Friday, November 8, 2013

Pacific Beach schools highlighted at festival

The Mission Bay Cluster schools hosted its second annual Pacific Beach Schools Fair on Nov. 2 which featured each schools’ unique offerings to students around the San Diego region.

Crown Point violinist Fun activities were offered all morning including the LEGO Engineering Challenge, the Frisbee throwing robot from Mission Bay High, "Jeopardy Challenge" complete with buzzers, Chinese dragon parade, crazy hair booth, spin the music wheel and get a prize, and school performance groups including the PB Middle School String Ensemble, Crown Point Junior Music Academy violinists and the Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy Singers.

Principals and staff made presentations in the theater about their academic programs, including the International Baccalaureate Programme. Schools featured were Pacific Beach Elementary, Sessions Elementary, Crown Point Junior Music Academy, Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy, Pacific Beach Middle School and Mission Bay High.

Superintendent Cindy Marten stopped by to visit with families and students and several television stations were on hand to film th event. It was a fun and productive day for families wanting to learn more about the Mission Bay Cluster Schools!