The Solana Beach School District (SBSD) recently announced that Sabrina Lee, assistant superintendent, Instructional Services, has been named Administrator of the Year, Curriculum and Instruction, by the Association of California School Administrators, Region 18.
At the Jan. 11 meeting, the San Dieguito Union High School District board held a moment of silence for Joyce Dalessandro, who passed away on Dec. 29 at age 74.
Students do project to mark Holocaust
Middle school students at Pacific Ridge School recently embarked on The Butterfly Project, an installation art project memorializing the deaths of 1.5 million Jewish children during the Holocaust, as their service learning project. Carlsbad resident Shoshana Lehrer, class of 2021, helped bring this project to Pacific Ridge as her Senior Signature, with Encinitas resident Brooklyn Borts, class of 2025, introducing it to the middle school. “I love the idea of creating something so beautiful and meaningful from an event that was such a tragic loss,” Shoshana said. “Our school is devoted to diversity and inclusion, so I thought this would be a perfect project to introduce.” Students from the eighth grade each received a biography card representing a different child who died in the Holocaust and painted a butterfly in silence in honor of their child’s story. They then shared the names of the children they were honoring with their fellow
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Debra Schade, vice president of the Solana Beach School District board, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Dede Alpert Award for her significant contributions to public education.
Debra Schade
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Schade, a driving force behind the district’s COVID-19 testing program partnership with UC San Diego Health, was selected out of this year’s many nominees as part of the San Diego County School Boards Association’s Region 17 awards program. The Dede Alpert Award is named for retired State Senator Dede Alpert, whose legislative career in California focused heavily on education.
A longtime resident of Solana Beach, Schade has served on the school board for the past 19 years. Schade was recognized for her contributions as a school board member, California School Boards Association (CSBA) delegate, CSBA Region 17 Director, interim San Diego County School Boards Association president and the school district’s representative on the state Community Vaccine Advisory