Rhoades School News Today

Seven San Diego students finalists in Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

CARMEL VALLEY Math-a-Thon invites grades 5-8 to compete The next Turing Math-a-Thon will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Carmel Valley Public Library, open to students in grades 5 through 8 in the San Diego area.

Eighth-grader Ashur Taylor in national spotlight after doing gravity-defying dance with Derek Hough on TV

ENCINITAS Rhoades School opens new preschool The Rhoades School recently hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its new preschool.

The new private school campus will serve students in grades 6 through 8

ENCINITAS Rhoades opening new preschool The Rhoades School will open a new preschool campus to accompany the school’s elementary and middle school locations.

CARLSBAD Educational Foundation chooses new CEO The Carlsbad Educational Foundation board of directors has chosen Laura Pitts to serve as its new chief executive officer.

La Mesa, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Santee, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday School boards: Alpine Union School District, 5:15 p.m. Wednesday; Cajon Valley Union School District (El Cajon), 5:30 p.m. Tuesday; Grossmont Union High School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Jamul-Dulzura Union School District, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; Lakeside Union Elementary School District, 6 p.m. Thursday; Lemon Grove School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Mountain Empire Unified School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday; San Diego Unified School District...

School service group helping older adults Pacific Ridge’s upper-school service learning group WIND usually focuses on international disaster relief. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WIND began a fundraising drive called “ACT Now.” The drive supports Serving Seniors, an agency that provides daily support, including meals, health service and housing access, to more than 8,000 older adults throughout San Diego County. The pandemic has increased the number of seniors served by 44 percent in 2020...

Print In a recent Rising Stars event at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, some 100 people gathered each night over two days outside in the center’s Lyric Court to hear 20 up and coming young artists who were selected out of 250 auditioning youths to perform in the ninth annual Rising Stars showcase. For many it was their first in-person performance in more than year because of the pandemic. It was especially meaningful for two teens who became friends seven years ago onstage ...