Press Room
For press or news media inquiries, please contact our Chief Communications Officer Gina Nielsen: gnielsen@dcjesd.us or 916-770-8851.
Media
Media Releases, Advisories, and Coverage:
Good Day Sacramento: School Assembly Fun at Olive Grove Elementary
ABC10: June Teacher of the Month, Olive Grove's Carrie Hoehenrieder
California Educator Magazine: Dry Creek Spotlight, Feeling Thankful
KCRA: Tribute to Teachers, Antelope High School Grads Honor Their Former Dry Creek Teachers
ABC10: March Teacher of the Month, Creekview Ranch's Traci Petrie
Dry Creek Resumes Pre-Pandemic, Traditional School-Day Schedule on April 12, 2021
Media quick facts
Our Schools Quick Facts
Antelope Crossing Middle School
Antelope Meadows Elementary School
Barrett Ranch Elementary School
Coyote Ridge Elementary School
Heritage Oak Elementary School
Summer Program Quick Facts
District News & Events
Dry Creek's November Edition of In the Loop
Dry Creek's October Edition of In the Loop
Your Student's Progress Report is Ready for Review (Middle School)
Your Student's Progress Report is Ready for Review (Elementary)
Dry Creek's September Edition of In the Loop
Dry Creek Debuts New Elementary Report Card for the 2022-23 School Year
Awards
California Pivotal Practice District, 2022
Golden Bell Award, 2002
By School
Antelope Crossing Middle School (6-8)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- Recognized as a 2008 STARS school by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Dance
- Four Diamond, Best in the West, School Counseling
- Distinguished School Award 2007
- Most Outstanding Physical Education Program of the Year Award. Presented by California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 2007
Antelope Meadows Elementary School (K-5)
- California PBIS Coalition, Platinum PBIS Implementation Award 2022
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- Lozano Smith Foundation Bullying Prevention Program Award 2016
- California Distinguished School Award 2006
Barrett Ranch Elementary School (K-5)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- California Distinguished School Award – Re-designation 2020
- California PBIS Coalition, Community Cares, 2020
- International Literacy Association's Exemplary Reading Program Award 2018
- California Distinguished School Award 2012
Coyote Ridge Elementary School (K-5)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- California PBIS Coalition, Community Cares, 2020
- California PBIS Coalition, Silver, 2019
- California Distinguished School Award 2006
Creekview Ranch Middle School (K-8)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- Redesignated as a California School to Watch - Taking Center Stage 2022
- Designated as a California School to Watch - Taking Center Stage 2019
- ACSA Principal of the Year, 2017
- Received the “Best New Public Project of 2008” award from the Sacramento Business Journal 2009
Heritage Oak Elementary School (K-5)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- California Distinguished School Award – Re-designation 2010
- California Distinguished School Award 2002
- Awarded the 1994 international “James D. MacConnell Award” for design and planning from Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI)
Olive Grove Elementary School (K-5)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- California Distinguished School Award 2006
Quail Glen Elementary School (K-5)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- California Distinguished School Award – Re-designation 2010
- California Distinguished School Award 2004
Silverado Middle School (6-8)
- California Pivotal Practice School, 2022
- Redesignated as a California School to Watch – Taking Center Stage 2018, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2006
- California Distinguished School Award 2003
- Designated as a California School to Watch – Taking Center Stage 2003
- Award of Merit” for excellence in design in 1998. Presented by The American Institute of Architects, California Council
