Education
What Now?
That Kind’ve Summer “The world is beautiful because of you.” “You are the reason for joy in the world.” OK, thanks. Clearly brightening up our days, these and about a dozen more cheery messages, chalked on the bridge going into Balboa Park, are ours with which to resonate. Yay, they mean ME! Who IS this […]
Mission Hills’ Resident Hosts City Tree Christian School Event
This past month, Virginia Whitelock of Mission Hills hosted an event at her home to introduce City Tree Christian School to me and other individuals who might not know of its existence. City Tree Christian School is located at 320 Date Street in the Bankers Hills area and currently has 220 students enrolled. City […]
Junior Achievement’s Entrepreneurs’ Showcase
Young entrepreneurs from Harmonium advance to the national competition This past month, at Junior Achievement (JA) of San Diego’s The Next Big Thing: Entrepreneurs’ Showcase presented by Cymer, Inc., nine student-run companies competed to be named the Student Company of the Year. All part of JA Company Program, the student entrepreneurs came from Barrio […]
2013 ACIS Collegiate Fitness National Championships
San Diego State University Takes First Place San Diego State University took home the gold at the 2013 American Collegiate Intramural Sport (ACIS) Collegiate Fitness National Championships held recently at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. Student athletes Mike Nguyen, Jack Waddell, Aimee Orozco, and Lindsay Miller competed against student athletes from […]
Opening Day at the Races
20th Anniversary Big Bash for St. Vincent de Paul School The Parent Teacher Guild of St. Vincent de Paul School in Mission Hills is proud to present the 20th Anniversary “Big Bash” charity fundraiser, 6 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Catamaran Resort on Mission Bay. This year’s theme, “Opening Day at the Races,” […]
Grant K-8 School Science Olympiad
Have skills and a passion for science to share? Come find out how you, too, can coach a Science Olympiad (SO) event and enjoy rewards of mentoring enthusiastic young science seekers. Friends and members of the Mission Hills Community are invited to join Grant K-8 School for a Science Olympiad Awards picnic at 1 p.m., […]
Eating for Education
On Monday, February 25th, Brooklyn Girl Eatery (www.brooklyngirleatery.com) generously donated a percentage of its dinner revenue from Grant K-8 patrons back to Grant K-8, a public school in Mission Hills. This donation helps support Grant’s Imagine Annual Giving Campaign. Grant K-8’s Annual Imagine Giving Campaign has a fundraising goal of $80,000 for the 2012-2013 school […]
Silver Gate Elementary School Gala
Guests at Silver Gate Elementary School’s Masked Gala, the school’s annual fundraiser and silent auction, enjoyed a successful night of fundraising to support the school’s Eco-lab, classroom assistants, teacher grants, the computer lab and more. Held Friday, March 22, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, the 18th annual event featured dinner, dancing and silent […]
