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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.


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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

Prop 28 Information and Q & A with Russ Sperling
(Early 2023)

Prop28QandA.mp4