Community Photo Gallery: Congrats to the Class of 2012

Here's a place to honor this year's Elk Grove graduates by uploading photos and messages.

It's graduation time—time to honor our local graduates who have made the grade and are moving on to bigger and better things. This community-based photo gallery is a great way to celebrate the grads in your life and tell them how proud you are of their accomplishments. Whether they are graduating from high school, college or preschool, let's show them how much we appreciate their hard work and wish them well in their new endeavors! Everyone is welcome to upload a photo by clicking on the button above. If you don't yet have a free user account on Patch, here's how to set one up.  

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CRC Business Club Heads to National Competition

After organizing training for Elk Grove small-business owners, Students in Free Enterprise won a regional award for their work.

Earlier this spring, Elk Grove Patch collaborated with a student group at Cosumnes River College to produce a series of workshops for local small-business owners. We were happy to hear this week that the CRC Students in Free Enterprise club has won a regional award for their work in the Elk Grove community, and will be heading off to the SIFE USA National Exposition in Kansas City, MO next week. Besides the training—which helped Elk Grove entrepreneurs learn about accounting, marketing, social media and more—students in the club have organized an entrepreneurship forum for high schoolers and raised funds for Elk Grove Food Bank Services. Here's a little more about their work, from a CRC press release: Cosumnes River College’s Students In …

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Help an Elk Grove School Win $10K in School Supplies

Elk Grove schools are in the running for the Avery Give Back to Schools promotion. You can vote through Sept. 14.

Elk Grove schools are in the running for winning $10,000 worth of Avery school supplies in a vote-driven contest. One Elk Grove school, Edna Batey Elementary, is in the top 10, currently ranked at No. 4. Katherine Albiani Middle School is at No. 18, and a couple other Elk Grove schools are in the top 200. There's still time to vote for your school — in fact, lots of time. Voting doesn't end until Sept. 14. The top 5 schools will get $10K worth of Avery school supplies, $1,000 worth of gift cards and 25,000 Box Tops for Education coupons. The 25 runner-up schools will get 10,000 Box Tops for Education coupons and 10 random schools with more than 100 votes will get 5,000 Box Tops for Education coupons. Want to vote for your school? Search …

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Pleasant Grove High Senior Wins $20,000 for Perfect Attendance

Elk Grove Unified School District senior attendance drive wrapped up Friday.

By Elk Grove Unified School District Krystal Prasad of Pleasant Grove High School had the lucky key, starting a Scion and winning the $20,000 grand prize in the Elk Grove Auto Mall 2011/2012 Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive on Friday, May 11. For the sixth year in a row, the Elk Grove Auto Mall provided a grand prize of $20,000 to be used towards the purchase of a vehicle from any dealership at the Elk Grove Auto Mall through the Elk Grove Auto Mall Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive.  This year, nine finalists representing nine EGUSD high schools who achieved at least five months of perfect attendance and at least a 2.0 GPA vied for the $20,000 grand prize. The Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive is a part of EGUSD’s No Excuses – Go …

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School District Overbills State for Absent Students

The Elk Grove Unified School District was caught billing the State of California for more than $300,000 in funds they were not owed, KCRA reports.

Valley High School Employee Arrested for Alleged Sex With Student

Sean Darnell Davis, 42, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies arrested an Elk Grove Unified School District employee Monday on suspicion of having an illegal sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student. Sean Darnell Davis, 42, worked as a campus supervisor at Valley High School  in Sacramento from 2008 until the district placed him on paid administrative leave Monday, district spokesperson Elizabeth Graswich said. A sheriff's department press release accuses Davis of performing "multiple unlawful sex acts" with the unnamed student between August 2011 and February 2012. Sheriff's department spokesperson Jason Ramos said investigators learned about the relationship from a third party and interviewed both Davis and the student. Detectives were looking into …

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Amy Carson

5:44 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012

With all due respect as well, my experience and yours are worlds apart. The are many, many sophomore girls who have not had intercourse, and there is no way in the world the number is close to 85%. The sky is not falling. Sorry.   more ›

Teacher Appreciation Week: Who's Your Favorite Teacher?

Tell us about the teacher(s) who had the biggest impact on your life.

We all have a favorite teacher, a person who changed our lives with encouragement, sound advice or a kind word. It might be the teacher who helped you find your calling or career path. Maybe a special teacher who helped you witness your child bloom and overcome a challenge. Whatever it is, we want to know who that special teacher is. Elk Grove, who is your favorite teacher? Do you know of a great educator you would like to recognize from the past or present? May 8 is National Teacher Day, and the week of May 7 to May 11 is Teacher Appreciation Week. We want to celebrate the teachers in your life. Here are some ways you can highlight the teachers who have impacted you or someone you know: [Bonus: Click here to read a Rosemont Patch blogger …

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Linda Park

4:33 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

I'll go ahead and share my story of one special teacher I will always remember. She is one amazing teacher who will always stand out for me. My son's first grade teacher, Vicky Moore from Raymond Case. My son is 12 now, but I still remember his first day of first grade. I sat in the class and listened to her little speech for parents. She talked about independence for the students and her strict …   more ›

Alcohol at the Prom: Do You Support Zero-Tolerance Enforcement?

A bus driver who transported 35 student leaders from Dixon to a prom found a bottle containing alcohol on the bus, prompting the kids to be banned from the dance. If that happened in Elk Grove, would you support the school administration?

There's a wild story developing in Dixon, which you may hear about on larger news outlets in the coming days. With it being prom and senior ball season, we wanted to share the story. Thirty-five students from Dixon High's leadership class were banned from their junior prom when someone allegedly left a bottle of vitamin water containing alcohol on the bus that took them to the dance. As you read this story, think about whether you'd support one of Elk Grove's high schools if they approached the situation similarly.  The 35 students — some of whom had participated in an Every 15 Minutes Program last week warning them of about the dangers of drinking and driving — were stuck outside the venue when they were blocked from attending the event …

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Mark Paxson

7:25 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2012

I'd like to see the entire contract signed by students. I'd like to know if it says anything about the simple possession of alcohol or drugs versus "being under the influence." Tom ... I don't necessarily disagree with your conclusions, but one of the things I've learned from my oldest son is that the kids involved in these large group trips to prom or ball is that the kids can establish the …   more ›

Sacramento Singer Wins Elk Grove's Teen Idol Contest

Kay Albritton of Highland High School took first place, followed by two teens from Elk Grove schools.

Teen Center USA crowned a new Teen Idol Friday night. Kay Albritton of Sacramento's Highland High School took first place in the popular Elk Grove singing competition, which draws young amateurs ages 11 to 18 from around the Sacramento region and the Bay Area. Click on the Youtube video above to hear Albritton sing at a previous talent show at her high school. Danielle Baldwin, a student at St. Peter's Lutheran School, won second place and Alicia Paulson of Joseph Kerr Middle School placed third. Congratulations to all the winners!

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