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FIDDLE FEST
Join us for the Fiddle Fest concert on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7pm!
Witness our students in grades 1-12 playing violin, viola, or cello of all levels in the 10th Annual Fiddle Fest.
The concert will be held in the auditorium at Clairemont High School and is free.
PROP 28 VAPA ELEMENTARY POSITIONS
Given increased resources from Proposition 28, passed by the voters in November 2022, the Visual and Performing Arts Department has added 22 new elementary teaching positions in the 2023-2024 school year, and will be adding 22 more next year. Teachers are hired to teach either (1) performing arts (dance, music and theater) or (2) visual and media arts. These teachers will teach all grades, UTK-5, and will serve multiple sites as an itinerant teacher. These are full-time (1.0 FTE) 10-month teaching positions.
AWARD-WINNING ARTS TEACHERS 2023-2024
Meera Ramanathan | Visual Arts Teacher - Zamorano Fine Arts Academy | CAEA 2023 San Diego Area Ruth Jansen Award for Exemplifying and Promoting Excellence in Visual Arts Education
AWARD-WINNING ARTS TEACHERS 2022-2023
Trishaa Camp | Dance Teacher - Scripps Ranch High School | SDUSD High School Teacher of the Year, May 2023
Jennifer Dossett | Music Teacher - Clairemont High School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Achievement, March 2023
Jessica Rogawski | Visual Art Teacher - San Diego High School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Achievement, March 2023
Jason Berman | Media Arts Teacher - Millennial Tech Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Innovation, March 2023
Meera Ramanathan | Visual Arts Teacher - Zamorano Fine Arts Academy | VAPA Spotlight Award for Artistic Innovation, March 2023
Danny Jones | Music & Theatre Teacher - Knox Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Community Engagement, March 2023
Brianna Valeska | Music Teacher - Grant K-8 | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Community Engagement, March 2023
Teri Ang | Theatre Teacher - Horace Mann Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Leadership, March 2023
Cassandra Brown | Music Teacher - Wangenheim Middle School | VAPA Spotlight Award for Creative Leadership, March 2023
Matt Mulvaney | Music Teacher - Mira Mesa High School | SCSBOA All-Southern Honor String Orchestra conductor, January 2023
Sara Freese | Music Teacher - Crown Point Junior Music Academy | Peripole General Music Educator Award, December 2022, California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section
Matt Mulvaney | Music Teacher - Mira Mesa High School | Gold Award of Recognition, April 2022, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA)
SCHUCHMAN & MACKENZIE-HANEY MUSIC AWARDS 2023
JP Balmat | Mission Bay High School | HS Instrumental
Marielena Teng | Mira Mesa High & Challenger Middle | Secondary Choir
Paula Richardson | Wilson Middle School | MS Instrumental
Matt Lyons | Oak Park Elementary School | Elementary prep-time music
Wyatt Ellison | Elementary VAPA music
Prop 28 Information and Q & A with Russ Sperling
(Early 2023)
(Early 2023)
Prop28QandA.mp4