Welcome to the Twin Rivers Unified School District
Twin Rivers USD serves approximately 27,000 preschool through adult education students in northern Sacramento County. We are located in a growing, ethnically-diverse region characterized by a mix of suburban development and light industry, encompassing 120 square miles.
The story of Twin Rivers is an example of the democratic process at its best. Several communities in Northern Sacramento County identified a common need: the unified governance of a fractured public school system. Citizens worked with local agencies, school districts, and elected officials to create a grassroots movement to address educational concerns and establish our new district on July 1, 2008 to better serve the needs of the children and community.
We have exceptional teaching and support staff committed to our mission of inspiring each student to extraordinary achievement every day. We are driven by an unwavering focus on powerful and engaging learning experiences that prepare students for college, career, and life success. With our knowledgeable and caring leadership, extraordinary staff and strong governing philosophy driven by student and community engagement, we are creating a high-achieving model of student learning in a family-friendly atmosphere of inclusiveness, respect, responsibility and transparency.
School districts throughout California have felt the pain of recent budget cuts, and Twin Rivers District is no exception. This will be a challenging year for our schools. Our classes will be adding a few students and our schools will have less staff to assist with important work outside the classroom. Our communities have also suffered with job losses, decreased home values, and home foreclosures. There are some things, like our state budget, that we don't have a lot of control over. However, there are a number of simple and surprising ways that our families can ensure that their neighborhood school receives and preserves the most funding possible.
Patrick Johnson is rocking in woodshop. He's designing and building electric guitars.
"I knew nothing about making guitars until I started taking this class," says the 17-year-old Johnson. "I would never have thought I would be making an electric guitar. It's a lot of hands-on stuff, not just reading in a book and trying to figure it out. It's fun."
Johnson is enrolled in Jack Fackrell's guitar making class at Highlands Academy...
You won't find anyone more passionate about Pacer football
than Mike Alberghini.
The first game of the 2010 season is months away, but the
celebrated head coach is already "living" the games on Grant High School's
schedule.
He can feel the electrifying atmosphere when his Pacers take
the field against their first opponent. He can feel the speed and discipline on
defense, the ferocious hits, and the sheer joy that comes...
Drew Hibbs is the first to admit he was not a great athlete. What he did do in high school was work harder than anyone else playing basketball. It made him a good player, and later a great coach.
Hibbs is the only boys' basketball coach in the Sac-Joaquin Section to win two state championships, in 1994 and 2003. His Foothill High School Mustangs also hold eight Capital Valley Conference league titles, a 2002 section title, and usually win at least 20 games every...