MEDIA ADVISORY -- Monroe Clark Middle School Dedicates Community Clinic, Children's Partnership

MEDIA ADVISORY from the San Diego Unified School District, Oct. 22, 2012

MONROE CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL DEDICATES COMMUNITY CLINIC, CHILDREN'S
PARTNERSHIP

WHAT: Dedication of Monroe Clark Health and Wellness Center, a clinic that
will make available comprehensive health services to nearly 2,500 children
in the City Heights area. They will also be celebrating one year of the
City Heights Partnership for Children.

WHEN/WHERE: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, Monroe Clark Middle School, 4388
Thorn St. (92105) Enter at the corner of Myrtle and 44th Street.

DETAILS: The Monroe Clark Health and Wellness Center was completed with a
$149,100 grant from the California Endowment's Building Health Communities
Initiative. The clinic is the fourth on a school campus in the City
Heights neighborhood (Hoover High, Central and Edison elementary schools
are the others). The medical services will be provided by San Diego Family
Care, Mid-City Community Clinic and Maestra Family Health Centers. The
event will also celebrate the one-year anniversary of the City Heights
Partnership for Children, a group that brings together the many entities
working to improve the neighborhood, including San Diego Unified School
District, Price Charities and the Office of Mayor Jerry Sanders.

SPEAKERS: Scheduled speakers at the ceremony include Dr. John Lee Evans,
President, San Diego Unified School District Board of Education; Tom
Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Rep. Susan Davis
(D-San Diego); Mayor Jerry Sanders; and Dr. Robert K. Ross, President and
CEO, The California Endowment.

VISUALS/INTERVIEWS: Tours of the new facility are running from 1-2 p.m.,
before the formal ceremony. Photos and interviews with students, parents
and staff will be available then, as well as after the ceremony. Speakers
will be available in English and Spanish.

CONTACT: Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified
School District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

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