The Del Mar Schools Education Foundation has $1.27 million left to meet its $2 million goal to fund a full Extended Studies Curriculum, which includes specialized instructors in science, technology, music, art and PE. The deadline for fundraising is April 30. Informational meeting to be held April 3.
The Del Mar Union School District board authorized $1,596,138 in cuts at its March 20 meeting. The board members admitted the slices were painful to make, and they were in a position they did not want to be in, picking savings options from “a litany of bad choices.”
Students from Torrey Pines High School bested 18 other San Diego County high school teams to win the seventh annual San Diego County High School Mock Trial Competition on March 2. The competition places public and private high school students in an actual courtroom setting where they assume the roles of lawyers and witnesses in a hypothetical case.
The Del Mar Union School District’s town hall budget forum on March 11 looked like a giant classroom in the Del Mar Hills Academy multi-use room as teachers, parents and staff members sat at a cluster of tables having difficult discussions, scribbling numbers on paper trying to come up with $2.5 million in cuts.
Please join the Ocean Air School Community, 11444 Canter Heights Lane, for the 4th annual Spring Carnival on Sunday, March 24, from 1 – 4 p.m. There will be lots of fun for everyone including game booths, rides, attractions, Angry Birds game, photo booth and more. Tasty treats include tacos, Dippin Dots, popcorn, candy cart, cake walk, and delicious baked goods to buy.
The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that 12 seniors at The Bishop’s School have qualified as finalists in the 2013 scholarship competition including: Sean Blake, Frances Chen, Michael Haft, Alice Hwang, Andrew Jeon, Thomas King, David Liu, Tomer Mate-Solomon, Nick Meyer, Jason Qu, Ashley Shin, and Eric Zhao.
Community meeting is March 11; budget recommendations to be presented March 20
Parents will be hearing a lot more about Common Core State Standards in the coming months and year as the new educational methodology will start in the 2014-15 school year.
The summer enrichment programs offered in July will be popular programs, such as Spanish, Chinese, fencing and creative clay that are already offered throughout the school year by the after-school program.
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