Friday, March 1, 2024

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Martha Corrales

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Board Services Office, San Diego Unified School District

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News Release: Padres, Manny Machado Team Up With San Diego Unified to Offer Encouragement, Tickets in School Attendance Campaign

PSA Video

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

 

Padres, Manny Machado Team Up With San Diego Unified to Offer Encouragement, Tickets in School Attendance Campaign

‘Be Like a Pro, Always Go’

 

March 1, 2024

 

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres have stepped up to the plate to help the San Diego Unified School District raise awareness about the importance of regular school attendance amid a nationwide increase in absenteeism following the pandemic.

 

To help promote strong attendance, with an emphasis on elementary schools most impacted by absenteeism, the Padres have collaborated with San Diego Unified on a campaign that includes a public service announcement (PSA) and tickets to a Padres game as a reward for schools that improve attendance this spring.

 

The team spokesman for the campaign? Appropriately, third-baseman Manny Machado, a Padres superstar well known for his stellar attendance at games and practices.  

 

“Being on the field every day develops my skills as a player. Being in the classroom every day develops your skills as a student. This way you, too, can achieve your dreams. The sky's the limit.” Machado tells students in a PSA. “So remember to be like a pro, always go.” 

 

The Padres will provide tickets to students, staff, and families at the school that increases attendance the most this spring, among the elementary schools most impacted by absenteeism. Meanwhile, elementary students at every school in San Diego Unified that improves attendance will have the opportunity to enter an opportunity drawing for tickets to a Padres game.

 

San Diego Unified schools will share the PSA during the attendance contest throughout March and April. The results will be announced in May. Both the Padres and San Diego Unified are hopeful the attendance campaign will make a lasting impact and curb absenteeism going forward.

 

“For our students to thrive, they need to be in school every day. When our students are in school they have access to academics and counseling services, free nutritious meals, support from their peers, and from caring school staff,” Superintendent Dr. Lamont Jackson said. “Even for our youngest learners, it is important to attend school regularly.”

 

Research shows that missing 10 percent of kindergarten is associated with lower academic performance in first grade, especially among Latinx students, according to the nonprofit organization, Attendance Counts. For students from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, the academic impact of missing 10 percent of kindergarten can extend through fifth grade.   

 

Since the pandemic, schools locally and nationwide have seen a spike in absenteeism. COVID-19 and other illnesses, mental health needs, housing and food insecurities, unmet transportation needs, and inflation, all contribute to chronic absenteeism.

 

San Diego Unified is committed to identifying the root causes of chronic absenteeism, and is working to implement solutions and strategies to support families so all students can regularly attend school and thrive.

 

The Padres have been longtime supporters of San Diego Unified and public education. The team stepped up with an offer to help when it became aware of the increase in absenteeism, especially at schools in areas that were hit hardest by the pandemic.

  

MEDIA CONTACT: Communications Director Maureen Magee 619-381-7930, communications@sandi.net  

 

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

NEWS RELEASE (w/ Broll & Photos): Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary Students Celebrate Construction Groundbreaking with Lion Dance, Beijing Opera

Photos of the event can be found here.

Broll of the event can be found here.

Drone video of the construction and renderings can be found here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Release 

 

Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary Students Celebrate Construction Groundbreaking with Lion Dance, Beijing Opera 

 

February 29, 2024 

 

SAN DIEGO -  The Year of the Dragon is bringing Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School students a major campus transformation. 

 

On Thursday, the UTK- 5th Grade school in Pacific Beach kicked off the beginning of construction on its Whole Site Modernization project with a “3 Treasures” student lion dance and a performance from its 5th Grade Beijing Opera.  Students and district leaders celebrated from the school’s joint-use field, which offered a clear view of active construction. 

 

When completed in the spring of 2025, the site will provide a new classroom building and renovations to all other existing classrooms, the UTK/Kindergarten area, student services offices, the multipurpose building, hardcourts, and play courts. 

 

To improve safety, an expanded parking lot with an on-campus student drop-off and pick-up area will be constructed.

 

“I see our students and I feel the excitement for a completely transformed campus,” Superintendent Dr. Lamont Jackson said. ”With a new campus, we hope Barnard students will thrive and deepen their immersive language learning.”

 

Barnard Elementary added the Mandarin Chinese Immersion program in 2007 to give students instruction in both English and Mandarin Chinese. 

 

The program integrates the Six Ancient Chinese Arts, including abacus, Kuiban, calligraphy, tai-chi, arts, music, dance, and literature. As part of the Mission Bay Cluster, students participate in a unique program where they can graduate high school fluent in Mandarin.

 

“Our students come to Barnard knowing little about Mandarin arts and leave here with a comprehensive understanding of the language, the culture, and the arts,” said Kingsley Chao, Principal of Barnard Elementary. “We are setting them up to become global leaders in whichever career they choose.” 

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, 619-855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

 

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary Students to Join District Leaders and Community in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking with Lion Dance and Beijing Opera

 

 

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary Students to Join District Leaders and Community in Celebrating Construction Groundbreaking with Lion Dance and Beijing Opera

 

 

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 

 

WHAT:         

Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School students will join San Diego Unified School District leaders in kicking off their construction groundbreaking. 

 

WHEN:        

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 

8 - 8:45 a.m. 

 

WHERE:      

Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School

2445 Fogg St. 

San Diego, CA 92109

 

*See the event location map with the media staging area below. 

 

VISUALS:      

8:00 - 8:07 a.m.  - Beijing Opera Students Perform

8:07 - 8:14 a.m. -  Lion Dance by 3 Treasures 

8:14  - 8:24 a.m. - Speakers

8:24 - 8:29 a.m. -  Shovels to the dirt, photo opps.

8:29 - 8:45 a.m. -  Media 1-1s  

 

Drone video of the construction and renderings can be found here. 

 

SPEAKERS:  

Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent, San Diego Unified 

Dr. Cody Petterson, Board of Education Vice President, San Diego Unified 

Kingsley Chao, Principal, Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary 

Theodore “Teddy” Yu, 5th Grade Student & Student Council President, Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary

Elsa Luna, 4th Grade Student & Student Council Vice President, Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary

 

BACKGROUND:

A UTK-through-5th grade school in the heart of Pacific Beach,Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary, Mandarin Chinese immersion gives students instruction in both English and Mandarin Chinese. 

 

The program integrates the Six Ancient Chinese Arts, including abacus, Kuiban, calligraphy, tai-chi, arts, music, dance, and literature.

 

As part of the Mission Bay Cluster, students participate in a unique program where they can graduate high school fluent in Mandarin.

 

Now in 2024, construction is underway on a comprehensive campus modernization. The project will provide a new classroom building and renovations to all other existing classrooms, the UTK/Kindergarten area, student services offices, the multipurpose building, hardcourts, and play courts. 

 

To improve safety, an expanded parking lot with an on-campus student drop-off and pick-up area will be constructed.

 

Construction is anticipated to be completed in Spring 2025. 

 

PARKING:   

Media can park in the parking lot with construction trailers at Fogg Street. See below map for the location. 


                    

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.

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Friday, February 23, 2024

Post Agendas

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·       Closed Session Agenda: Board of Education— Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 3:30 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center; Room 2249, 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA 92103  
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/meeting_information

·       Closed Session Agenda: https://www.sandiegounified.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=166736294

·       Closed Session Public Testimony: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/public_testimony_request

·       Board Meeting Agenda: Board of Education – Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m., Eugene Brucker Education Center; Auditorium, 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA 92103  

Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/meeting_information
BoardDocs Agenda Link:  https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CQFQVL67CC5F

·       Link to YouTube Livestream: https://sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education   

·       General Committee Meeting Agenda: District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)  – Thursday, February 29, 2024, 4:30 p.m., via Zoom
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/about/board_of_education/committees/DELAC/2023-24_meeting_schedule_and_information

BoardDocs Agenda Link:  https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CXQ225773D46

Zoom Meeting Link: https://sandiegounified.zoom.us/j/84725629416

 

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Melissa Hamilton (formerly Hudson)

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board of Education

mhamilton@sandi.net

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." - Robert M. Hutchins

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