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In honor of San Juan High School graduate Hogan Weaver’s athletic and academic achievements, the Citrus Heights City Council on Thursday night officially proclaimed Feb. 25, 2020, as “Hogan Weaver Day.”
Members of the San Juan High School Alumni Association (SJAA) recognized 17 graduating senior students on Thursday night with individual scholarship awards totaling $42,500…
Sentinel staff report–A spring concert will be held at San Juan High School on May 16 in the school’s auditorium. According to an event flier, the concert will feature the school’s concert band and choir, and will also include performances by select piano students and a guitar ensemble. The concert[Read More…]
Parents, students and family members are invited to an open house of STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Arts-Math) student work at Sylvan Middle School on May 9, from 5:30-7 p.m…
Students at Mariposa Elementary School in Citrus Heights are now benefiting from a special “Soles for Young Souls” shoe closet, thanks to the work of Linda (Schram) Fischer and the generosity of several book club members of San Juan High School Class of 1966…
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Citrus Heights has long been criticized for having under-performing schools operated by the San Juan Unified School District, which has City leaders concerned that young families won’t be attracted to move to the area and has also led to parents finding ways to send their children to schools outside the city limits.
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Sylvan Middle School was the scene of a heavy law enforcement presence on Friday, as Citrus Heights police officers and other agency personnel in the region escorted slain Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Stasyuk’s 11-year-old sister back to school for the first time since the Sept. 17 gun battle with a suspect that took her brother’s life at a Rancho Cordova Pep Boys store.
A video posted by the sheriff’s department shows her arriving to the school in a sheriff’s SUV and then walking past a row of several dozen deputies and officers who applauded as she passed them with her arm around a deputy escort. The video also shows sheriff’s deputies tying blue ribbons around the campus and quickly gained more than 250,000 views on Facebook in less than 24 hours after being posted.
According to Chief of Staff Matt Hedges, with Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost’s office, the event was coordinated to show support for the fallen deputy’s sister as she copes with the tragedy.
“It was a last-minute impromptu event that came together, but exploded with positivity…
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On Sept. 29, the Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) will help host a free event aimed at helping the estimated 800 K-12 students in Citrus Heights who lack permanent stable housing.
