Grossmont
NJROTC Hosts Annual Military Inspection
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| Grossmont High NJROTC Annual Military Inspection |
Commander Jordan assumed
the duties of Area 11 Manager last December. He inspected the entire unit, was
the reviewing officer for the cadets’ parades, and heard the cadets’ staff
briefing before departing. His review of the unit will be forwarded to the
Commanding Officer of Naval Service Training Command. The cadets were rated as
excellent/outstanding by the Commander.
I was very impressed with
the actions of our NJROTC Cadets and thank our Naval Science Instructors,
Captain James Iannone and Master Gunns, for the impact they are having on our
youth.
Annual
Academic League Awards Dinner
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| West Hills High School's Winning JV Team with Coach Corrie Biggerstaff |
Santana High School hosted
the 2017 Annual Academic League Awards Dinner on Wednesday, March 1. The
evening included an awards banquet and meal for nearly 300 players and their
parents.
The dinner event was held
to honor and thank the students, parents, organizers and moderators, as well as
the coaches of the Academic League program.
High honors went to
Santana’s Varsity team for their undefeated League Championship. On the JV
front, West Hills High School was honored for their championship, 9-1 season.
Special thanks are extended
to Santana Principal Tim Schwuchow for hosting the event, which was enjoyed by
so many students and their families that evening.
Ninth
District PTA Reflections Gala
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| Mount Miguel Student Angela Luu's "Story of Me" |
The Ninth District PTA Annual Reflections Gala was held
on Friday, March 3, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the San Diego County Office of
Education.
The following GUHSD students were honored:
Award of Merit – Visual Arts – Sajad Alani (Santana)
Honorable Mention – Photography – Courtney Reiter (El
Capitan)
Honorable Mention – Visual Arts:
Delany Fonseca (Monte Vista)
Vanessa Townsend (Mount Miguel)
Angela Luu (Mount Miguel)
Christyan Valdovinos (Santana)
Marisol Garibay (Monte Vista)
Elena Rodriguez/Chavez (Santana)
Sabrina Henson (Santana)
El
Capitan Student Wins House of Spain's Don Quijote Poster Contest
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| El Capitan Student Bryan Castillo Rios' Winning Artwork |
After reading the novel Don
Quijote in El Capitan teacher Noelia Lara's Spanish for Spanish Speakers class,
she encouraged her students to participate in a poster drawing contest. The
House of Spain in Balboa Park offered a poster contest and invited students
from several County schools, including El Capitan, to participate. The first place winner of the poster contest
would have their drawing used on all of the posters advertising the fourth
annual "Don Quijote Read-A-Thon" event at Balboa Park’s International
Cottages.
Inspired by the novel,
student Bryan Castillo Rios drew an amazing illustration of Don Quijote and his
esquire Sancho Panza as they prepared to battle the "giants/windmills."
Bryan's illustration received first place and was used on all the posters
advertising this event.
On the day of the event,
people gather on the cottages lawn area and enjoyed the novel Don Quijote by
Miguel de Cervantes read aloud by readers from several schools all over San
Diego area. Attendees also received an opportunity to learn about Spain's
culture by watching flamenco dancers, viewing exhibits of portraits and eating
Paella. This is the second year El Capitan has participated and assisted the
House of Spain with this event.
Congratulations to Bryan
Castillo Rios for your impressive first place artwork!
Register
Today: April 1 Girls Empowerment Conference
The annual Girls
Empowerment Conference will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt on April 1,
2017.
As special guests, the $40.00
fee is being waived for all GUHSD girls with the guhsdstudent promo code. Amenities
will include a light breakfast, lunch, workshops, giveaways and many more
opportunities.
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In closing, I leave you with photos from the Governing
Board recognition of the top Varsity and Junior Varsity Academic League teams
in GUHSD:
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| Governing Board Recognition of the Santana Varsity Academic League Champions |
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| Governing Board Recognition of the West Hills Junior Varsity Academic League Champions |
Dr. Tim Glover
