St. James Academy earns Green Ribbon honor
St. James Academy was recently named a California Green Ribbon bronze-level recipient, the first Catholic school in Southern California and the third in the state...
Education
Divided council approves all-way stop near Paul Ecke Elementary
The Paul Ecke Central Elementary School community will get the four-way stop sign on Vulcan Avenue they have coveted for years, but the council’s decision...
Parent fight follows Capri Elementary fundraiser
NOTE: This story has been updated from a previous version. A fundraiser for Capri Elementary School on March 25 that was billed as “a...
CHSTV going live with election coverage Tuesday
CARLSBAD — The esteemed Carlsbad High School broadcast journalism program is venturing into this year’s election coverage. Broadcasting from Golden Hall in San Diego on...
Solana Center’s ‘Eco Container’ espouses sustainable message
Deep inside the infield of the Del Mar racetrack, tucked away from the fried Oreo sandwiches and rides at the San Diego County Fair, a...
‘An investment in education pays the best return’
The above quote (courtesy of American founding father Ben Franklin) is from Richard Loth’s Fund Investor’s Schoolhouse website’s home page — fundschoolhouse.org....
COW project helps Roosevelt students think outside the box
At 12 years old, Sullivan Brown is passionate about gardening. He’s grown corn, watermelon, tomatoes, and most recently, cilantro....
Eco kits bring environmental awareness into the classrooms
The half-dozen or so fish swam blissfully unaware that they’ve been intertwined in a symbiotic relationship with the rows of small leafy green plants sprouting...
2.5% pay increase approved for teachers, management at EUSD
ENCINITAS — All 545 EUSD (Encinitas Union School District) employees received a 2.5 percent raise — retroactive to July 2013 — as part of a...
Kid Akademy aims to change learning with student-made tutorials
ENCINITAS — The website Khan Academy popularized go-at-your-own-pace learning with free instructional videos. And Kid Akademy, a locally grown spin-off, looks to improve on the...
Academic program expansion put on hold
CARLSBAD — Despite parent praises and encouragement from the city’s mayor, the Carlsbad Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees decided not to expand the...
Partnerships key to luring education sites to city
CARLSBAD — If the City Council is going to have any luck attracting a higher education institute to the city, and bring in all of...
Four-year degrees at community colleges? Why Not?
Maybe it’s been just an ego thing or a matter of turf, but administrators and some alumni groups at the University of California and the...
The best kept secret in college prep schools
Education is a very hot topic these days, especially if you’re a parent of a teenager entering a college preparatory school (grades 7 through 12)....
Education gets culinary kick from instructor
DEL MAR — Fernanda Larson is a certified nutritionist and culinary instructor who uses cooking to teach reading, writing and arithmetic as well as science,...