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Ten district schools have been recognized in the annual "K-8
Best Practices Project" sponsored by the San Diego Chamber
of Commerce Business Roundtable for Education. They include:
Bell Jr. High, Darnall E-Campus, De Portola Middle, Fletcher
Elementary, Green Elementary, Hickman Elementary, Lafayette
Elementary, O'Farrell Community School, Standley Middle and
Vista Grande Elementary. The program shares with educators and
business leaders the outstatnding programs taking place in our
schools. Want to know more? Click on the chamber's "Best
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Rolando
Park Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Ruthie Murray has
been named winner of the KGTV Channel 10 Leadership Award. Ruthie's
classroom is getting used to the cameras now! In addition to
the Channel 10 crew, the classroom was recently included in
a videotaping during "Journey to the Universe" week,
featured as an "Education Spotlight" on ITV, Channel
16. She was cited for her use of community partners in the classroom
to augment her instructional program. Ruthie's personally recruited
11 partnerships, not only for her classroom but for Rolando
Park as well. Some of the partners include Washington Mutual,
VS-35 Blue Wolves, Coco's Restaurant & Bakery, Holiday Inn
Express Old Town and the Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center. |
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Dingemen
Elementary teacher Maryann Cook and Bell Jr. High teacher Bill
Pearson have been given the Science Teacher of the Year awards
from the San Diego Science Alliance. Maryann is honored for
her leadership in creating exemplary 6th grade science program
and her role as a teacher leader in science. Bill is recognized
for his exemplary teacher model for 9th grade physics both at
his school and throughout the district and his leadership in
collaborative planning and professional development. |
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 Linda
Pynaker, an Administrative Assistant in the Institute for Learning,
is now also a published author! Pynaker's first novel, "A
Time to Heal," published by Infinity, deals with a woman
who discovers "healing energy touch" to find herself
after a divorce. |
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