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.sandiegounified.org.
Please note that if items are listed as "not open to the public" or "open to families," accredited members of the media are invited, but the general public is not. These are usually items during the school day on the school campus.
For a calendar of noticed public meetings, as well as links to agenda items and other information, go to www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information. Those meetings might not be included in this listing.
MEDIA CONTACT: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, (619) 725-5578, lzintz@sandi.net.
* -- Means new item this week.
Note: There will be no media calendar sent next week; the next media calendar will be sent following winter break on January 8, 2016. Have a happy holiday season.
DECEMBER
14 -- Crawford High Cluster Committee Meeting, 5 p.m., Fay Elementary, 4080 52nd Street (92105). Discussion and community dialogue with parents and community members in the Crawford High School area: Carver, Clay, Euclid, Fay, Ibarra, Marshall, Oak Park, Rolando Park elementary schools; Mann Middle School; and Crawford High School. Open to the public.
14 -- Lincoln High Cluster Meeting, 5 p.m., Lincoln High School Auditorium, 4777 Imperial Avenue (92113). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Lincoln High School area: Baker, Balboa, Chavez, Chollas/Mead, Encanto, Horton, Johnson, Nye, Porter, Valencia Park, and Webster elementary schools; Knox and Millennial Tech middle schools; Lincoln High School. Contact: Philip Liburd, Chairperson, tupride619@yahoo.com. Open to the public.
14 -- Madison Community of Schools meeting, 5 p.m., Madison High School Room 101, 4833 Dolvia Drive (92117). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Madison High School area: Field, Hawthorne, Lafayette, Lindbergh/Schweitzer, Sequoia and Whitman elementary schools; CPMA and Innovation middle schools; Mt. Everest Academy; Muir K-12; Madison High School. Contacts: Richard Nash, Principal, Madison High School, rnash@sandi.net; Michael Snyder, Community Member, michaelsnyderfinancial@yahoo.com. Open to the public.
16 -- Scripps Ranch Schools Committee, 4:30 p.m., Marshall Middle School Community Room, 9700 Avenue of Nations, (92131). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Scripps Ranch High School area: Dingeman, Jerabek, Miramar Ranch, Ellen Browning Scripps elementary schools; Thurgood Marshall Middle School; Scripps Ranch High School. Contact: Michelle Irwin, Principal, Marshall Middle School, mirwin1@sandi.net; Jaylene Farry, Co-Chairperson, jaylenefarry@sbcglobal.net. Open to the public.
17 -- La Jolla Cluster Association, 4:15 p.m., Muirlands Middle School Library, 1056 Nautilus Street (92037). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the La Jolla High School area: Bird Rock, La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools; Muirlands Middle School; and La Jolla High School. Contact: Donna Tripi, dtripi@sandi.net. Open to the public.
17 -- Crown Point Junior Music Academy Winter Concert, 8:30 a.m., Crown Point Junior Music Academy, 4033 Ingraham St. (92109). Crown Point integrates music throughout its curriculum and provides violin instruction by the famed Suzuki method. Contact: Muriel Bartolini, principal, mbartolini@sandi.net. Open to families.
21 -- Winter break. All schools and offices closed to the public.
JANUARY
4 -- Traditional-calendar schools reopen.
4 -- Serra High School Cluster Council, 4:30 p.m., Serra High School, 5156 Santo Road (92124). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Serra High School area: Hancock, Kumeyaay, Miller, Tierrasanta and Vista Grande elementary schools; De Portola and Farb middle schools; Serra High School. Contact: Maria Montgomery, Principal, Kumeyaay Elementary School, mmontgomery@sandi.net. Open to the public.
5 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.
7 -- Mission Bay Cluster of Pacific Beach Schools meeting, 6 p.m., Crown Point Junior Music Academy, 4033 Ingraham St. (92109). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Mission Bay High School area: Barnard, Crown Point, Pacific Beach and Sessions elementary schools; Pacific Beach Middle School; Mission Bay High School. Contact: Jennifer Tandy, missionbaycluster@gmail.com. Open to the public.
11 -- Madison Community of Schools meeting, 5 p.m., Madison High School Room 101, 4833 Dolvia Drive (92117). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Madison High School area: Field, Hawthorne, Lafayette, Lindbergh/Schweitzer, Sequoia and Whitman elementary schools; CPMA and Innovation middle schools; Mt. Everest Academy; Muir K-12; Madison High School. Contacts: Richard Nash, Principal, Madison High School, rnash@sandi.net; Michael Snyder, Community Member, michaelsnyderfinancial@yahoo.com. Open to the public.
12 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.
14 -- Clairemont Community of Schools meeting, Clairemont High School, 4150 Ute. Drive (92117). Discussion and community dialogue with parents, students, staff and community members in the Clairemont High School area, including middle and elementary schools that feed into Clairemont High. Contacts: Dr. Jennifer Roberson, Principal, Clairemont High School, co-chairperson, jroberson@sandi.net; Julee Jenkins, parent, co-chairperson, julee.jenkins@gmail.com. Open to the public.
14 -- Kearny High Cluster Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Kearny High Complex Room 301, 7651 Wellington Street (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 elementary schools; Montgomery and Taft middle schools; and Kearny High. Contact: Andrew Gergurich, co-chair, agergurich@sandi.net. Open to the public.
15 -- 39th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March, 9:30 a.m., Knox Middle School, 1098 S. 49th St. (92103). Students from Knox Middle School and other neighborhood schools join together to honor the memory and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The tradition dates back to 1976 and in 1991 was awarded the George Washington Honors Medal by the Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation. A program following the march will include a Knox student reciting part of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Contact: Heather Potter, Principal, (619) 344-5500. March is open to the public.
18 — Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, all schools and offices closed.
19 -- Year-round schools reopen. All schools and offices open.
20 -- Scripps Ranch Schools Committee, 4:30 p.m., Marshall Middle School Community Room, 9700 Avenue of Nations, (92131). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Scripps Ranch High School area: Dingeman, Jerabek, Miramar Ranch, Ellen Browning Scripps elementary schools; Thurgood Marshall Middle School; Scripps Ranch High School. Contact: Michelle Irwin, Principal, Marshall Middle School, mirwin1@sandi.net; Jaylene Farry, Co-Chairperson, jaylenefarry@sbcglobal.net. Open to the public.
21 -- Henry Cluster Council, 4:30 p.m., Pershing Middle School Library, 8204 San Carlos Drive (92119). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Patrick Henry High School area: Benchley/Weinberger, Dailard, Foster, Gage, Green, Hardy, Hearst and Marvin elementary schools; Lewis and Pershing middle schools; Patrick Henry High School. Contact: Susan Levy, Principal, Pershing Middle School, slevy@sandi.net; Laura Alluin, Principal, Hardy Elementary, lalluin@sandi.net. Open to the public.
21 — Balboa Elementary Design Task Force, 6 p.m., Balboa Elementary School Auditorium, 1844 40th St. (92113). First meeting of working group to design phase one of the whole site modernization at Balboa Elementary. Contact: Gabriela Soriano, 858-573-5837, gsoriano@sandi.net. Media contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter, creedporter@sandi.net. Open to the public.
25 -- Mira Mesa Cluster School Council meeting, Mira Mesa High School Media Center, 10510 Reagan Road (92116). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the Mira Mesa High School area: Ericson, Hage, Hickman, Salk, Mason, Sandburg, Walker elementary schools; Challenger, Wangenheim middle schools; Mira Mesa High School. Contacts: Bob Turner, rturner4@san.rr.com; Jennifer Kvalvik, jkvalvik@sandi.net. Open to the public.
25 -- University City Cluster Committee meeting, 4:30 p.m., University City High School media center, 6949 Genesee Avenue (92122). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the University City High School area: Curie, Doyle, Spreckels elementary schools; Standley Middle School; University High School. Contact: info@uccluster.com. Open to the public.
26 -- Board of Education meeting, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public. More information: www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information.
28 -- La Jolla Cluster Association, 4:15 p.m., Muirlands Middle School Library, 1056 Nautilus Street (92037). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the La Jolla High School area: Bird Rock, La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools; Muirlands Middle School; and La Jolla High School. Contact: Donna Tripi, dtripi@sandi.net. Open to the public.
30 -- Screening of "Chosen," a documentary about teen sexual exploitation, 5 p.m., Auditorium, Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St. (92103). The 30-minute film explores the true stories of two teen girls tricked into sex trafficking. A panel discussion follows. Contact: Andrea Thrower, (619) 362-3440, athrower@sandi.net. Open to the public.
FEBRUARY
22 -- University City Cluster Committee meeting, 4:30 p.m., University City High School media center, 6949 Genesee Avenue (92122). Discussion and community dialogue with school staff, parents and community members in the University City High School area: Curie, Doyle, Spreckels elementary schools; Standley Middle School; University High School. Contact: info@uccluster.com. Open to the public.
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