April 30. 2018

Norma Alcala is the President of the Washington Unified School District. Norma is an innovator.

First elected to the Washington Unified School District in 2014, Norma has served as a voice for parents and students in the district. She is past Vice President of the Yolo County School Board Association, and member of the Up for West Sac Pre School Committees. Currently she serves on the WUSD 2 x 2 Committee which works to coordinate WUSD and City of West Sacramento collaborative efforts. In the past, Norma has also served on the WUSD Curriculum Committee.

For the last two years, Norma has been the Director of the California High School Voter Registration Project. Norma works with retired Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, the League of Women Voters and numerous grassroots community organizations and unions to register voters throughout the state. In the last 24 months, Norma has registered nearly 10,000 high school students in school districts across the state.  For the last three years, Norma registered the high school Junior and Senior classes at River City High School, Norma believes that high school registration builds a culture of voting and civic engagement that creates a base for democracy. She has conducted high school voter registration training to women all over the state and most recently in Fresno, Pleasanton, and Tuolumne. 

Norma is extremely active in the West Sacramento community as a volunteer. She is the current President of the West Sacramento League of Women Voters and the West Sacramento chapter of LULAC. Founded in 1930, LULAC is the Latino American equivalent of the NAACP. Norma has served as Past President of the Holy Cross Parish Council and Past President of the Holy Cross Altar Society. At Holy Cross, she served as Director of the Sunday School program. Norma took the children to sing at the Senior Center, take food to the poor, and volunteer at the annual Holy Cross Fair. Norma volunteers at the St Vincent De Paul Food Bank. For years, Norma organized the annual Holy Cross Festival. She is past President of SEIU 1000/Local 768 Sacramento California State Employees. Norma has been a leading community advocated for single member districts in WUSD.

Previously, Norma worked for the California legislature for ten years. She is also a former small business owner. As a small business owner, she learned to appreciate the responsibility of earning payroll every two weeks.

The Yolo Concilio awarded her the prestigious Yolo County Woman of the Year award. In 2016 she was a surrogate for Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders. In May 2016, she was the introductory speaker for Bernie Sanders at Bonney Field attended by 21,000 people. Norma’s proudest work is her support for getting women elected to office and supporting other women to become leaders. Norma has received awards as Mentor of the Year from both UC Davis Young Dems and Sac State Young Dems. John Burton awarded her the California Outstanding Volunteer and Innovator Award. She is a former member of the Yolo County Grand Jury. She has twice been selected as a national delegate to national Presidential Endorsement Conventions.

Norma Alcala and her husband, Carlos Alcala, live in Broderick. They have five grown children and ten young grandchildren. Norma encourages the community to reach out to her at 916 821-9639.

Find out more about our WUSD Board of Education .

Please join us at this year’s Washington Unified School District (WUSD) Family Night at the River Cats game on Friday, May 25, 2018.

This is a great opportunity for students, families, employees, and friends to come together at the end of the school year for a fun-filled district-wide event showcasing pride in our schools and community.

NATIONAL ANTHEM  —ALL our WUSD elementary school bands will be performing the national anthem in center field before the game begins!  Get there early to see the students perform.

FIRST PITCH  —Our Employees of the Year will be recognized on the field pre-game and one honoree will even throw out the first pitch!   Gates open at 6 PM, first pitch at 7:05 PM.

TICKETS  —ALL tickets sold are in the official WUSD section (Assembly Seating).

Prices:  Full price $16; Discount rate $8

To purchase your tickets please submit a completed  ORDER FORM with full payment to Ruth Pagano-Trn  in the Superintendent's Office (930 Westacre Road) no later than May 18th. Cash or check ONLY. Please make checks out to "River Cats."

California School Dashboard—The State of California unveiled a new accountability and continuous improvement system providing information about how local educational agencies and schools are meeting the needs of California’s diverse student population based on a concise set of measures. Called the California School Dashboard, the site features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English learner progress and suspension rates. 

The Dashboard, based on 2013’s Local Control Funding Formula, is the next step in a series of major shifts in public education that have raised the bar for student learning, transformed testing and placed the focus on equity for all students. To learn more about California’s accountability and continuous improvement efforts, visit the California Department of Education website.

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