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01/02/2008
About half of college freshmen fail to graduate within six
years...by Eleanor Yang-San Diego Union-Tribune, April
23, 2006. Fernando Escobar
knew as a teenager, scrubbing toilets and floors beside his
parents, that he wanted a college education.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060423/news_lz1n23books.html
Oak Crest teacher Sue Glass is state educator of the year.
For press release-click here.
Students get chance to try out careers...by Meredith
Wade-STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 3, 2006.
Five hours a week, Sonya Bender pursues her dream of being
an actress, and gets school credit at the same time...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20060303-9999-m1m03tfcval.html
Encinitas school holds lottery for hundreds of coveted spots...by
Sherry Saveedra-STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union-Tribune, March
1, 2006.
Before five
witnesses and a videographer, Principal Barbara Gauthier
gingerly pulled white index cards one by one out of a paper
bag and read aloud the winners of this prized high school
lottery...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20060301-9999-1mi1academy.html
Torrey Pines Players invited to perform on international
stage...by Sandra
Kraisirideja-North County Times, December 4, 2005.
With a reputation for being one of the best high school
theater groups in North County, the Torrey Pines Players of
Torrey Pines High School are hoping to showcase their talent
on an international stage...
http://nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/05/news/community/12405191721.txt
San Dieguito district school cops provide security,
education...by Philip Ireland-STAFF WRITER, North County
Times, November 30, 2005.
The San Dieguito Union High
School District will spend $279,000 this school year to keep
police officers and sheriff's deputies on eight middle and
high school campuses, said Eric Hall, the district's
assistant superintendent of business...
http://nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/01/news/coastal/21_40_3511_30_05.txt
San Dieguito Academy students debate their way to the top...by
Amanda Daniels-COMMUNITY NEWS WRITER, San Diego
Union-Tribune, November 24, 2005.
The San
Dieguito Academy Speech and Debate Team has won so many
matches that a box of their trophies resides in a campus
closet...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051124-9999-m1m24tfencin.html
Dance concert a celebration of sisterhood...by
Sharon Heilbrunn-STAFF WRITER, San Diego Union-Tribune,
November 11, 2005.
The first
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Dance performances will be
Wednesday and Thursday at the Museum of Contemporary Art in
La Jolla...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20051111-9999-m1m11tfcval.html
Parents pledge $160,000 to Torrey Pines/San Diego
Union-Tribune...by Sherry Saavedra-STAFF WRITER,
November 3, 2005.
Eight families have jump-started the Torrey
Pines High School Foundation's annual fundraising by
pledging a combined $160,000, which will go toward this
year's $2.2 million goal...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051103-9999-1mi3donate.html
Clayton E. Liggett Theater chosen as name for planned
facility/North County Times...by Adam Kaye-STAFF WRITER,
October 6, 2005. A planned theater at San Dieguito
Academy will be named after the late drama teacher Clayton
E. Liggett, the school board agreed Thursday...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/10/07/news/coastal/encinitas/21_28_3510_6_05.txt
Canyon Crest nears completion/North County Times...by
Philip Ireland-STAFF WRITER, August 16, 2005.
Principal Dave Jaffe stood in the parking lot of Canyon
Crest Academy on Tuesday, reflecting on the school's
asphalt-and-trailer-classroom birthplace...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/08/17/news/coastal/21_52_588_16_05.txt
School's Eco-Club puts
focus on environment/San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sharon
Heilbrunn-STAFF WRITER. July 15, 2005.
When Matthew
Huang, 15, first arrived at Canyon Crest Academy, he was
determined to get involved, give back to the community and
help protect the environment...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050715-9999-m1m15tfcval.html
San Dieguito academy seeks special design for new theater/San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet-STAFF WRITER, July 2,
2005.
San Dieguito High School Academy, a campus with a patchwork
of buildings of various colors, styles, surfaces and sizes,
may get its most unusual addition yet...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050702-9999-1mc2design.html
While some have a
difficult road, others have easier route to glory/San
Diego Union Tribune...by Sherry Parmet-STAFF WRITER, June
17, 2005. For Kira Morgan, there will
be no fond memories of proms, parties, sleepovers with
friends or weekends at the beach to mark her high school
years...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050617-9999-1mi17grads.html
Two local students to compete for spot on the U.S. chemistry
team/North County Times...by Adrienne A. Aguirre-STAFF
WRITER. June 8, 2005.Two North County high school
students have qualified to compete for a spot on the U.S.
Chemistry Olympiad team by testing in the top 20 out of 908
national competitors...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/04/news/community/13_39_556_3_05.txt
Student of Merit: Teen is the force behind her success/North
County Times...by Adam Kaye-STAFF WRITER. June 3, 2005.
If Sunset High School students are immersed in a
community project, chances are Danielle Humphreys is the
quiet force behind it...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/06/04/news/top_stories/23_24_396_3_05.txt
TPHS students score in national stock game/North County
Times...by Alexandra Mace-STAFF WRITER. Wall Street
investors could learn a thing or two from the students at
Torrey Pines High School..
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/05/18/business/news/16_40_505_17_05.txt
School spirit will be tested/North County Times...by
Peter Kaye. When
it comes to individual test-taking, Torrey Pines High School
students shine like the stars they are. But will they take
one for the team?
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/05/18/news/columnists/kaye/22_49_255_17_05.txt
Test drive in motion at Torrey Pines High/San Diego
Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet-STAFF WRITER. May 11, 2005.
Parents and students at Torrey Pines High School are
spending $5,000 to persuiade teenagers to take the
state-required standardized tests this week...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050511/news_7m11torrey.html
Ten North County high schools ranked in Newsweek's Top 1,000
nationwide/North County Times...by Alexandra Mace-STAFF
WRITER. May 9, 2005. Ten North County high schools made
Newsweek magazine's controversial list of the top 1,036 high
school nationwide...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/05/10/news/top_stories/5905205120.txt
Torrey Pines reaches for the STARS/Carmel Valley
New...by Marsha Sutton-STAFF WRITER. April 2005.
“High schools have to learn how to listen to
kids.” Sounds like something a student would say, right? Not
this time. This statement was made by Torrey Pines High
School principal Rick Schmitt no less, and is more than
empty rhetoric.
http://www.sdranchcoastnews.com/sdrcn%20pages/m13.html
Adult School teacher honored for watercolor class/San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Michelle DeCrescenzo-COMMUNITY NEWS
WRITER. Date unknown. Student artists will receive a career
boost with an upcoming
exhibit to display their talent...
Nothing but blue skies for these campuses/North County
Times...editorial. April 20, 2005. Nine local schools
were feeling a better kind of blue this week, earning the
right to fly the state's blue flag of excellence for the
next four years. We join the students, parents, teachers,
administrators and support staff in celebrating their
education achievements. We also note that the state honored
schools of widely varying enrollments, adding perspective to
the debate over campus size that rages in many districts
throughout the region...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/21/opinion/editorials/22_55_024_20_05.txt
North County has 6 Distinguished School Award winners/North
County Times...by Adam Kaye-STAFF WRITER. April 20, 2005.
Six North County high schools won major bragging
rights Tuesday when they were named the 2005 recipients of
the prestigious California Distinguished School Awards...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/04/20/news/top_stories/0_25_444_20_05.txt
Arts-tech academy is
taking shape/San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry
Parmet-STAFF WRITER. April 15, 2005.
Fall and winter
at the fledgling Canyon Crest Academy was marked by
construction, experimentation and planning for a new high
school with a technology and arts focus...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050415-9999-1mi15academy.html
Torrey Pines headed for
state Science Olympiad/San Diego Union-Tribune...by
Sharon Heilbrunn-STAFF WRITER. April 8, 2005.
For the sixth year in a row, Torrey Pines has captured first place in the San Diego County Science Olympiad, a competition open to middle school and high school students...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050408-9999-m1m08cvalley.html
His own teachers inspired
honored Encinitas educator/San Diego Union-Tribune...by
Diane Welch-STAFF WRITER. April 7, 2005.
Bob Teisher is
proof that passion is contagious...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050407-9999-m1m07encin.html
Student is honored for her
community service/San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Sharon Heilbrunn-STAFF WRITER.
April 7, 2005. At 6:30 a.m.,
when most of the world is groggily rolling out of bed or
rushing to work, 14-year-old Allison Osinski is bubbly,
talkative and ready to do some good...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20050407-9999-m1m07delmar.html
Teens help community through
service/San Diego
Union-Tribune...by Sharon Heilbrunn-STAFF WRITER. March 25,
2005. A lot of teenagers spend
their weekends shopping or hanging out at the beach. Not
Justin Gleiberman or Olivia Jacobs...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050325-9999-m1m25cvalle.html
San Dieguito district
names new principals/North County Times. March 24, 2005.
The 2005-06 school year will begin with new principals at La
Costa Canyon and San Dieguito Academy high schools, San
Dieguito Union High School District Superintendent Peggy
Lynch announced Wednesday...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/24/news/coastal/encinitas/23_59_133_23_05.txt
His own teachers inspired
honored educator/San Diego Union-Tribune...by Diane
Welch-STAFF WRITER. March 24, 2005.
Bob
Teisher is proof that passion is contagious...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050324-9999-m1m24tfenci.html
Encinitas schools [and
SDUHSD] do well in statewide test rankings/North County
Times...by Phil Diehl-STAFF WRITER. March 16, 2005. All
public schools from south Carlsbad to Carmel Valley scored
in the top half of California schools on statewide
standardized tests last year, and many scored in the top 10
percent...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/03/16/news/coastal/0_00_473_15_05.txt
Science Fair crowns new
prizewinners/San Diego Union-Tribune...by Bruce
Lieberman-STAFF WRITER. March 19, 2005.
In the 1999
film "October Sky," a future NASA engineer and his school
buddies struggle to launch a model rocket. They fail time
and again, but don't quit until one of their missiles arcs
into the blue.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050319/news_2m19fair.html
TPHS Drama program puts its best farce forward/San Diego
Union-Tribune...by Marcia Manna-STAFF WRITER. February 13,
2005.
The effort to make "On the Razzle" a play that will dazzle
was a madcap scene befitting a Marx Brothers movie...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050213/news_m1m13arts.html
ComedySportz group
popular at academy/San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry
Parmet-STAFF WRITER. February 6, 2005.
Like an
athletic team, this one has tryouts for varsity and junior
varsity. Members wear uniforms and earn points, and fouls
are called by referees...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050206-9999-2m6comedy.html
San Dieguito considers teaching more transfers to generate
more state money/North County Times...by Ben Frumin-STAFF
WRITER. February 5, 2005. Inviting students from
throughout San Diego County to attend San Dieguito Union
High School District's award-winning middle and high schools
could add several million dollars to the district's revenue,
officials said last week...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/coastal/22_25_372_5_05.txt
San Dieguito to hold
design contest/North County Times...by Ben Frumin -
STAFF WRITER. February 1, 2005. An undetermined number of
architects will receive $10,000 apiece...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/coastal/encinitas/13105200351.txt
San Dieguito's High's
first classes were in tents/San Diego Union-Tribune...by
Diane Welch - STAFF WRITER. January 30, 2005.
During
San Dieguito Union High School's first year, classes were
conducted in tents...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050130-9999-m1m30history.html
Parent volunteers help new school thrive/San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Hilary Townsend-STAFF WRITER.
January 28, 2005.
As construction
crews put final touches on new classrooms at Canyon Crest
Academy, a group of dedicated volunteers quietly worked
behind the scenes to ensure the school's success...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050128/news_m1m28carval.html
Students prepped for
annual competition thanks to volunteers/San Diego
Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet-STAFF WRITER. January 27,
2005.
Some volunteers thought they would give one year to this
science competition. Now, they are enlisted for life...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20050127-9999-7m27science.html
Shop teacher bids
farewell after 30 years at San Dieguito/North County
Times...by Ben Frumin - STAFF WRITER. January 26, 2005.
Roger Taylor forged unbreakable bonds with hundreds of high
school students during a 30-year career as a metal-shop
teacher at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/27/news/community/16_30_391_26_05.txt
She's good at doing good/San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet - STAFF WRITER. January
26, 2005.
Civic-minded
Torrey Pines High School has created a new student
government seat uncommon to the region's campuses...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050126/news_1mi26give.html
Students share strategies for cutting class; supervisors
fight back/North County
Times...by Ben Frumin STAFF WRITER. January 22, 2005.
Ditching class at some San Dieguito Union High School
District campuses is easy and more common than many parents
and educators think, high school students said last
week...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/23/news/coastal/encinitas/22_09_311_22_05.txt
San Dieguito holds
lottery for next year/North County Times...by Ben Frumin
STAFF WRITER. January 19, 2005. While many had excellent
odds of getting to attend their public high school of choice
this fall, about 165 students will be getting bad news in
the mail this weekend. They were the unlucky ones in a
lottery...
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2005/01/19/news/coastal/0_37_581_19_05.txt
Educators take
instruction online/North County Times...by Ben Frumin
STAFF WRITER. January 8, 2005. The night before any big calculus test, as many as 25 Torrey
Pines High School students in Abby Brown's class get
together with their teacher to talk math...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/09/news/coastal/21_15_581_8_05.txt
Students to raise aid
money/North County Times...by Ben Frumin STAFF WRITER.
January 6, 2005. Students at almost every
campus in the San Dieguito Union High School District are
raising money this month to donate to relief groups...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/07/news/coastal/23_28_051_6_05.txt
New
principal starts at LCC/North
County Times...by Ben Frumin STAFF WRITER. January 5, 2005.
Steve Levy wants to get to know La Costa Canyon High
School's 251 employees and 2,762 students. "You don't lead
by being a shadow," Levy said Tuesday morning in an
interview in his new office. Levy, who took over as interim
principal of...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/05/news/community/20_27_461_4_05.txt
It's hard to make the call on cell phones/The San
Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry
Parmet
STAFF WRITER. January 1, 2004. Cell phones
have made their
mark on public schools in unforeseen ways, and
educators are on edge...
www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050101/news_1n1cell.html
Giving
the gift of computers/The San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet STAFF WRITER.
December 18, 2004.Torrey Pines High
donates refurbished equipment to
its students...
www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20041218-9999-1mi18donate.html
Crews spruce up schools
during winter break/North County Times...by Ben Frumin
STAFF WRITER. December 21, 2004.
While middle and high school
students enjoy their 17-day winter recess that began last
week, custodial and grounds crews are hard at work...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/22/news/coastal/22_52_2812_21_04.txt
Teachers ease kids'
test-taking anxieties/The San Diego Union-Tribune...by
Sherry Parmet STAFF WRITER. November 28, 2004.
As students braced for a quiz, fuzzy
stuffed animals perched atop each ninth-grader's desk at
Torrey Pines
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041128/news_2m28tests.html
Bear business keeps girl busy,
helps cancer patients/The
San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet STAFF WRITER.
November 26, 2004. When
Taylor Crabtree's grandmother was diagnosed with colon
cancer, the little girl decided to paint hair clips, then
sell them before Christmas and pour the profits into teddy
bears for younger cancer patients.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/solutions/20041126-9999-1mc26bears.html
Student making waves in
science/The San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet
STAFF WRITER. November 25, 2004.
Using old
appliance parts in his garage, 17-year-old San Dieguito
Academy student Aaron Goldin
spent two years building an environmentally friendly device
that converts ocean wave energy into electricity...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041125/news_1mi25invent.html
Teacher's unorthodox methods inspire greatness in her
students/The San Diego Union-Tribune...by Sherry Parmet
STAFF WRITER. November 7, 2004.
Science
instructor Roxanne Hunker's methods are a bit unorthodox:
She shuns science textbooks and seldom assigns homework.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041107/news_1mi7science.html
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