Category: Education
Live Auction, Dinner and Dance Raises Funds for Local Elementary School
Silver Gate Elementary School’s 17th annual Hot Rods and Hogs fundraiser raised more funds than ever and set a new milestone in the school’s history of fundraising. The school is located at 1499 Venice Street in Point Loma. The hot rod and motorcycle-themed silent auction, dinner and dance took place Friday, April 20 at the [...]
Mission Hills Branch Library
Pajama Storytime 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29 (Every Tuesday) 6:30-7:00 p.m. Children are invited to an evening storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets. LEGO Playtime 5/02, 5/09, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30 (Every Wednesday) 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Kids can have fun and get creative while building with LEGOs. Mission Hills Book Group 5/03, 10:00 to [...]
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Recognizes Monarch School
$50,000 Donation to the School for Homeless Children Principal Joel Garcia of the Monarch School, the San Diego public K-12 school for students impacted by homelessness, was honored for his inspirational work at the school during the Friday, April 6, episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Garcia, who thought he was simply invited to watch the [...]
Ascent Real Estate Agents Host Free E-Waste Collection
Grant K-8 Collection Site From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 5, three of Ascent Real Estate’s Mission Hills’ community Realtors®, Megan Beauvais, Jen Rix and Sabine Steck, will team up with All Green Electronics Recycling to host an E-waste recycling collection at Grant K-8, 1425 Washington Place in Mission Hills. The event is [...]
Parker Student Claims 1st Place at the Greater San Diego Science Fair
Francis Parker School Sophomore and Scripps Ranch resident Preetam Soundararajan earned 1st place out of more than 750 entries at the 58th Annual Greater San Diego Science Fair (GSDSEF) that took place March 20-25 in Balboa Park. His entry entitled The Use of Porous Silicon Hydrophobic Sensors to Detect Contaminants in Water not only took [...]
Dan Lang Named Head of Francis Parker Middle School
Following an extensive national search, Dan Lang has been named Head of Francis Parker Middle School. The current Middle School Dean of Students will assume his new role beginning on July 1, 2012, replacing Pat McKenna who served as the Middle School Head at Parker for three years. Lang earned his B.A. from the University [...]
Mission Hills Branch Library
925 West Washington Street (619) 692-4910 Pajama Storytime 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24 (Every Tuesday) 6:30-7:00 p.m. Children are invited to an evening storytime with books and possibly singing and puppets. LEGO Playtime 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25 (Every Wednesday) 5:00-6:00 p.m. Kids can have fun and get creative while building with LEGOs. Mission Hills Book Group [...]
Point Loma High School Students Perform at Humphrey’s by the Bay
On May 18, the public is invited to the Point Loma High School (PLHS) Instrumental Music program by attending Rhapsody on the Point at Humphrey’s by the Bay. The students hope to raise $20,000 at the concert and fundraiser, which is also a celebration of the opening of the new Music Center at PLHS – [...]
Parker Student Is Repeat Spelling Bee Champion
Francis Parker School 8th-grader and Rancho Penasquitos resident Snigdha Nandipati is the winner of the 43nd annual San Diego Union Tribune Countywide Spelling Bee that took place in March at the San Diego Hall of Champions in Balboa Park. For her efforts, Nandipati wins an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. at the end of May [...]
NCEA Honor Recognizes Excellence in Catholic Education
Cheryl Mitchell Guess, seventh- and eighth-grade language arts, social studies and literature teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Mission Hills, has earned the 2012 Distinguished Teacher Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Guess will be honored at an awards ceremony during the association’s annual convention April 11–13 in Boston, Mass. “I [...]
