September 25, 2018
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Mars in the Genius Lab
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Students at De Portola are using the Genius Lab to investigate what is necessary for sustaining a community on Mars. When humans colonize Mars, some will feel more prepared than others. Mr. J’s students are going through the design thinking process to figure out the perfect multipurpose furniture and the ideal configuration of everything that will be needed for a successful colonization. Then they print objects in 3D using the Makerbot and get a to-scale environment to truly put themselves in the pioneers shoes. In the future scientists say that 3D printers may be able to use dust on Mars to create habitats so students will really experience a meta moment!
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FACES for the Future Lab Coat Ceremony
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Rady Children’s Hospital FACES for the Future Program held their annual Lab Coat Ceremony on Wednesday, September 19th. Three of our district’s biomedical programs will be participating in 6 week rotations at the hospital that include 26 departments which range from supply chain to neonatal intensive care units. This year, 31 students from Kearny will be given the opportunity to join 19 students from Crawford and 62 students from Hoover. Rady Children’s Hospital launched the FACES program back in 2009. Over the years the support of this program and the work-based experiences have impacted hundreds. We thank Rady Children’s Hospital for providing these incredible opportunities for our students.
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GRAMMY®-winning guitarist Laurence Juber to appear at Point Loma High School
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On Friday, October 12 at 1:00 pm, Guitars in the Classroom will bring guitarist Laurence Juber to conduct a masterclass at Point Loma High School. 110 guitar students from Point Loma High School and Correia Middle School are slated to attend.
Juber, who was lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s Wings, has since become a celebrated international concert performer, recording artist and studio musician, and was recently named by Guitar Player magazine as one of the top 50 all-time acoustic guitarists. He is the founding artist associated with Guitars in the Classroom, an 18-year-old educational non-profit organization dedicated to creating access to musical learning for all students, which is now based in Mission Valley. This performance is being arranged and produced by Guitars in the Classroom in cooperation with SDUSD’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Department.
Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the instrument, Mr. Juber will perform his compositions and arrangements, and introduce the students to his perspective on the guitar’s long and storied history. Featured on the cover of the current issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, he considers the guitar of great value in education, due to its unique combination of portability, affordability and capability of making a complete musical statement. This has stood the instrument in good stead for hundreds of years.
As San Diego Unified’s flagship guitar programs, Point Loma High School and Correia Middle School offer multiple guitar courses during the academic school day, utilizing a five-course sequence for students in grades 6-12. Initially begun by SDUSD music teacher Marc Dwyer, the guitar program is now taught by SDUSD music educator Ina Soliz. Guitar students participate in local Point Loma events, as well as California Music Educator Association festivals.
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Is Your Student Sharing Their Learning?
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Has your student had the opportunity to share their learning with an authentic audience? When students share their learning with others, amazing things happen! According to Share Your Learning, “when students share their learning with an authentic audience, we provide them with an opportunity to share their story, reflect on their growth, and engage in real dialogue with others about their learning and their futures.” Many San Diego Unified Teachers have joined a group of 300,000 other educators that have pledged to have students share their work publicly via the organization, Share Your Learning. Visit Share Your Learning to learn about the free resources teachers are using to set up student exhibitions, student presentations of learning, and student-led conferences.
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Join the 2018-19 Student Equity Ambassadors Today!
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San Diego Unified School District is currently recruiting SDUSD Student Equity Ambassadors for the 2018-19 school year. Students can be nominated 3 different ways:
1. Self-nomination
2. Peer nomination
3. Principal, administration, and staff nomination
Student Equity Ambassadors are students from schools districtwide, from various backgrounds, who are afforded an opportunity to assist and support San Diego Unified School District address issues of interest to students. They contribute to steps to make a difference in the district, on their campus and in their community. Student Equity Ambassadors help raise awareness about social, educational and cultural issues through a student lens.
If you are interested or know a student who would be great, please email Sabrina at lee.sabrina513@gmail.com.
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September 11 Through the Eyes of those who Lived It
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This year, classrooms at the Met are focusing on inquiry based projects that push student thinking. On September 14, 2018, juniors at the San Diego Met High School spent the morning interviewing survivors of 9/11 in preparation for performing verbatim theatre projects. Each of the 8 visitors who came to campus had a unique first-hand experience. Visitors included a drummer who found himself working as an ironworker, a teacher who was teaching 11th grade US History just south of the Pentagon and a Brooklyn native who was in bootcamp on 9/11.
Students spent the morning interviewing their guest with an eye towards understanding the unique perspective of their interviewee. Students were also listening for impactful moments which could be developed into a performance piece for verbatim theater. In verbatim theater, a student will choose a 1-2 minute piece to memorize and perform. The goal of the project is to support students in building empathy and perspective through the lens of a first-hand experience. Students enjoyed the chance to get to hear what it was like on that day and many expressed surprise at just how different the US was before and after 9/11.
This unique experience, crafted with the help of their teachers, Brianna Matranga and Alicia Colby, afforded Met juniors the chance to get to live history through the eyes of those whose lives were deeply affected by the events of 9/11.
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Padres Host the First Ever ASB Night
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Over 300 Associated Student Body (ASB) students from across San Diego County attended the first ever Padres ASB Night at Petco Park. San Diego Unified School District was represented by Correia Middle School, Hoover High School, La Jolla High School, San Diego High School, and Scripps Ranch High School. The night began with a Q&A session with Padres leadership staff Matt Clark - Sr. Manager, Group Tickets & Hospitality, Carter Motley - Manager, Membership Sales, Chelsea Dill - Sr. Manager, Tourism and Corporate Events, Ian Graham - HR Generalist and Rocky Dudam - Manager, Marketing & Fan Development and ended with a Padres victory against the Giants
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/padres-host-first-ever-asb-night.html
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La Jolla High School Students Participate in the Tangle in the Tank
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The La Jolla High School Boys Water Polo Team took on the La Jolla High School Football Team for the annual "Tangle in the Tank" as they worked together to benefit breast cancer services and supports.
Click here for a video:
https://www.kusi.com/all-sports-report-wednesday-september-19-2018/
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The Council of ASB Presidents Hold Their First Meeting of the Year
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The San Diego Unified School District Council of ASB Presidents held their first meeting of the 2018-19 school year. The Council of ASB Presidents is made up of high school ASB Presidents, both comprehensive and atypical. At this meeting, the Council approved their constitution, held elections, discussed district initiatives and shared best practices from their own schools. Dan McAllister, County of San Diego Treasurer-Tax Collector, stopped by to offer his support to the students, their ASB programs and their schools. The Council will meet again in October.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-council-of-asb-presidents-hold.html
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E.B. Scripps Students Embark on STEAM Journey
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Third grade students at E.B. Scripps Elementary are taking on a new challenge head-on in their MakerSpace. They will build and program a Piper computer.
Students working in teams of two use a blueprint to construct the case given the wooden pieces, nuts, bolts and screws. One student triumphantly declared, “We used a screwdriver correctly!”
Once the casing is constructed, students will connect a Raspberry Pi (a credit card-sized computer “brain”) to input and output devices. Over the ten weeks, students will code the computer.
Collaboration, critical thinking, computational thinking and computer science are just a few skills students develop during the experience. The school and teachers are embarking on the STEAM journey together with their students to provide engaging, hands-on computer science projects.
Thank you parents from the Scripps Community for coming together to support STEAM learning in our schools!
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ECOLIFE Aquaponics in TK/K STEAM Schools
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Did you know Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture? ECOLIFE Conservation in Escondido generously donated 27 ECO-CYCLE Aquaponics kits to 17 schools who are participating in the TK/K STEAM program this year.
Students in Ms. Powell’s Kindergarten class at Holmes Elementary (pictured), are learning to grow fresh herbs while enjoying live fish in their classroom! The ECO-CYCLE turns their aquarium into a productive garden. The self-sufficient ecosystem uses fish waste to naturally fertilize the plants above.
Thank you ECOLIFE Conservation for partnering with San Diego Unified to bring this unique learning opportunity to our classrooms!
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/ecolife-aquaponics-in-tkk-steam-schools.html
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A Byte of Computer Science
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The Education to Employment (E2E) lab at Kearny High School will be incubating new ideas this year incorporating computer science!
New TK-12 student experiences will be developed with industry partners to provide students with engaging, hands-on and relevant opportunities to learn and apply computer science skills.
Computer science (CS) is a present in all technology developed and used today such as app development, drones, and cybersecurity. To highlight the significance of CS as an important part of a student’s educational journey, the California Board of Education just approved California’s first Computer Science Standards.
Stay tuned to find exciting opportunities that will be available this year!
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/montgomery-history-social-science.html
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Kearny DMD Senior Internships Connect to 21st Century Learning
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Through the support of Kearny Digital Media and Design staff and Candice Fee, Youth Advocacy Program Manager, DMD has launched the fall senior internship experience. Seniors have been matched with an internship supervisor in an area of student interest and will be producing a media package for that organization. Students will use the production process to develop industry standard media products using the Adobe Suite skills they have been learning since their freshman year. In early 2019, after production, they will participate in a defense of learning where they will discuss connections they see between their experiences and the schoolwide learning outcomes--critical thinking, innovative thinking, civic engagement, and the production process, all leading to college and career readiness--that have been incorporated into their learning since freshman year.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/kearny-dmd-senior-internships-connect.html
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Roadtrip Nation: Define Your Own Road in Life
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College Board and Roadtrip Nation have partnered to give our students access to dynamic college and career exploration opportunities. Through your student’s College Board account, your student will be able to answer a few short questions about interests and be provided pages of successful (and sometimes famous!) people who share interests and how those success stories happened. The stories are as powerful as they are empowering. For more information on this and other college and career planning tools, visit: https://parents.collegeboard.org/planning-for-college
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/roadtrip-nation-define-your-own-road-in.html
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Mira Mesa Students Experience Constitution Day
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History-social science teacher, Paul Tessaro, planned an amazing Constitution Day on September 17, 2018 for Mira Mesa High School U.S. History students. Students’ experiences varied according to which period they had their history-social science class, but the common thread was that students from several classes each period met representatives who work with or are part of the judicial or legislative branches of our government as laid out in the Articles of the Constitution. Guest speakers included: Ann Marie Council, Deputy City Attorney, Professor Kenneth Klein from Cal Western, Federal Judge Barbara Major, and Representative Scott Peters. Peters explained his Constitutional duties as a Representative. He went over his weekly schedule, committee service, and answered questions from students such as, ““Have you met President Trump?” “Is it hard to run for election every 2 years?” “Is divisiveness or confusion more dangerous?” “What is your opinion on mental health and guns right now?” “Do you favor abolishment of the Electoral College?” He concluded by explaining his committee service in Congress and the legislation he is currently working on regarding student loan interest rate reduction and civil rights for the LGBTQ community. Students were very interested in hearing how Congress members must spend time in their districts and in Washington D.C. and felt a little closer to understanding the role that the Constitution plays in all of their lives.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/mira-mesa-students-experience.html
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Save the Date: Positive School Climate Fair
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy Essay Competition
The theme for the Voice of Democracy competition, which is open to students in grades 9-12, is “Why My Vote Matters.”
The national first-place winner receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. A complete list of other national scholarships range from $1,000-$16,000, and the first-place winner from each VFW Department (state) wins a minimum scholarship of $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. Want to apply? Read the rules and eligibility requirements and download the entry form before you submit your entry.
Entries can be submitted to:
VFW 3787
4370 Twain Avenue
San Diego, CA 92120
Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2018. |
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest
The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief.
The theme for the Patriot’s Pen essay competition which is open to all students in grades 6-8, focuses on “Why I Honor the American Flag.”
The national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. The first-place winner from each state competes for national awards totaling $55,000, with each first-place state winner receiving a minimum of $500 at the national level.
Want to apply? Read the rules and eligibility requirements and download the entry form before submitting your entry to your local VFW Post.
Entries can be submitted to:
VFW 3787
4370 Twain Avenue
San Diego, CA 92120
Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2018. |
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The Cirkled In Scholarship
The Cirkled In Scholarship is a $2,500 scholarship students can apply to any educational need, such as tuition, books and supplies, even transportation. It’s an easy scholarship to apply for, with no income brackets, no minimum GPA and no lengthy essay to write. It’s free to apply.
Cirkled In’s goal is to help students showcase themselves in the best possible way and increase their success rate across all their applications, from colleges to jobs to internships and more. Cirkled In is the easiest way for students to track educational achievements, share their holistic story, and market their educational portfolio to increase their acceptance rate for any application process. And it’s free for students!
Due Date: October 31, 2018 |
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Cal SOAP Fall College Fair
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 24!
Cal SOAP, San Diego Unified School District Counseling and Guidance Department, SUHSD, and GUHSD are hosting the very popular Fall College Fair
WHERE: Scottish Rite Event Center, 1825 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108
DATE: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
TIME: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
COST: FREE !
On October 24, dozens of college admissions representatives and workshop presenters will provide you with the knowledge to get accepted to your dream college and learn tips to reduce the cost.
Workshops will cover topics such as "Financing your college dream" and “Getting accepted at a California public college, private college, or even studying abroad.”
We hope everyone will join us at this informative event. For questions related to the event, please visit www.sandiegocalsoap.com |
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Latino College Expo
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