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Students at Oak Park Elementary, a music conservatory magnet, dedicated their new library with songs and music. Students in the band, orchestra and choir performed for the entire student body and parents. An inspiring speech was delivered by Lincoln Principal Wendell Bass.
During a full student assembly at Darnall Elementary, students, parents and staff dedicated their new library building. Students sang several songs from different ethnic traditions. The students were inspired by a visit from Assemblymember Shirley Horton, who spoke to the students about the importance of reading and learning.
Jefferson Elementary celebrated the opening of their new library with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community open house. In honor of Thomas Jefferson, who once told John Adams, "I cannot live without books," the event and library's theme is on literacy and the love of books. Volunteers, including Clifford the Big Red Dog and the Berenstain Bears, read stories to children in the library. 
Students at Juarez Elementary are enjoying their brand new library. At the dedication ceremony, Board Member Fran Zimmerman helped cut the ribbon. Then parents toured the facility and reviewed the spring exhibition of art and writing. The library is of modular construction and was manufactured off-site. This method saves time and money and minimizes construction disruption to the campus.
Students at Torrey Pines Elementary were treated to a performance by a Harlem Globetrotter at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new library and classroom building. The event was attended by parents, students and community leaders. It also included a Cinco de Mayo dinner and the annual Spring Open House.
On April 28, approximately 100 students from Wangenheim Middle School ate dinner with one of their favorite authors, Darren Shan, who writes the Cirque du Freak book series. Students had the unique opportunity to ask a celebrity author their questions and hear what it's like to be a successful writer.
The Food Services Department honored the hard work and dedication of our classroom teachers on California's Day of the Teacher, Wednesday, May 12, by giving each teacher a chocolate chip super-cookie. At Montgomery Middle School, Mary Martinez, shown here, bakes one tray of the 8,500 cookies baked throughout the district for this event.
Hearst Students Visit State Capitol
Madison Students Get Firsthand Look at DUI Tests
On Friday, May 7, Pershing Middle School hosted a mixer for incoming 6th grade students, parents and siblings. The social event provided a relaxed, casual atmosphere for parents to meet one another and learn more about the school from Principal Sarah Sullivan. Students enjoyed spending time with friends and meeting other students during organized games. Students and parents won prizes and feasted on pizza and dessert. 
Due to the fires in October, the Builders' Club at Farb Middle School postponed Red Ribbon Week, typically held in October, to the week of May 3-7. Red Ribbon Week, held in honor of Enrique Camarena, a Mexican-American immigrant and DEA agent who died in the line of duty, encourages students to say no to illegal drugs and alcohol. Farb students, especially those with Hispanic heritage, related to the retelling of Enrique's life story. Students participated by wearing a red ribbon, signing a pledge, and attending a assembly organized by the Farb Builders' Club and PTA, in collaboration with the San Diego Sheriff's Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The Friday presentation took place on the field. As students watched, a DEA helicopter flew overhead, and a Sheriff's Department Hummer delivered Principal Susan Levy to the assembly.
On Friday, April 30, Jackson Elementary held a press conference with IBM and Senator Dede Alpert. Principal Rupinder Boyd thanked IBM Representative Louise Andres for IBM's recent donation of five laptop computers and education software, which will be used in the school's new Media Center. Senator Alpert presented an assembly resolution commending IBM for its corporate citizenship and technology donation to help drive education opportunities and positive learning experiences for Jackson Elementary students.
In the lunch arbor at Wilson Academy of International Studies, a new mural, developed and painted by custodian and artist Tawnya Aburto and other custodial staff members, artistically reminds us that, "The future is in (our student's) hands." Following a recommendation by Philip Teates, B.S.S. III, at Wilson in October 2003 for the replacement of the previous and faded 12-year-old mural, this new mural took form, and after many hours of Saturday paint sessions and a generous donation by Frazee Paint, the newly colorful wall was born.
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