Hello –
Photos, video, & sound from the event can be found at this link.
For media planning to use the video of the students running: please blur their faces as not all of them are media released.
Both the safety patrol and students I shot in the audience (reciting the Pledge of Allegiance & singing the Gage Gator song) are cleared for use.
Sincerely,
Jamie Ries
From: Media [mailto:media-bounces@mailman.sandi.net] On Behalf Of SDUSD Facilities Info
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:12 PM
To: SDUSD Facilities Info <sdusdfacilitiesinfo@sandi.net>; SDUSD Information Office <sdcs-info@sandi.net>
Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY: Gage Elementary Gators to "Bellow" School Chorus, Dedicate New Grass Playfield to Beloved Teacher
Gage Elementary Gators to "Bellow" School Chorus, Dedicate New Grass Playfield to Beloved Teacher
WHAT:
Gage Elementary "Gators" will join teachers and families to celebrate the completion of their new, 163,000 square-foot, grass playfield named after former Teacher-of-the-Year, Cindi Elrod, who passed away. During the dedication, City of San Diego Councilmember Scott Sherman will join Superintendent Cindy Marten to present a certificate of commemoration to the family of Cindi Elrod. Topping off the event, students will sing the "Gage Gator" song and then run one lap in honor of Mrs. Elrod and their new playfield. Cindi Elrod's biography can be found here.
WHEN:
Thursday, November 14, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 A.M.
* If you would like to schedule a live opp., we can coordinate anything after 7:00 a.m. The new P.E. teacher who took over after Cindi's death will be available for on-camera interviews*
WHERE:
Gage Elementary School, 6811 Bisby Lake Ave., San Diego, CA 92119
VISUALS:
8:00 a.m. - Students recite the Pledge of Allegiance
8:02 - 8:20 a.m. - Speakers
8:20 a.m. - Friend of Cindi Elrod and former teacher Laurie Miller leads students in a "Gate Gator" song performance
8:23 a.m.- Ribbon-Cutting
8:25 a.m. - Students run one lap in honor of Cindi Elrod (see note below)*
Before and After Photos of the field can be found here.
Photos of Cindi Elrod can be found here.
*Please note: not all students that will be running the lap are media released, so please do not shoot the faces of the students while running. We will have students that are media released at the event. Just not during the lap.*
GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS:
Cindy Marten, Superintendent, San Diego Unified
Scott Sherman, Councilmember, District 7, City of San Diego
Lee Dulgeroff, Chief Facilities Planning and Construction Officer, San Diego Unified
Kathy Burns, Principal, Gage Elementary
Becky Paradise, Adaptive Physical Education Teacher, Gage Elementary
Nolen Harris, Former Student, Gage Elementary School
Denise Rodriguez, Sister, Cindi Elrod
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
The Gage Elementary Joint-Use Field field includes a new natural turf field, walking and running path, drinking fountain, security gates, and fencing.
BACKGROUND:
Capital projects are funded by San Diego Unified's Propositions S and Z, which are local bond measures approved by San Diego voters to repair, renovate and revitalize neighborhood schools.
As part of the Play All Day partnership with the City of San Diego, the joint-use field will be accessible to the community as a local park after school hours and during school breaks. You can read more about the initiative here. A detailed fact sheet of the Gage Elementary joint-use field can be found here.
PARKING:
Media can enter through the gate on Hudson Drive (they can drive their vehicles in). However, we ask that drivers be mindful there are students that will be in the area.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jamie Ries, Facilities Communication Liaison, San Diego Unified, 619-855-9283, jries@sandi.net.
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