April 2011
64 posts
Talent Show
The Crawford Spring Talent Show will be held in the school auditorium on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 from 4:30PM to 6:30PM.
Tickets are: $3 with ASB Card, $5 without ASB Card & $5 at the door
Class Ring
Teachers of the Year for 2011 include Crawford...
Jonathan Winn of Crawford High’s School of Community Health and Medical Practices (CHAMPs) was named one of 3 San Diego Unified School District’s Teachers of the Year for 2011. Jonathan has only been a teacher for six years, joining Crawford CHAMPs as a math teacher four years ago. Winn has developed a high voltage classroom atmosphere that inspires high school students to get...
March 2011
92 posts
SDUSD contemplate new worst-case scenario
The San Diego Unified School District board is contemplating a much worse fiscal problem, even as it makes headway ratcheting back some preliminary budget cuts approved two weeks ago. Trustees earned some praise on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 for pecking away at the $114 million in preliminary budget cuts adopted March 10. They will rescind more than 200 pink slips and save some school nurses,...
Stakeholder Input Sought
In December, the Board of Education voted to increase the Title I school funding threshold from 40% to 75%. (The threshold is based on the number of students at a school who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.) The change would take place over a five-year period, starting in 2012-13. The Board members are looking for input from employees, parents, students, community members and other...
Tougher graduation requirements begin in 2016
Beginning with the Class of 2016, high school students in San Diego Unified School District will need three additional courses to earn a diploma under strict new graduation requirements adopted by the SDUSD board Tuesday, March 29, 2011. To learn more read the Union-Tribune article on SignOnSanDiego at:...
In Memory
Joseph Randazzo, Class of 1960
Passed Away on March 29, 2011
Will C. Crawford High School 1957
View more early photographs of Crawford High on the John Fry website at: http://www.johnfry.com/pages/PhotoSanDiego012.html
SDUSD schools honored
The John F. Kennedy Center announced on today… Tuesday, March 29, 2011— that the San Diego Unified School District will receive a national award for its support of high-quality in arts education. To learn more about this honor read the Union-Tribune article in SignOnSanDiego at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/29/san-diego-unified-honored-for-arts-education-amid/
March 23rd, 2011 Meeting
San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba and other education leaders from around San Diego County meet with Education Secretary Arne Duncan to discuss No Child Left Behind and other education issues.
Mobile Medical Clinic
The Mobile Medical Clinic will be at Crawford High on Friday, April 29th, 2011 from 8:30AM to 12:00PM.
Honoring the local teaching profession
The San Diego Padres and the San Diego County Office of Education in honoring the local teaching profession with the 10th Annual Teacher Appreciation Night at PETCO Park on Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 7:05 PM.
SENIOR EXHIBITION NEEDS PANELISTS
The Senior Exhibition is a preparatory process that supports high school seniors in their path towards a career or post-secondary education. Students are expected to prepare a resume, job application, research paper, apply for scholarships, reflect on class projects, and participate in an internship and mock interview. After completion of the previously listed requirements students create a...
Talent Show
Tryouts will be held on March 29, 30 & 31, 2011 from 2:30PM to 3:30PM in the school auditorium.
City Council
San Diego City Council President Tony Young is expected to weigh in the Wednesday, March 30, 2011 night meeting on a potential overhaul of the Board of the San Diego Unified School District, which would add four appointed seats to the five-member panel of elected representatives. The event is scheduled to begin at 6PM at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library, 10301 Scripps Lake Drive. Parking is...
Stop By and Say Hi
Visit the Crawford booth at the 15th Annual Rolando Street Fair is Sunday, March 27, 2011 and see the new spirit banner.
Football Coach Carl Brozelle in 1974
Free Lunch
April brings multiple opportunities for San Diego Unified School District children on Spring Break to have free lunches and snacks and participate in family BBQs as Spring Fun Café begins a three-week run on Monday, April 4. Lunch is free to kids age 18 and younger at eight City of San...
Crawford Complex Announcements
*End of Term - April 1st, 2011
*Crawford Madness - April 1st, 2011, 7PM to 11PM
*Crawford Cluster Meeting - April 4th, 2011, 6PM
*Spring Break - April 4th to April 8th, 2011
*ACT Test - April 9th, 2011
*CSC - April 13th, 2011
*Leadership Day - April 14th, 2011
*Talent Show - April 19th, 2011
*STAR Testing Window - April 21st to May 12th, 2011
*CSC - April 27th, 2011
*Submit your prom video...
Spring School Sports
Spirit of 1965
Spring School Sports
Universities Welcome Grads
Crawford’s School of Community Health and Medical Practices (CHAMPs) has much to celebrate this year as 37 of our 61 seniors make decisions about the universities they will be attending in the fall. The Class of 2011, graduating six years after the implementation of a small school dedicated to the study of medical careers and committed to the ideals of the AVID Program, is achieving...
Mathematics Honor Society
The 3rd Annual Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society Induction Ceremony will take place on April 21, 2011 in the Crawford Educational Complex Auditorium from 6:30PM to 9:00PM.
Spring School Sports
In Memory
Patty Bermer Fogarty, Class of 1961
Passed Away on December 12, 2010
Spring School Sports
Coach Taylor
Spring School Sports
Pink slips could be rescinded
Board President Richard Barrera will ask trustees of the San Diego Unified School District on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 to take $7.3 million in redevelopment funds now targeted for the library school to save up to 80 teaching jobs— and keep early elementary class sizes manageable— at the neediest campuses. The library project would get the money back from the San Diego Unified School...
50 Hoop Stars
San Diego Hall of Champions celebrates the 50th anniversary of the California Interscholastic Federation’s San Diego with the Walton Tops List of Fab 50 Hoop Stars 1960 to 2010. Included were the following 3 Colts: Larry Blum, Von Jacobsen and Tyrone Shelley.
The X Event
The Crawford High School SAVE Chapter in San Diego, California, held an X Event on Thursday, March 24, 2011 during national Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 21-25) to raise awareness, educate, prevent and reduce youth violence. The event took place at the Quad during lunch from 12:20PM to12:50PM. There were booths, activities and agencies that discussed teen safe driving, teen dating...
Spring School Sports
Budget cuts impact California high schools
A survey of almost a quarter of high school principals in the State of California found that 49 percent said they’d shortened the school year and 74 percent said class sizes had grown. Also, 88 percent of principals said the budget cuts have all but halted their school reform efforts, as key staff have been let go and time for professional development has been eliminated.
1967 Crawford Teams
Spring School Sports
Where Can I Purchase Old High School Yearbooks
Do you occasionally ask yourself, “where can I purchase old high school yearbooks?” If any of your yearbooks are missing, this may be one of the questions on your mind. If you need to replace a yearbook, the school has a few extra printed copies of yearbooks for sale. Contact Kelcie Butcher, Centaur Yearbook Advisor at: (619) 583-2500, ext. 4703. You can email her at:...
Crawford Quad in 1964
School Supplies
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 the San Diego Unified Emergency School Supply Fund was approved by the Board of Education. This fund is being administered by the San Diego Foundation under their 501(c)(3) IRS classification and gives parents, employees, community members and businesses the opportunity to support our schools.
The San Diego Unified Emergency School Supplies Fund accepts tax...
Crawford High Reunions
Crawford High Class of 1996, 15th Reunion
Mixer - Wet Willie’s, Downtown, July 8, 2011
Reunion - Kate Sessions Park, July 9, 2011
Contact: Chrissy Monyelle Sanchez
email: cmonyelle@hotmail.com
Governor’s K through 12 Education Budget 2011-12
K-12 education programs provide academic services to pupils between the ages of 3 and 19. Included in these services are standards-based academic instruction, special education services, vocational and career preparatory programs, child care and development services, teacher recruitment and development, adult education programs, and remedial instruction services. These programs work together to...
The Harold J. Ballard Parent Center Presents
Journey to Academic Success - Come to a parent workshop to prepare your student for college and career. Tuesday March 22, 2011 at 5:30PM to 7:00PM. Dinner will be served and childcare provided. For more information contact Dr. Patrick Holland at 619/583-2503.
Immunization
Parents and employees are reminded that a new California law requires that students entering 7th through 12th grades in the 2011-2012 school year must be immunized with a pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine booster called Tdap before they can start school. Parents must provide their child’s school with proof of immunization or come to the school to sign a Personal Belief Exemption...
Crawford CHAMPs Students Get a Peek
Students from CHAMPs Health Essentials classes recently visited Mesa Community College. Mesa College offers six Allied Health programs and CHAMPs students were able to sit in on dental and medical assisting courses, observe a technician drawing blood, and speak with the Director of Animal Health Technology. The high school students got a peek at a day in the life of a college student pursuing an...
School year could end weeks early
Teachers and parents throughout the region and state have grown accustomed to significant cutbacks in their public schools, increased demands for fundraising and threats to layoff faculty as California copes with its relentless fiscal crisis. That means children could be cut lose from school in April next year, just after Easter. For every one-day reduction in instruction the state would save...
San Diego Schools More Segregated
Southern California schools have grown more segregated for black and Latino students as the number of Latino students surged, a report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA finds. The level of isolation for black students depends on whether or not they enroll in SDUSD, the largest district in the county. Eighteen percent of black students attending SDUSD are in 90-100% minority schools,...
