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| • | Dakin Matthews, world-renowned dramaturge and associate artist of the Old Globe Theater, took time out of his busy schedule to talk to the AP senior English students at Serra High School on November 4. The focus of his talk was on the text analysis of "All's Well That Ends Well," one of Shakespeare's more difficult and interesting "problem" plays. The Serra High School Players, under the direction of Ruth Howell, will be performing the play later in the year. The students enjoyed the talk and learned how actors and directors approach Shakespeare, making it more understandable and interesting.  |
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| • | On November 15, San Diego Chargers Kassim Osgood (#81), Justin Peele (#84) and Eric Parker (#88), as a part of their Gold & Blue-Collar Workers mentorship program, visited Bell Junior High School to recognize and reward youth who succeed in the classroom and who come from hard working families. The players awarded 20 tickets to the November 20th Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills game to those students. |
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| • | On November 18, the Garfield High School ROP Culinary Arts Class students teamed up with the top chefs of the Cohn Restaurant Group to prepare the Eighth Annual Gourmet Thanksgiving Luncheon. More than 300 people attended this fundraising event held in the Grand Ballroom of The Prado at Balboa Park (a Cohn Restaurant Group). In addition to preparing a delicious meal for those who attended the luncheon, the students boxed and delivered special Thanksgiving meals for Hurricane Katrina victims now residing in San Diego.  |
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| • | On November 30, three pilots from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 43, homeported at Naval Air Station North Island, shared their experiences from providing humanitarian relief following both the Southeast Asia Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina to Montgomery Middle School students. The pilots showed the students a slideshow of images captured during the relief efforts as well as a video they shot and produced. According to Chris Adams, physical education teacher and coordinator for the visit, the reasons for the presentation were, “One, to allow the children to meet some people who actually worked in two of the biggest natural disasters of our lifetime; and two, to give them some experience with the Navy to broaden their horizons .” |
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The Food Services
Department delivered toys and food to ten families in our district
on December 14. In its fourth successful year, the Toy and Food Drive
collects an array of age-appropriate toys, books, games, bicycles
and sports equipment that are generously donated by employees of
the Food Services Department as well as employees from throughout
the district. New this year, Food Services decided to fill the kitchen
cupboards of the families and also included generous food donations
and grocery store gift certificates with the toys. Toys not given
to the families were donated to the Polinsky Center. The drive was
organized by Shirley Cabri-Rumrill and her staff. Cabri-Rumrill noted, “The
generosity of our employees never ceases to amaze me. We appreciate
what everyone did to make this another successful year and are happy
to make the holidays special for these families.”
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