Mount Miguel Student Earns $100 Prize in Ethics
Essay Contest
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| Superintendent Swenson and Allaura Ailey |
GUHSD’s Career Technical Education program was front and center
at the San Diego East County Chamber’s monthly breakfast meeting today. In
addition to highlighting the award-winning CTE programs in our schools, we also
recognized the winners of the Chamber’s Ethics in Business Conference essay
contest, which was open to all students who participated in the conference.
Thanks to the generosity of the San Diego East County Chamber
membership, four East County students were selected, including Mount Miguel
student Allaura Ailey.
Allaura and her aunt, along with Principal Steve Coover, and
teacher Bridget Desonia were present as she read her essay to the Chamber members.
Community Partner
Steve Devan Honored
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| Steve Devan honored as Community Partner |
Last week, Grossmont Schools
Federal Credit Union CEO Steve Devan was prominently featured at the annual San
Diego County School Board Association’s “Honoring our Own” Awards Dinner at the
Sheraton San Diego Hotel on Friday, April 24.
I nominated Steve Devan and
was proud to be beside him as he was honored as Community Partner of the Year. Please
join me in congratulating Mr. Devan on this high honor. We deeply appreciate
his commitment to our schools in the region.
The beautiful floral centerpieces
for the event were created by the Chaparral High School ROP Floral Design class
and Grossmont High School’s NJROTC Color Guard presented the colors at this
annual event that highlights those who contribute so much to the field of
education.
Santana
Students Lead the Way
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| Second place finisher "Team Legitimate" advances to the state competition |
Santana High School entered
two teams in this year's Introduction to Engineering Design/Project Lead the
Way (PLTW) San Diego Regional competition. This year's regional competition was
held Saturday April 18, 2015, at Kearny High School.
"Team Legitimate"
members: Colton Gerry, Kevin Kelly, and Noah Kemp earned 2nd place, while their
counterparts "Crimson Typhoon" consisting of Selina Wade, Ashley
Lopez, and Ryan Bratlien, earned 3rd place in the 2015 Chevron Design Challenge.
The teams were tasked to
design a step ladder with a special feature that would assist the elderly for
household use. Fifteen teams competed overall and the top three finishers move
on to the state competition held on May 16, 2015, in Folsom.
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Best wishes to our two Santana
teams that are advancing and will compete against the other top teams in the
state.
29th
Annual GUHSD District Art Show Opens May 15
I hope you will join us for
the opening reception of the 29th Annual GUHSD Student Art Show at Westfield
Shopping Center-Parkway Plaza, near JC Penney. The opening reception will be
held on Friday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m., with an awards ceremony. Student artwork
will be on exhibit through Sunday afternoon.
The district student art
exhibition has grown and developed into a wonderful exhibit over the past 28
years, with ten different categories, including: black & white drawing,
color drawing, painting, photography, creative photography, digital arts,
sculpture, functional ceramics, printmaking, and metalwork/jewelry, with
beginning and advanced divisions in each category. This event is made possible
with the generous support of the Associated Student Bodies of all district high
schools.
Superintendent Ralf Swenson
