Post Notice of Special Meeting, January 17, 2017

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice and Call of Special Meeting—Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Open and Closed Session Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/meeting-information

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print and post notice in a prominent, publicly 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

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

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Media Advisory - Mission Readiness, San Diego Unified Host Physical Activity Demonstration Promoting Student Health

Media Advisory from San Diego Unified School District, Nov. 30, 2016

 

Mission Readiness, San Diego Unified Host Physical Activity Demonstration Promoting Student Health

 

WHO: Participants available for interviews:

- Rear Admiral (Ret.) James Rodman, U.S. Navy & Mission: Readiness member

- Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, San Diego USD Board Member

- Lynn Barnes-Wallace, San Diego USD Physical Education and Health Resource Teacher

- Mr. Don Whisman, Principal of Franklin Elementary School

 

WHAT: Education, community, and military leaders will gather Thursday, December 1, to highlight the importance of increasing physical activity during the school day. In California and across the U.S., more than one-third of children and adolescents are classified as being overweight or obese. Further, obesity has become the leading medical disqualifier for military service.

 

Mission: Readiness in partnership with San Diego Unified School District will feature physical activity best practices that are not only effective at getting kids active, but can also help them concentrate and perform better in the classroom.

 

Officials from the San Diego Unified School District will highlight IMPACT (Increasing Movement and Physical Activity in Class Time), a physical education program designed to keep local elementary students moving despite the lack of physical education classes in underserved San Diego schools. Increasing physical activity is just one example of how San Diego Unified is working to improve the health of all students. The District is also providing healthy school food, trauma-informed care, and other services to make health happen at San Diego Unified.

 

WHEN:          Thursday, December 1, 2016

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. PST

 

WHERE:        Franklin Elementary School, 4481 Copeland Ave, 92116

 

CONTACT:    For more information or to set up an interview, contact –

- Meghan Moroney: 415-450-1913 or mmoroney@missionreadiness.org

- Jennifer Cornelius Rodriguez: 619-847-6029 or  jcornelius@sandi.net

 

ABOUT: Mission: Readiness is the national security nonprofit organization of over 650 retired admirals, generals, and other retired senior military leaders calling for smart investments in America’s children. It is a part of Council for a Strong America, the umbrella nonprofit for five membership organizations comprising the unique and powerful voices of retired military, business, law enforcement, faith and sports, working together to prepare young Americans for success in school and in life.

 

San Diego Unified School District serves more than 130,000 students in pre-school through grade 12 and is the second largest district in California. The student population is extremely diverse, representing more than 15 ethnic groups and more than 60 languages and dialects. San Diego Unified School District is proud to call itself one of the top large urban school districts in the United States. Measures include its top scores on state and national tests, its leadership in areas such as technology, curriculum, neighborhood and specialty schools, career-technical education and food services. Its graduates include Hall of Fame sports stars, along with some of the nation's top scientists, writers and leaders.

 

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Post Notice of Special Meetings: Community Advisory Committee for Special Education (CAC)

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Special Meetings: Community Advisory Committee for Special Education (CAC), Standing Committees—December 1, 2016
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cac-2016-17-general-meeting-schedule-and-information

 

Please forward to staff as appropriate and print notice and agendas and post in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site. 

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

 

Media Advisory: Henry High School Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate New Performing Arts Center (UPDATE)

Update to advisory below: Parking will be reserved for media along the curb in front, and on the west side, of the new performing arts center. Enter the main parking lot through the gate off Wandermere Drive, and you will see the new facility on the north side. Contact Cynthia Reed-Porter at 619-546-3378 or creed-porter@sandi.net if you would like an aerial photo of the site .

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Subject: Media Advisory: Henry High School Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate New Performing Arts Center

Media Advisory from the San Diego Unified School District, 11-28-16
 
Patrick Henry High School Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate New Performing Arts Center
 
WHAT: San Diego Unified is opening its new Patrick Henry Arts, Media and Entertainment (PHAME!) facility at Henry High in Del Cerro. It's the newest facility to support the district's Visual and Performing Arts Program and its vision to transform lives through the arts. Superintendent Cindy Marten and Board Trustee Kevin Beiser will be two of the honored guests joining students, parents, and community members at what is expected to be a full house for the opening night and official dedication of the brand new, state-of-the-art performing arts center that will benefit Patrick Henry High School as well as the surrounding Del Cerro and San Carlos communities.
 
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 5-8 p.m. [5 p.m.--reception/registration; 5:30-5:40 p.m.--ceremonial ribbon cutting and photos; 6-7 p.m.--program (renown guest artists, student performances, and speakers); 7-8 p.m.--tours] Invitation-only event.
 
WHERE: Henry High School Performing Arts Center, 6702 Wandermere Dr., San Diego, CA 92120 (Phone: 619-286-7700) Media parking available adjacent to the theater.  
 
OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM (A copy of the full program is available via e-mail.) . Welcome by Principal Listy Gillingham (mistress of ceremonies) . Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) Band performance . Remarks by Superintendent Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified School District . PHHS Orchestra performance . Remarks by Trustee Kevin Beiser, San Diego Unified School District Board of Education . Bel Cantos Ensemble performance . Remarks by Katherine Nakamura, President, Cowles Mountain Community Foundation . PHHS Drama performance . PHHS Dance performance . Remarks by Riley Gilbertson, ASB President . PHHS Drama performance . Kevin Carlson, President, Patrick Henry Alumni Association . PHHS Alumni Brass Quintet- performance . Michael Sanchez on the Gillingham Steinway Grand Piano . Closing Remarks by Principal Listy Gillingham
 
INTERVIEWS: Superintendent Cindy Marten, Trustee Kevin Beiser, Principal Listy Gillingham, and other speakers will be available for interviews. Russ Sperling, director, Visual and Performing Arts Department; and Lee Dulgeroff, chief facilities planning & construction officer, will also be available for interviews. 

PHOTOS/VISUALS: Performances by renown guest artists, student performances/productions, ceremonial ribbon-cutting, tours of the new facility   
 
BACKGROUND: The $16 million facility includes an approximately 20,000-square-foot, 500-seat performing arts and entertainment center and an 8,000 square feet College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE) Center, which wraps around half of the theater. The theater can fully support musical and theatrical events. The CCTE facilities support courses in two career pathways within the arts, media and entertainment industry sector--"Media and Design Arts" and "Production and Managerial Arts." 

Over a period of four years, the Cowles Mountain Community Foundation has been working with Patrick Henry High School and San Diego Unified School District to raise funds for PHAME!  Donations from private individuals and organizations are providing additional equipment and amenities for the theatre above and beyond what the district provided. An early $40,000 gift in 2012 from Patrick Henry High School alumna and actress Annette Bening that was pivotal in launching fundraising efforts. In total, $285,000 has been raised, with another $50,000 pledged to date.   

The performing arts center and CCTE facilities were part of a larger $40 million site modernization project funded by San Diego Unified School District's Propositions S and Z bond measures. For more information on this and other projects at Henry High, visit https://fpcprojects.sandi.net/Pages/Reports.aspx?SchoolName=9336, and scroll down to "Project Schedules"

CONTACT: Cynthia Reed-Porter, facilities communications supervisor, Communications, 619-546-3378, creed-porter@sandi.net
 
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Media Advisory: Henry High School Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate New Performing Arts Center

Media Advisory from the San Diego Unified School District, 11-28-16
 
Patrick Henry High School Rolls Out Red Carpet to Celebrate New Performing Arts Center
 
WHAT: San Diego Unified is opening its new Patrick Henry Arts, Media and Entertainment (PHAME!) facility at Henry High in Del Cerro. It's the newest facility to support the district's Visual and Performing Arts Program and its vision to transform lives through the arts. Superintendent Cindy Marten and Board Trustee Kevin Beiser will be two of the honored guests joining students, parents, and community members at what is expected to be a full house for the opening night and official dedication of the brand new, state-of-the-art performing arts center that will benefit Patrick Henry High School as well as the surrounding Del Cerro and San Carlos communities.
 
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 5-8 p.m. [5 p.m.--reception/registration; 5:30-5:40 p.m.--ceremonial ribbon cutting and photos; 6-7 p.m.--program (renown guest artists, student performances, and speakers); 7-8 p.m.--tours] Invitation-only event.
 
WHERE: Henry High School Performing Arts Center, 6702 Wandermere Dr., San Diego, CA 92120 (Phone: 619-286-7700) Media parking available adjacent to the theater.  
 
OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM (A copy of the full program is available via e-mail.)
. Welcome by Principal Listy Gillingham (mistress of ceremonies)
. Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) Band performance
. Remarks by Superintendent Cindy Marten, San Diego Unified School District
. PHHS Orchestra performance
. Remarks by Trustee Kevin Beiser, San Diego Unified School District Board of Education
. Bel Cantos Ensemble performance
. Remarks by Katherine Nakamura, President, Cowles Mountain Community Foundation
. PHHS Drama performance
. PHHS Dance performance
. Remarks by Riley Gilbertson, ASB President
. PHHS Drama performance
. Kevin Carlson, President, Patrick Henry Alumni Association
. PHHS Alumni Brass Quintet- performance
. Michael Sanchez on the Gillingham Steinway Grand Piano
. Closing Remarks by Principal Listy Gillingham
 
INTERVIEWS: Superintendent Cindy Marten, Trustee Kevin Beiser, Principal Listy Gillingham, and other speakers will be available for interviews. Russ Sperling, director, Visual and Performing Arts Department; and Lee Dulgeroff, chief facilities planning & construction officer, will also be available for interviews. 

PHOTOS/VISUALS: Performances by renown guest artists, student performances/productions, ceremonial ribbon-cutting, tours of the new facility   
 
BACKGROUND: The $16 million facility includes an approximately 20,000-square-foot, 500-seat performing arts and entertainment center and an 8,000 square feet College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE) Center, which wraps around half of the theater. The theater can fully support musical and theatrical events. The CCTE facilities support courses in two career pathways within the arts, media and entertainment industry sector--"Media and Design Arts" and "Production and Managerial Arts." 

Over a period of four years, the Cowles Mountain Community Foundation has been working with Patrick Henry High School and San Diego Unified School District to raise funds for PHAME!  Donations from private individuals and organizations are providing additional equipment and amenities for the theatre above and beyond what the district provided. An early $40,000 gift in 2012 from Patrick Henry High School alumna and actress Annette Bening that was pivotal in launching fundraising efforts. In total, $285,000 has been raised, with another $50,000 pledged to date.   

The performing arts center and CCTE facilities were part of a larger $40 million site modernization project funded by San Diego Unified School District's Propositions S and Z bond measures. For more information on this and other projects at Henry High, visit https://fpcprojects.sandi.net/Pages/Reports.aspx?SchoolName=9336, and scroll down to "Project Schedules"

CONTACT: Cynthia Reed-Porter, facilities communications supervisor, Communications, 619-546-3378, creed-porter@sandi.net
 
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Media Advisory--San Diego school leaders rally to protect and support all students

Media Advisory from the San Diego Unified School District, Nov. 21, 2016

 

San Diego school leaders rally to protect and support all students.

 

Countywide rally called for Old Town on December 14 to stand with students.

 

SAN DIEGO—On Monday, November 21 School leaders from across San Diego County are pledging to keep their schools open and welcoming for all students, despite the recent election campaign that left some students and their families feeling vulnerable. The group is calling for allies across the political spectrum to stand with students at a countywide rally being planned for December 14 in Old Town, San Diego. The December rally to support students is being organized by the San Diego Unified School District Office of Family and Community Engagement.

 

“We want every child in San Diego, California and the nation to know that schools are safe places, where you are welcome, no matter your religious background, gender identity or country of national origin,” said Superintendent Cindy Marten of San Diego Unified. “We refuse to let our students be defined by the way others see them. For us, students are defined by their dreams, and we support the dreams of every single one of our students.”

 

Following the recent presidential election, schools have heard from their teachers and staff that many students are feeling vulnerable. Leaders from the LGBTQIA, Muslim, organized labor and Latino immigrant communities have expressed their support for the planned Old Town march in December. The march to support students is being called a celebration of light in recognition of the special significance this time of year holds for many communities.

 

“We want to bring everyone together from across the political spectrum, across all racial and ethnic groups and across all communities in our county to say we support students,” said Richard Barrera, San Diego Unified School Board Member. “What we need now is not more division. What we need now is unity, tolerance and respect for others. That is what we will be marching for on December 14, and we hope the whole county will come out to support our students.”

 

 

WHEN:  Monday, November 21, 2016

 

TIME:  4:00 P.M.

 

WHERE:  San Diego Unified Board of Education, 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA  92103

 

WHAT:  Announcing plans for a countywide rally December 14

 

WHY:  To support all our students

 

WHO:  School leaders from across San Diego County

 

 

CONTACTS:                         Andrew Sharp

                                                Chief Public Information Office

                                                San Diego Unified School District

                                                asharp@sandi.net

                                                (619) 252-6848

 

Post Notice of Date and Location Change: CTEAC Meeting, December 14, 2016

PLEASE NOTE:

·         Notice of Date and Location Change: Career Technical Education Advisory Committee (CTEAC) Meeting, December 14, 2016.
Committee Meeting Information: https://www.sandiegounified.org/cteac-2016-17-meeting-schedule-and-information    

 

Please forward to staff and as appropriate, print and post notice in a prominent, publicly accessible location at your site.

 

Thank you.

 

Josefina Viorato

Confidential Administrative Assistant II

Board Services Office

4100 Normal Street, Room 2231

San Diego, CA  92103

( (619) 725-5551

7 (619) 297-5624

* jviorato@sandi.net

 

 

 

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams