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Student
Salutes
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 Roosevelt
Jr. High student Keishawn Cosby is being hailed as a hero
by his bus driver, Jesus Peralta, for his instrumental
role in a medical emergency. Keishawn, a special needs student,
noticed that a fellow student, De'Ante Shelly, was choking on
a large jawbreaker. Keishawn rushed up to the front of the bus
to tell the driver and get his help. Jesus then stopped the
bus and performed the Heimlich maneuver on De'Ante. Jesus is
a driver with one of the district's contract carriers, First
Student Inc. |
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A team
of students from La Jolla High School has won first place
in the 2003 Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association
(NSTA) ExploraVision Awards competition. The competition
challenges K-12 students to create the future by proposing scientifically
valid technologies that could exist 20 years from now. An independent
panel of scientists, engineers and science education leaders
selected Harish Khandrika, Ryan Keane and Alexanda
Kritchevsky's project, Creating Individual Chronobiology
Profiles Using a Multisensor Chronobiometer, from almost 5,000
entries submitted by students from across the United States
and Canada. The students will receive their award at the ExploraVision
Awards Weekend to be held in Washington, D.C., June 11-15. Each
student will receive a $10,000 savings bond and be given special
sightseeing tours of the city. They'll be accompanied by two
family members each, along with their teacher and coach, Martin
Teachworth. Want to know more about these students' creation?
Visit their project
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La
Jolla High School sophomore Marina Olevsky has been named
the high school division winner in the second annual Igniting
Creative Energy student challenge. The Challenge invited
students to use their creative talents and communicate their
ideas and actions about energy conservation and the environment
through a number of different media including science projects,
essays, stories, photographs, artwork and video. Marina wrote
a poem titled, "Reclaim the Verdant Sheen," detailing
her perspective on the deteriorating environment and a plea
for improvement. Marina will accompany winners from the elementary,
middle and teacher divisions on a trip to Washington, D.C.,
later this month. To read Marina's winning poem, visit the
Igniting
Creative Energy website.
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Eighteen
Jobs for San Diego Graduates students from Lincoln,
Gompers, San Diego and Madison recently attended the annual
Career Development Conference in Sacramento, sponsored
by the Jobs for California Graduates, an affiliate of Jobs
for America's Graduates. The students competed with other
students from throughout California in four events; Employment
Testing, Employment Interviewing, Employment Decision Making
and Public Speaking. Winners from San Diego included:
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Lisa
Morris, Lincoln High School - 1st Place: Employment
Interviewing |
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Maimunah
Moore, Lincoln High School - 2nd place for Employment
Decision Making |
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Amber
Brown, Madison High School - 1st Place: Employment
Decision Making |
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Valerie
Lay, Madison High School - 3rd Place: Employment Interviewing |
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 Several
students participated in the recent Physics Team Competition,
sponsored by the San Diego Science Alliance (SDSA)
and the San Diego County Office of Education. The competition
is a unique collaborative experience for 48 students taking
high school physics classes from throughout San Diego county.
Students were randomly assigned onto one of 10 teams to tackle
experimental problems typically found in college preparatory
physics classes. District students included:
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Mission
Bay High - Caroline Johnson, Ryan Radley, Rayna
Vergara, Matt Weber |
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Patrick
Henry High School - Matt Ingardia, Eric Read, Rachel
Wutke, Tim Wutke |
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Preuss
School - Mabi Castro, Vu Hong. Alva Monsalvo, Denise
Hernandez |
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High
Tech High - Eric Broude, Sandra Covarrubias, Erica
Kimmell, Mike Kurland, Tiffany Vukasinovich, Rachel Weinshanker |
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Scripps
Ranch High - Nick Carter, Ashley Gray, Kristen
Hansen, Ryan Mulvey |
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Kearny
High - Lensa Geneti, Dahir Mohamed, David Pratt,
Elgin Thomas |
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Twain
Jr.-Sr. High - Dominique Allen, Fabiana Motta,
Vincent San Nicholas |
To see
photos from the competition, visit the San
Diego Science Alliance website.
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Nearly
600 students from across the district were recognized at the
May 27, 2003, Board of Education Student Recognition Ceremony.
The students were honored for their achievements in the arts
and letters and athletics at a ceremony emceed by Superintendent
Alan Bersin.
Students
from Jackson Elementary, and Morse, Crawford,
and Hoover high schools, were lauded by Congressman
Bob Filner, Representative Susan Davis, and Assemblywoman
Christine Kehoe, along with district staff and their families
at an awards ceremony on May 30 celebrating their commitment
to the community. Elementary students received silver medals
(for 50 hours of community service) and high school students
received gold medals (for 100 or more hours) as part of the
President's Student Service Award program. The year-long
process introduces students to the positive results of performing
community service.
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