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Meningococcal Disease Case Reported at Porter Elementary

A staff member at Porter Elementary in the San Diego Unified School District has an infection caused by the meningococcal bacteria, according to officials with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). The last time the staff member was at school was March 15. HHSA has already notified people who have been [...]

Two Veteran Law Enforcement Officers Join School Police

Henry Ramelli, Moises Arellano For the first time in four years, San Diego School Police added two officers to its ranks. Moises Arellano and Henry Ramelli took an oath of office and were sworn in by Chief of Police Reuben Littlejohn during an official ceremony attended by Superintendent Kowba and others. The ceremony culminated with [...]

JROTC Picnic Welcomes New Cadets and Reunites Old Friends

Pt. Loma High students celebrate. More than 1,100 cadets from the San Diego Unified School District Junior Reserves Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) units gathered at Admiral Baker Park for their annual “Welcome Back” Cadet Picnic. Leadership from each school examines trophies The intent of the event each year is to foster an atmosphere of teamwork [...]

Nationally Recognized District Technology Leader Joins Lightspeed Systems Team

After a number of years in service to public education, Darryl LaGace is joining Lightspeed Systems as Executive VP Global Business Development. Mr. LaGace previously served as Chief Information and Technology Officer for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), where among other notable achievements he pioneered an Apple iPad one-to-one initiative. LaGace is making [...]

Lowest Big District Dropout Rate? San Diego Unified

Click on chart for larger version. Source: California Department of Education. New dropout and graduation rates for school districts across California show San Diego Unified School District with the lowest dropout rate among the state’s large, urban school districts. At 5.9 percent, the rate is far below the next lowest district, San Francisco Unified, which [...]

Promethean and Channel One News Announce The Parent Connection

In a joint announcement made today at ISTE 2012, Promethean, Channel One News and the National PTA launched The Parent Connection, a new program that delivers daily Channel One News InterActiv broadcasts shown in the classroom directly to parent’s mobile phones. Representatives from San Diego Unified School District join today’s announcement and will be the [...]

2012 Middle School Promotion Exercises Announced

Traditional-schedule middle schools in the San Diego Unified School District will hold commencement exercises for grade 8 students on  June 11-12; year-round sites July 19-20. Read more’

Memorial Day Holiday is Monday, May 28

All San Diego Unified School District offices and schools are closed Monday, May 28, in observance of the Memorial Day federal holiday.

Distinguished School Award Goes to Ten Elementary Campuses

Eleven elementary schools in the San Diego Unified School District have been designated Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. The schools are: Benchley Weinberger in San Carlos; Dingemen Elementary in Scripps Ranch; Doyle Elementary in University City; Hardy Elementary in the College Area; Holmes Elementary in Clairemont; Marvin Elementary in Allied Gardens; Kumeyaay [...]

Award Winning Mission Comes from Barnard Elementary

Ashlee Alaoan, fourth grader in Ms. Cornell’s class at Barnard Mandarin Chinese Magnet School, has received the top prize from the San Diego History Center’s Fourth Grade Mission Construction Contest. Ashlee’s construction consisted of plastic foam blocks, cat litter, string, cardboard and painted toothpicks. She modeled the Mission Santa Barbara. The contest is designed to [...]

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