Staff Bulletin: Hall of Fame, April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

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•	San Diego City Schools Life Skills team was honored with the 2003 Exemplary Achievement in Prevention Award at the 8th annual Substance Abuse Summit. The award was accepted by John de Beck, vice president for the Board of Education, and Joanne Wall, executive director of Student Services. The award recognizes the work of the district's Health/Life Skills program in providing a comprehensive health curriculum developed and implemented by the Life Skills team. This team provides demonstration lessons, instruction, consultation, and referral. Additionally, confidential substance abuse intervention services are available to middle and high school students. All the programs are research based and correlate to state and district health standards.
•	Hage Elementary Physical Education teacher Lynn Barnes-Wallace was named the Elementary School Physical Educator of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), Southwest District, at the NASPE National Convention last week in Philadelphia. The Southwest District represents a six-state area from New Mexico to Hawaii. Lynn has been a physical education specialist with the district for 12 years.
•	O'Farrell Community School has been recognized as an AVID National Certified School for the 2001-2002 school year. This status is awarded to AVID sites that have met the eleven AVID Program Essentials and Data Collection documentation that supports program effectiveness and student progress. This self-study and validation process is designed to assist AVID sites with achieving desired benchmarks that are precursors for academic success in high schools and colleges.
•	The Fairy Godparents Foundation, a group of grandparents who get together to raise money specifically to help middle school students, recently provided a donation of $1,000 to O'Farrell Community School. The money is to be used to give deserving students a free yearbook. Approximately 36 students will benefit from the generous donation.

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