Scenes from Schools

•	Click here to enlarge Staff at De Portola Middle School recently hosted a "Breakfast with the Principal" for military students to show their appreciation for the students' families and their service to the country. De Portola has 272 students who have at least one parent in the military. The school's partner in education, Cubic Corp., underwrote the cost of the food, sent out invitations and helped set up the special event.
•	Click here to enlarge The Food Services Department is giving away bicycles to middle school students! In recognition of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, each middle school was given a 26" Huffy ATB (all terrain bicycle) to give to a student in conjunction with a physical fitness or sports activity. Methods of awarding the bicycles varied. At Taft Middle School, Physical Education director Dick Wesendunk held a Spring Challenge Run that spanned two weeks of activities and involved both physical fitness and mental exercises. Sixth grader Ramon Ortega finished first to win the bicycle. Staff added a bicycle safety package including helmet and lock. Bicycles were "purchased" using incentive points acquired from food purchases throughout the school year.
•	Several Patrick Henry High School students recently hosted 11 fellow students from Germany for an entire month. The German students, visiting from a high school in Dusseldorf, arrived in San Diego on April 7. Each exchange student spent their month-long stay in the home of a Patrick Henry student; most of whom will in turn travel to Dusseldorf to stay with their German student this summer. Patrick Henry German and French teacher Judy Stout coordinates the program. (Read more about Judy in the Hall of Fame.)
•	Click here to enlarge Oak Park Elementary's Chorus, part of the school's Music Conservatory program, just finished a lively production of "Annie, Jr." Director Deanna Hastings says the production was made possible through the collaboration and support from many parents and community members