Thursday, July 2, 2009

NEWS RELEASE -- Campus Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District

Campus Calendar -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School
District

July 2, 2009

Your coverage is invited of any of the following upcoming events on the
campuses of the San Diego Unified School District.

(*) New or revised this week.

July

3 -- Independence Day Observed, all schools and administrative offices
closed.

* 6 -- District E Parent & Community Forum with Board President Shelia
Jackson, 6 p.m., 4191 Colts Way (92115). Join Board of Education
President Shelia Jackson in a public meeting with her constituents.
Contact: (619) 725-5550. Open to the public.

6 -- iHigh Virtual Academy Open House at Mt Everest campus, 1-2 p.m.,
Mt. Everest School, 4350 Mt. Everest Blvd (92117). Come learn what iHigh
Virtual Academy is all about. Who are we? What is online learning? What
is Independent Study? What kind of student does well in this kind of
school? Contact: Mary Lang, (858) 627-7448. Open to the public.

* 13 -- Lincoln Area District E Parent & Community Forum with Board
President Shelia Jackson, 6 p.m., Porter Elementary South Auditorium,
4800 T St. (92113). Join Board of Education President Shelia Jackson in
a public meeting with her constituents. Contact: (619) 725-5550. Open to
the public.

* 14 -- Giant Puppet Parade, 9:30 a.m., Monroe Clark Middle School, 4388
Thorn St. (92105). San Diego Guild of Puppetry lead artist, Felix Diaz's
whistle will blow, and the annual parade will begin in the streets
around the City Heights school. Students from Monroe Clark and many
other schools will participate. Contacts: Midge Backensto, City Heights
Collaborative, (619) 845-8042, mjbackensto@hotmail.com; or Lynne
Jennings, San Diego Guild of Puppetry, (619) 987-5345,
lynnejenn@aol.com. Viewing parade is open to the public.

20 -- iHigh Virtual Academy Open House at Mt Everest campus, 1-2 p.m.,
Mt. Everest School, 4350 Mt. Everest Blvd (92117). Come learn what iHigh
Virtual Academy is all about. Who are we? What is online learning? What
is Independent Study? What kind of student does well in this kind of
school? Contact: Mary Lang, (858) 627-7448. Open to the public.

* 20 -- Morse Area District E Community Forum with Board President
Shelia Jackson, 6 p.m., Morse High School, 6905 Skyline Drive (92114).
Join Board of Education President Shelia Jackson in a public meeting
with her constituents. Contact: (619) 725-5550. Open to the public.

21 -- Year-Round Calendar Last Day of School.

August

3-14 -- Summer Intensive, San Diego School of Creative and Performing
Arts (SCPA), 2425 Dusk Drive (92139). Two-week program for advancing
high school students interested developing their chosen arts discipline;
taught by SCPA faculty and Master Artists from San Diego and Los
Angeles. Contact: Richard Trujillo, Artistic Director, (619) 470-0555,
ext. 212. Not open to the public.

* 3 -- Crawford Area District E Parent & Community Forum with Board
President Shelia Jackson, 6 p.m., 4191 Colts Way (92115). Join Board of
Education President Shelia Jackson in a public meeting with her
constituents. Contact: (619) 725-5550. Open to the public.

* 10 -- Lincoln Area District E Parent & Community Forum with Board
President Shelia Jackson, 6 p.m., Porter Elementary South Auditorium,
4800 T St. (92113). Join Board of Education District E Representative
Shelia Jackson in a public meeting with her constituents. Contact: (619)
725-5550. Open to the public.

10 -- iHigh Virtual Academy Open House at Mt Everest campus, 1-2 p.m.,
Mt. Everest School, 4350 Mt. Everest Blvd (92117). Come learn what iHigh
Virtual Academy is all about. Who are we? What is online learning? What
is Independent Study? What kind of student does well in this kind of
school? Contact: Mary Lang, (858) 627-7448. Open to the public.

* 17 -- Morse Area District E Community Forum with Board President
Shelia Jackson, 6 p.m., Morse High School, 6905 Skyline Drive (92114).
Join Board of Education District E Representative Shelia Jackson in a
public meeting with her constituents. Contact: (619) 725-5550. Open to
the public.

19 -- iHigh Virtual Academy Open House at Mt Everest campus, 1-2 p.m.,
Mt. Everest School, 4350 Mt. Everest Blvd (92117). Come learn what iHigh
Virtual Academy is all about. Who are we? What is online learning? What
is Independent Study? What kind of student does well in this kind of
school? Contact: Mary Lang, (858) 627-7448. Open to the public.

September

8 - First Day of Classes for 2009/2010 School Year

October

30-31 -- Crawford High Class of 1959 50th Reunion, Town and Country
Hotel, Mission Valley. Contacts: Sandra Craig Allen, (951) 301-7098;
Alice James McCapes, (951) 306-7706.

Ongoing

Tuesday: Mira Mesa Farmer's Market, Mira Mesa High School, 3-7 p.m.,
10510 Reagan Rd. (92126). Some proceeds go to the Mira Mesa High School
Foundation. Contact: www.miramesafarmersmarket.com.

Saturday: Scripps Ranch Farmers Market and Art Festival, 9 a.m. to 1
p.m., Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School, 11778 Cypress Canyon Rd.
(92131). (92131). Contact: Bev Cassity, (858) 586-7933,
srfarmersmarket@aol.com, or visit www.srfm.org. Open to the public.

Sunday: La Jolla Elementary Open Air Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., La Jolla
Elementary School, 1111 Marine St., La Jolla (92037). Proceeds benefit
La Jolla Elementary School. Market hotline, (858) 454-1699. Web site:
www.lajollamarket.com. Open to the public.

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-- To separate public events from school functions we'd like you to
cover, items open to the public are now labeled as such. "Not open to
the public" means that you're welcome to cover it, but it's not
something to list in an events calendar.

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Jack Brandais
Communications Department
San Diego Unified School District
(619) 607-0477 (cell)
(619) 725-5570 (desk)
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