MEDIA ADVISORY
John Muir Language Academy Students to Dedicate Campus Transformation with UTK Spanish Immersion Performances and Ceremonial Ribbon-Cutting
Monday, March 25, 2024
WHAT:
John Muir Language Academy UTK-8 Spanish Immersion students will gather at the school’s soccer field to dedicate their newly transformed campus.
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
WHERE:
John Muir Language Academy
4431 Mt Herbert Avenue
San Diego, CA 92117
*See the event location map with the media staging area below.
VISUALS:
8:30 - 8:40 a.m. - UTK Language Immersion Student Performances
8:40 - 8:52 a.m. - Speakers
8:52 - 8:54 a.m. - Ribbon-cutting, Photo Opps.
8:54 - 9:15 a.m. - Campus Tour, Media 1-1s
Drone video of the completed campus, ground photos, and project fact sheets can be found here.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent, San Diego Unified
Sabrina Bazzo, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified
NeTassha Rendón, Principal, John Muir Language Academy
Noah de la Toba, 8th Grade Student, John Muir Language Academy
Lianette Chaldez Zambrano, 8th Grade Student, John Muir Language Academy
Mia Morzfeld Raigus. Kindergarten Student, John Muir Language Academy
BACKGROUND:
A UTK-8 magnet school located in Clairemont, John Muir Language Academy focuses on Spanish Language Immersion and offers music, art and dance, theater, broadcast, and ASB courses.
The campus was originally built in 1961 and served the community for 44 years as Anderson Elementary School before becoming the John Muir School in 2005.
In 2016, San Diego Unified replaced the decomposed granite field with a synthetic turf soccer field, and, in late 2020, construction began on a campus transformation.
Now in 2024, the campus transformation is complete, with a new two-story classroom and student services facility, a new Universal Transitional Kindergarten and kindergarten classroom building, a new locker building with a basketball pavilion, an on-site staff parking lot, and a reconfigured visitor parking lot that includes a student drop-off and pick-up area.
Additional improvements include the modernization of existing classrooms, restrooms, the multi-purpose building with the kitchen, and exterior playground areas. All portable classrooms were also removed.
PARKING:
Parking is available in the parking lot at Mt. Etna Drive. Enter through the main office and meet at the field. See map for reference.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.
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