The Gifted Preschool (GPS) in Encinitas is excited about its 30th year of teaching North County’s brightest two-, three-, and four-year-old children. Basic goals and objectives in GPS’ classes are met creatively through language exercises, conversation, stories, word games, and the written word. Mathematical concepts are conveyed through the use of materials such as sand…
Throughout the month of August, Operation Homefront will be distributing backpacks and school supplies for local military children, who will be invited to events where they can pick out their own backpack and then stuff it with all of the supplies they need for a successful school year. To lend a helping hand, you can…
The 2009 graduating class at San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) had nine lifers — students who attended the school from kindergarten to 12th grade. Lifer Micah Frank shared his and his classmates’ experience at SDJA in his graduation speech and celebrated their friendship and kindness. “What’s noteworthy about the class of 2009 is the leadership…
Since its founding in 1973, Rancho Santa Fe’s Diegueño Country School has been green, with numerous programs and events that work towards saving the environment while instilling these core values in its students. The school even formed the first Southern California chapter of Roots and Shoots, an organization founded by Jane Goodall, PhD to help…
Spring in San Diego brings with it subtle signs — monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, and other animals migrate; plants bloom; and temperatures and sunlight experience their seasonal shifts. The Children’s School (TCS) in La Jolla is allowing its students to explore these changes by tracking signs and gathering data for Journey North, a Web-based…