MEDIA CALENDAR -- Upcoming Events in the San Diego Unified School
District, April 12, 2013
Your coverage is invited of any of the following upcoming events on the
campuses of the San Diego Unified School District. For more items, check
out the calendar on the front of the district website at www.sandi.net.
Please note that if items are listed as "not open to the public," that
means accredited members of the media are invited, but the general public
is not. These are generally items during the school day.
* Indicates new items added since last week.
For a calendar of noticed public meetings, go to
www.sandi.net/meetingcalendar. Those meetings might not be included in
this listing.
APRIL
13 -- University City High School Music Department¹s Music Festival, 9
a.m., University City High Auditorium, 6949 Genesee Ave. (92122) Come
enjoy a free celebration of music with the Southern California School
Band and Orchestra Association. Contact: Sharon Joe-Hom at
homscouts@gmail.com. Open to the public.
* 16, 18 -- Peninsula Winds and Strings Concerts, 7 p.m., Pt. Loma High
School, 2335 Chatsworth Blvd. (92106). Pt. Loma Nazarene University
students will join students from Pt. Loma High, Dana and Correia middle
school on Tuesday night; on Thursday, Dana and Correia middle school and
Pt. Loma High students will play. Contact:
* 17 -- Food Truck Family Night Benefitting University City area schools,
5-7:30 p.m., Spreckels Elementary School parking lot, 6033 Stadium St.
(92122). Have dinner on campus, with 10 percent of proceeds going to
EdUCate, the University City school foundation. Contact: EdUCate,
UCHSMail@gmail.com. Open to the public.
* 17-20 -- Honors Theatre Students Perform Musical about Cesar Chavez,
Lincoln High School, 4777 Imperial Ave. (92113). Students from throughout
district high schools audition and are brought together to perform during
this "all star" performance, which are at 7 p.m. April 18-19 and 2 p.m.
April 20. This year they are performing "Let the Eagle Fly," a musical
about Cesar Chavez. Cost: $5 students; $10 adults. Contact: Patrick
Garcia, 858-539-5349. Open to the public.
* 18 -- US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits San Diego Schools,
location and time to be announced. The Secretary of Agriculture is
scheduled to inspect San Diego Unified's food services operations and hold
a news conference. Contact: Jack Brandais, Communications Department,
619-725-5570. Not open to the public.
18 -- Area 4 Kearny Cluster Meeting, 4:30, Kearny High, Room 301, 7651
Wellington Street (92111). Parents, students and community members are
invited to attend this meeting, which discusses educational issues at the
high school and its middle and elementary schools. Schools in the Kearny
cluster are: Angier, Carson, Chesterton, Cubberley, Fletcher, Jones,
Juarez, Linda Vista, Ross, Wegeforth elementary schools; Montgomery and
Taft middle schools; and Kearny High. Contact: (858) 496-8370. Open to the
public.
* 19 -- Hoover High Financial Literacy Ceremony, 1:30 p.m., Hoover High
School, 4474 El Cajon Blvd. (92115). U.S. Bank and EverFi cordially invite
you to join us for a certification ceremony honoring 80 Hoover High School
students who have achieved certification in financial literacy after
completing the U.S. Bank Financial GeniUS Program, an innovative web-based
program. Contact: Chuck Podhorsky, Principal, Hoover High, (619) 283-6281.
Not open to the public.
19 -- EdUCate! Taste of the Triangle, UC San Diego Faculty Club, UC San
Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla. Evening of eating and entertainment
benefits schools in the University City High cluster. EdUCate! is a
nonprofit foundation established in 1993 with the goal of providing
supplemental funds to all five University City public schools. More
information: http://www.uc-educate.org/
21-- Fast Time 5K, 7 a.m., De Anza Cove Mission Bay Park. A fund-raiser
for the Clairemont Mesa Foundation, which supports the 16 schools in the
Madison and Clairemont clusters. Sponsored by the Clairemont Hills
Kiwanis. Contact: http://www.fasttimes5k.com/. Open to the public.
* 27 -- Cabrillo Elementary beautification, 8 a.m. to noon, Cabrillo
Elementary School, 3120 Talbot St. (92106). The San Diego Rotary Club will
be painting the school logo and doing other spruce-up projects with staff
and students. Contact: Nestor Suarez, principal, (619) 223-7154.
29 -- Year-round schools reopen after spring break.
30 -- National College Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, 6-8:30 p.m., San Diego
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall H, 111 West Harbor Drive, (92101). Parents
and students participating in National College Fairs meet one-on-one with
representatives from colleges and universities to discuss admission and
financial aid opportunities at their respective institutions. Contact:
Stephanie Moore, Smoore@nacacnet.org or (703) 299-6823. Open to public.
MAY
* 1 -- Green Elementary WAT-AAH Move Your Body, 10:42 a.m., Green
Elementary School, 7030 Wandermere Dr. (92119). As part of the First
Lady's Lets Move Campaign, the entire school will be performing Beyonce 's
Let's Move Dance in our courtyard. Contact: DeeDee Patterson, Green
Elementary, 619-460-5755. Not open to the public.
2 -- Dana Middle School Family Tour, 3:30 p.m., Dana Middle School, 1775
Chattsworth Blvd. (92107). Fourth grade students and parents are invited
to participate in a school tour. Meet with Principal Ryan and other staff
members during a Q-A session. Tour the library, art studio, science labs,
music rooms, physical education center, and classrooms. Contact: Diane
Ryan, Principal, (619) 225-3897. Open to families.
7 San Diego Unified¹s Day of the Teacher, 4:30 p.m., Kearny High School,
7651 Wellington St. (92111). The district¹s annual Teacher of the Year
recognition for school site Teachers of the Year and the district Teachers
of the Year and runners-up. Contact: Jennifer Cornelius Rodriguez at
jcornelius@sandi.net or 619-725-5598. Closed to the public.
11 -- Area 8 Cluster Meeting, 5:30 p.m., San Diego High School Library,
1405 Park Blvd. (92101). Parents, students and community members are
invited to attend this meeting, which discusses educational issues at the
high school and its middle and elementary schools. Schools in the San
Diego cluster are: Birney, Burbank, Emerson/Bandini, Florence, Garfield,
Jefferson, Kimbrough, McKinley, Rodriguez, Sherman, and Washington
elementary schools; Golden Hill, Grant, Logan, Perkins K-8s; Memorial and
Roosevelt Middle Schools; and San Diego Complex high schools. Contact:
Hope del Valle at hdelvalle@sandi.net or 619-725-7210. Open to Area 8 San
Diego High Cluster families.
21 San Diego Unified¹s 2013 Classified Employee of the Year, 4:30 p.m.,
Mann Middle School, 4345 54th St. (92115). The district¹s annual
Classified Employee of the Year celebration in which school site and
district facility employees are recognized. One individual will be
recognized as the district¹s Classified Employee of the Year for 2013.
Contact: Jennifer Cornelius Rodriguez at jcornelius@sandi.net or
619-725-5598. Closed to the public.
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Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
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Friday, April 12, 2013
NEWS RELEASE -- Kearny International Business, Mt. Everest Academy are Distinguished Schools
NEWS RELEASE from the San Diego Unified School District, April 12, 2012
KEARNY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MT. EVEREST ACADEMY, HEALTH SCIENCES
CHARTER ARE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS
SAN DIEGO -- The School of International Business at the Kearny High
Educational Complex is a California Distinguished School for the second
time in four years, joining independent study oriented Mt. Everest Academy
and charter Health Sciences High on the 2013 list released Thursday by the
California Department of Education.
The state makes the awards to middle and high schools on odd-numbered
years, elementary schools on even-numbered years. For a list of past San
Diego Unified winners go to
http://www.sandi.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=12&DomainId=12&ModuleInstan
ceId=8407&DisplayType=T
"Each of the students, principal, staff, parents, volunteers and the
entire school community should be saluted for excellent work," said
Superintendent Bill Kowba. "This is exciting news for each of these
campuses."
The 2013 California Distinguished Schools Program directly focuses on the
right of California¹s students to an equitable and rigorous education, and
recognizes those schools that have made progress in narrowing the academic
achievement gap, according to State Superintendent Tom Torlakson.
³These schools have gone the extra mile to provide high-quality
instruction that puts their students on the right path toward career and
college,² Torlakson said. ³Given the enormous challenges schools have
faced in recent years, it is inspiring to see this kind of success in so
many schools. Our future depends on meeting the needs of every student no
matter where they come from or where they live.²
To apply for Distinguished School honors, schools must meet a variety of
eligibility criteria, including accountability measures. Once schools are
deemed eligible, the California Department of Education (CDE) invites them
to apply to be recognized as a California Distinguished School.
The application process consists of a written application, which includes
a comprehensive description of two of the school's signature practices,
and a county-led site validation review process, which validates the
implementation of those signature practices.
For more information, visit the California Department of Education website
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/
Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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KEARNY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MT. EVEREST ACADEMY, HEALTH SCIENCES
CHARTER ARE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS
SAN DIEGO -- The School of International Business at the Kearny High
Educational Complex is a California Distinguished School for the second
time in four years, joining independent study oriented Mt. Everest Academy
and charter Health Sciences High on the 2013 list released Thursday by the
California Department of Education.
The state makes the awards to middle and high schools on odd-numbered
years, elementary schools on even-numbered years. For a list of past San
Diego Unified winners go to
http://www.sandi.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=12&DomainId=12&ModuleInstan
ceId=8407&DisplayType=T
"Each of the students, principal, staff, parents, volunteers and the
entire school community should be saluted for excellent work," said
Superintendent Bill Kowba. "This is exciting news for each of these
campuses."
The 2013 California Distinguished Schools Program directly focuses on the
right of California¹s students to an equitable and rigorous education, and
recognizes those schools that have made progress in narrowing the academic
achievement gap, according to State Superintendent Tom Torlakson.
³These schools have gone the extra mile to provide high-quality
instruction that puts their students on the right path toward career and
college,² Torlakson said. ³Given the enormous challenges schools have
faced in recent years, it is inspiring to see this kind of success in so
many schools. Our future depends on meeting the needs of every student no
matter where they come from or where they live.²
To apply for Distinguished School honors, schools must meet a variety of
eligibility criteria, including accountability measures. Once schools are
deemed eligible, the California Department of Education (CDE) invites them
to apply to be recognized as a California Distinguished School.
The application process consists of a written application, which includes
a comprehensive description of two of the school's signature practices,
and a county-led site validation review process, which validates the
implementation of those signature practices.
For more information, visit the California Department of Education website
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/
Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
MEDIA ADVISORY--San Diego Unified Dedicates Motion Pictures Industries Facility Tomorrow
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter 619-546-3378
San Diego Unified Dedicates State-of-the-Art Facility for Motion Pictures Industries Program
WHAT: San Diego Unified School District has invited students, parents, staff and community members to celebrate the completion of its new Motion Pictures Industries facility at Point Loma High School. The College, Career & Technical Education facility (CCTE) is funded by Proposition S and a California Proposition 1D matching-fund grant. The Motion Pictures Industries Program provides students with a professional working environment while still in school.
WHEN: Thursday, April 11; ceremony starts at 10:15 a.m. with open house at approx. 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: Point Loma High School, 2335 Chatsworth Boulevard (92106) school website: http://www.pointlomahigh.com/
The event location is near the school's administration office. (Call 619-546-3378 or e-mail creed-porter@sandi.net for site map and parking information.)
VISUALS: Student demonstrations and tours of the new Motion Pictures Industries facility (after the ceremony). The tour includes a screening room, video editing rooms, audio suite, studio, and audio-video hub. Other visuals include the presentation of colors by the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Point Loma Vanguard Band performing the national anthem, guest speakers (including two students), and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Barbara Samilson, principal; Richard Barrera, board trustee; Jade Martz and Robert Tharp, both seniors in the Motion Pictures Industries Program; Lee Dulgeroff, executive director of Facilities Planning and Construction/Prop. S; and Shawn Loescher, director of College, Career & Technical Education. Staff and other students will also be available for interviews. (Interviews available in English and Spanish.)
BACKGROUND: The Point Loma High School Motion Pictures Industries Program provides career and technical education in the media and design arts pathway of the arts, media and entertainment industry sector. The program prepares students for additional education or for entry-level work in the motion pictures industries. These are important industries in California, and there is a high-demand labor market for qualified technical employees in this field. The California Employment Development Department (EDD, 2012) predicts that California will create 12,900 new jobs for the motion pictures and video industries between 2010 and 2020, an increase of 9.1 percent in the respective industry.
Point Loma High School's new CCTE Motion Pictures Industries facility includes a screening room, video editing rooms, audio suite, studio, audio-video hub, interactive whiteboard, construction tool shed (for building sets), and an instructor's office. This $3.6 million project involved remodeling a 4,804 square-foot portion of the school's Building 900. Construction began in January 2011 and finished in Nov. 2012.
On November 4, 2008, nearly 69 percent of the voters in San Diego passed the $2.1 billion general obligation bond measure, Prop. S, so that San Diego Unified could repair, renovate and revitalize district schools. (By law, bond funds cannot pay for teachers' or administrators' salaries.) For information on Prop. S projects at Point Loma High School see the school's facilities projects web page at https://fpcprojects.sandi.net/Pages/Reports.aspx?SchoolName=9354.
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Cynthia Reed-Porter, Communications Supervisor | Communications Office | San Diego Unified School District
Office: 858-637-3607 | Mobile: (619) 546-3378 | E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net
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Contact: Cynthia Reed-Porter 619-546-3378
San Diego Unified Dedicates State-of-the-Art Facility for Motion Pictures Industries Program
WHAT: San Diego Unified School District has invited students, parents, staff and community members to celebrate the completion of its new Motion Pictures Industries facility at Point Loma High School. The College, Career & Technical Education facility (CCTE) is funded by Proposition S and a California Proposition 1D matching-fund grant. The Motion Pictures Industries Program provides students with a professional working environment while still in school.
WHEN: Thursday, April 11; ceremony starts at 10:15 a.m. with open house at approx. 10:45 a.m.
WHERE: Point Loma High School, 2335 Chatsworth Boulevard (92106) school website: http://www.pointlomahigh.com/
The event location is near the school's administration office. (Call 619-546-3378 or e-mail creed-porter@sandi.net for site map and parking information.)
VISUALS: Student demonstrations and tours of the new Motion Pictures Industries facility (after the ceremony). The tour includes a screening room, video editing rooms, audio suite, studio, and audio-video hub. Other visuals include the presentation of colors by the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Point Loma Vanguard Band performing the national anthem, guest speakers (including two students), and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Barbara Samilson, principal; Richard Barrera, board trustee; Jade Martz and Robert Tharp, both seniors in the Motion Pictures Industries Program; Lee Dulgeroff, executive director of Facilities Planning and Construction/Prop. S; and Shawn Loescher, director of College, Career & Technical Education. Staff and other students will also be available for interviews. (Interviews available in English and Spanish.)
BACKGROUND: The Point Loma High School Motion Pictures Industries Program provides career and technical education in the media and design arts pathway of the arts, media and entertainment industry sector. The program prepares students for additional education or for entry-level work in the motion pictures industries. These are important industries in California, and there is a high-demand labor market for qualified technical employees in this field. The California Employment Development Department (EDD, 2012) predicts that California will create 12,900 new jobs for the motion pictures and video industries between 2010 and 2020, an increase of 9.1 percent in the respective industry.
Point Loma High School's new CCTE Motion Pictures Industries facility includes a screening room, video editing rooms, audio suite, studio, audio-video hub, interactive whiteboard, construction tool shed (for building sets), and an instructor's office. This $3.6 million project involved remodeling a 4,804 square-foot portion of the school's Building 900. Construction began in January 2011 and finished in Nov. 2012.
On November 4, 2008, nearly 69 percent of the voters in San Diego passed the $2.1 billion general obligation bond measure, Prop. S, so that San Diego Unified could repair, renovate and revitalize district schools. (By law, bond funds cannot pay for teachers' or administrators' salaries.) For information on Prop. S projects at Point Loma High School see the school's facilities projects web page at https://fpcprojects.sandi.net/Pages/Reports.aspx?SchoolName=9354.
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Cynthia Reed-Porter, Communications Supervisor | Communications Office | San Diego Unified School District
Office: 858-637-3607 | Mobile: (619) 546-3378 | E-mail: creed-porter@sandi.net
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NEWS RELEASE -- SD Unified's Graduation Rates Continue Improvement; Most Dropout Rates Decline
NEWS RELEASE from the San Diego Unified School District, April 10, 2013
SD UNIFIED'S GRADUATION RATES CONTINUE IMPROVEMENT; MOST DROPOUT RATES
DECLINE
District still has lowest dropout rate among California's largest school
districts
SAN DIEGO -- A three-year trend of increasing graduation rates has
continued for the San Diego Unified School District, which had 86.9
percent of its students graduate in 2012, an increase of 1.6 percent over
2011 and 4.7 from 2010, according to data released April 9 by the
California Department of Education. San Diego Unified leads the San Diego
County average by 8.4 percentage points.
Only one large school district in California had a higher graduation rate
than San Diego Unified's 86.9 percent: Garden Grove with 87.8. Other large
districts ranged from San Francisco's 82.2 to Oakland's 73.2. San Diego
Unified's overall dropout rate of 6.2 percent was the lowest among the
nine other large urban largest districts in California, with San Francisco
the next lowest at 10 percent.
"This continued improvement means that our district, and most importantly
our students, are on the right path," said Superintendent Bill Kowba. "To
have a nearly five percent jump in just three years shows the outstanding
work done every day by everyone in the San Diego Unified School District."
Across San Diego County, the graduation rate is 78.4 percent with a
dropout rate of 10.4 percent, 4.2 percentage points above the county's
largest school district. The statistics report the overall graduation
rate, which is the number of students attending in ninth grade who get a
diploma. The dropout rate is the number of students entering grade 12 but
fail to graduate.
³Attendance figures build on each other," said Kowba. "If the kids are
coming to school day in and day out at every grade level and keep moving
up the ladder and don¹t let up on that emphasis, I think we¹re in a great
place.²
Since 2007, reducing the dropout rate has been one of the district's top
priorities, not only focusing on high school seniors, but starting early
-- as early as sixth grade. Studies show that student who miss 10 days or
more in sixth grade have a higher high school dropout rate than their
classmates who miss fewer days.
"Even with these outstanding overall numbers, the statistics show we were
unable to make an impact on Hispanic students last year," said Kowba.
Among Hispanics, while the dropout rate was unchanged at 9.9 percent, the
graduation rate rose to 80.2 percent from 78 percent. Among other large
ethnic groups, African Americans' dropout rate declined to 7 percent from
7.7 percent and the graduation rate increased to 83.9 from 81.8 in 2011
and 76.9 in 2010.
Programs such as graduation coaches, credit recovery, providing more
options for high school students on campus have been instrumental in
improving the graduation rate, said Kowba. In 2012, state Superintendent
of Schools Tom Torlakson called San Diego Unified a "model of attendance
improvement."
To look up specific schools, go to the California Department of Education
website at http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
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Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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SD UNIFIED'S GRADUATION RATES CONTINUE IMPROVEMENT; MOST DROPOUT RATES
DECLINE
District still has lowest dropout rate among California's largest school
districts
SAN DIEGO -- A three-year trend of increasing graduation rates has
continued for the San Diego Unified School District, which had 86.9
percent of its students graduate in 2012, an increase of 1.6 percent over
2011 and 4.7 from 2010, according to data released April 9 by the
California Department of Education. San Diego Unified leads the San Diego
County average by 8.4 percentage points.
Only one large school district in California had a higher graduation rate
than San Diego Unified's 86.9 percent: Garden Grove with 87.8. Other large
districts ranged from San Francisco's 82.2 to Oakland's 73.2. San Diego
Unified's overall dropout rate of 6.2 percent was the lowest among the
nine other large urban largest districts in California, with San Francisco
the next lowest at 10 percent.
"This continued improvement means that our district, and most importantly
our students, are on the right path," said Superintendent Bill Kowba. "To
have a nearly five percent jump in just three years shows the outstanding
work done every day by everyone in the San Diego Unified School District."
Across San Diego County, the graduation rate is 78.4 percent with a
dropout rate of 10.4 percent, 4.2 percentage points above the county's
largest school district. The statistics report the overall graduation
rate, which is the number of students attending in ninth grade who get a
diploma. The dropout rate is the number of students entering grade 12 but
fail to graduate.
³Attendance figures build on each other," said Kowba. "If the kids are
coming to school day in and day out at every grade level and keep moving
up the ladder and don¹t let up on that emphasis, I think we¹re in a great
place.²
Since 2007, reducing the dropout rate has been one of the district's top
priorities, not only focusing on high school seniors, but starting early
-- as early as sixth grade. Studies show that student who miss 10 days or
more in sixth grade have a higher high school dropout rate than their
classmates who miss fewer days.
"Even with these outstanding overall numbers, the statistics show we were
unable to make an impact on Hispanic students last year," said Kowba.
Among Hispanics, while the dropout rate was unchanged at 9.9 percent, the
graduation rate rose to 80.2 percent from 78 percent. Among other large
ethnic groups, African Americans' dropout rate declined to 7 percent from
7.7 percent and the graduation rate increased to 83.9 from 81.8 in 2011
and 76.9 in 2010.
Programs such as graduation coaches, credit recovery, providing more
options for high school students on campus have been instrumental in
improving the graduation rate, said Kowba. In 2012, state Superintendent
of Schools Tom Torlakson called San Diego Unified a "model of attendance
improvement."
To look up specific schools, go to the California Department of Education
website at http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
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Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
NEWS RELEASE -- Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" screened at Lincoln High School
Reporters and editors: Here's a great opportunity for the students at
Lincoln High School. For questions, please contact the folks at Big
Picture Instructional Design, listed below.
Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kimberly Birbrower or Lucky Youngblood, Big Picture Instructional
Design, kim@bigpictureinstructional.com,
lucky@bigpictureinstructional.com, 818-501-3378
STEVEN SPIELBERG¹S LINCOLN SCREENED AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
The two-time Academy Award® winning film will be gifted for school use
Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA April 9, 2013 Participant Media,
working together with Big Picture Instructional Design, has selected local
Lincoln High School as one of only 15 high schools from around the country
to receive an award as part of their national Stand Tall: Live Like
Lincoln High School Screening Campaign.
Chad Boettcher, Executive Vice President of Social Action and Advocacy at
Participant Media, said, "Prior to the film's release, we engaged Penn
Schoen Berland to conduct a research study to help inform the focus of our
Social Action campaign for Lincoln. Among the findings of the study was
that more than half of Americans think it's important to learn about
Lincoln, but two thirds say they know little to nothing about him, which
clearly indicated the need to remind citizens about the 16th President's
accomplishments."
As a result, this unique high school screening campaign, ³Stand Tall: Live
Like Lincoln,² is designed to use the film to spark educational
conversations on the film's themes of leadership, civic engagement and
public service. Discussions will be facilitated using Disney's
distributed curricula as well as a series of standards-based extension
activities and discussion prompts that were crafted by Big Picture
Instructional Design. Throughout the month of April, the film will be
screened at 15 different high schools in 15 different states across the
country. In addition to receiving their own copy of the film and its
accompanying collateral materials, all the schools will receive a package
of brand new audio-visual equipment.
Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis
in ³Lincoln,² a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President¹s
tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the
strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end
the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and
fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment
will change the fate of generations to come. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis,
Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal
Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln is produced by Steven Spielberg and
Kathleen Kennedy, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the
book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris
Kearns Goodwin.
Participant Media (www.participantmedia.com
<http://www.participantmedia.com/>) is an entertainment company that
focuses on documentary and non-documentary feature films, television,
publishing and digital content about the real issues that shape our lives.
For each of its projects, Participant creates social action and advocacy
programs to transform the impact of the media experience into individual
and community action. Participant¹s online Social Action Network is
TakePart (takepart.com <http://takepart.com/>). Founded by Jeff Skoll in
2004, Jim Berk serves as CEO. Participant's films include The Kite Runner,
Charlie Wilson's War, An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for "Superman,² Fair
Game, The Help, Contagion, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Lincoln,
Promised Land and No.
Big Picture Instructional Design (www.bigpictureinstructional.com
<http://www.bigpictureinstructional.com>) gets all the stakeholders in the
educational space talking about ‹ and watching ‹ movies. As former
classroom educators with extensive experience in nonprofit work,
educational administration, and media literacy, BPID increases the reach
and impact of issue-driven films, television projects, and documentaries
by creating custom-designed campaigns and collateral materials that always
put the film at the forefront. Projects include The Soloist, The
Conspirator, ESCAPE FIRE, and Lincoln.
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Lincoln High School. For questions, please contact the folks at Big
Picture Instructional Design, listed below.
Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kimberly Birbrower or Lucky Youngblood, Big Picture Instructional
Design, kim@bigpictureinstructional.com,
lucky@bigpictureinstructional.com, 818-501-3378
STEVEN SPIELBERG¹S LINCOLN SCREENED AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
The two-time Academy Award® winning film will be gifted for school use
Los Angeles, CA and San Diego, CA April 9, 2013 Participant Media,
working together with Big Picture Instructional Design, has selected local
Lincoln High School as one of only 15 high schools from around the country
to receive an award as part of their national Stand Tall: Live Like
Lincoln High School Screening Campaign.
Chad Boettcher, Executive Vice President of Social Action and Advocacy at
Participant Media, said, "Prior to the film's release, we engaged Penn
Schoen Berland to conduct a research study to help inform the focus of our
Social Action campaign for Lincoln. Among the findings of the study was
that more than half of Americans think it's important to learn about
Lincoln, but two thirds say they know little to nothing about him, which
clearly indicated the need to remind citizens about the 16th President's
accomplishments."
As a result, this unique high school screening campaign, ³Stand Tall: Live
Like Lincoln,² is designed to use the film to spark educational
conversations on the film's themes of leadership, civic engagement and
public service. Discussions will be facilitated using Disney's
distributed curricula as well as a series of standards-based extension
activities and discussion prompts that were crafted by Big Picture
Instructional Design. Throughout the month of April, the film will be
screened at 15 different high schools in 15 different states across the
country. In addition to receiving their own copy of the film and its
accompanying collateral materials, all the schools will receive a package
of brand new audio-visual equipment.
Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis
in ³Lincoln,² a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President¹s
tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the
strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end
the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and
fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment
will change the fate of generations to come. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis,
Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal
Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln is produced by Steven Spielberg and
Kathleen Kennedy, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the
book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris
Kearns Goodwin.
Participant Media (www.participantmedia.com
<http://www.participantmedia.com/>) is an entertainment company that
focuses on documentary and non-documentary feature films, television,
publishing and digital content about the real issues that shape our lives.
For each of its projects, Participant creates social action and advocacy
programs to transform the impact of the media experience into individual
and community action. Participant¹s online Social Action Network is
TakePart (takepart.com <http://takepart.com/>). Founded by Jeff Skoll in
2004, Jim Berk serves as CEO. Participant's films include The Kite Runner,
Charlie Wilson's War, An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for "Superman,² Fair
Game, The Help, Contagion, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Lincoln,
Promised Land and No.
Big Picture Instructional Design (www.bigpictureinstructional.com
<http://www.bigpictureinstructional.com>) gets all the stakeholders in the
educational space talking about ‹ and watching ‹ movies. As former
classroom educators with extensive experience in nonprofit work,
educational administration, and media literacy, BPID increases the reach
and impact of issue-driven films, television projects, and documentaries
by creating custom-designed campaigns and collateral materials that always
put the film at the forefront. Projects include The Soloist, The
Conspirator, ESCAPE FIRE, and Lincoln.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Post Mtg Agendas, April 9, 2013
PLEASE NOTE:
· Closed Session Agenda—Tuesday April 9, 2013, 2:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248
· Regular Meeting Agenda— Tuesday April 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5UVB7D25C0.
· Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.
Thank you.
Josefina Viorato 
Confidential Administrative Assistant II
Board Services
4100 Normal Street, Room 2231
San Diego, CA 92103
( (619) 725-5551
7 (619) 297-5624
Kindness and a smile are contagious, share them with the world!
From: Viorato Josefina
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: Post Board Mtg Agendas, January 8, 2013
Importance: High
PLEASE NOTE:
· Notice of Change of Time for Closed Session—Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248
· Closed Session Agenda— Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 1:00 p.m., Room 2249
Open & Closed Session Meeting Information: http://www.sandi.net/page/3248
· Regular Meeting Agenda—Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m., Auditorium
BoardDocs Agenda Link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=8X5VE87DF9D0.
· Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print notice(s) and/or agenda(s) and post in a prominent, accessible location at your site.
Thank you.
Josefina Viorato
Confidential Administrative Assistant II
Board Services
4100 Normal Street, Room 2231
San Diego, CA 92103
( (619) 725-5551
7 (619) 297-5624
‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ --Nelson Mandela
Monday, April 1, 2013
NEWS RELEASE -- Spring Fun Café Brings Free Lunch to Year-Round School Students
NEWS RELEASE from the San Diego Unified School District, April 1, 2013
SPRING FUN CAFE BRINGS FREE LUNCH TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL STUDENTS
SAN DIEGO -- April brings multiple opportunities for San Diego children on
Spring Break to have free lunches as Spring Fun Café begins a four-week
run on Monday, April 1.
Lunch is free to kids age 18 and younger at 12 City of San Diego
Recreation Centers, three community centers, three military housing
locations and a Marine base.
This program is a collaboration between the San Diego Unified Food
Services Department and the City of San Diego Park and Recreation
Department.
The program is funded by the Seamless Summer Lunch Program from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Spring Fun Café Schedule
Park and Recreation Centers, Monday-Friday, March 29-April 26. Closed
Monday April 1 (Caesar Chavez Day)
Adams Recreation Center, 3491 Adams Ave. 92116 1-2 p.m.
Azalea Recreation Center, 2596 Violet St. 92105 12-1 p.m.
City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis St. 92105 12-1 p.m.
Colina Del Sol Recreation Center, 5319 Orange Ave. 92115 12-1 p.m.
Linda Vista Recreation Center, 7064 Levant St. 92111 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Mt. View Recreation Center, 641 So. Boundary St. 92113 1-2 p.m.
North Park Recreation Center, 4044 Idaho St. 92014 1-2 p.m.
Paradise Hills Recreation Center, 6610 Potomac St. 92139 12-1 p.m.
Penn Athletic Field, 2555 Dusk Dr. 92139 12-1 p.m.
Southcrest Recreation Center, 4149 Newton Ave. 92113 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Willie Henderson Recreation Center, 1035 So. 45th St. 92113 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Community Sites, Monday-Friday, April 1-26
Bayside Community Center, 2202 Comstock St. 92111 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Jackie Robinson YMCA, 151 YMCA Way 92102 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave. 92102, 11 a.m. to 12
p.m.
Military housing center locations, open to the public, Monday-Friday,
April 1-26
Gateway CYP, 2741 Mendonca Dr. 92110 12-1 p.m.
Murphy Canyon CYP, 4867 Santo Rd. 92124 12-1 p.m.
Murphy Canyon Kid Connection, 3493 Santo Rd. 92124 12-1 p.m.
Open to children with Military base access only
Miramar Youth & Teen Center 2700 Moore Ave. 92145 12:15-1:15 p.m.
# # #
CONTACTS: Norma Johnson, Food Services Department, 858-627-7308
Gary Petill, Food Services Department, 858-627-7301
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SPRING FUN CAFE BRINGS FREE LUNCH TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL STUDENTS
SAN DIEGO -- April brings multiple opportunities for San Diego children on
Spring Break to have free lunches as Spring Fun Café begins a four-week
run on Monday, April 1.
Lunch is free to kids age 18 and younger at 12 City of San Diego
Recreation Centers, three community centers, three military housing
locations and a Marine base.
This program is a collaboration between the San Diego Unified Food
Services Department and the City of San Diego Park and Recreation
Department.
The program is funded by the Seamless Summer Lunch Program from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Spring Fun Café Schedule
Park and Recreation Centers, Monday-Friday, March 29-April 26. Closed
Monday April 1 (Caesar Chavez Day)
Adams Recreation Center, 3491 Adams Ave. 92116 1-2 p.m.
Azalea Recreation Center, 2596 Violet St. 92105 12-1 p.m.
City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis St. 92105 12-1 p.m.
Colina Del Sol Recreation Center, 5319 Orange Ave. 92115 12-1 p.m.
Linda Vista Recreation Center, 7064 Levant St. 92111 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Mt. View Recreation Center, 641 So. Boundary St. 92113 1-2 p.m.
North Park Recreation Center, 4044 Idaho St. 92014 1-2 p.m.
Paradise Hills Recreation Center, 6610 Potomac St. 92139 12-1 p.m.
Penn Athletic Field, 2555 Dusk Dr. 92139 12-1 p.m.
Southcrest Recreation Center, 4149 Newton Ave. 92113 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Willie Henderson Recreation Center, 1035 So. 45th St. 92113 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Community Sites, Monday-Friday, April 1-26
Bayside Community Center, 2202 Comstock St. 92111 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Jackie Robinson YMCA, 151 YMCA Way 92102 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave. 92102, 11 a.m. to 12
p.m.
Military housing center locations, open to the public, Monday-Friday,
April 1-26
Gateway CYP, 2741 Mendonca Dr. 92110 12-1 p.m.
Murphy Canyon CYP, 4867 Santo Rd. 92124 12-1 p.m.
Murphy Canyon Kid Connection, 3493 Santo Rd. 92124 12-1 p.m.
Open to children with Military base access only
Miramar Youth & Teen Center 2700 Moore Ave. 92145 12:15-1:15 p.m.
# # #
CONTACTS: Norma Johnson, Food Services Department, 858-627-7308
Gary Petill, Food Services Department, 858-627-7301
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