A report from the San Diego County Grand Jury applauds Poway schools for their accomplishments.
A tradition is started with the first annual spelling bee at Midland Elementary.
The Place~Mate team will find out June 15 if they have been chosen to advance to the national competition held in Washington, D.C.
Anna Page has been selected to represent students on the Poway Unified School District’s Board of Education.
A quarter of PUSD students scored at the advanced level on the tests, much more than the statewide average of 9 percent at that level.
Alex Osicka and Anna and Ellie Feng of Creekside Elementary drew three of 19 winning posters to be featured in the city of San Diego’s 2013 Water Conservation Poster Calendar.
Three relocatable classrooms were sold to Oceanside schools for a buck apiece.
Principals were appointed for Abraxas High, Rancho Bernardo High, Twin Peaks Middle, Bernardo Heights Middle, Oak Valley Middle, Black Mountain Middle, Monterey Ridge Elementary and Sundance Elementary.
More than 100 student representatives will compete for placement in a national entrepreneurial competition by showcasing inventions like the Place~Mate and the Union-Tribloom.
The American Civil Liberties Union is raising concerns about a local elementary school's effort to have iPads for students.
The first four Hall of Fame inductees will be honored May 25.
An e-waste recycling event on May 19 will serve as a fundraiser for Poway schools.
Result is Home Run for Chelsea tourney, with the second event taking place Sunday around the county.
Unlike other school districts, Poway Unified and the teachers union sit down together and go over the budget line by line.
Many seniors were honored recently for years of volunteer hours helping children learn to read in the Seniors Helping Our Kids program.
The Poway Unified School District is recommending that Mt. Carmel Assistant Principal Ron Garrett replace retiring Abraxas Principal Rudy Casciato.
Poway High School is having an open art gallery on May 10.
The new school, fundraising and employee contracts are on the agenda.
Three parent group presidents were selected as overall district volunteers of the year.
The film “Race to Nowhere” caught our attention a year ago with its anti-testing, anti-homework message. Now the movement is at it again, heralding New York’s recent call to pull nonsensical questions about a pineapple from a standardized test.
Junior varsity teams battle to a 12-12 tie after the Bulldogs score six runs in the seventh inning.
Ramona outhits Poway, but final score showed 6-2 in favor of the Espola Road team.
Kaye Nguyen, class of ’01, returns to Poway High’s gymnastics program, this time as junior varsity coach.
The Titans travel to Westview on Tuesday, trailing the Wolverines by one game.
Jessica Jackson, 18, will host and perform in a standup comedy event for her senior project.
Sonya Wrisley has been the head of Oak Valley Middle School since 2004.
Contest was a classic as North edges South by one point at Horizon Christian High School.
The Girls Lacrosse of Poway serves as the only source of funding for high school and middle school lacrosse teams.
On April 21, Josh Miranda will host a concert benefiting the Chelsea’s Light Foundation for his senior project.
Erica Lohrenz (Mt. Carmel), Briana Stewart (Mt. Carmel) and Tiffany Tate (Poway) have been selected to play in the Girls game. Sam Beeler (Poway), Sam Okhotin (Westview) and Blake Watkins (Westview) have been selected to play in the Boys game.
The girls team travels to the Bay Area for two Spring Break games.
PUSD officials on Thursday surprised three teachers with district Teacher of the Year honors.
Molly Townsend is one of 60 musicians from Clemson University in South Carolina to be invited to play in London during the Summer Olympic Games.
Runs scored in the fourth inning that observers thought should have been negated by third out.
Chaparral Elementary School is holding its annual fundraising rummage sale Saturday.
The second interim budget report of the school year details the district’s finances and presents projected budgets for the next two school years.
The Poway Unified school board is set to meet at 6 p.m. Monday, March 12.
There is a growing movement in education to marry traditional curriculum with skills like critical thinking, financial literacy, wellness and global awareness to help our kids compete in the 21st century.
Valley Elementary will host a mandatory informational meeting on Thursday, March 22, for parents interested in enrolling their children in the 2012-13 school year.
UC San Diego celebrated what would have been Dr. Seuss' 108th birthday on Friday.