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Volume 2 • Issue 12
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A day of storytelling
A star educator
Hoover teacher of 20 years wins honor after securing grants and introducing electronic mentoring program.
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TRANSPORTATION
Free bus passes for students Local high school students will get free bus passes thanks to city efforts and funding.
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HEALTH
Save your baby’s teeth
Local nurses share tips on how to avoid the common problem of tooth decay due to use of baby bottles and sugary liquids.
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FUN FOR KIDS
Time for summer camp
The Copley YMCA is hosting a number of summer camps this year, and coming up is a discount sign-up day.
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Dance performances, workshops to be part of
AjA Project’s story+LINES event on May 25 to reflect on the many threads and storylines that weave our community together. The AjA Project has provided photographyWhen was the last time you took a stroll in your based educational programming to youth affected neighborhood? Played with chalk on the street? by war and displacement, since 2000 in City Participated in painting a community mural? Or Heights. Program participants think critically about reflected about the present and future of your comFor Spanish, see P2 their identities, develop leadership skills and bemunity? come agents of personal and social transformation. On May 25th you can do all that and more. The In all, the AjA Project has served more than 2,000 displaced youth AjA Project on Fairmount and University avenues is inviting residents who have shared their visual narratives with more than 1 million viewto take part in its story+LINES event, an all-day public arts fair with exhibits, workshops, mural painting and creative ac- ers through cultural events and exhibits. The May 25th event takes place between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at 4089 tivities for all ages. The exhibition will showcase stories by City Heights residents. In Fairmount Ave., with workshop sessions starting every half hour. For addition, several workshops will guide participants in painting, draw- further information, visit AjA’s website www.ajaproject.org, or send an ing, photography and storytelling. This multicultural event promises email to events@ajaproject.org.
By Alicia Marvan
She’s leaving City Heights, but not leaving City Heights behind By David Ogul City Heights Life
You could take Cindy Marten out of City Heights, but you can’t take City Heights out of Cindy Marten. That’s the message that came across from the former Central Elementary School principal and soon-to-be San Diego Unified superintendent during a recent interview with City Heights Life and a meeting with the City Heights Partnership for Children. “Our theme at Central Elementary was `work hard, be kind, dream big, no excuses,’” Marten said in the interview. “As superintendent, I guess now I’ll have to work harder, be kinder and dream bigger.” Marten’s appointment as the succes-
sor to Superintendent Bill Kowba was announced Feb. 27. She has been working from the headquarters of the state’s second-largest school district since April 1, but doesn’t officially take over until July 1. At an April 17 session with City Heights Partnership for Children members, the incoming superintendent said she will be operating under the same management style at district headquarters as when she was the Central Elementary School principal. “What I want to do is support what is happening in the communities,” she said. Her selection means City Heights will have “a huge voice downtown for someone who understands equity.”
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Se Va de City Heights, pero No Deja a City Heights Atrás Por David Ogul City Heights Life
Puedes sacar a Cindy Marten de City Heights, pero no puedes sacar a City Heights de Cindy Marten. Este fue el mensaje de la ex directora de la Primaria Central y próxima superintendente del Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Diego durante una reciente entrevista realizada por City Heights Life y una reunión con la organización City Heights Partnership for Children. “Nuestro lema en la Primaria Central es `trabaja duro, se amable, sueña en grande, sin excusas’”, dijo Marten durante la entrevista. “Como superintendente ahora me tocará trabajar más duro, ser más amable y soñar mucho más en grande.” El nombramiento de Marten como sucesora del Superintendente Bill Kowba fue anunciado
el 27 de febrero. Ha estado trabajando en la sede del segundo distrito más grande del estado desde el 1 de abril, pero no toma posesión oficialmente hasta el 1 de julio. Durante la reunión llevada a cabo el 17 de abril con los miembros de City Heights Partnership for Children, la próxima superintendente dijo que estará administrando la sede del distrito de la misma forma como administró la Primaria Central. “Quiero apoyar lo que está ocurriendo en nuestras comunidades”, dijo. Su elección significa que City Heights contará con una “gran voz en el centro de la ciudad que proviene de alguien que conoce de igualdad”. A continuación transcribimos un extracto de la entrevista:
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