San Diego Unified GRADUATION STORY Media Coverage Opportunities June 8

Hello,
Below is the list of this week's media coverage opportunities.
You are invited to cover or attend any of the following upcoming events on the campuses of the San Diego Unified School District.

As ALWAYS, please confirm your coverage prior to attending event.
Thank you.
San Diego Unified Communications Dept.

Friday, 6/8 – 10:00 a.m – Hoover High School International + Refugee Student Quilt Graduation Celebration
Hoover's student body is composed of youth from many different countries. Hoover's school community is very diverse and unique. In fact, many of the students upon arriving in the U.S. begin their studies at Hoover without English speaking skills, so taking ESL courses is important as English may not be spoken in their homes. The Hoover quilt program is designed to help them progress with their speaking skills. Each student in the class writes out their story of how they came to the U.S. Many of the stories tell of fleeing from their homelands, civil wars, living in refugee camps, families separated, family members killed, hardships and tremendous difficulties to overcome. Yet they persevere and get here to begin new lives, with high hopes. After completing their stories, they practice reciting them because the final activity in the quilt program will be to recite their story to an auditorium filed with people who care and support them. Family members, fellow students, Hoover staff and others.

Another part of the program is to prepare a 12" x 12" quilt section with their story stitched onto it. It may show flags from their native country, the U.S. flag, rainbows to represent hope, trees to represent wisdom and other depictions of what they have overcome and hope to accomplish. At the conclusion of the program, all the quilt pieces are stitched together to form 1 large multi-national quilt of students stories. The day of their oral presentations some of the students wear clothes and costumes from their native countries. Members of the media are invited to the graduation celebration where there will be about 65 students making presentations at the ceremony. It is very unique, inspirational and emotional.
Location: Hoover High School,4474 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115 Rm 1103
On-Site Contact: Steve Barclay, President, Hoover High School Alumi Organization, 858-735-3256
Media Contact: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, Communications, 619-341-2343

Isabella McNeil
Information Services Specialist
Communications Department
4100 Normal Street, Room 2145
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: (619) 725-7146
Cell: (619) 341-2343
Email: imcneil@sandi.net<mailto:imcneil@sandi.net>
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