Preschoolers at Merryhill School in Elk Grove Celebrate Earth Day with Green Activities

For more information on Merryhill Schools, or to find a school near you, please log onto www.merryhillschool.com

When Is Progress No Longer Progress

Is there a point at which development and growth have gone too far?

Is it time for the City of Elk Grove to take over the parks and fire department?

Should the city of Elk Grove takeover parks and fire from the CSD?

What's a Teacher Want: Intelligent or Creative Students?

We could be leaving an era of teaching a "mile wide and an inch deep" and instead focusing on deeper learning which could once more have a profound impact on stimulating student creativity.

Florin High School Law Fair

My experiences at the 2013 Florin High School law fair.

Jazzercise Elk Grove hosts second Girls Night Out

The ladies at Jazzercise Elk Grove will do their part to beautify the city this summer with toned bikini bodies, with its summer-kick-off night - Girls Night Out Bikini Body Blast.

Got Math? Elk Grove Students Do!

The teaching of math using engaging practices and mathematically sound pedagogy is critical if we want to prepare our students for a 21st century workforce.

Water your plants after a heavy wind

Winds from the north can dry your plants very quickly

A Walk to Remember, Honor Elk Grove's own fallen hero Bryan Hall on April 13

Help honor a fallen Elk Grove hero

Training Kids to Become Responsible Digital Citizens is Important

Students have to be taught more than just what's in the textbooks in their desks. They also need to learn how to become upstanding digital citizens in a 21st century technology saturated world.

Pets to Go Birthday Bash!

Pets to Go is turning the big 2-4! And we're throwing a birthday bash, also known as our biggest Customer Appreciate Day of the year, to celebrate YOU! Learn more about the day's events here!

Enough of the Junk

Home Depot selling inferior products even when employees know the products are inferior!

A Touch of Jazz and Other Sounds-Gerry GOS Simpson

Elk Grove Artist, Gerry GOS Simpson current exhibition at Brickhouse Gallery

Behind the Scenes: Student Filmmakers Complete Filming for City of Elk Grove

Members of the Foulks Ranch Film Academy have completed 2 days of filming for the City of Elk Grove.

Mommy and me at Raley Field

Raley Field's Mommy and me taking place on May 1st.

Student Filmmakers Hired by City of Elk Grove

The City of Elk Grove is collaborating with the Foulks Ranch Film Academy to create an instructional film for the city's new Special Waste Collection Center.

Daylight Savings Time

It's time to 'Spring' your clocks forward an hour

The French and Spanish students are returning to our area this summer!

Homestay families needed to host our students from Spain and France for 3 weeks.

Purple Leaf Flowering Plums

Some of the most beautiful trees in our area right now are Purple Leaf Flowering Plum trees.

The Sacramento Art History Consortium Scholarship for the Arts

Scholarship announcement for Sacramento county incoming freshment Art / Art History Majors

Assemblyman Alejo: Teamsters Must Remain Team Players on Pension Reforms -- No on AB 160

Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville) wants to exempt one union from the meager pension reforms enacted in 2012. Call Assm. Alejo and tell him to pull his bill.

A Proposal Regarding the Gun Conundrum

Just another in the long line of proposals to address gun violence in America.

Five Questions You Should Always Ask a Tax Preparer

The questions to ask and the answers to know before you choose a tax preparer.

Yo Ho! Yo Ho, GOP! It's Pirate Time!

Peggy Noonan gave a breath of fresh air and a flair for a new direction. The GOP should have fun in the interim of Obama's piratical ways. For the Republicans, it's pirate time!

A Tale of Two Worlds

Councilman Hume's fine, fine, super fine dining omission!

Read My Lips, Henry Perea: No New Car Taxes

Assemblyman Henry Perea (D-Fresno) wants to raise your car tax. Tell him to stop with the tax increases, or he will be driven out of office.

Do You Have a Story About Motherhood?

Submit your story about motherhood (whether you are a mother or not) to the Listen to Your Mother Sacramento show.

Why Gun Control Will Not Work

Why gun control will not work.

Join The National Effort to Make March 13th of Every Year K-9 Veterans' Day

Things certainly changed by the time Vietnam, came to be. That is the only war where the dogs were declared “surplus equipment”, and left behind.

Who’s Hiring Locally: Coach’s Bar & Grill, Toys”R” Us, Networking Solutions, More

Find out who’s hiring locally in Elk Grove and work from opportunities. If you prefer working from the comforts of your home, please visit www.JobsInClerical.com.

In Honor Of Memorial Day – 7 Famous Dogs Of War

Reprinted with permission from Dan of The Dog Guide! http://www.dogguide.net/blog/2008/05/in-honor-of-memorial-day-7-famous-dogs-of-war/

Certificate of Proclamation...Designating March 13 of Every Year K-9 Veterans' Day

I am asking you to go to your Local, State, and Federal Legislatures and obtain Proclamations from them, Designating March 13 as K-9 Veterans’ Day.

Gearing Up for Student Visitors from France and Spain - Summer 2013!

American Discovery announces students coming from from France and Spain to our area in summer 2013, would you like to be involved?

Presidents and Economic Growth

Does prior business experience help Presidents with job creation and economic growth? A look at recent history.

How to Support Our Troops

Links to programs that offer aid to our military

How is Proposition 38 helping higher education?

How does Higher Education benefit from Propostion 38? It matters to me as a parent of a college student!

A taste of Mexico with the Elk Grove PAL DUKES

A taste of Mexico at the Elk Grove PAL DUKES

DUKES vs. Dynamites

FOOTBALL SATURDAY!!! DUKES vs. Dynamites!

Elk Grove P.A.L. DUKES

Elk Grove P.A.L. DUKES Football and Cheer Program

What makes a hit artist?

Why some artists skyrocket to the top of the charts- and why others don't