Day of Dance

• On a weekday in May, middle and high school dance programs visit Dorothea Laub Dance Place in Liberty Station for dance workshops and a professional dance presentation. This year’s partner companies include San Diego Dance Theater, San Diego Ballet, Malashock Dance, The Rosin Box Project, H2O Dance Company, bkSOUL, DISCO RIOT, DanzArts, and Brandon Lazo.

District Choral Showcases

• On a weekday in February, elementary, middle, and high school choirs perform for each other in Henry High's PHAME theater. After their performance, they receive an onstage clinic from a conductor with San Diego Children's Choir or San Diego Master Chorale. 

Band and Orchestra Festival

• In a partnership with the San Diego Symphony, on a weekend in April, selected high school bands and orchestras perform a free, open-to-the-public concert at the Rady Shell. Students are able to watch their peers from the audience.

JumpStart Musical Theatre Conference

• On a weekend in February, middle school students from JumpStart Theatre programs (a partnership with La Jolla Playhouse, iTheatrics and EdTA Foundation) come together for a mini musical theatre conference hosted by the Mira Mesa High School Theatre Program. These students and teachers from across the district attend interactive workshops in dance, voice, acting and food prop construction, and are treated to performances by MMHS alumni and a musical number from their most recent musical.

Honor Theatre Project

• During February and March, La Jolla Playhouse teaching artists travel to various high schools to guide theatre students in creating devised theatre scenes. In March and April, a separate group of students rehearses the interdisciplinary production and performs it as part of La Jolla Playhouse's internationally acclaimed WOW Festival. 

JumpStart Theatre Showcase

• The JumpStart Theatre Showcase is the end-of-the-year capstone event for JumpStart middle school musical theatre programs, in which students from all JumpStart schools come together at La Jolla Playhouse to share a musical number from their production.

District Art Exhibition

• In the month of March, visual and media artworks collected from all ages across the district are displayed at the SDUSD Education Center as well as online. There is a public reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition at the Ed Center.

Honor Art Exhibition

• In April, high school students submit works of art (including drawings, paintings, ceramics, photography, animation, and film) for evaluation by art exhibition professionals from Art Produce, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Mesa College Museum Studies program. Selected works are displayed in a professional space.