[Media] MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, March 18, 2016

MEDIA ADVISORY -- Media Calendar from the San Diego Unified School District, March 18, 2016

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.

* -- New item this week.

MARCH

All month: California Arts Education Month, Women's History Month. For school activities or story ideas, media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

19 -- Middle School Instrumental Music Concert. 7 p.m., Point Loma Nazarene University, Brown Chapel, 3901 Lomaland Drive (92106). Concert brings together the top musicians from throughout the San Diego Unified School District for a performance of San Diego's best young artists. Contact: Mark Nicholson, mnicholson@sandi.net, (858) 256-2705. Free and open to the public.

21 -- Mira Mesa Cluster School Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., 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.

22 -- Board of Education Meeting, 5 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Open to the public.

23 -- Special Olympics Soccer Tournament, 9 a.m., Balboa Stadium, San Diego High School, 1405 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101. Teams and athletes from Lincoln, Morse, Crawford, Hoover, Point Loma, and San Diego high schools with moderate to severe programs will be participating in a soccer tournament and soccer individuals skills. Contact: Dipakkumar Patel (Sunjay), San Diego High School, (619) 525-7455 ext. 4654. Not open to the public.

* 24 -- Clairemont High Class of 2020 Acceptance Letter Ceremony, 9:30 a.m., Marston Middle School, 3799 Clairemont Dr., San Diego, CA 92117. Marston Middle School students entering Clairemont High next school year will find out which of Clairemont's four academies they will be attending. Students and staff from Clairemont High will be in attendance. Contact: Principal Jon Gollias, Marston Middle School, (858) 273-2030. Not open to the public.

* 24 -- Correia Middle School, Mission Bay High School, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts concert with Delfeyao Marsalis, 7:30 p.m., Crill Performance Hall, Pt. Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Blvd., San Diego, CA 92106. Students at the three schools have been working with the First Friday Music Club and will perform with Marsalis, one of the top jazz trombonists, composers and producers; Ed Kornhauser on piano; Duncan Moore, drums; and First Friday Music Club president Glen Fisher on bass. Part of the Pt. Loma Nazarene University Cultural Concert Series through a major donation from the Ryan Family Charitable Foundation. Admission, $10, public; Pt. Loma Nazarene students, free. Contact: Pt. Loma Nazarene University Music Department, (619) 849-2325. Open to the public.

24 -- Elementary School Instrumental Music and Choral Concert. 7 p.m., Point Loma Nazarene University, Brown Chapel, 3901 Lomaland Drive (92106). Concert brings together the top musicians from throughout the San Diego Unified School District for a performance of San Diego's best young artists. Contact: Mark Nicholson, mnicholson@sandi.net, (858) 256-2705. Free and open to the public.

25 -- Missoula Children's Theater at Barnard Elementary, 6:30 p.m., Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy, 2445 Fogg St, San Diego, CA 92109. Missoula Children's Theater is a national traveling show that involves students from its host schools in performances. "Sleeping Beauty" will be performed using as many as 60 local children. Rehearsals scheduled March 21-15 from 12:10-5 p.m. Sponsored by the Barnard Elementary PTA. Contact: Bridgette Anderson, anderson321@cox.net. Performance is open to the public.

28-April 1 -- Spring break, all schools closed.

28-April 18 -- Spring break for year-round schools.

31 -- Cesar Chavez Day. Although schools are closed this week for Spring Break, teachers and schools will be honoring Cesar Chavez before spring break. Media contact: Linda Zintz, Communications Director, 619-725-5578.

APRIL

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.

* 16 -- UC Spirit Run, 9 a.m., University City High School, 6949 Genesee Ave, San Diego, CA 92122. This third-annual event raises money for University City schools and is sponsored by the University City cluster school supporters. Contact: http://ucspiritrun.org/ Open to the public.

16 -- Clairemont Day at the Bay, Fast Times 5K, 8 a.m., De Anza Cove, Mission Bay Park. The Clairemont area schools, including Madison and Clairemont high schools, sponsor this day of activities at Mission Bay Park. Area schools partner with local businesses and organizations to have all sorts of fun, family activities. Prospective parents and students can learn about the educational opportunities at the 19 Clairemont public schools. Race starts at 8 a.m., other activities at 10 a.m. Contact: Clairemont Mesa Education Foundation, 619-548-1552. Open to the public.

19 -- Joint Board of Education--San Diego Community College District Board Meeting, 5 p.m., Mira Mesa High School Media Center, 10510 Reagan Road, San Diego, CA 92126. Elected leaders from San Diego's school district and community college district will meet jointly to discuss coordinating education programs for San Diego's students. Media contacts: Linda Zintz, San Diego Unified, 619-725-5578; Jack Beresford, San Diego Community College District, 619-388-6540, jberesford@sdccd.edu. Open to the public.

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: Luis Fregoso at luis@fregoso.co; Jen Marchesini, JMarchesini@san.rr.com. Open to the public.

21 -- Clairemont Schools Sustainability Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92117. Each of the schools from the Clairemont and Madison high school clusters will have displays and activities focusing on sustainability. Contact: Mike Snyder, Clairemont Mesa Education Foundation, 619-548-1552. 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.

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