Manzanita SEED

05/26/2020

Volunteer for OUSD School Meal Distribution

Food distribution has been expanded for the summer-June and July. The Manzanita campus will begin distributing food the first week of June, on June 1st. VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczVE55TkkhBWuhqB5ymwTC_lbIEHcnyYe8amX6s1P2B5GI4A/viewform

OUSD is looking for additional volunteers to support distribution of food and supplies to families in need during the current shelter-in-place resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Food and supply distributions are taking place at OUSD school sites throughout Oakland. We are currently seeking volunt...

05/19/2020

COVID-19 PSA

A public service announcement regarding COVID-19
Featuring our Bay Area PLAN Executive Director and Manzanita SEED parent, school site council chair and BLACK family engagement leader Ms. Pecolia Manigo and Oakland leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5KA38ZGRN0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1JyqcycoICqXZyZ7okaIgwLWARlNw5QWOKmcaiMOOYnk_UuTVqjdE3rDI

PSA about COVID-19 for Black Residents in Oakland

05/12/2020

Oakland Unified School District - Social Worker (0.40 FTE) - Manzanita SEED Elementary (2020-21)

We are seeking a part-time social worker at SEED!

Ref: PCN6206 Note: This position is 0.40 FTE. BASIC FUNCTION: Under general direction of assigned supervisor provide case management; conduct individual and family assessments; make referrals, provide crisis intervention counseling, and facilitate education groups for students, parents, and school s...

05/06/2020

Basic Needs Support For Manzanita SEED Families organized by Jill Guerra Burger

Support SEED families with basic needs due to the CoronaVirus pandemic. Share this fundraiser with your networks.

*Update: Due to the continuation of Shelter-in-Place, we have decid… Jill Guerra Burger needs your support for Basic Needs Support For Manzanita SEED Families

05/04/2020

The OUSD Library Team has procured new books to give to students to provide equitable access to literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The book giveaway will be held on Monday, May 4th at all 12 Grab and Go free meal sites, until supplies run out.

The Grab and Go events run from 8:00 a.m. to noon. GO GET FREE BOOKS!

05/04/2020

Join me in thanking our dedicated hard working teachers for all that they do!
We ❤️ our teachers, they are amazing!!!

Our teachers are amazing. They're dedicated, creative, caring and incredibly hard-working. And that's during a regular school year. But in the midst of a pandemic? They take things to an entirely new level.

When our schools closed to in-person instruction, our teachers immediately rose to the challenge of the new distance learning landscape. They created a whole new plan for how students would continue learning and thought about ways to keep students and families engaged in the school community. They attended webinars to learn new ways to connect, they flexed their technology muscles to utilize new software, they updated lesson plans, they personally reached out to families, and so much more.

Please take some time to appreciate our educators this coming week by sending an email, a card or posting on social media using the #ThankATeacher hashtag!

05/02/2020

Oakland Education Association

Join Oakland teachers by donating all or a portion of your stimulus check to support undocumented families. Featuring our K teacher Ms. Olivia and her family.

If you feel moved to donate all or part of your stimulus check to undocumented families, you can take the Stimulus Pledge at tiny.url/OEA4Families #OEA4Families ❤️

04/26/2020

Oakland Unified School District

Our friends at Global Family Elementary School need our help.

Global Family Elementary School's Principal has created a GoFundMe page because the community desperately needs support, especially now that three parents have tested positive for Covid-19. Two of them are family breadwinners, and they are unable to work. Please help in any way you can, and share the campaign far and wide. #iamOUSD

04/25/2020

Oakland Unified School District

For any HS seniors working to get into college.

Registration is officially OPEN for the Virtual College Strategy Summit: Navigate Your Academic Journey from High School to College!

This summit was created to help high school scholars adapt their plan to the changing circumstances and leverage uncertainty with a strategic plan that sets them apart. The summit starts on Wednesday, April 29th and it’s going to be three action-packed days that you won’t want to miss.

There will be experts from around the nation discussing pathways for Scholar-Athlete families, to choose or not to choose to take the SAT/ACT, the college journey for youth with IEPs, financial aid, scholarships, and HBCU recruiters will be there as well. Check out this link for more info and to register.

https://thevillagemethod.org/summit

04/15/2020

Manzanita SEED's cover photo

04/15/2020

An update from OUSD Chief Academic Officer Sondra Aguilera.

Read the latest update from our Chief Academic Officer to learn the latest about Distance Learning, Technology, Testing and Grading, Social-Emotional Supports and Resources for the Class of 2020.
https://tinyurl.com/ousdacademics

04/10/2020

What to Do if You Can't Pay Rent Because of Coronavirus

What to Do if You Can't Pay Rent Because of Coronavirus

A step-by-step guide for dealing with your landlord during the worst economic catastrophe in living memory.

04/06/2020

This poster was one of the 1st place winners of OUSD's 2020 Census Poster contest, by 5th graders Valeria A. and Myella C. from Manzanita SEED. Way to go, Valeria and Myela! #2020Census #iamOUSD

OUSD is asking all families to do the 2020 Census to let the federal government know how many people we have in our District, our city and our region so that we receive the proper amount of resources and representation in Congress. It's important to know that you will not be asked any questions about immigration status. You can do it by filling out the form you received and mailing it back, calling in to do it by phone, and doing it online.

This poster was one of the 1st place winners of OUSD's 2020 Census Poster contest, by 5th graders Valeria A. and Myella C. from Manzanita SEED. Way to go, Valeria and Myela! #2020Census #iamOUSD

04/02/2020

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BREAKING: OUSD schools will remain closed to in-person instruction for the rest of the 2019-20 school year. As soon as possible, the District will send further communications. We thank you for your patience as we work together to prevent the spread of COVID-19. https://t.e2ma.net/message/peda0c/xkz1ng

04/01/2020

Today’s update regarding OUSD schools.

Today, March 31, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond indicated that schools may not reopen before the end of the current school year. OUSD's statement is below.

03/23/2020

Three SBHCs will remain open to serve the general health needs of OUSD students. These are:

Hawthorne Health Clinic (1700 28th Ave.). Please call (510) 481-4566 between the hours of 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday to be screened or schedule an appointment.

Youth Heart Health Center (286 East 10th St.). Please call (510) 481-4566 between the hours of 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday to be screened or schedule an appointment.

Youth UpRising/Castlemont (8711 MacArthur Blvd., Ste. A). Please call (510) 428-3556 during the following hours to be screened or schedule an appointment: Mondays 1:30-4:30pm; Wednesdays: 1:30-4:30pm; Fridays: 8:30-11:30am.

03/20/2020

Corona Virus: En Maya Mam Y Español

https://youtu.be/g-nrN1JdZLQ

Informacion sobre la coronavirus (Covid - 19) Hay mucha informacion circulando aserca de este virus y tambien muchos rumores que en realidad son incorrectos ...

03/19/2020

Health Concerns in our Communities / Coronavirus / COVID-19

https://www.ousd.org/covid-19

We want nothing more than to have our students and staff back in our schools, but we recognize that these are extraordinary times in our world. What Governor Newsom said today may not have been the biggest surprise knowing how this pandemic is spreading across our country, but still the idea of our....

03/16/2020

Oakland Education Association

Please share widely.

Please share widely! This video has important information for health and safety. You can find PSA videos in multiple languages on our Youtube channel.

03/16/2020

Food is available at these locations for people 18 and under.
La comida está disponible en estos lugares para personas menores de 18 años.

03/04/2020

Manzanita SEED students had an authentic civics lesson when our local leaders Mayor Libby Schaff, Oakland USD Superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson Trammel and State Senator Nancy Skinner came to our school for a press conference with California Governor Gavin Newsome. They came ask us to vote YES on prop 13. Students were excited and asked some interesting questions!

02/29/2020

Black Boy Joy: 30 Picture Books Featuring Black Male Protagonists | Brightly

Celebrate Black History 365!

Finding good, quality books featuring people of color can be a challenge. Here are 30 great picture books with black males at the center.

02/21/2020

Celebrate Black History 365!

The Oakland Community School was a Black Panther-run liberation school that operated in #Oakland from 1973 to 1982.
The alternative school grew out of No. 5 in the Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program, which called for educating black and poor people about their “true history” in the United States. Yet the mission was broader than indoctrinating the next generation into the Black Panther ideology, historians say. “The real focus was to teach children to be critical thinkers and problem solvers. To think of ways to make their community better.” #BlackHistoryMonth

Learn more:
East Bay Times: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/…/black-panther-school-ahead-…/
Oakland North: https://oaklandnorth.net/2016/12/15/at-historic-black-panthers-school-black-teachers-were-key-to-student-success/

02/11/2020

We Are The Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical (2020) | Official Trailer | HBO

Let’s Go OAKLAND!!!

Every year in Oakland, CA, hundreds of pre-K through 12th grade students compete in the Martin Luther King Oratorical Festival, performing a mix of published...

01/25/2020

Support the Williams Family organized by Kilian Betlach

Our support is needed following the tragic loss of a mother and parent leader Miesha Singleton due to a reckless driver. Let’s rally behind this beautiful family to fundraise and demand traffic safety improvements and enforcement on 98th Avenue! We have lost too many precious lives around school traffic. Together we can do better.

Kilian Betlach Support the Williams Family On January 17, Miesha Singleton was struck and killed by a reckless driver. She was crossing the street to go insi

01/18/2020

California high school students who lobbied for state MLK holiday honored in Oakland Tech play

“there is nothing about their youth that discounts their ability to create change.”
Have a wonderful holiday weekend! Remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr!

A lesson on lawmaking took Oakland Tech students on a four-year drive that in 1981 made Jan. 15 a state holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Today's students put on a play to tell their story.

01/17/2020

New HBO film celebrates Oakland’s MLK Oratorical Fest

Let’s go Oakland!!! 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼

Mahershala Ali executive produces documentary about long-running Oakland event

12/21/2019

Have a wonderful holiday break!

And that's a wrap on school days in 2019: OUSD schools are officially closed for winter break. We wish you and your family a restful and rejuvenating holiday season and look forward to welcoming students back on Jan. 6, 2020.

Of note, the Student Welcome Center is also closed over winter break, but families can still submit applications on-line at www.ousd.org/enroll.

All other OUSD offices are open/closed per the district calendar: www.ousd.org/districtcalendar

12/20/2019

KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area

Nice work Manzanita SEED Kings! Bully Free Zone.

BULLY FREE ZONE: Some 3rd and 5th graders from Oakland's Manzanita SEED Elementary School penned an anti-bullying anthem. They wrote the song after a teen committed suicide because he was being bullied at school.
https://cbsloc.al/2rdqXb7

12/20/2019

Oakland Schoolkids, Inspired By Tragedy, Create Anti-Bullying Song

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4261858-oakland-schoolkids-inspired-by-tragedy-create-anti-bullying-song/

AAMA MANZANITA KINGS stand up and speak out against bullying! We are a bully free zone!

An Oakland elementary school teacher turned his students into song makers when he asked them to help write an anti-bullying song. Maria Medina reports. (12/19/19)

11/25/2019

Study: OUSD program succeeds in boosting Black male student achievement

Keep up the dynamic, impactful work African American Male Achievement
Manzanita SEED is a proud partner of AAMA and we know our Manzanita KINGS look forward to the curricular focus and community building aspect of the movement!

Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine released a study last month regarding an Oakland Unified School District program focused on boosting achievement for Black male students. The study showed that the program has led to an increase in graduation and retention r...

11/23/2019

California ballot revives debate on expanding bilingual education

California ballot revives debate on expanding bilingual education

On Nov. 8, California voters will vote on a proposition that would make it easier for school districts to expand bilingual education. Critics say English-only instruction is crucial to assimilation, while supporters argue that it would be an opportunity to embrace the state’s multiculturalism and ...

10/22/2019

So proud of our 4th grade teacher Ms. Rivas and her work with our student artist!!!

We want to highlight the amazing work being done by Oakland teachers! Morelia Rivas, a 4th grade teacher at Manzanita Seed, worked with students and parents to create a Dias De Las Muertes altar dedicated to Central American asylum seekers who have lost their lives in the past year and a half trying to reach US. The project was part the Oakland Museum of California's 25th anniversary celebration of days of the dead. 🌺💀🌺 #LatinxHistoryMonth #CultureIsLife

09/26/2019

09/26/2019

No School Friday 9/27

ICYMI: There is no school for students this Friday, Sept. 27.
Download your copy of the OUSD calendar at www.ousd.org/districtcalendar