Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, December 5, 2014
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.
DECEMBER
*6 -- Special Education Workshop for Parents, 9-2:30 p.m., Ballard Parent Center, 2375 Congress Street (92110). Free workshop for parents of students with disabilities on how to stand up for your child. Childcare and lunch provided. Spanish translation available. Contact: Ballard Parent Center at (619) 293-4431 or wperez@sandi.net .
*6 -- Mural Installation and Ribbon-cutting, 4 p.m., Pacific Beach Middle School, corner of Felspar and Haines streets (92109). Another Pacific Beach Pathways “Establishing Safe Pathways to Walk and Roll to School” mural installation is being completed and unveiled. Open to the public. Contact: Lili Perry, volunteer coordinator, beautiful PB, 619-851-9240.
*8-12 -- The Hour of Code. Schools from across the district will be participating in this global event as part of Computer Science Education Week, Dec. 8-14. For example, Kearny High School students in the Geographic Information Systems class are creating an interactive map that will detail the number of students in San Diego Unified that are participating in The Hour of Code. Information about The Hour of Code can be found at http://hourofcode.com/us . Contact: Gail Lake, CCTE program specialist, at 858-503-1751 (office); 619-208-8153 (cell) or glake@sandi.net
*8 -- Swearing-In Ceremony and Reception, 5 p.m., Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). District B Trustee Kevin Beiser and District C Trustee Michael McQuary will officially be sworn-in for their four-terms on the San Diego Unified Board of Education. Beiser’s Oath of Office will be administered by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins; Rabbi Laurie Coskey and SCPA ASB President Deja Fields will administer the Oath of Office to McQuary. Open to the public. Contact: Ursula Kroemer, chief public information officer, at 760-705-6919.
*9 -- Parent Workshop on Understanding the Common Core State Standards, 6-7:30 p.m., Ballard Parent Center, 2375 Congress Street (92110). Parents can learn about the depth of the new Common Core Standards and how they can support their student with different types of questions to promote critical thinking. Free, open to the public. Spanish translation available. Contact: Bea Fernandez, program manager, at 619-293-4431 or bfernandez@sandi.net.
*10 -- Community Resource Fair for School Counselors and Administrators, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Balboa Park Recital Hall, 2130 Pan American Plaza West (92101). San Diego Unified has partnered with the San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention to host a community resource fair that will feature more than 70 community youth and family service providers. Not open to the public. Contact: Linda Zintz, communications director, at 619-725-5568 (desk); 619-847-6637 (cell).
*11 -- Junior Achievement of SD, The Control Group Teach Code to HS Students, 7-11 a.m., Hoover High School, 4474 El Cajon Blvd (92115). In honor of Computer Science Education Week, Junior Achievement of San Diego and The Control Group are partnering to impact the lives of more than 80 students from Hoover High by teaching them how to write HTML code. The event is designed for Hoover Academy of Information Technology’s (AOIT) students who are currently taking high-level courses specifically designed for a future career in computer technology. Not Open to the Public. Contact: Kristi Zimsky, Junior Achievement, at 404-944-0414 or kzimsky@jasandiego.org.
*16 -- Parent Workshop on Understanding the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice, 6-7:30 p.m., Ballard Parent Center, 2375 Congress Street (92110). Parents can learn about the major shifts that are taking place in math and then focus on the skills that all students use when solving mathematical problems of any kind. Free, open to the public. Spanish translation available. Contact: Bea Fernandez, program manager, at 619-293-4431 or bfernandez@sandi.net.
*Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 -- All traditional calendar schools are closed for winter break.
*Dec. 22- Jan. 19 -- All year-round calendar schools are closed for winter break.
JANUARY
*5 -- All traditional calendar schools re-open after winter break.
*19 -- All traditional schools and offices closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
* 20 -- All schools (traditional calendar and year-round calendar) and work sites are back in session.
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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 or announce to the public.
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Linda Zintz
Communications Director
8lzintz@sandi.net
(619-725-5578 office
(619-847-6637 mobile
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