Tag: Hoover High School

  • Computer Science Program Opens World To Hoover High Students

    Hoover High School student Josecruz Morales sits at a computer desk. He is one of 80 students to participate in the “Hour of Code” program. | Photo By KPBS By Matthew Bowler Hoover High School student Josecruz Morales knows the importance of computer science. After learning computer coding, Morales said a whole new world opened…

  • Another Blow for English-Learning Students

    By Mario Koran It just keeps getting worse for English learners in San Diego Unified. This past summer the district started cutting a program for English learners – who already have the highest dropout rate in the district – and parents are now wondering what happened to the teachers who used to help their kids.…

  • What the School Budget Means for English Learners at Hoover – and Everywhere Else

    By Mario Koran Parents at Hoover High don’t care why the only teacher at the school assigned specifically to help English learners is going away next year. They care about the impact: They don’t want their kids to be mediocre. Hoover’s new principal, Joe Austin, had only been on the job a couple of months…

  • Students Map a Future for Themselves and Their Neighborhood

    What if you could tell city planners exactly what you would like to see fixed on the streets you walk and drive on every day? A project in City Heights is giving residents the opportunity to do just that. And KPBS education reporter Kyla Calvert takes us to a classroom where high school students are…

  • Sex Ed After Hours: CORE Brings Condoms and Hip Hop to Hoover

    Video Credit: Brian Myers and Edgar Montejano, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks In a departure from typical school-hall etiquette, Hoover High School students were encouraged to shout out slang and swear words for sex and reproductive organs on Feb. 8. Theresa Fox, a sex education speaker and spoken word artist, spat out…