November 17, 2004
Sections:  Feature Articles  News You Can Use  Hall of Fame  Scenes from Schools  Student Salutes  Save the Date  Retiring Types  In Memoriam  Classifieds Fun Fact: "The difference between male and female blue crabs is the design located on their apron (belly). The male blue crab has the Washington Monument while the female apron is shaped like the U.S. Capitol."  Previous Issues Staff Bulletin is published for employees of San Diego City Schools monthly. Send news items and classified ads to: Staff Bulletin Education Center, Room 2145 phone: (619)725-5578; fax: (619)725-5576 e-mail: communications@sandi.net The mission of San Diego City Schools is to improve student achievement by supporting teaching and learning in the classroom. The next Staff Bulletin will be posted December 8. Please submit all items by Wednesday, December 1, 2004, to the Communications Office, Room 2145, Eugene Brucker Education Center.	Printable Staff Bulletin San Diego City Schools Receives API Growth Results The California Department of Education (CDE) released the 2004 Academic Performance Index (API) Growth results on October 28. Individual school results can be found on the CDE website. More . . . November Open Enrollment and Eapplications The annual medical/dental open enrollment period will be held November 1-30, 2004. During this period, eligible employees may enroll for medical and dental coverage, change enrollment to another medical/dental plan offered and add eligible dependents not currently enrolled. More ... What it Means to Provide Inclusion for Students with Special Needs Before the early 1990s, Special Ed students (as they were labeled then) were segregated by separate rooms and buildings and taught by special education teachers. More ...	Also in this issue: Computer Viruses Bombard District Email System Since schools opened in September, the Information Technology Department (IT) has seen an increase in computer emails containing virus infected attachments. SDCS Participates in National Interactive Webcast Last month, SDCS joined districts across the country in an online, interactive webcast to discuss roadblocks to implementing bullying, sexual harassment and violence-prevention programs. How Many Languages Do You Speak? With more than 64 different languages spoken in students' homes, how does the district's Translation Services Unit handle such a daunting task? District's Parent Congress Educates Parent Delegates, Principals Informational displays, provided by the Recycling and Transportation departments, DAC, Special Education/CAC SE, GATE, PTA, DELAC, the Harold J. Ballard Parent Center/Parent University and Police Services, offered materials and answered parents' questions through posters, pictures, brochures and friendly faces. Next Year's 2005-06 District Calendar NEXT SCHOOL YEAR 2005-06, you will notice several changes to the district calendar. These changes were recommended by the district Calendar Committee, including administrators, teachers and other staff, parents and community members, and the calendar was adopted by the Board of Education on September 28, 2004.
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