Community Relations Department

• Overview
• Programs & Services
• Events
• Resources & Materials
• Contact Information

Overview
The primary functions of the Community Relations Department are to:

Professional Associations
The SDUSD Community Relations Department belongs to a variety of professional associations, including:

• California Consortium of Educational Foundations
• California School Public Relations Association (CalSPRA)
• Youth Service California

Community Partners

• Volunteer San Diego
• California Coast Credit Union
• STAR/PAL (Sports Training Academics Recreation/Police Athletic League)
• University of San Diego Office of Community Service Learning
• OASIS San Diego

Programs & Services

• Partnerships in Education Program
• Volunteer Programs
• LEARN & SERVE San Diego (Service Learning)

Events

• Partnerships in Education Annual End-of-Year Community Recognition
• Salute to Excellence
• Principal for a Day
• Fundraising Events, National and Local Conferences – showcase SDUSD achievements, student accomplishments.
• New Partner recognition at board of education meetings twice a year in fall and spring.

>> Complete events calendar

Partnerships in Education Annual End-of-Year Community Recognition
This event, sponsored by SeaWorld San Diego and California Coast Credit Union, recognizes and thanks more than 1,400 business/community partners and 26,000 school volunteers who support our district with donations of human, financial and in-kind goods and services. Students are showcased through student entertainment. Over 100 door prizes are donated by local and national merchants and awarded at the event. Although this event is not intended to supplant individual recognition events held at school sites, it does provide an opportunity for schools and their partners to enjoy district recognition together.
>> Door Prize Donation Agreement 
Salute to Excellence
This event honors and recognizes the students ranking in the top one percent of their graduating class. School valedictorians are also recognized. Each student honored and his or her parents/guardians receive invitations to attend. Principals and head counselors are also invited, as well as local elected officials. "Students of Excellence" for 2006-07 were recognized in an ad, funded by corporate sponsors, in the May 31 edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune. The ad includes a group photo taken at the "Salute" event, and the student names are listed under their respective high schools along with the name of the college they will be attending.

Principal for a Day
Offers school principals the opportunity to invite business and civic leaders into the classroom to view the teaching and learning that is occurring in the San Diego Unified School District. Participants gain an enhanced understanding of public education and in turn, provide an outside perspective to their host principals. A debriefing reception is scheduled for participants at the end of the day allowing "Principals for a Day" the opportunity to share their experiences.