Monthly Archives: April 2015

Mark your calendars now… Saturday, May 30th at Greenfield Middle School. An event for all staff, parents, and students.
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Governing Board Members Suzanne Mullins and Tamara Otero

Emerging Fringe Program
San Diego County Regional Competition
January 5, 2015
RAW Space at The Spreckels Theatre Lyceum Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Preliminaries: Semifinals: Finals:
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 – 12pm. Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 – 6pm. Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 – 2pm.
The San Diego International Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce its premiere regional competition for performing artists, grades 7-12, to showcase their original works in a professional San Diego theater. Faculty from public and private schools are invited to choose entrants for competition in the San Diego International Fringe Festival’s first annual Emerging Fringe Program.
Prizes Awarded: 1st place – 2nd place – 3rd place –
$250 & School Trophy $150 & School Trophy $100 & School Trophy
All disciplines and genres of the performing arts are welcome to participate in the Emerging Fringe Competition. Teachers from each department may elect one student or a group. All acts entered into the preliminaries must present a piece no longer than 3 minutes. Professional Judges and audience members will vote on their choice of winners. The Final showcase will be the top 7 winners of the Semifinals. In the Finals, each group or soloist must perform the same piece from the Semifinals and in the second act they must perform a new piece under 3 minutes.
Teachers and schools are encouraged to choose students based on the following terms and conditions:
1. Student(s) must have been enrolled in grades 7-12 during the competition year.
2. All pieces must be original works created by the student(s).
3. Student(s) or group would benefit from exposure during San Diego International Fringe Festival.
4. Student(s) or group demonstrate professional work ethic.
5. A group consists of 10 or less performers on stage.
The deadline for submissions is April 15th, 2015. Information must be provided in full or your submission will not be accepted. Please email the Director of Special Events, Liliana Ciurlino at liliana@sdfringe.org with your school or department’s choice for Emerging Artist 2015, with these specifics:
• Primary contact information: Your full name, school name and department.
• Full names of all participating students.
• Title of piece, title of musical selection, and 40 word description of the work to be presented.
There will be no technical rehearsals. Performers have 1 minute to set up and strike sets. Music must be given to stage manager at call time on an IPod, mp3 player, or laptop.
You may submit a second entrant – HOWEVER, space may not be granted (depending on the number of schools participating).
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Due to the manner in which I was invited I couldn’t possibly say no. “Teacher, please will you do us the honor of your presence in our home for a meal. My wife, she is a good cook and we would like to thank you for everything you do for our daughter.”
And so… Today, about an hour after school, I locked up my classroom and walked down the street to their nearby apartment, uncertain of what I had gotten myself into.
Three freshly showered beautiful children greeted me at the door… The oldest, my second grader, effervesced as she proudly showed me their two bedroom apartment. She showed me their books, including the ones I had given her and a couple of old science textbooks that her dad had picked up at the thrift store from which he showed me the vocabulary he was learning that was highlighted in yellow- “weather map” and “space probe”. She showed me where she keeps her school things, and where her brother keeps his. When she showed me her clothes, I had to look twice because there were so few, and yet I thought how darling she looks every day. The house was sparsely furnished, but what they had was clean and neat and meaningful.
I had to hold back tears as I looked at the bounty of food they had made… Just for my visit. Knowing that I was a vegetarian, they had made special dishes. I ate until I couldn’t eat another thing! The father informed me before we started, “You can use a fork, but I cleaned my hands and in Afghanistan this is how we do it!” and he ate with his hands!
We talked of why they left Afghanistan (he had been a translator for the military hospital and was warned that he was at high risk remaining in the country) We spoke of politics and changing borders, and religion (they speak Farsi and are Muslim), the cost of rent, the special dishes they made, and hopes for their family. He lovingly encouraged his wife to speak English and said, “In America they let you make mistakes and no one laughs.”
We moved to the living room and had tea and pastries and nuts and berries… And more talk…
I watched the love that they had for each other and it was tangible.
I left with a full belly and a heart and soul that were overflowing.

Liz Saccone, Teacher
Lexington Elementary