Former Torrey Pines football coach Ed Burke is hosting a high school football team from Japan in August and is looking for families to help out by hosting a player in the home. You would be asked to provide lodging, meals, and transportation to and from school during their stay.
Members of the North Country Dance Arts competition team won multiple awards at the recent Count Down National Dance Competition Tour event held recently in Fallbrook. Over seven studios competed with some from as far away as Anaheim and Temecula. The venue includes some of the most competitive performances in the country. Various Carmel Valley residents were amongst the dozen dancers from NCDA who participated and placed. The categories included soloist and group acts in the areas of tap, jazz, lyrical and contemporary.
Canyon Crest Academy held a Street Fair on April 20. The event featured delicious food and fun festivities. School clubs also supported their causes by selling rummage sale items, and a variety of CCA artists showed their works to the community.
Skyline Elementary School students in one of the fourth-grade classes recently created a very unique auction item for the upcoming Solana Beach Ball. Local resident and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries Research Biologist Heidi Dewar has donated a Scion car that the fourth-graders decorated with the theme “Riding the Seas Into Tomorrow.” The students’ message centered around “Respecting one of our largest natural playgrounds and protecting our seas for generations to come.”
The College of Business Administration at San Diego State University (SDSU) announced recently that David Menashe and Peter Zahn have joined the college’s board of directors.
Del Mar Village Association is celebrating the arrival of summer with its annual Summer Solstice event, a festive affair featuring live music, a silent auction, wine and beer tasting, and culinary creations from Del Mar’s finest restaurants. The event takes place just steps from the beach at Powerhouse Park, giving guests front-row seats to sunset views. Early bird tickets can be purchased for $55 to ensure entrance to this exciting event, which has sold out the past two years. After May 1, ticket prices become $65. For the ultimate Summer Solstice experience, VIP tables are available for $800 for parties of 10.
Vons, in cooperation with the City of Solana Beach and in support of the City’s Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance, will be celebrating Earth Day by giving away 1,000 reusable bags.* The giveaway will occur on Monday, April 22, at the Solana Beach store location.
In addition, from April 22 to April 28, Vons will be giving away an additional reusable bag* for every customer that signs up for their “Just 4 U” online and mobile application. Select reusable bags will also be available during this time period for a discounted price of $0.99.
Del Mar Heights Elementary School kindergarten teacher Gina Vargus has been named the Del Mar Union School District Teacher of the Year, praised for her dedication as a “creative teacher who thoughtfully guides her students to reach their optimal potential.”
Local Girl Scout Moriah Seymann, 11, recently organized a concert to benefit the Monarch School for homeless children as part of her efforts toward the Girl Scout Silver Award. Moriah, a sixth grade student at the San Diego Jewish Academy, held her “Song of the Butterfly” concert on April 13 to raise money for a music program for kindergarten through third grade students at the downtown school.
The San Dieguito Union School District (SDUHSD) Teacher of the Year Samantha Greenstein truly feels like the district is her home.
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