Cow Visit
Reblogged from Loma Verde Elementary: Mobile Dairy Classroom visited Loma Verde Elementary school students. Students learned about the anatomy and life cycle of a cow. They learned how milk goes from...
View ArticleVolunteer Needed - Salt Creek Elementary Representative for EEF
Reblogged from Salt Creek Elementary: Every year the Eastlake Education Foundation awards our school a technology grant. This year Salt Creek Elementary School will again receive $16,000. There are...
View ArticleTrumpeting the Sounds of a Success
VH1 Save The Music Foundation Awards CVESD with first grant in multi-year music education rebuild CHULA VISTA, Ca.—Sixth grader Luna Enriquez recalls the excitement she felt in holding her first...
View ArticleCasillas Captures 2013-14 Flag Football Crown
Joseph C. Casillas Elementary won the 2013-14 CVESD Flag Football Championship, defeating Veterans Elementary 25-20 in the title match. Casillas ended the year undefeated, 10-0, which is only the...
View ArticleHarborside Teacher is Altrusa Award Recipient
Congratulations to Ryan Lemke, who was the recipient of the Altrusa Award from the Altrusa Club of Chula Vista. The award included a $500 gift card to an educational supply store for first year...
View ArticleElementary Students’ Interest in Engineering Takes Flight
Engineers Week activities at Vista Square Elementary bring engineering to life Vista Square Elementary students tossed a barrage of handmade airplanes in the direction of Principal Anateresa...
View ArticleSpelling B-E-E has Students Buzzing with Pride
Students from Hazel Goes Cook, Halecrest, Olympic View, Salt Creek and Enrique S. Camarena elementary schools squared off in an epic spelling competition for grades K-6 at Casillas Elementary on a...
View ArticleStudent Speakers Inspired and Challenged Us
The participants in the 2014 District Speech Contest regaled listeners with inspiring personal reflections about the meaning of liberty, service, courage and sacrifice. The finals were held Monday,...
View ArticleRead Across America Spirit Week
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View ArticleSalt Creek Safe School Environment
Originally posted on Salt Creek Elementary: Maintaining a safe and respectful environment at Salt Creek is something that we evaluate almost on a daily basis through observation, reports, and...
View ArticleNew Charter High School Coming to CV Bayfront
BAYFRONT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is scheduled to open in July 2014 for 150 ninth grade students. The school is being developed as an extension of Robert L. Mueller Charter School and its award-winning...
View ArticlePort of San Diego Boosts Education Program at Living Coast Discovery Center
CHULA VISTA, Ca.—Students in the Chula Vista Elementary School District will have greater access to the Living Coast Discovery Center, thanks to the Unified Port of San Diego. The Port’s “Environmental...
View ArticleParalympic Gold Medalist Kicks Off School Tour in CVESD
Decorated summer Paralympic swimmer and track athlete Rudy Garcia-Tolson is visiting one Chula Vista elementary school per school morning through March 14 to promote the Winter Paralympics....
View ArticleBilingual Education Association Honors CVESD Leader with State Award
Emma Sanchez, the District’s executive director for Language Acquisition and Development, was selected as Administrator of the Year by the California Association for Bilingual Education. Sanchez was...
View ArticleFeaster Charter Middle Renovations Celebrated at Ribbon Cutting
A renovation of Mae L. Feaster Charter Middle Academy has invigorated the campus community, fueling enrollment as the school plans for its first eighth grade class next year. The middle grades academy...
View ArticleLady Comets Basketball is Streaking
The Joseph Casillas Elementary School is starting to build a dynasty when it comes to girls basketball. The Lady Comets won the district championship on March 21 with a rousing 27-21 victory over the...
View ArticleRice Continues to Roll with Honors
The accolades keep coming for Lilian J. Rice School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District. Rice is among seven schools recently announced as California Distinguished Schools for strong...
View ArticlePalomar Principal Touts a Good ‘Splash’
Palomar Elementary Principal Erika Taylor is the kind of leader who thrives in the deep end of the pool. Taylor is a former lifeguard and swim instructor who can personally attest to the benefits of...
View ArticleLearning Comes to Life at Daly Academy Therapy Garden
Daly Academy, in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, is blooming. Thanks to generous donations of time, talent and resources, the Student Therapy Garden has been revived, replanted and ready...
View ArticleBayfront Charter High Hosts its First 9th Grade Class
There were festive school cheers, inspirational speeches by city leaders, and performances by a live band. And that was just day one at Bayfront Charter High, which opened on Wednesday to 80 ninth...
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