March 12, 2019
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3 SDUSD Students Selected as “100 High School Students America Needs to Know About” by Workforce Career Readiness™
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Workforce Career Readiness™ is celebrating “100 High School Students” across the United States. They are recognizing high school students who are on their way to taking the world by storm and they have found three right here in San Diego Unified. Congratulations to Sabrina Lee from Mt. Everest Academy, Jerry Yang from Scripps Ranch High School and Zachary Patterson from University City High School. These student leaders are making a positive difference and impact in our district, our schools and our community.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/3-sdusd-students-selected-as-100-high.html
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The Visual and Performing Arts Department (VAPA) of the San Diego Unified School District announces winners of the 2019 VAPA Spotlight Awards
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The VAPA Spotlight Awards celebrate some of the many successes happening in the visual and performing arts across our district, at all levels, and in all disciplines. These awards highlight outcomes that are aligned with the goals of VAPA’s strategic plan, adopted by the Board of Education in 2016. Awardees were nominated by the district’s VAPA stakeholder community including teachers, parents, community arts partners, administrators, and students. The winners were selected by a committee that included a teacher and representative from the district's VAPA Advisory Council, a representative from the VAPA Department, and a representative from the VAPA Foundation. In addition to the awards, the VAPA Foundation will also be sponsoring $250 scholarships to the four student award recipients.
This year’s VAPA Spotlight Award winners are:
Artistic Achievement Award
o Kelly Hatfield, Student, Serra High School
o Katherine Perrine, Student, La Jolla High School
Artistic Growth Award
o Erin Cortes, Teacher, Taft Middle School
o Dr. John Reynolds, Teacher, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
Artistic Innovation Award
o Carmen and Kevin Kasner, Parents, Mira Mesa High School
o Bill McClain, Teacher, Carver Elementary School
o Reyna Turner, Teacher, Loma Portal Elementary School
Creative Community Engagement Award
o Catalina Valenzuela, Classified Staff, Crown Junior Music Academy
o Daniel Kriley, Teacher, Mira Mesa High School
o Jeanne Christensen, Teacher, Mira Mesa High School
o Matthew Mulvaney, Teacher, Mira Mesa High School
Creative Leadership Award
o Derek Murchison, Principal, Zamorano Fine Arts Academy
o Aaron Blokker, Teacher, Serra High School
Rising Star Award
o Noah Sanchez, Student, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
o John Riley, Teacher, Crawford High School
o David Robinson, Student, Crawford High School
Awardees will be recognized at the 2019 VAPA Spotlight Awards Presentation on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 pm in the Board Room of the Eugene Brucker Education Center located at 4100 Normal St., San Diego, CA 92103, immediately following the District Art Show opening on the 2nd floor.
For more information, contact:
Visual and Performing Arts Department (VAPA)
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-visual-and-performing-arts.html
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Mindfulness Activities at Challenger Middle School
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Mindfulness activities in schools have surged in popularity due to the numerous benefits on SEL skills, such as attention and emotional regulation. Many researchers are trying to better understand the impact of mindfulness activities in schools. The research is promising, especially in an article by Jha, AP, Krompinger, J., & Baime, M. J. (2007). Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 7(2), 109–119. Challenger Middle School and their counseling team coordinated a mental health awareness day that involved yoga, deep breathing and a labyrinth walk. Students who learned these skills will have additional tools to cope with the challenges of life.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/social-emotional-learning-sel.html
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Rowan Elementary & Bell Middle School Circle Youth Training Graduation Ceremonies
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Congratulations to our Circle Youth Leaders from Rowan Elementary and Bell Middle School for completing their 10 week Circle facilitation course. Rowan students started facilitating Circles in the classrooms last Thursday and Bell students will be beginning on the 19th of March.
For more information on the details of when the Circles are actually taking place, please call the Restorative Justice Practices Department at 619-725-7394.
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/rowan-elementary-bell-middle-school.html
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Middle School Students Participate in E-Week with Northrop Grumman
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One of San Diego Unified School District's valued partners, Northrop Grumman hosted a series of events during National Engineering Week for our middle school students in February! E-Week promotes the importance of career and technical education as well as encouraging students to pursue higher levels of math and science.
Students enrolled in the Gateway to Technology course at Bethune K-8 participated in a Snap Circuits Activity on the Northrop Grumman campus. Electrical and Mechanical engineers were on hand to walk the students through an overview of electrical circuits. After learning the basic theories of how circuits work, the students worked in groups to solve problems and then create a variety of projects using the Snap Circuits parts. Students learned how to make motors and fans work, turn on buzzers, and light up LEDs!
Marston Middle School students were able to work directly with the engineers to build Arduino Planet-Finding CubeSats and participate in two James Webb Telescope inspired experiments using luminosity and infrared sensors.
Northrop Grumman hosted Bell Middle School and Lewis Middle school for an Introduce a Girl to Engineering experience as well. The students were inspired by the many female engineers at Northrop Grumman and walked away knowing they could join them one day!
Students from Marshall Middle School participated in a modified egg drop challenge, modeling Northrop Grumman engineers that design devices to land a payload safely on a small target. The students designed a container to safely hold a "Smart Egg." Northrop Grumman collaborated with Fab Lab to create 3D-printed eggs containing an accelerometer and wifi-capability. The eggs measured force and acceleration, providing real-time data used to gauge the success of each group's device. Devices were connected to a quadcopter which attempted to lift the devices up and release them on a specific target.
E-Week concluded with a visit from Northrop Grumman to Challenger Middle school where over 250 sixth grade students learned about Operation #Polar Eye, a partnership between Northrop Grumman and San Diego Zoo Global. Three engineers and a graphic designer showed footage from the arctic, and how drones were used to monitor polar bears in relation to their habitat and the climate. Questions from students about the extremely cold climate led to a discussion on how an engineer's job is to design solutions to problems. Students were encouraged to look into careers in the field of engineering and also careers who work in partnership with engineers such as graphic design.
Many students remarked that these were the most memorable experiences of their school careers! Thank you Northrop Grumman!
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/middle-school-students-participate-in-e.html
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National History Day San Diego Winners
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Longfellow Spanish Immersion 8th grade students Abegail H. and Malia L. will represent San Diego at the National History Day California competition in Rocklin, CA on May 10-12, 2019. They won at National History Day San Diego (NHDSD) on March 2, 2019 with their portrayals of Alexander Hamilton and Abigail Adams in the Individual Performance category. The students each researched their chosen historical figure throughout the fall semester, using both primary and secondary sources. They wrote, and on NHDSD, they performed a first-person narrative as that figure, and connected it to the National History Day theme, “Triumph and Tragedy.” Since students are in a Spanish Immersion program, they first wrote and performed their skit in Spanish at Longfellow, and later reworked their presentations for performance at the County and now State levels.
These students also participated in NHDSD: Laura P. (Nancy Ward), Simone H. (Ann Bates), Tatiana B. (Benjamin Franklin), Avery R. (who received honorable mention and is a runner-up for her performance as Deborah Champion), Rosette K. (George Wythe), Lisbon Z. (Hercules Mulligan), Chloe J. (Mercy Otis Warren), Abigail C. (Peggy Shippen), and Maya J. (Margaret Corbin). Congratulations to Longfellow 8th graders and their history-social science SLIM (Spanish Language Immersion) teacher, Kimberly DeBerzunza!!
https://sdusdoss.blogspot.com/2019/03/national-history-day-san-diego-winners.html
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BMW/SAE Engineering Scholarship
This annual scholarship is provided by BMW AG in recognition of its commitment to excellence in engineering. BMW is world famous for designing and building luxury, high-performance passenger cars and motorcycles. The company is also a leader in developing and manufacturing high technology, high performance internal combustion engines. This scholarship is in support of the SAE Foundation to ensure an adequate supply of well-trained engineers for the future.
https://sae.awardspring.com/Home/ScholarshipDetails/59547
Deadline is: March 15, 2019
Scholarship is renewable at $1,500 a year. |
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American Foreign Service Association Scholarship
The AFSA Scholarship Program offers college aid to children of AFSA members whose parents are/were Foreign Service employees. We provide financial aid scholarships to undergraduates and academic merit awards, art merit awards, and a community service award to graduating high school seniors. The above activities could not happen without the generous bequests and donations from those in the Foreign Service community. No AFSA membership dues are used in the AFSA Scholarship Program. This robust AFSA member benefit has disbursed more than $4.3 million to 2,300 students in the last 26 years.
http://www.afsa.org/afsa-scholarships.
Due: March 15, 2019 |
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Applications open for Summer 2019 San Diego Symphony High School Ambassadors Program
The San Diego Symphony is seeking creative, driven, and responsible individuals to participate in their High School Ambassadors program this summer. This is a six-week learning initiative for high school music students ages 15 and up, and includes job shadowing opportunities with the staff of the Symphony, personal and professional development workshops at Jacob’s Music Center, work assignments, and a stipend. Participants work as ambassadors for the San Diego Symphony at the Bayside Summer Nights concerts on Fridays, and are supported in serving as promotional ambassadors for the organization within the community through an individual capstone project. The weekly program takes place from 12:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on the following Friday dates: July 12, July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9, and August 16.
Applications will be accepted online through April 1st, 2019. Following the application is a personal interview. Not all candidates will be accepted.
Click Here for application
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Marine Science Day with San Diego State University
Ever wonder what goes on inside a marine research laboratory? Ever wonder what gadgets and gizmos scientists use to study the marine environment? Come visit the SDSU Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory on Sunday March 24th and find out! Meet marine biologists and scientists at San Diego State University, interact with local sea creatures, and learn about San Diego’s diverse marine ecosystems.
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Birch Aquarium at Scripps Summer Internships
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