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U.S. Department of Education Senior Advisor Kerri Briggs presented SDCS representatives, Deputy Superintendent Geno Flores and SDCS Board of Education Trustee Mitz Lee, with a $17.5 million “Striving Readers” grant, to be dispersed over five years. The grant will be used to improve the literacy skills of students at middle and high schools, which have significant numbers of struggling readers. The grant award was announced on Friday, March 10, with students from the School of Digital Media and Design at the Kearny High Educational Complex assisting with the check presentation.
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Students and staff from Creative Performing Media Arts (CPMA) celebrated being named the recipient of a grant from the VH1 Save the Music Foundation and Time Warner Cable. CPMA will receive $25,000 worth of new musical instruments. The VH1 Save the Music Foundation and Time Warner Cable are committed to ensuring all children receive the benefits of music education.
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KSWB-TV selected McKinley Elementary Teacher Monika Gardner and her class as the winners of the Dream Classroom award for the month of March. Gardner and her students will receive a $1,000 grant for educational materials and supplies. Gardner plans to use the money to purchase digital video cameras so students can write, shoot and edit short films. To see a photo of the winners, click here.
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Erika Macias, from the New Dawn program, and Jean Marmet, from Dana Middle School, are the February winners of t he district's Recycling Office recycling contest. Erika and Dana each won a free smoothie and thermos from Jamba Juice and a canvas bag full of goodies from Trader Joe’s. Interested in participating in the contest? All administrative sites have pledge cards in their lunchrooms, or you can obtain a copy of the pledge card online. Fill it in, print it out and put in the card in District mail, or fax it to Andrea Eaton at 858-627-7414.
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| Erika Macias from the New Dawn Program |
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Jean Marmet from Dana Middle School |
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Madison High School has been selected a “ Breakthrough High School” by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Madison is one of only nine schools in the nation to receive this distinction. The Breakthrough High Schools project was initiated by NASSP in 2002 with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the project is to identify schools serving high minority/high poverty student populations – schools that are a least 50% minority and with at least 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals assistance. Of this group, schools that are graduating significant numbers of students – at least 90% – and sending at least 90% of their students on to postsecondary education are eligible to be named “Breakthrough High Schools.” Madison’s achievements will be highlighted in a special edition of “Principal Leadership” magazine scheduled to be published in June 2006. For information about the Breakthrough High School project, visit the NASSP website.
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In conjunction with being selected a “ Breakthrough High School,” two Madison student council members and their advisor have been invited to participate at no cost in the Raising Student Voices & Participation (RSVP) training program and Leadership Experience and Development (LEAD) Conference. Eleventh grade students Haley Montgomery and Samantha Norton, along with ASB advisor Steve Miner, will attend the training program and conference in Atlanta from March 17 -19. RSVP is a new student engagement program that has been developed as a civic engagement process to involve and empower students to identify issues in their schools and communities and to take steps to address and resolve them.
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mission of San Diego City Schools is to improve student achievement by supporting
teaching and learning in the classroom.
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