Tag: Education
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Archaeology Program Trains City Heights Students to Think Creatively
By Dwane Brown A pilot program from the San Diego Archaeological Center aims to teach kids to ask questions, carry out an investigation and analyze data. “Archaeology for Kids” is focused on underserved elementary school students and trains them to think and act like archaeologists. During a session in City Heights on Monday, a student…
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Study: Trash in City Heights Canyons Linked to Plastics in Fish
By Megan Burks City Heights students and the Ocean Discovery Institute last school year helped scientists study urban runoff in their neighborhood canyons. The results of that study are coming together now, and they’re painting a picture of how inland residents impact the coast. Theresa Talley of California Sea Grant at the Scripps Institution of…
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Ocean Discovery Institute’s Living Lab Now Has Full Funding
By Megan Burks The Ocean Discovery Institute announced Saturday it met its $15 million goal to build a science facility in City Heights. The center will have three laboratories, a scientist in residence, a community kitchen and garden. It will sit at the entrance of Manzanita Canyon, where the Ocean Discovery Institute has been teaching…
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Hoover High’s Cardinal Camp Helps Jump-Start School For Freshmen
Every year San Diego Unified’s Hoover High welcomes new freshmen. This year there are more than 600 incoming ninth graders. For the past eight years Hoover has run a special summer day camp, called Cardinal Camp. It helps give some new freshmen the skills they need to excel in high school and beyond. | Video…
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Students Ask San Diego Unified For More Structure in Discipline Program
By Matt Bowler The success of a discipline program at Crawford High School has students asking the San Diego Unified School District to expand the program. The program, Restorative Justice, helps students figure out why they misbehave. The idea is to treat the offending act like a symptom. Crawford High School Academy of Law student…