MEDIA ADVISORY
Boone Elementary Students to Celebrate Opening of New Joint-Use Field, Marking the 95th Field in the Play All Day Partnership
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
WHAT:
Boone Elementary School students will celebrate the opening of their new joint-use field with kickball and a traditional Philippine folk dance known as "Tinikling," a nod to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The field marks the 95th field in the Play All Day partnership between the San Diego Unified School District and the City of San Diego.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
WHERE:
Boone Elementary School
7330 Brookhaven Rd.
San Diego, CA 92114
*See the event location map with the media staging area below.
VISUALS:
9:00 – 9:10 a.m. - Tinikling Dance Performance at the new amphitheater
9:15 – 9:25 a.m. – Podium Speaking Portion on new field (short walk from the amphitheater)
9:25 – 9:30 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting, Photo Opps.
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.- Students playing kickball, Media 1-1s
Project fact sheets and drone video of the field and campus can be found here.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified
Cheryl Pham, Principal, Boone Elementary School
Nobuko Doran, Long-time Staff Member, Boone Elementary School
Zoey Jingco, 5th-Grade Student and ASB President
BACKGROUND:
Located in the Bay Terraces neighborhood of San Diego, Boone Elementary School has been serving the community for more than 60 years.
Currently accommodating students from Transitional Kindergarten through 5th Grade, Boone offers a Dual Language Immersion program that enables students to become bilingual, biliterate, and culturally aware. It offers programs in Visual and Performing Arts through a media arts program and music instruction for 4th and 5th-grade students.
Designed and constructed with the Boone Elementary School Whole Site Modernization project, the joint-use field features a grass playfield, an asphalt walking/running track, trees, benches, a drinking fountain, gates, and security fencing to separate the school from the public-use area.
As part of the Play All Day partnership with the City of San Diego, the joint-use park will be accessible to the community as a local park after school hours and during school breaks.
PARKING:
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.
Samer Naji, Facilities Communications Supervisor, San Diego Unified, (619) 548-3388, snaji@sandi.net.
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