by The Editors on March 12, 2008
Carlsbad High School’s Kaylee Weil (GPA: 4.5, SAT: 2290, Class Rank: 1) has been named to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first California All-State Academic Team at the “first Annual Governor’s Academic Recognition and All-State Academic Team Awards Dinner in Sacramento.” Out of 144 students being honored by the Governor only 25 were chosen for this special honor.
“I think it is extremely important that we take the time to honor the hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence all of these students have demonstrated,” said Governor Schwarzenegger. “These young men and women should be proud of what they have accomplished. We have students who never missed a day of class, made perfect scores on the SAT and still find time to volunteer for a dozen different extra-curricular activities. They mentor, tutor and excel in sports. They dream of making the world a better place and they already are.”
Congratulations Kaylee, you’re making Carlsbadistan proud.
[Link: Imperial Valley News]
by The Editors on March 11, 2008
According to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune Connie Liu, 12, “an eighth-grader at Aviara Oaks Middle School in Carlsbad,” was the runner-up in the San Diego County Spelling Bee held this morning at the Scottish Rite Memorial Center, Mission Valley. She lost to the repeat winner Justin Song of Carmel Valley Middle School.
Nice work Connie. You’re making Carlsbadistan proud.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on February 27, 2008
Tonight, when the Carlsbad school trustees meet at 6 PM in City Council chambers at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, they will be trying to figure out how they are going to meet budget cuts.
Planning for a worst-case scenario, a Carlsbad Unified School District proposal lists 187 full-time jobs that could be targeted for elimination. Superintendent John Roach said Monday it’s unlikely all those positions would fall under the knife.
Let’s hope not.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 14, 2008
We had our doubts about the Oceanside School District, but never imagined anything like this. A man named John Corcoran apparently taught high school in Oceanside for 17 years without being able to read or write. This explains more than we’d like to admit. This report from ABC 30 in Fresno, California tells Cocoran’s story and how he finally learned to read with the help of a tutor at the Carlsbad Library.
After a year he was reading and writing at a sixth grade level. Now Corcoran has become a literacy advocate with his own foundation. In fact, he was even appointed to the National Institute for Literacy by President George Bush (which figures). Corcoran says, “We need to teach our kids to read and write.”
Yes, Mr. Corcoran. That’s probably a good idea.
[Link: ABC 30 and Buzzle.com]
by The Editors on January 25, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s Valley Middle School is teaching students all the skills they’ll need for careers in TV broadcasting thanks to teacher Doug Green’s award-winning program VMSTV.com.
The class broadcasts a closed-circuit news program periodically to 1,000 fellow students, teachers and staff members. Replays of the news programs are broadcast on the school’s Web site, so parents can view them. Individual segments also can be seen on the school’s Web site.
So far the school’s network has received a Golden Bell award from the California School Boards Association. TV (and media in general) suddenly becomes not so mysterious once 13 year olds understand that they can create it just as easily as anyone else.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 22, 2008
With a “projected $14 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is suggesting slashing funding to most state agencies, according to a story in the North County Times. Carlsbadistan educators are not happy:
Carlsbad Superintendent John Roach called the governor’s command for across-the-board cuts “cowardly, lazy and thoughtless. . . When a governor proposes an across-the-board cut, he’s taking what work should be his and giving it to others,” Roach said Thursday. “Slashing everyone equally doesn’t take any real thought.”
The cuts will mean Carlsbad Unified School district will need to cut $4.3 million. That’s not cool.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on December 17, 2007
Birders from Carlsbad are invited to join the Buena Vista Chapter of the Audubon Society as they perform their annual Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 22.
The Christmas Bird Count is part research and part fun. Participants will be amassing important data on bird distribution in our area while trying to beat last year’s total of 181 different species. After a full morning of birding, we’ll all gather at the Nature Center to trade stories, tally up our numbers, and enjoy a bowl of Annette’s famous chili.
If this sounds like a great was to spend the Saturday before Christmas, then by all means call the Nature Center (760-439-2473), or e-mail Terry (thunefeld@gmail.com) for more info.
[Link: Buena Vista Audubon]
by The Editors on December 9, 2007
The Chickepox outbreak continues to march through Carlsbad as eight students at St. Patrick Parish School now have the spotty sickness, according to a story on Sign On San Diego.
Last month, 10 students at Calavera Hills Middle School in Carlsbad were diagnosed with the disease, as were five elementary school students in Santee. . . None of the St. Patrick students required hospitalization.
Apparenty, six of the eight had only had one of the two dose of the Chickenpox vaccine instead of two. Remember: don’t scratch those spots.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
by The Editors on December 3, 2007
Last Friday December 1, 59 middle schools visited Legoland for the First Lego League Championship Tournament, a competition in which kids design Lego robots that must complete tasks. Our previous post didn’t not include the winners, so here they are.
The Championship Winners (who will advance onto the Championships in Atlanta in April) are the Gatorobytes from Folsom, California.
First Place: The Sandy LEGO Beachbots from San Diego.
Second Place: It’s Easy Being Green from Manhattan Beach
Third: The Lego Loonies from Lake View Terrace
Fourth: A three-way tie: Cold Fusion (San Diego), Odd Watts (San Diego) and JV Beach Bot #1 (Long Beach)
Awards were also given for:
Design: Innovative Design: The Sandy LEGO Beachbots (San Diego)
Design: Robot Dependability: Plus Rated Power (Newhall)
Design: Programming: Cold Fusion (San Diego)
Project: Quality Research: Robotrix (La Jolla)
Project: Creative Presentation: If Rotation=1 (San Diego)
Project: Innovative Solution: It’s Easy Being Green (Manhattan Beach)
Team Spirit: Team Evil Genius (Valencia)
Looks like San Diego had good representation, but the crew from the out skirts of Sacto took it all. It’s a shame: we don’t see any Carlsbad teams on this list. What up?
Steffen Holm and Francesco Macagno from Muirlands Middle School’s team Robotrix (from La Jolla). Photo by Sandy Huffaker.
by The Editors on December 2, 2007
Teams from 59 elementary and middle schools traveled to Legoland yesterday (December 1, 2007) to compete in the First Lego League Championship Tournament. The competition pits “children around the globe against one another in robotics building and programming competitions, team Hackn’Botz [from Burbank, CA] has worked on training and building its robot for the last two months.”
The students must work together to program the robot’s brain to perform different missions on a pre-made map. As an added theme and learning requirement, all the missions make a lesson in conservation and green living.
See, Legoland does occasionally give back.
Of course, none of this was free. Legoland still charges a $20 admission for team members and coaches and $25.95 for friends and family. How else are they going to pay for that new aquarium?
[Link: Burbank Leader]
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