School

Chemawa 8th Grade Students have an opportunity to apply and be selected to attend a

trip to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

78% of seniors in special education graduated with a diploma this past school

The aggressive pursuit of state and federal grants has allowed PRIME

Time and HEARTS to expand from 6 schools in 2000 serving 900

students/day to 27 schools in 2012 serving 4,300 students/day from the

close of school until 6 p.m. daily.

Beatty Elementary School

Beatty has an orange grove entitled "The

Queen's Court"

Longfellow Elementary School

Our school was built in 1898

Lincoln High School

Students CST's scores are consistently improving

each year and near the top in similar schools in the

county.

NIS use to be behind the wood shop at

Sierra

Did you know that the motto of the Instructional Services Department is "Collaborate

Innovate Educate"?

Human Resources

Did you know that Human Resources processes

approximately 500 unemployment claims each year, with the highest

volume occurring during the months of June, July and August?

Gage Middle School

The last school in the district with a

woodshop program.

Annette Alvarez-Business Office

Fulfilled a life-long dream of sky-diving around ten years

ago and hopes to experience it again in the near future.

Gage Middle School

The last school in the district with a

woodshop program.

Chemawa was built on the site of a previous ZOO where the electric line buses used to travel.

We've been at the same location since

the late 70's.

Kim Coons-Leonard/Inst. Services

Took a year of Gulf Arabic for Foreign Language in

college.

Lanna Goffman/EOC

Was on TV with Minnie Pearl holding me as a

Program Quality/Academic English Learners

I played clarinet and sax in my grandparents dance

Gary Reller

I learned how to barefoot water ski on my summer

vacation.

Anthony Hajeid/NIS

Did you know I was born in a foreign country? Jordan

Dale Moore/Riverside STEM Academy

I was in a motorcycle accident when I was 19 and lead me to me to go

to college

Mike Fine / Business Services

High school graduating class only had seven

students.

Patti Popovich, Fremont

I am one of the four children my parents adopted from South Korea. My mother spent countless hours talking to church groups about Korean adoptions, and I could repeat her presentations almost

verbatim. Because of her active involvement with the Holt Adoption Agency (now Holt International), my siblings and I experienced once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We were invited to a breakfast with the President and First Lady of South Korea. We also "had

tea" with Pearl S. Buck (who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth). As an adult, I was a guest speaker for some of the

Holt International parenting classes, and my mother's presentations served me well. Then, when I came to Fremont, I met a family who had attended one of those classes and had adopted children from

China and Korea!

Dalia Gadelmawla/Budget Department

I have a greenhouse in my backyard and it's twice the size of my office.

Angela McKinney

I have worked for 35 years of my life without

interruption!

Linda Bedsworth/Superintendent's Office

I rode a school bus all 13 years of school.

Launa Whitlock / Human Resources

I never finished Kindergarten (due to

medical reasons).

Vanessa Connor - Human Resources

Scored my highest game in bowling when I was 8

months pregnant with my first child (240 points)

Daniel Patterson/Educational Accountability

I wrote a patented software application for

the Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Kelli Dower

Met Stevie Wonder in person four months ago.

Chuck Hiroto

I have taught over 300 students to juggle here at

Gage Middle School. Juggle on, Gators!!!

Raul Ayala

English is my second language.

Waudieur Rucker-Hughes

I was a cheerleader in high school and

college?

Anne Marie Montgomery / Instructional Services

I love The Doctor. Who? Dr. Who, that's

who. Don't blink.

Bernie Marez

I have a twin brother who is my best friend.

Mike Fitzgerald/Energy/M&O

Born, raised , and educated in New

England.

Kathy Everhart - Risk Management

I try to replicate interesting food dishes from quirky

restaurants we try in different towns we visit.

Lee Raimondi

Student Sport Pilot, Helicopters

Paul DeFoe

I worked as a radio announcer for several local

market stations while attending college.

JoLynn Barnes

One of my personal goals is to complete an Ironman triathlon before I die (hopefully a long

time before I die :)).

Margi Jacobson/Special Education

I won 1st place in a WCTU speech contest while a 7th grader at Sierra.

Highland Elementary School

School was established in 1956

Washington Elementary School

We are beginning our third year of a very successful dual immersion program!

Jefferson Elementary had two students rank in the top 5 five for First in Math in the Nation, State

and the district. Angel Rodriguez ranked 2nd in the Nation for all fifth grade students, he ranked 4th in the state for all students and he ranked 1st in RUSD with 42,743 virtual stickers. Amy

Dang ranked 4th in the Nation for all 5th grade students, she ranked fifth in the state and 2nd in RUSD with 36,647 virtual stickers. What a great accomplishment for these two mathematicians.

Taft Elementary School

Taft will begin music instruction for all 5th

grade students in the fall 2012.

Ramona High School

Ramona's Health and Biosciences Academy is a

hidden gem in RUSD. Amazing things are

happening!

Liberty Elementary School

MANY Liberty teachers truly enjoy camping. This is great for

me because I have already been able to build strong

relationships on a common topic.

Frank Augustus Middle School

Offering two language choices this year -

Chinese and Spanish

Pachappa Elementary School

Earned an average of 1193 stickers per student to place

first in 2012 First In Math placements and broke the top 50 in the state with 44th place

DEA & Assessment Center

56% of our staff are bilingual

NIS is located in a converted classroom and next to an alley

Special Education Services / Project TEAM

RUSD was one of two state-wide winners of the 2011-12 Grazer Outstanding Achievement in Leadership (GOAL) award from the California Advisory Commission on Special Education

for RUSD’s secondary “Learn to Earn” transition program, a program designed to provide career awareness and job training experiences to students receiving special

education services.

Martin Luther King High School

Over 4000 you tube hits on our YOTO 850 video

Mark Twain Elementary School

Mark Twain had the largest population of students of

all the elementary campuses in 2011 - 2012.

Poly High School

The Poly Army JROTC unit was one of the original

units started in 1917 and earned another

Distinguished Honor Unit designation this past year.

Castle View Elementary School

A Freedom Tree was planted on site on January 10, 1973

dedicated to Captain Richard Halpin and all POW and MIA

soldiers. This January will mark it's 40th year.

Ramona High School

First all digital high school on the west coast. Students

are issued a digital device, instead of textbooks.

Monroe Elementary School

18 orange trees were planted in an newly established

grove on campus. All trees were donated by staff

members.

Human Resources

All Classified Personnel files has been digitized.

Woodcrest Elementary School

Our school is 42% SES.

Superintendent’s Office

The Support Staff in the Superintendent's office tries to

answer every call during business hours (by the second ring), in order

to provide excellent customer service to external and internal

customers alike.

Frank Augustus Miller Middle School

Beginning this year, we are offering 3 sections

of Chinese as an elective course.

Elementary Education

Three staff members were asked to present at national or international conferences in 2011-12.

Pupil Services / SELPA

Approximately 11% of K-12 students in RUSD

have IEPs.

Sierra Middle School

Sierra is one of only 51 middle schools in the nation to be an AVID

demonstration school.

Poly High School

The three assistant principals who worked under Frank

Paredes in the early 2000s all became RUSD principals at three secondary sites.

Pupil Services- SELPA

Three years ago there were four types of transfers and the number of

transfers that were processed was @ 3,000. In 2012 there are twelve

different kinds of transfers and over @ 5,000 requests have been

processed for the 2012-2013 school year.

Victoria Elementary School

Recently purchased Lenovo tablets for library

e-books.

Earhart Middle School

The company that built Earhart went bankrupt during construction

First PI school in the state of California to go a one-to-one program where every

student was given a laptop.

Maintenance and Operations

Our department has 2 employees that control

52 school sites.

Special Education/Pupil Services

We no longer do registration at this site

Mountain View Elementary School

We have full implementation of AVID Elementary in

grades four through six and are adding grade three.

Maintenance and Operations

From 7/1/11 to 6/30/12 M&O completed 23,376

work orders

Adams Elementary School

Adams ES has grown API by 35 points in the last five years reaching 809 for the first time in 2011

Rivera Elementary School

Rivera was the first RUSD elementary site to be

named after a community member.

One of MLK Campus Supervisors was a former NFL player.

John W. North High School

We are applying to become an AVID

National Demonstration School.

We are applying to become an AVID

National Demonstration School.

Human Resources

Did you know... Human Resources is going to

develop a Haiku site to access monthly voluntary

trainings.

Hawthorne Elementary School

There is a propeller blade from an orange grove heater mounted on a

wall in the MPR.

Ramona High School

The Ramona High School Guidance Department is pleased to announce

the first recipient of the Ryan Bonaminio Memorial Scholarship and

Service Award went to a Class of 2012 Ramona graduate who also served as a commanding officer in our MJROTC

program.

Lake Matthew Elementary School

We have more than 50% of the faculty with GATE

certificates

Did you know NIS closed 17,673 work orders over

the last 12 months?

Each Spring the GATE students present a full

musical

Gage Middle School

Gage's CELDT Bootcamp held over the last three years has produced some remarkable

results for our EL students in all phase levels.

The MLK staff voted to have collaboration time for 2012-13 for the first

Ed Accountability

The Assessment Center tests more than 1,000 kindergarteners from

July 1 to Aug 20

Business Services

Accounting, Accounts Payable, Attendance Accounting, Payroll, and Budget Departments were

once located on the second floor in the the administration

building on Fourteenth Street.

Based on the collaboration between Instruction and RCC, placement into an entry level

English class at RCC has improved from 18% in 2009 to

40% in 2012.

Purchasing

We are often asked "are you guys located next to

the dog pound?"

Human Resources

All Females Running A Tight Ship

Fremont Elementary School

Every fifth and sixth grade student, with parent permission, is given the opportunity to check out a Kindle Fire for both academic and personal use. We put them into

students' hands and did a "test run" this past April, and teachers creatively integrated them throughout the day. Activities included using CST RTQs for test prep, taking math tests online, researching topics for social studies,

identifying causes of the Civil War while watching United Streaming clips, and finding current events. And,

because they are free, students are reading downloading and reading the classics. Our goal at Fremont is for every

student K-6 to have a Kindle Fire.

NIS is comprised of two departments, Computing Services and Networking

Services. Computing Services provides Applications Development and support. Networking Services provides support and maintenance for our fileservers, phones, cabling,

I am a big USC football fan

Our department has many big sports fans

Human Resources

First department to go digital

We're a services driven organization

Business Services

The Contracts Department consists of

one person.

Budget Department

We offer one on one budget training to new

staff as needed

Business Services

Payroll costs run about $6.2 million per WEEK. The District's state required

reserves total $6.4 million. Not really a whole lot of reserves for a rainy day.

Risk Management

There are "new eyes" to build upon great programs in place.

DEA / Assessment Center

The Assessment Center tests more than 1,200 incoming kindergarten

students each who have a languge other than English

declared at enrollment.

Riverside STEM Academy

Every week students learn from a STEM professional at the

'Thursday Symposium'

NIS blocks over 100,000 spam emails

per day

Arlington High School

Arlington High School has embarked on a journey to strengthen the school culture and community relations by forming a culture committee. This

has been spear headed by staff and will include students, parents and

community members.

We now support dual language immersion programs at two

elementary schools in the district. Goals are fluency in English and in

Spanish, and high academic achievement. Great student success so far and STRONG parent interest.

Poly High School

Poly's Puente Program's pilot year was extremely successful. Two sections, 70 ninth grade students, completed the year of Honors Intro to Lit., and the majoriy received a C or better in Honors Biology, too. With our second cohort of under-represented students beginning this honors academic support program in 2012-13, we'll have over 140 students

engaging honors-level courses who may never have considered taking this path without our

Puente team supporting them!

About 25% of the students identified as gifted each year in our

first grade GATE screening are AELs.

All district electronic data converges and is connected by one piece of copper wire no larger than a strand of

North High School

The word Husky originated from the word referring to Arctic people in general,

Eskimos, "...known as Huskies, a contraction of

Huskimos

In the last 18 months, we have had over 300 visits

from school officials, legislators, business leaders and school

reformers.

The NIS department supports over 10,000

computers.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Four time recipient of the California Distinguished

School Award

Magnolia Elementary School

Magnolia is 98 years old! In two years, we will celebrate

our 100th birthday! The original Magnolia site was on

Brockton.

Our students raised $4,000 to give a 3-year-old boy, who is struggling for his

life, his wish through Make-a-Wish Foundation.

University Heights Middle School

Did you know that University Heights was originally located

at what is now the Cesar Chavez Center on University

Avenue?

Highgrove Elementary School

We complete CELDT for all students within the first 20 days of school!

Earhart will be a digital middle school for the

2013/2013.

We have added over 1,000 Wireless APs to

our campuses this year.

Emerson Elementary School

The City of Riverside and Riverside Unified School District have a joint use

agreement for the Eastside Community Garden at Emerson

Elementary School

Human Resources

The HR web page has a new look.

11 raised vegetable beds were built, planted, and maintained by staff and student s in the HEARTS

program.

Ramona High School

Performing Arts Magnet High School

Castle View Elementary School

Our longest running program is provided by a volunteer. For

nearly 20 years, Cathy Sperry has ran a drama club on campus. She

was once a 49ers Cheerleader and has been featured on the TV

show "School Pride'.

Poly High School

Poly has many famous alumni athletes, including Reggie Miller,

Cheryl Miller, and Bobby Bonds. 5 played MLB, 1 played on a Super

Bowl winning team, 4 competed in the Olympics (2 golds, 1 silver, 2012???), and one drove in the

Indianapolis 500.

Mark Twain Elementary School

Many of the teachers were not part of the original staff. Their

background and knowledge from various parts of the district adds a richness and depth to planning and problem solving that is not

only helpful but unusual.

Outstanding school spirit and high student

participation

Special Education Services / Project TEAM

RUSD’s Project T.E.A.M., a transitional/vocational program for students

19-22 with significant disabilities, has an on-site work activity program simulating

adult vocational programs where daily over 50 students assemble, collate, package and

complete unique tasks for community partners. T.E.A.M. could possibly assist your

school, department, or program.

Business Services / NIS

WOBS - Women of Business Services -

What Mike affectionately calls us!

DEA & Assessment Center

We have a great sense of humor.

Ajay Shah-NIS

After college, my friends and I backpacked through Europe. It was the best

trip ever.

Pachappa Elementary School

Founded in 1953, it’s design was featured in the

November, 1954 issue of “Architectural Forum” published in New York

Beginning the IB Middle Years Program!

Liberty is a No Excuses University School.

Ramona High School

This is a guess, but I think Ramona has more

graduates that are now working there than any other site in the district.

Steven Ybarra

I finished the Los Angeles Marathon in four hours and twenty minutes.

Taft Elementary School

Our school's diverse make up of students is very

simular to our district's ethnic breakdown.

Trevor Painton

Love to go deep sea fishing.

Washington Elementary School

There are several different kinds of gardens on our campus? We

have a rose garden, a sunflower garden, and aw

vegetable garden

Office windows are now covered with outstanding

visual graphics with pictures highlighting students and

school.

The last time we were housed with other District Offices (before I started here) was when the

District owned the now County OOE building. I believe we were in the basement at that time.

Chemawa is 84 years old and some students are

third generation.

Gage Middle School

We recently added a 20 foot tall "Gator Pride" mural in

our quad to show our loyalty to our school and

academics.

Human Resources

Did you know that Human Resources works with over 600 employees each year regarding extended sick

leaves?

Did you know that in the past two years, three

Instructional Specialists have been promoted to

principals?

Coordinates the electronic submission of CBEDS and 7 CALPADS

state reports

Lincoln High School

We have graduated over one-third of our student

body since the implementation of CAHSEE

Longfellow Elementary School

Last year we reclassified 86 English Learners

Beatty Elementary School

Beatty is surrounded by industrial businesses

The main NIS building has no exposed

windows.

Program Development

Using CST proficiency level improvement as the benchmark, students attending PRIME Time

and HEARTS have a demonstrated 5-year track record of closing the achievement gap beyond gains

shown for non-attendees.

Pupil Services

29% fewer students were expelled in 2011-12 than in 2008-09."

Chemawa Middle School will be a 1:1 School for the purpose of Digital Learning. Chemawa

previoulsy did a cohort where 1/3 of the students had digital

devices.

Madison Elementary School

Madison kick-started its school-wide one-on-one iPod Touch program this

summer thanks to a Title 3 grant.

M&O only has 2 painters

My site was built and integrated after Lowell

School was burned down.

Human Resources

Did you know that all of the personnel files will be able to be accessed from the

school site or from home?

For the 50th aniversery a mural was painted by

volunteer staff, faculty & a subsitute teacher who did

the entire plan

Categorical Programs and Academic English Learners

We look to significantly change the RUSD culture by understanding and valuing

other's cultures and examining our beliefs,

attitudes and behaviors.

King High's "Link Crew" contributes to not only the initial transition from middle school to high

school, it "tracks" students during their time with us in a way that makes ALL students feel

welcome, important, and "connected". In addition, they assist with the "Freshman

Summit" three times each year. This program ensures that our freshman are making

adequate academic progess and facilitates a variety of interventions if needed.

Nutrition Services

Employees' motivation program which includes the Ice-Cream Social and

creating our brand of WOW

There are five K-1st grade, ten 1st -2nd grade, thirteen grade 3rd -4th grade, and seventeen

5th -6th SDC-non severe programs.

Has met or exceeded the minimum federal student performance standards in each Instructional Level for the past two years

As of 2012, the majority of speech and language delayed or non-severely handicapped students

who started services at Sunshine at age three will be able to attend regular kindergarten with minimal

support.

Nutrition Services

RUSD's Nutrition Services leads the country in

innovative approaches to meal service.

Steve Palmer

I am a graduate of USC, but a self-taught programmer. My first program was written on a small hand-held Casio computer with a one line LCD display in the early 80's. That application did automotive lease calculations for auto

dealerships and banks.

We reclassified the most students we have ever

reclassified in the history of the school.

We allow the opportunity for adult students to

succeed.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School

We have an outstanding 100 Mile Club with over

500 members participating regularly.

Through Completion Counts initiative, RUSD students are now eligible for a

guarantee which assures that qualified students will get the classes, financial aid, and support services needed in

order to complete an associate degree within 2 years at RCC.

Central has the smallest student enrollment for middle schools in RUSD

The idea of using the Big Ideas and Elementary teachers are now using "Big Ideas" and Essential questions

to set learning objectives in mathematics; combined with

"concept mapping" to improve retention and increase motivation.

Payroll

Processes over 75,000 time cards a year

Facilities Projects

We currently are managing $40 million worth of construction

projects

Facilities Projects

Did You Know that in the process of converting to an in-house

Intensive Behavior Interventions model, the district has reduced

payments to non-public agencies by $825,765 over the last three

years?

Human Resources

New Certificated Director

All kindergarten and first grade students have iPod Touch learning

devices

Program Quality/Academic English Learners/Categoricals Dept.

Our department oversees the implementation of the

Spanish Dual Language Immersion Programs at

Washington and Castle View Elementary Schools.

Homeless Laison

That more than 500,000 children and youth are in foster care in the US and that approximately

20,000 youth "age-out" or emancipate from foster care

each year?

Parents must qualify for our programs based on income. State preschool will now be

charging family fees based on family income on a sliding

scale.

Identified as one of 40 model blended learning

schools in the nation

Woodcrest Elementary School

Woodcrest has received API scores of 800+ since 04-05, but they did not make

AYP for past two years.

One of our more popular and successful student

groups/classes is the all-male hip hop dance team.

Our staff is collaborative and competitive-we WILL be the first middle school

to reach 900.

Elementary Education

Online learning for teachers was very

successful this past year.

Pupil Services

Approximately 1 in 114 K-12 students in RUSD are eligible

for Special Education because of Autistic-like

behaviors.

Superintendent’s Office

We have three staff members in the Superintendent's office (Dr. Bill Ermert, Dr. Kirk Lewis, and Mrs. Joyce Threadgold) who received

their 35 year pins last year. A lot of hard work, commitment, and

knowledge have been exerted by these dedicated individuals.

Half our students take their classes in portable classrooms that are dated and tired. Our students continue to

thrive. We will plan for facity upgrades for our community and will enjoy this adventure in every phase!

Harrison Elementary School

The Harrison Community strongly supports the school. At every grade level parent volunteers

provide valuable support.

Sierra Middle School

Sierra was named a clean campus by Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful for the most inspirational student

leadership.

Poly High School

A recent graduate is swimming for the USA in

the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Victoria Elementary School

Teachers coming together to support colleagues

with combination classrooms.

Opened with 600 students maxed at 1675

Pupil Services

With the creation of the Intensive Behavior Intervention Assistant

positions the Department has reduced the cost of providing ABA services to

students by @ $300,000.00 during the 2011-2012 school year.

Central MS has bell tower and bell in the quad area

of the the campus.

Even with the expansion of our sites, we are currently

using energy at 2003 levels.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

One to one iPod Touch program for third grade

students

Pre Expulsion Review Conference (PERC) occur

Mountain View Elementary School

All students in grades three through six are provided with their own laptops for use at school and home during the

school year.

From 7/1/11 to 6/30/12 M&O 877 work orders

were directly related to Vandalism

Adams Elementary School

Adams ES will begin preschool classes for the

first time this fall.

Rivera Elementary School

Rivera students have particpated in Math

Olympiads for the past ten years.

Annual softball game between staff and seniors

for cancer awareness.

We are implementing an IB Middle Years Program.

Human Resources

Did you know... if you didn't document it, it

didn't happen.

Hawthorne Elementary School

There is a small vegetable farm across the street .

Ramona High School

Ramona’s completely new pool is scheduled for completion at the end of September. Which is great news for our three-time,

defending league champion, boy’s water polo team; who also happen to be the first

water polo championship team in the school’s 56 year history.

Lake Mathews Elementary School

We are the only school which sits at the base of a

Did you know out of the last 2800 work order survey

responses NIS received an average rating of 4.85 out of a possible 5 for our Service skills

Our teachers are so excited about the new school year that they

created a committee called Agents of Change. This committee is

working towards improving teacher and student morale.

Gage Middle School

Gage was one of only six middle schools named a California Distinguished

School in Riverside County in 2011.

The opportunity class is changing from an EOC run program to a site based program. Students will be attending 6 classes instead of the reduced day model. 3 classes on campus and 3 periods in a single

class.

Ed Accountability

Ed Accountability facilitates more than 230,000

assessments for all CAHSEE, CST, district assessments plus

national and international assessments

Business Services

Fiscal Services works year-round even during weeks that have

been designated as "blackout" weeks or during those weeks

when schools are closed throughout the year.

Since January, 2010 to August 2012, district ELA teachers have completed 8,280 hours of

standards-based professional development delivered by ELA

Instructional Services.

We work equally with technology and

information.

Visual and Performing Arts

Our middle school visual arts students have participated in the

first annual Middle School Art Show at the Riverside Art

Museum

Purchasing

Last fiscal year - we order $2,598,935.76 from Arey Jones and $1,537,490.63

from Apple

NIS is the support behind much of data which is used throughout RUSD.

Many vendor applications including Haiku, Data Director, RUSD website contacts, Destiny and others rely

upon data extracted by NIS.

Fremont Elementary School

This year, teachers want to implement a schoolwide ELA intervention program for students in grades 1-6. Rotations will last about 2 weeks, and students

will be grouped by needs, regardless of grade level. We will serve students at all ability levels,

which means that we will have enrichment classes as well. This is a brand-new venture for Fremont,

so we will have to work out the glitches as we go. I am proud of Fremont teachers for their desire and

willingness to try something different.

Human Resources

18 employees represent over 250 years of

history/experience in our department

Human Resources

All application forms needed are now linked to

vacancy flyers.

Business Services

Between October 14, 2011 and June 30, 2012, the Contracts Department

processed over 600 contracts

About 80% of our data infrastructure is

virtualized.

Budget Department

We have a webpage on the Intranet where you can access forms and run

reports

Business Services

The longest serving Business Services employee has been in Purchasing for 34 years. Sheryl Lakes started as a

child!

Risk Management

Diligently looking at ways to save the district money

on liabilities, as well as health care.

DEA/Assessment Center

The Assessment Center has the English proficiency classification for almost all pre-enrolled and district

preschoolers completed and entered into Aeries by the start of

school.

Riverside STEM Academy

All students participate in a long-term science or

engineering project and students are give opportunities

to collaborate with a STEM professional

Through Erate, NIS saves the District 100's of

thousands of dollars per year

Arlington High School has a systematic intervention for each grade level designed to increase the number of students earning

the appropriate number of credits so to increase graduation rates.

Our department received a $100,000 grant from Target

to support our Dual Language Immersion

schools.

NIS staff members visit most every site and

campus several times a week.

Woodcrest

To occupy my time during the summer months as a teenager I spent most of the summer standing on a 2 foot platform on the back of a tractor detasseling corn. I

met a look of interesting looking bugs, but had a great time earning extra funds for

school clothes, oh and school supplies. :)

Poly High School

During the 2011-12 school year, Poly initiated several school-

wide programs to support students' school success,

including Link Crew, Puente, and Renaissance!

Pre-Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish and AP Spanish are currently available at two of our middle

schools and were initially funded through the Advanced Placement

Incentive Program, a federally funded grant.

John North, founder of Riverside, is not buried in

the rose garden on campus

Starting an AVID alternative ed program

this school year.

By end of 1st quarter 2013, NIS will have increased the network

speed from every site to the internet to 1 Gigabit per second.

A current RUSD principal attended Magnolia as a child and recalled being run out to the wall on Magnolia Ave to

watch President Nixon's motorcade drive by.

University Heights is on its way to becoming an authorized MYP school. Dr. Baker from Glendale has chosen our school to visit before he begins his new position as Principal of an MYP middle school in China this

month! WOW!

Highgrove Elementary School

Highgrove students are striving to achieve an API

over 800!

Earhart had several hundred students voluntarily participate in

the Kahn Academy Summer Program with many of them

spending over 20 hours learning Math.

for over 30 years, Emerson has a Community Pancake Breakfast to raise funds for Sixth Grade Science Camp

Keeps it's "doors" open 24/7 throughout the

school year

Dad's University is a newly formed partnership between Family Services and Early Childhood and is a series of parent workshops aimed solely at

fathers and male role models of students grades preschool to first

grade.

Homeless Liaison

That 27% of the homeless have spent time in foster

Our student population has increased 60% since 2010

Irene Cruz

Managers get a view of 14th Street with its

variety of foot and vehicle traffic

Cyndi Hartshorn

Did You Know that in the last 10 years, the total number of

students in special education has increased by 4%, but the

number of students with autism has increased by 200%?

Program Quality/Academic English Learners/Categoricals Dept.

We just completed a two year pilot program with AVID Center for a middle school pre AVID course

specifically for long term academic English learners designed to excel their literacy so they will become

fluent in English.

Kevin Hauser/ Facilities Projects

Our department has two people in it

Elizabeth Gosnell Highgrove Elementary

We have an dedicated teaching and support

staff!

Payroll

Works in a portable

Dawn Smith

To comply with state requirements for 40 hours of materials-based training, all training

modules were developed/coordinated in-house, and 7 of those modules were

developed into an online format. By May of 2013, nearly all of our elementary teachers will have completed the training modules,

both face-to-face and online.

Pablo Sanchez/Central Middle School

Central MS is one of the three original Junior High Schools built in Riverside. Its the only one of the three that still has original

buildings.

Jodi Gonzales/Program Quality/Academic English

Learners/Categoricals Dept.

I was born and raised in New York.

Due to the extraordinary efforts of RUSD counselors, the number of seniors who

submitted completed FAFSA financial aid applications increased by 10% over this past year, allowing that many more, low

income, first generation students, to make college-going dreams a reality.

John F. Kennedy

Thirteen languages are spoken by various

students at Kennedy.

Rachel Bramlett

I am the oldest of 32 cousins from 14 aunts

and uncles.

Jefferson Elementary

Using AVID strategies in the upper grades has

made a difference for our students.

Nutrition Services

Our Farmers Market Salad Bar Program is internationally

recognized and we have hosted groups from several different

countries that are trying to duplicate our program for their students.

Sunshine uses the Houghton Mifflin

Preschool Curriculum.

Is changing accreditation agencies effective this school years;

Council on Occupational Education (COE) rather than

Alicia Grissom/Special Education

The three elementary classrooms designed for students with

emotional disturbance have moved from Castle View to Harrison

Elementary for the 2012-13 school year.

Adleit Asi

having a chef who used his expertise to improve appeal and be cost

effective.

L. Houston/Jackson

As part of the 5th anniversary Kevin Hauser provided 12

apple trees & now we have a small apple orchard.

Joe Nieto/Early Childhood

In 2007 an analytical piece that I wrote on the works of Willa

Cather in college was published in the Emporia State University

Heritage of the Great Plains literary journal.

Human Resources

Did you know we will be offering support sessions in FRISK, contract management and supporting the supervising/evaluation process?

Shani Dahl / Alcott

My site hosts an annual Teacher Talent Show

M&O gets 100-125 work orders per day

Janie Rhoades/Categorical Programs and Academic English Learners/District Office

The classrooms and the teachers are the key. Through quality

Professional Development, with effective follow up and support for

quality implementation, we can get to the desktops.

Michael A. Rhodes/King High School

Through the years King High has created a highly collaborative environment and all departments share a

common lunch period for the purpose of allowing additional collaboration if the respective departments choose to do so. This has helped create meaningful

relationships with colleagues and also better serves our student population through a more focused approach to

standards based instruction with high yielding instructional strategies.

Madison Elementary School

Madison opened in 1952, and is celebrating its 60th

birthday this year!

Chemawa Teachers and Administrative Staff created a new

elective course called Career Explorations for the purpose of

exposing students to career paths that exist at our local high schools

and local community.

Erin Vanderwood/Pupil Services/Special Education/CRC

Only 17 special education students were recommended for expulsion on 2010-11, compared

to 30 students in 2009-10.

Program Development

PRIME Time and HEARTS provide full or part-time employment for

over 100 people in RUSD and over 200 people in the City of

Riverside and partner organizations.

Jacqueline Hall/Beatty Elementary

Beatty has a bell tower that really works!

Longfellow Elementary

Last year we purchased iPods for student use in the classroom and at

Lincoln

Lincoln will implement an AVID program during 2012-13 school year

Chuck Lusin / NIS

NIS has a secret metal bar near the front door that is

really the door bell!

Has developed several hundred custom

programs for the district

Cheryl Simmons/ Instructional Services

Did you know that Instructional Services Specialists and Staff Developers have taken online

classes to learn to create effective and engaging online professional

development?

Human Resources

Did you know that the Human Resources Department has

processed over 960 fingerprint background checks each year

for the past 4 years?

Gage Middle School

Not only are our Gators super athletes bringing home trophies in Volleyball and Basketball and countless medals

in Track, but they are also super scholars participating in the Gage Academic Decathlon, and winning

Science Olympiad.

Part of the previous Zoo wall still exhists in front of

Chemawa.

NIS PRIDE - Professional Results In Daily Effort

Preschool students are using iPods, and school is heading toward 1:1 use of

electronic devices.

Denise Bogan/ Washington Elementary

Our principal and our school secretary are new to the school this year.

Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary students really hit the books this past year. In fact, Jefferson's

students were able to accumulate 36,759 Accelerated Reader points. The goal set

by Mrs. Ortega was 35,000 A.R. points and our students exceeded the goal and thus,

were able to soak the principal and assistant principal with water needles!

Donna Dorsey/Principal/Taft Elementary School

Taft teachers have committed to science instruction for every student and science fair participation school

wide which we will believe will engage our students in rigorous

exploration and discovery.

Tamara Kerr / Ramona High School

Ramona High School is completely digital, with

Internet access anywhere on campus.

Esther Garcia, Principal, Liberty

Our next door neighbors are Juvenile Hall and a Safe House for teens.

Frank Augustus Miller

Outstanding collaboration and commitment towards

continual school improvement by all staff

members

Kiersten Frausto / Pachappa Elementary

Opened as an elementary school then was repurposed as

the special education school for the district before being

repurposed again as an elementary school

Carmel/DEA & Assessment Center

The assessment center is like a mini United Nations. Students

speaking more than 40 different languages are

assisted there.

Joyce Threadgold/Business Services/NIS

NIS has 9 Help Desk Analyst to service 8500

computers

Connie Wahlin/Special Education/Project T.E.A.M.

On October 5, 2010, President Obama signed into law S. 2781, also known as "Rosa's Law", which changed references in Federal statutes

that referred to "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability". District Individualized Education Program (IEP) forms currently reflect

Intellectual Disability as one of the thirteen areas of eligibility for special education

services.

Championship programs in and out of the classroom

Debbie Ausman-Haskins/Mark Twain

We will start a pilot Khan program this year in fifth

and sixth grades.

Brian Frost / Poly High School

Poly's mock trial team won it's 13th championship at

the Riverside County Mock Trial Competition.

Castle View Elementary

Our site is the second site to have Dual Language Immersion. 2012 will include 2 Kinder and 2 First grade DLI classes. First

year Kinders demonstrated high achievement in both Spanish and English Assessments. Program is growing with 47 transfers in this year for K and a wait list

of 28.

Jamie Angulo/Ramona High School

One of the top 5 AVID Programs in the Nation.

A wildlife habitat was created and maintained by the Monroe students,

staff, and families.

Jenny Ramos/Human Resources

Certificated/Management personnel files are

currently being digitized.

Woodcrest

My first conversation with a parent at Woodcrest was about the trouble she had

with her pigs and her chickens.

Antonio Garcia / Arlington High School

We are very proud of our 3-time CIF champion boys

tennis team.

Cheryl Anderson / Superintendent's office

When I was hired 10 years ago, four staff members (Executive Assistant to the

Superintendent, Secretary to the Board of Education, and 2 - Executive Secretaries) worked directly under the Superintendent. Due to budget cuts, the only position that still exists is the Executive Assistant to the

Superintendent.

Kathryn Grimble/ Miller Middle

Our Science Olympiad and Math Counts clubs both

made it to state even though it was only their second year

competing.

Robin / Human Resources

All of the classified employee files have been

scanned and can be viewed via DocuShare

Robin / Human Resources

All of the classified employee files have been

scanned and can be viewed via DocuShare

Elem Ed

8 current principals once worked in Instruction

Robert Diaz / Pupil Services / SELPA

Approximately 1 in 25 K-12 students in RUSD are eligible for Special Education because

of a Specific Learning Disability.

Mark Shaw/AP/University Heights M.S.

We enjoy an outstanding staff who work for students and their families in a great and powerful manner. I remain

blessed to work with this team!

Jamelia Oliver/ Harrison Elementary School

As a year two Learning Teams school, the Harrison staff will be utilizing web conferencing to facilitate LT meetings and

collaborate with LT consultants.

Elizabeth Lenoir/Sierra

Sierra staff uses Facebook to communicate information

with the community, and the Sierra page has over 1,100

Likes.

Poly High School

The current principal has served as an RUSD principal at the elementary, middle,

and high school levels.

Tim Walker / Pupil Services-SELPA

RUSD has a collaborative Non-Public School located at the Grant School

campus. This collaborative relationship has reduced the costs

associated with providing services to the Emotionally Disturbed population

by close to $300,000.00

Victoria Elementary

Kindergarten classrooms will implement iPod

program for incoming kindergartners.

Coleman Kells/Earhart

Superintendent and other district staff had to help put on

temporary roof to keep out a rain storm when school was being

Central

Rumor has it that there is a swimming pool under the gym. This is well known among the surrounding

community.

Mike Fitzgerald/ Energy/ M&O

Our department helps the environment as well as

the budget.

Benjamin Franklin

Outstanding after-school choir

This use to be the Jack LaLanne Spa

Paula Allbeck / Mountain View Elementary School

We provide an annual summer academy for at-

risk Academic English learners.

Lee Raimondi / M&O

M&O responds to Fire and Security Alarms and

Emergency Maintenance 24/7, 365 days a year

JoLynn Barnes

We will begin our second year as a "100 Mile Club"

school this year!

Theresa Juarez MLK High School

ASB students acknowledges every staff

member birthday .

John W. North H.S.

Diversity is our strength!

Kyley Ybarra/Human Resources

Did you know... it is our goal to find the right people for not only the bus but the

seats on the bus.

Ellen Parker, Hawthorne

We are developing a teacher created program called Artech to raise student achievement through

integration of art standards across the curriculum and use of

technology's to enhance learning.

Ramona High School

The future of digital work and learning has officially arrived at

Ramona. We have fully implemented 1:1 digital access promoting 24/7 learning for all.

Pam Williams Lake Mathews Elementary School

We have no access to public transportation.

Did you know NIS will be installing a new Wide Area

Network that will support data transmission rates of 1 gbps

and above at each district site?

Liberty ES

Our school is apart of the No Excuses Network, which

promotes college awareness/readiness for all

students

Gage Middle School

Gage is the only middle school that has a full woodworking program in the District and

perhaps one of the few throughout Riverside and San

Bernardino Counties.

Rebecca Brown/AP/MLK

Project Lead The Way (engineering program) grew by 20% this year.

Business Services

AccountAbility is the name of the financial software RUSD uses to help manage and monitor the

budgets for our facilities projects.

Dara Mosher/Instructional Services

A guarantee of admission , placement and completion is now in place for all RUSD

graduating seniors.

Visual and Performing Arts

Theater, choir and band students participate in more than 10 festivals per month

during the school year.

Jane Jumnongsilp - Purchasing

None of my staff knew how to pronounce my name

Patti Popovich, Fremont

During the third trimester of the last school year, two teachers restructured their ELD lessons to "test" a new approach to teaching form and

function. They taught the ELD standards using content standards, and they incorporated the use of formal academic language sentence

frames. During the last month of school, teachers planned ELD lessons using this new approach. Our ELD Coach, Bernie Torres, worked with

them to streamline lessons plans and to ensure the rigor of the sentence frames. Each teacher will focus on one social studies or science content

standard each trimester, and students will rotate from teacher to teacher. Teachers will modify plans and instructional strategies to meet the needs of students at each ELD proficiency level. There will also be

lessons for English-only students; however, EO students who need extra support will be placed in the appropriate AEL group. A major advantage

of this system is that every teacher will be an ELD teacher, and every teacher will teach every student.

Steve Palmer/NIS

NIS develops custom computer applications which serve to make our

jobs easier and more efficient. Applications from NISWorks to the

Professional Development Hub to the Digital Dashboard and many others

were custom developed by NIS.

Ajay Shah/NIS

We are located at Sierra Middle School

Launa Whitlock / Human Resources

Our department website has a high percentage of

"hits".

Angela McKinney, NIS

work with the schools and multiple depts for

accurate State and Federal Reporting

Business Services

The Contracts Department interfaces with every

department/site within the District.

Dalia Gadelmawla/Budget Department

We get a thrill out of doing Vlookup functions in Excel

Mike Fine / Business Services

RUSD buses travel over 2.5 million miles per year.

Kathy Everhart - Risk Management

Trying desperately to understand Health Care

Reform....

Carmel/DEA/Assessment Center

DEA manages the details of RUSD's test and major demographic data in

three local student information systems and several state and

federal student information systems!

Dale Moore/ Riverside STEM Academy

The school is .5 miles from UCR and is next to the Box Springs Reserve

Anthony Hajeid/NIS

NIS manages an estimated 20,000 networked devices

Arlington High School’s boy’s tennis team has

won CIF three years in a row.

Our department is working with Jose Luis Orosco, the "Spanish

Father Goose", to build and create apps for use with

second language learners.

Poly High School

Poly's recent spring 2012 Advanced Placement (AP) test results reflect a

growth of over one-hundred tests taken, to an all-time high of over 1,200 tests

administered, AND our test passing rate improved from 47% last year to 54%

passing in 2012! Also an all-time high!

Kim Coons-Leonard/Inst. Services

The GATE office has developed a fully online tier 2 GATE

certificate program that will be available to teachers this

Robert Avila NIS

Several staff members play musical instruments.

Rich Davis/North

In its 48 yr history, North has only had three varsity

basketball coaches=Gene Hughes, Anthony Jones and

Mike Bartee

Lanna Goffman/EOC

Starting a Blended Learning Middle School

program this school year.

Reuben Sanders/NIS

NIS formally Data Processing Center has

been on the Sierra campus since 1977.

We have over 3500 telephones in the district.

Magnolia has a "boiler room" that is about the creepiest

place I've ever seen. It absolutely looks like monsters

live down there!

University Heights MS

Did you know that 3 University Heights Middle School students have been selected in the last two years

as one of Riverside's Most Remarkable Teens? Each year, many students throughout the city

submit applications and participate in an intense interview as part of the selection process.

Ultimately, those students most representative of the criteria are selected. The UNI community is

thrilled that three of our outstanding students have been chosen to receive this city-wide recognition.

University Heights MS

Did you know that 3 University Heights Middle School students have been selected in the last two years

as one of Riverside's Most Remarkable Teens? Each year, many students throughout the city

submit applications and participate in an intense interview as part of the selection process.

Ultimately, those students most representative of the criteria are selected. The UNI community is

thrilled that three of our outstanding students have been chosen to receive this city-wide recognition.

Sean Browning / Assistant Principal / Earhart Middle School

Earhart student won the "Salute to Freedom"

Award at the National History Day Competition

Emerson added an Apple Orchard to its landscape

in 2011

Russ Bouton - Emerson Elementary School

Contestant on the Price Is Right

Sean Browning / Assistant Principal / Earhart Middle School

I frequently race in amateur dirt bike races, I never win, but enjoy the

competition!

Elizabeth Gosnell

I was born in New York City

Patricia Hayes(Grice) @ University Heights Middle School

I was presented in concert last month in Los Angeles and once again particpated in

Riverside's Lyric Opera Master Class which was also in July. I have always had a passion for classical music. My voice

coach likened my voice to that of Leontyne Price. Wow! Who knew??? I

certainly didn't!

David Marshall

I have two grandchildren that live in Texas. Madelyn is in first grade, and Reid David

just turned one!

I am adopted, and so is my sister.

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