Friday, October 5, 2012

MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School District

MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School
District, October 5, 2012

Your coverage is invited of any of the following upcoming events on the
campuses of the San Diego Unified School District. For more items, check
out the calendar on the front of the district website at www.sandi.net.

Please note that if items are listed as "not open to the public," that
means accredited members of the media are invited, but the general public
is not. These are generally items during the school day.

* Indicates new items added since last week.

For a calendar of noticed public meetings, go to
www.sandi.net/meetingcalendar . Those meetings might not be included in
this listing.

OCTOBER

6 -- EdUCate!'s Fourth Annual Oktoberfest, 2-6 p.m. Standley Park and
Recreation Center, 3585 Governor Drive (92122). EdUCate! is the community
support group for University City schools. Its fourth annual Oktoberfest
hopes to raise $15,000 to benefit the five public schools in University
City. Activities include a rock-climbing wall, jousting, penguin flicker,
giant Jenga and more! Contact: www.uc-educate.org. Open to the public.

* 8 -- Madison Community of Schools meeting, 5:30 p.m., Madison High
School, 4833 Dolvia Dr. (92117). Parents, students, community members and
staff are all invited. Clusters are a pre-Kindergarten through grade 12
community of schools with established feeder patterns. Within these
communities of schools, there are specific needs and interests that are
both common and unique to the cluster. Clusters include staff, parents,
students and community members. Contact: Richard Nash, Principal, Madison
High School, rnash@sandi.net. Open to the public.

12 -- Clairemont High Homecoming/Future Chieftans Game, 6:30 p.m.,
Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute Dr. (92117). Not only is Clairemont High
School celebrating its past as alumni return for homecoming, it is
inviting the future, as students of Clairemont feeder schools get in free
to the game with their student ID and by wearing orange and blue, school
colors. Contact: Lenora Smith, Principal, (858) 273-0201. Open to the
public.

13-14 -- Rummage Sale Benefitting La Jolla High and Muirlands Middle
schools music departments, 6:30 a.m. to noon, La Jolla High School 750
Nautilus St. (92037). Students will be selling gently used items donated
by the La Jolla community. Contact: Michael Fiedler, Music Director, La
Jolla High School, (858) 454-3081. Open to the public.

* 17 -- Parent Institute for Quality Education for Taft and feeder
schools, 7:30 p.m., Taft Middle School, 9191 Gramercy Dr. (92123). The
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) will present Middle School:
Access to Higher Education for parents of Taft Middle School students and
parents of fifth graders at Angier, Cubberley, Jones, Juarez, and
Wegeforth elementary schools. Contact: Mike George, Principal, Taft Middle
School, (858) 496-8245. Open to specific school families only.

* 18 -- Clairemont Community of Schools meeting, 5:30 p.m., Marston Middle
School, 3799 Clairemont Drive. Join members of the Clairemont High cluster
as they discuss the group's mission and goals, take a tour of Marston and
ways to develop better partnerships between Clairemont High and its feeder
schools. Contact: Julee Jenkins, julee.jenkins@gmail.com. Open to the
public.

19 -- Silver Gate Elementary School Harvest Festival, 5-7:30 p.m., Silver
Gate Elementary School, 1499 Venice St. (92107). An evening of fun with
games, great food and traditional carnival activities including The
Haunted Hallway. Contact: Carnival Committee, Stephanie Mattos Arrues, at
smattos28@hotmail.com. Open to the public.

24 -- CalSOAP College Fair 2012, 6-8:30 p.m., Scottish Rite Center, 1895
Camino del Rio South (92108). Contact: CalSOAP,
http://www.sandiegocalsoap.com/star/events.php?eventid=278. Open to the
public.

26 -- Lincoln High Homecoming for Class of 1962, 6 p.m., stadium, Lincoln
High School, 4777 Imperial Ave. (92113). It's back to the future for the
50th reunion of the hot Hornets from '62 during the annual football
homecoming game. Contact: Esther Omogbehin, Principal, (619) 266-6500.
Open to the public.

23 -- Taste of La Jolla Benefitting Foundation of La Jolla High School,
6-8:30 p.m., downtown La Jolla. a gourmet taste tour of La Jolla
restaurants will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 23. This is your chance to
stroll the streets of La Jolla, enjoy a "Taste" from each of the 20 plus
participating restaurants and attend an exclusive After-Party at Barfly
Restaurant & Lounge with special pricing for drinks. Cost: $45. Contact:
The Foundation of La Jolla High School, 858-551-1250. Open to the public.

24 -- Monroe Clark Middle School Community Clinic Opening, 2 p.m., Monroe
Clark Middle School, 4388 Thorn St. (92105). The new clinic, from a
California Endowment Building Healthy Communities Initiative grant, will
serve not only the students and families of Monroe Clark Middle School,
but the families of feeder elementary schools Hamilton, Joyner and Rowan.
Contact: Tom Liberto, Principal, (619) 563-6801. Open to the public.

26-27 -- San Diego High School All-Class Reunion, Friday and Saturday, San
Diego High School and other locations. The annual All-Class Reunion brings
Cavers from all over to the school, one of the nation's oldest high
school. Activities include a special alumni section at Friday's 7 p.m.
football game in Balboa Stadium. Saturday at 8:30 a.m., four alums will be
inducted into San Diego High School's Hall of Fame: Shirley High Hayes
Kovac, '45; Mort C. Jorgensen MD, '51; Carol Ortman Perkins, Ph.D., '60;
and Diana McCann Cammack, PhD., '62. Contact: Nancy Hansen, (619)
231-8982; or Sonny Morper, sonny@morper.net. Open to the public.

NOVEMBER

3 -- All-Staff Glee Sing Out, 7-9 p.m., Madison High School, 4833 Doliva
Dr. (92117). Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit visual and performing
arts programs in the San Diego Unified School District. The evening will
feature SDUSD Glee Club Singers, Marshall Middle School Singers, Mira Mesa
High School Madrigals, a silent auction, and surprise guests. Contact:
Dr. Karen Childress-Evans, VAPA Director, (858) 539-5349. Open to the
public.

6 -- Election Day

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-- To separate public events from school functions we'd like you to cover,
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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) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

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