Wednesday, May 30, 2012
IN THE NEWS: Best-Selling Author, Pt. Loma High Grad, Returns With New Book
Pt. Loma High grad Justin Halpern returned to his alma mater to sign
copies of his second book, ‘I Suck at Girls.’ He shares some of these
involve PLHS school dances. Read more from The Beacon»
Hunter Family Music Memory Music Bee, Orchestra Nova Honor Students
It was a 21st century version of the old "Name That Tune" TV show as teams from elementary schools recently competed to see who could identify snippets of songs played by a live orchestra.
The Fourth Annual Hunter Family Music Memory Music Bee, sponsored by Orchestra Nova, welcomed students from all over the county, with competition in grades 3-4 and 5-6. Held at Birch North Park Theatre, May 22, bronze, silver and gold ribbons were given to winners correctly identifying musical excerpts performed by a live orchestra. San Diego Unified School District winning teams included:
Bronze ribbon winners:- Bayview Terrace Elementary 3-4 and 5-6 teams – Gretchen Robrock, teacher
- Golden Hill Elementary 3-4 team, Virginia Simpson, teacher
- Hickman Elementary 5-6 team, Kathy Stanton, teacher
- Jerabek Elementary 5-6 team, Margie Orem, teacher
- La Jolla Elementary 3-4 team, Julie Greathouse, teacher
- Ross Elementary 5-6 team, Malou Rogers, teacher
- Crown Point Junior Music Academy 5-6 team, Debbie Burton, teacher
- Doyle Elementary 3-4 team, Mary Laiuppa, teacher
- Golden Hill Elementary 5-6 team, Virginia Simpson, teacher
- Hickman Elementary 3-4 team, Kathy Stanton, teacher
- Jerabek Elementary 3-4 team, Margie Orem, teacher
- E.B. Scripps Elementary 3-4 and 5-6 teams, Dr. Linda Lungren, teacher
- Crown Point Junior Music Academy 3-4 team, Debbie Burton, teacher
- Torrey Pines elementary 3-4 team, Rebecca Tang, teacher
- Whitman Elementary 3-4 and 5-6 teams, Tom Waczek, teacher
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
IN THE NEWS: 60 years of Bird Rock Elementary
In honor of a milestone birthday, Bird Rock Elementary School has been
preparing for an unrivaled celebration and open house on May 24 — a
party that has been 60 years in the making. Since its establishment in
1951, the school has been an integral part of the fabric in the
tight-knit Bird Rock neighborhood. Read more from the La Jolla Village News»
Auto Shop Leads to $1,000 Scholarships for 11 Students
Miramar College/ Caterpillar/Hawthorne Diesel $1,000 scholarships have been awarded to 11 district automotive students from La Jolla, Madison, Crawford IDEA, Point Loma and Clairemont high schools.
Scholarship recipients are: Christian Benitez and Francisco Rios, Madison High School; Tori Fletcher, Daniel Gonzalez, Daniel Jaimes, Darrin Monzon, Simon Rodriguez, and Josh Scales, Clairemont; Roy Conrad, Pt. Loma; Jose Barrios Crawford IDEA; and Timothy Machado, La Jolla.
The scholarships were presented at a recent reception at Miramar College. Parents, automotive teachers and students were welcomed by Miramar College President, Dr. Patricia Hsieh, following a reception and tour of the existing and new state of the art diesel facility. The bulk of this year’s funding came from Hawthorne Machinery Company, the largest Caterpillar dealership in Southern Californian.
For more information, please contact Greg Quirin, CCTE Program Specialist, at (858) 503-1736 or gquirin@sandi.net.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Montgomery Middle School Students Eye Careers
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| Students check out hand bones. |
Students could speak with a variety of professionals from more than 30 businesses, as the students in grades 6-8 work to figure out what fits for them and how to pick the best educational path.
"I know what I want to be now," said eighth grader Allen Hyunh. He was visiting the Groovy Like A Movie booth and speaking with videographer Brent Altomare. Groovy Like A Movie is a San Diego-based digital video production company that produces TV commercials and other programs.
"It's never too early to have our students exploring professions," said Jonathan Ton, Montgomery Principal. "Today's complex professions require us to begin training students on basic fundamentals right here in middle school. At Montgomery, we have several classes that start students on a career path."
Other professionals on hand included architects, engineers, athletic trainers, court reporters, language translators and paramedics. The district's Office of College, Career and Technical Education organized the event, as it does for several other middle schools around the district.
For more information, contact Ralph West, CCTE Program Manager, at (858) 503-1747 or rwest1@sandi.net.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
IN THE NEWS: Canstruction: 'Titanic,' 'Hunger Games' inspire food drive contest
In the annual Canstruction effort sponsored by the Society for Design
Administration, participants build structures out of cans of food,
which are then donated to the Homefront San Diego program benefiting
military families and the East County Transitional Living Center. Kearny
High School Construction Tech Academy, Crawford High School-IDEA
participate. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune»
City Heights Students Give Back
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| Isamaria Cortes In The News |
Fifteen high-achieving students from City Heights and its surrounding areas will mentor three middle school students from the same neighborhood as part of the first cohort of Price Community Scholars at San Diego State University.
Each of the Price Community Scholars, selected from a pool of freshmen who will enroll at SDSU this fall, will help support and motivate their mentees over the next four years as they prepare for and eventually apply to colleges.
Funded by a four-year, $472,500 grant from the Price Family Charitable Fund, each scholar will receive an annual scholarship up to $7,500.
Price Scholar Isamaria Cortes, 17, will graduate from Crawford High School in June. Cortes was accepted to U.C. Berkeley and U.C.L.A. but said the opportunity to give back to her community as part of the Price Community Scholars program was one she could not pass up.
Giving Back: “I’ve been lucky to have a lot of people who helped me to find my way since I was a kid,” Cortes said. “It feels good to have someone who believes in you. Everybody should have that somebody.”
Cortes hopes to be that ‘somebody’ for the three students she will mentor as a Price Community Scholar, but she said she knows the experience will be of equal benefit to her.
“Having someone look up to you makes you want to be a better person so being a Price Scholar will give us a purpose while we are students at SDSU,” said Cortes, a first-generation college student who plans to major in biology and eventually go into the medical field.
Supporting the best and brightest: Cortes and the other Price Community Scholars are among the brightest of SDSU’s incoming 2012 class with an average high school grade point average of 3.91. Most of them graduated from Crawford or Hoover High School but all reside in the City Heights area.
“The Price Community Scholars program is a major step forward for San Diego State University and City Heights,” said SDSU President Elliot Hirshman.
“We are deeply grateful to the Price Family Charitable Fund for joining us in envisioning how San Diego’s best and brightest students can develop their leadership abilities while giving back to the City Heights community and mentoring our next generation of high-achieving students. This is a great example of how ‘Leadership Starts Here’ at San Diego State University.”
As mentors, the Price Community Scholars will be enrolled in an academic learning community with a focus on service learning where they will be trained to provide their middle school mentees with support and guidance that will prepare them for higher education.
Fueling potential “The Price Scholars will provide the social and cultural capital that first-generation college students might not have because their parents did not go to college,” said Eric Rivera, associate vice president of student affairs, who will help oversee the program.
The scholars will also be given tools to help their mentees develop and enhance essential academic skills in both math and writing.
SDSU selected the 15 Price Community Scholars after interviewing nearly 50 local incoming first-time freshmen who are enrolling at SDSU in fall 2012. They will serve in the program for four years.
The middle-school participants will be selected through consultation with counselors and teachers.
“We want this program to give these middle school students hope, we want them to see their future through the eyes of their SDSU mentors,” Rivera said.
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