Halecrest Teachers are on a Mission
Halecrest Elementary teachers started the school year with a staff activity that included reading an article called “Teacher as Bully: Knowingly or Unintentionally Harming Students,” by Ruth Sylvester....
View ArticleCVESD Honored for Outstanding Service to Military Students
Coalition salutes partnership between military installations, school districts, and universities to support military connected students and families The Chula Vista Elementary School District was among...
View ArticleThey Eat What for Lunch Over There?!
Some students held their noses. Others, well, spat out the offerings. So it went for Reporter Larissa Wohl of ABC’s “The List” television news magazine, as she conducted a hilarious “Taste Test”...
View ArticleHedenkamp News
Originally posted on Hedenkamp Elementary School: grandparents’ day Mark your calendars now for Hedenkamp’s first annual celebration of Grandparents’ Day. All Grandparents are invited to Hedenkamp on...
View ArticleTeddy Bear Drive
Originally posted on Karl H. Kellogg School Blog: The Chula Vista Police Department is holding their 24th Annual San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive. We are collecting Teddy Bears for...
View ArticleRosebank Re-Opens after Grand Makeover
Students, staff, parents and community members helped formally dedicate the re-opening of Rosebank Elementary School on Friday, September 5. The festive atmosphere came after a summer of fast-paced...
View ArticleTeammates Reunite at CVESD Alumni Event
Retired teachers Sue Bear and Faye Nance worked together as first grade team teachers at Parkview Elementary in the 1970s. They remain good friends to this day, whether traveling together, playing...
View ArticleBring your Mom and Dad to School
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View ArticleTalk about a cold welcome!
Forgive students and staff at Hazel Goes Cook Elementary for the chilly reception they gave on Sept. 19 to Executive Director Matthew Tessier and Superintendent Francisco Escobedo, Ed.D. Cook sixth...
View ArticleStudents Get ‘Charged Up’ for Dental Care
This was not your typical visit to the dentist, what with San Diego Chargers players giving high fives to students receiving free dental care and Chargers cheerleaders providing extra encouragement...
View Article‘Little Gem’ of a Parade is Still Growing
The Ninth Annual Veterans Day Parade, hosted by none other than Veterans Elementary School, will take place on Friday, November 7 with a special designation. The school’s parade has the official...
View ArticleHedenkamp News
Originally posted on Hedenkamp Elementary School: red ribbon week A million thanks to the Camarena Family for providing such an outstanding Red Ribbon Week Assembly. Over 1100 Hedenkamp Huskies were...
View ArticleMontgomery School Shines After ‘Green Apple Day of Service’
Click to view slideshow. John J. Montgomery Elementary was abuzz recently as more than 75 volunteers, including 10 students, came out to “green” the campus by performing service work. The project...
View ArticleU.S. Education Dept. Selects Dr. Escobedo for White House Summit
Superintendent Francisco Escobedo, Ed.D, was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as one of 100 top school leaders from across the nation to participate in the inaugural National ConnectED...
View ArticleEmployees Honored for Service Longevity
One of the largest gatherings of family and co-workers in recent memory helped celebrate the District’s longest-serving employees at the 2014 Annual Longevity Awards Program. The event was held...
View ArticleVeterans’ Holiday Sacrifices are Remembered
There was hardly a dry eye in the audience when Loma Verde Elementary fifth grade student Georgia Magallan-Tejeda first read her winning essay at the Marine Corps Birthday Cake Ceremony and Veterans...
View ArticleTeachers Honored for Making the Grade at ‘Tenure Tea’
More than 70 teachers from across the District were honored recently for making the grade as newly tenured teachers. The District held its 22nd Annual ‘Tenure Tea’ reception at the Education Service...
View ArticlePalomar PTA Leader’s Death has Shocked, Galvanized Community
The news hit Palomar Elementary Principal Erika Taylor like a shock. Her school’s PTA vice president was killed the day after Thanksgiving. It was an extraordinarily violent crime. Leonor Castillo was...
View ArticleCVLCC 11th Graders Demo Video Game ‘Coding’ to 8th Graders
Event promotes ‘Hour of Code’ during Computer Science Education Week Video games like Asteroids, Frogger and Pac Man might be better known to their parents’ generation. But for 44 eleventh grade...
View Article2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 26,000...
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