These Are the 100 Best Public High Schools in America
By Lexi Pandell, Stacker News
On 1/27/21 at 8:00 PM EST
As filmmaker and writer Nora Ephron said during a 96 commencement address at Wellesley College, Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead. If that s the case, high school may be one of the greatest dress rehearsals of all.
It s a place where students explore their interests, dive into extracurricular activities, finally get the freedom to choose their own classes, and prepare for college or the workplace. For many of these students and their families, public education is key: 56.4 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in 2020; and there are almost 24,000 public high schools in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
CVMS and CCA graduate starts internship at Tesla HQ
Miguel on his first day on the job.
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Miguel Nepomuceno, 20, Class of 2018 graduate of Canyon Crest Academy, has started a nine-month internship at the Tesla HQ in Palo Alto as a member of the Power Electronics Team. He is currently in his junior year in mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley.
Miguel started displaying a curiosity about engineering in 7th grade at Carmel Valley Middle School. He signed up for an elective in pre-engineering and joined Math League under the tutelage of David Vaughn, who coached California’s State MATHCOUNTS Team to victory in the 2014 Nationals. Miguel said he “cannot thank Mr. Vaughn enough” for his invaluable support, encouragement and mentorship throughout his growing up years in his Carmel Valley Ashley Falls neighborhood.
Student group advocates for diversity, multiculturalism in SDUHSD schools
Diversify Our Narrative student representatives from SDUHSD presented to the SDUHSD board on Jan. 14.
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The local chapter of Diversify Our Narrative, a national student-led organization, has ambitious goals to make meaningful changes within their schools to promote diversity, inclusion and educational equity.
The San Dieguito Union High School District students in Diversify Our Narrative (DON) hope to encourage the district to incorporate more texts by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) authors in English and literature courses and to stoke more discussion on identity bias and race in the classroom. Their long-term goals include having ethnic studies as a separate, mandatory course for high school graduation.
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Canyon Crest Academy’s Amy Villanova will be honored with the 2020 California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Byron Hoyt/Don Schmeer Band Educator Award, the top award honoring excellence in instrumental education and performance in the state of California.
Amy Villanova
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Eligible educators for the honor includes all music educators in public and private schools, colleges and universities in the state of California.
Villanova, the coordinator for Instrumental Music, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Band at CCA, becomes the first educator within the San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) to be honored with the state’s Band Educator Award since its inception in 2000. She is just the third educator working in San Diego County to be selected for the award alongside Jerri Webb (2017, Westview High School) and Jeanne Christensen (2016, Mira Mesa High School).
On Dec. 17, a group of San Dieguito Union High School District students protested for a safer reopening of their schools, sending a message that they want their voices heard and to ensure that their teachers are protected. The students held signs that read: “Keep us safe,” “We stand with our teachers”, “If you don’t act like adults we will” and “You can’t put kids first if you put teachers last.”
The protest was prompted by the board’s decision on Dec. 15 to expand the reopening of schools to five days a week on Jan. 27 and due to board member Michael Allman questioning the value of student input as they determine reopening plans.