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

MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School
District, January 11, 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.

JANUARY

14 -- Year-round schools reopen.

17 -- Dedication of Shared-Use Field, Gompers Charter School and
Millennial Tech Middle School, 1:30 p.m., Millennial Tech Middle School,
1110 Carolina Ln. (92102). The renovated field will be used by both
schools. Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, (858) 637-3607. Open to the public.

17 -- Kearny Cluster Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Kearny High School Room 301, 7651
Wellington Way, (92111). Parents, students and community members are
invited to attend this meeting, which discusses educational issues at the
high school and its middle and elementary schools. Schools in the Kearny
cluster are: Angier, Carson, Chesterton, Cubberley, Fletcher, Jones,
Juarez, Linda Vista, Ross, and Wegeforth elementariness, Montgomery and
Taft middle, and Kearny High. Contact: Kearny High (858) 496-8370. Open to
the public.

17 -- Bay Park Elementary campus tours, 8:45-10 a.m., Bay Park
Elementary, 2433 Denver St. (92110). Bay Park Elementary is offering
campus tours for neighborhood Kindergarten students and those interested
in applying through the Choice program. Contact: (619) 276-1471. Open to
area residents/interested families.

21 -- Martin Luther King Holiday. All schools and offices closed.

* 23 -- Dr. Carolyn Callahan: "What's Out There for the Advanced Student
and Why Do they Need It?," the GATE Distinguished Lecture Series, 7 p.m.,
Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St. (92103). Dr.
Callahan has a PhD in educational psychology with an emphasis in gifted
education. The GATE Distinguished Lecture Series brings nationally
recognized speakers to San Diego to talk about gifted and talented
education (GATE). Contact: Rhonda Zawadzki, Office of Advanced Studies,
(619) 725-7284. Free and open to the public.

25 -- Holmes Elementary School family tours, 9 a.m., Holmes Elementary
School, 4902 Mt. Ararat Dr. (92111). Find out about your neighborhood
school by taking a tour with Principal Jonathan Saipe. If your child is
entering kindergarten next year or you're considering a move to
Clairemont, here's your chance to learn about this school. Contact:
Jonathan Saipe, Principal, (858) 496-8110. Open to the public.

* 26 -- Kearny Cluster Pre-K to13 School Fair, Kearny High, 11 a.m.-2
p.m., 7651 Wellington Street (92111). The 16 schools in the Kearny cluster
will highlight their core instructional programs. Several early childhood
programs (Pre-K) are offered at the elementary schools, and many students
at the Kearny High Educational Complex begin attending classes at Mesa
College in 11th grade, some completing one year or more of college by high
school graduation (the ³13² in Pre-K to 13). Contact: Rosemary Cruz at
rcruz1@sandi.net or Laura Bellofatto at lbellofatto@sandi.net. Open to the
public.

* 26 -- Pacific Beach Cluster School Fair, noon to 3 p.m., Mission Bay
High School, 2475 Grand Ave. (92109). The six Pacific Beach schools --
Sessions Elementary, Pacific Beach Elementary, Crown Point Junior Music
Academy, Barnard Mandarin Chinese School, Pacific Beach Middle and Mission
Bay High -- will have informational booths, activities for the kids and
performances throughout the afternoon. Contact: Mitzi Merino, Area
Superintendent, (619) 725-7232. Open to the public.

28 -- Area 5 High School Cluster Meeting, 4 p.m., University City High
media center, 6949 Genesee Ave. (92122). Parents, students and community
members are invited to attend this meeting, which discusses educational
issues at the high schools. High schools in area 5 are: Mission Bay,
University City, and Hoover. Contact: Mitzi Merino, Area 5 Superintendent,
619-725-7232. Open to the public.

31 -- Bay Park Elementary campus tours, 8:45-10 a.m., Bay Park Elementary,
2433 Denver St. (92110). Bay Park Elementary is offering campus tours for
neighborhood Kindergarten students and those interested in applying
through the CHOICE program. Contact: (619) 276-1471. Open to area
residents/interested families.

* 31 ­ Community Literacy Night, Toler Elementary, 3350 Baker St. (92117).
Award-winning author Kathleen Krull, whose acclaimed biographies for young
readers include "The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to
Become Dr. Seuss," the "Lives of" series, the "Giants of Science" series,
and the brand-new "The Beatles: They Were Fab‹and They Were Funny," will
be the featured speaker. Contact: Amy Murad, 858-273-0294. Open to the
public.

FEBRUARY

8 -- Holmes Elementary School family tours, 9 a.m., Holmes Elementary
School, 4902 Mt. Ararat Dr. (92111). Find out about your neighborhood
school by taking a tour with Principal Jonathan Saipe. If your child is
entering kindergarten next year or you're considering a move to
Clairemont, here's your chance to learn about this school. Contact:
Jonathan Saipe, Principal, (858) 496-8110. Open to the public.

12 -- Bay Park Elementary campus tours, 8:45-10 a.m., Bay Park Elementary,
2433 Denver St. (92110). Bay Park Elementary is offering campus tours for
neighborhood Kindergarten students and those interested in applying
through the CHOICE program. Contact: (619) 276-1471. Open to area
residents/interested families.

15 -- Lincoln Day holiday. All schools and offices closed.

18 -- Presidents Day Holiday. All schools and offices closed.

MARCH

* 20 -- Dr. Thomas Greenspan, "Perfectionism: Something Positive or
Something Negative?", the GATE Distinguished Lecture Series, 7 p.m.,
Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St. (92103). Dr.
Greenspan is a psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private
practice in Minneapolis. The GATE Distinguished Lecture Series brings
nationally recognized speakers to San Diego to talk about gifted and
talented education (GATE). Contact: Rhonda Zawadzki, Office of Advanced
Studies, (619) 725-7284. Free and 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) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

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