By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Foundation awarded $3.5 million in scholarships to 983 local college students at its annual Community Scholarships Program awards ceremony on July 30. Scholarship recipients, their loved ones, and San Diego Foundation donors and volunteers convened at the San Diego Zoo to celebrate another record-breaking year and honor the […]
North Island Credit Union launches book drive to benefit Local Title 1 schools
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–North Island Credit Union has launched a book drive to help ensure children in low-income households have access to books outside the classroom. The book drive is being conducted in partnership with the Scripps Howard Foundation and ABC 10News as part of its “If You Give a Child a Book […]
United Way of San Diego hosts ‘Back to School Drive’ for students and families
San Diego, CA–As the summer break approaches, students everywhere will be gearing up for another school year. On July 18, United Way of San Diego County began hosting its annual month-long “Back to School Drive” through August 15 to gather new supplies for local students and families in need. “With families in our community still […]
San Diego Foundation awards funds to support basic needs of local college students
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Foundation has awarded $495,000 to 10 local nonprofit organizations to support approximately 34,000 local college students’ basic needs, such as food and housing assistance, technology resources and internet access, and mental and behavioral health care. In the most comprehensive study of basic needs and college student success by […]
Allgire Foundation accepting scholarship applications for students in affordable housing communities
San Diego, CA–As college-bound and post-secondary students prepare for the 2022 – 2023 school year, many are uncertain about how they will pay their tuition and school materials this school year. The nonprofit Allgire Foundation invites students (high school seniors or older) who have been affected by affordable housing in San Diego to apply for […]
Newly elected student board members sworn in at San Diego Unified
San Diego, CA–Two new Student Board Members were sworn into office at last night’s San Diego Unified Board of Education meeting. Their terms will take effect July 1 and end on June 30, 2023. Student Board Member Lea Nepomuceno will be a senior at Scripps Ranch High School this fall, while fellow Student Board Member […]
UC San Diego Extended Studies identifies top 10 jobs post COVID-19 pandemic
San Diego, CA–As people across the globe continue to find their way back to normality post the unprecedented impacts left by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of work has changed. To help early-career professionals and career changers navigate this shifting landscape, the Center for Research and Evaluation (CR+E) at UC San Diego’s Division of Extended […]
San Diego Unified, educators to address labor shortage, retain and attract new staff
San Diego, CA–The San Diego Unified School District will strengthen efforts to recruit and retain educators for hard-to-staff positions under an agreement with the San Diego Education Association (SDEA) that helps address a labor shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego Unified will offer $10,000 hiring incentives for special education and school nursing positions […]
San Diego Unified, city leaders join Marston Middle School students in groundbreaking ceremony
San Diego, CA–A “greener” chapter is on the horizon for Marston Middle School students. Students joined San Diego Unified and City of San Diego leaders Thursday to mark the start of their campus modernization that will transform the Marston Middle campus in Clairemont. “It will be a transformative new chapter for the students and athletes […]
17 Oceanside high school students to receive Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. scholarships
By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–Seventeen students from two Oceanside high schools will share $100,000 in scholarship funds as recipients of the 2022 City of Oceanside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. scholarship awards. The students will be introduced at the annual Garden Reception, to be held on May 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the […]
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