Hickman’s PEP Junior Kindergarten Gives “The Gift of Time”
June 27, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
Hickman Elementary offers a “Junior Kindergarten” program called “PEP” for Primary Extended Program. This class is for the youngest Kindergarten-age eligible children (turning 5 between June 1 and December 2) who may benefit from an additional year before entering a regular full-day Kindergarten the following year.
A San Diego Unified School District approved pilot program, PEP began in 2006 and provides an alternative and voluntary choice for parents. Recent news reports have shown that today’s Kindergarten includes previously 1st Grade expectations while at the same time California has amongst the youngest populations of Kindergarten students (most states have cut-off birthdates of September 1st and some at June 1st to turn 5 years old). Many California districts have created similar classes to PEP to support these young children.
Research-based and modeled after Poway Unified School District’s program, PEP allows for the time needed for developmental maturation socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively to succeed with greater readiness for today’s very high academic standards in Kindergarten and 1st Grade.
Hickman parents and teachers are seeing the value of developmental readiness and maturity as overall school scores have risen, data shows great success of former PEP students, and parents are 100% supportive and appreciative of the program. PEP is not a remedial class, but a developmental Kindergarten that is California Standards-based. Primarily for students who enter Kindergarten still 4 years old, PEP provides for a strong foundation for early and long-term school success. Children participate in all regular school activities and events 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. daily. The second year the students begin a regular, full day Kindergarten with greater readiness skills.
Hickman Elementary is currently accepting PEP applications and CHOICE applications. The school is located in Mira Mesa at 10850 Montongo Street, San Diego, CA 92129 and the school number is (858) 271-5210.
Hickman’s office will reopen August 26th but during the summer break the Principal may be contacted by district e-mail (jwroblewski@sandi.net) for PEP enrollment information.
Document Shredding, E-Recycling, & Rummage Sale at Mira Mesa High
May 14, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
Document Shredding and E-Recycling, Plus Rummage Sale at Mira Mesa High School
This Saturday and Sunday, May 15th and 16th is the perfect weekend to get rid of all those boxes of documents that you have been planning on shredding, but just haven’t gotten around to doing. Identity theft is huge and is growing more each year, so it is important to shred any documents that have information about you on them (except for the ones you need to keep, like tax records).
This weekend from 9AM – 4PM each day you can take your boxes of documents to the Mira Mesa High School parking lot and get them shredded for $10 for your first bankers box of documents, and $5 for each additional box. This can save you hours and hours of time in front of your personal shredder, as well as save the shredder’s motor.
At the same time you can bring all your old electronic junk you have sitting around the house to the High School parking lot and they will get rid of that for you as well. They are accepting things like: electronics, TV’s, computers, cables, wires, cords, monitor, laptop, cell phones, and more…
WHEN:
Saturday May 15, 2010
Sunday May 16, 2010
(9AM – 4PM Each Day)
WHERE:
Mira Mesa High School (Parking Lot)
10510 Reagan Road
San Diego, CA 92126-3298
The Mira Mesa High School Class of 2012 is also having a Huge Rummage Sale benefiting their Senior Prom from 8AM – Noon in the school parking lot on Saturday, so you do a little shopping after you get done recycling!
Save Money with Groupon San Diego and Signon Daily Deal
May 8, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
Who doesn’t like saving money? I know I do! Well this probably isn’t new to a lot of you out there, but it was new to me… so I thought I would share. Have you heard of Groupon San Diego?
Groupon is a “Deal of the Day” type of website that offers a new local discount “Groupon” each day. These can save you up to 90% on different products and services around San Diego.
The way it works is Groupon make deals with local merchants to offer big discounts on individual products or services for one day and they create an assurance contract with them. What that mean is they guarantee the merchant a certain minimum number of sales to be made. So if that number is met, the deal is on and it becomes available to everyone. But if that number is not met… nobody gets the deal for that product. This helps take some of the risk away from the retailer, as they can treat the “Groupon” as quantity discount coupon, and it is also a great promotional tool to get their name out there.
I have been a member for just over two weeks now and I have not seen a Deal fall below the required number, but I am sure it is possible.
Check out the image on the right to see a few of the great deals they offered recently. I actually would have liked to have purchased each one of those deals, but some of them were offered before I ever heard of Groupon San Diego. My boys would have loved me to get that paintball Groupon, and we always go to Belmont Park a couple of times each year, so that $10 All Day Pass would have been a no-brainer!
Not only is it a great site for saving you money on stuff for you and your family, but it also a great place to buy gifts as well.
To compete with the great success Groupon San Diego is having, the San Diego Union-Tribune and some partners have created their own version and it is called the “Signon Daily Deal“. They are brand new, but they offer some AWESOME DISCOUNTS as well. Yesterday I purchased a $100 voucher for the restaurant Bellefleur (great downtown eatery), which also included a Free Bottle of Wine for only $50. I am going to use it to take my wife out for a nice romantic night on the town.
So what are you waiting for? Head over to both Groupon San Diego and Signon Daily Deal and get on their Daily Alert lists today. It is absolutely free to sign-up, and I promise you that you will glad you did!
My Groupon Deal of the Day and Signon Daily Deal emails are literally the only emails I look forward to receiving each day, as I love saving money and finding new things to do in San Diego, as well as new places to eat.
Mira Mesa Free Classified Ads Now Open
May 7, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
One of the main requests we have received over the last few years was to add a Classified Ads section to the website. Until just recently there was really no good software programs available that would integrate well with the back-end of this site’s software. Well fortunately there is now, and we are “Beta Testing” it on MiraMesa.com.
It is actually more than a beta test, as it is fully functional and should be working fine. I just say we are beta testing it because I am sure there will be lots of tweaking and categories to be added, so if you start using it… please make sure to send us some feedback of what you like and don’t like, as well as anything you think we need to add.
Now the Classifieds will be different than the Business Directory (that we already have on MiraMesa.com), so please don’t list your business in this section. The Classified section is more for things like; Selling Cars and Household Items, listing Garage Sales, posting photos of Lost Pets, listing Rental Properties or Rooms for Rent, etc… and we even have a Help Wanted section so local businesses can hopefully find some good employees that live close to work.
So please give it a try and make sure to let your friends and neighbors know about it as well. Like any good idea, it will take a while to catch on… but hopefully each week it will grow more and more, and people will start to take advantage of it, especially since it is FREE!
Taste of Mira Mesa V – April 6, 2010
March 15, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Community
Presents
The Taste of Mira Mesa V
Tues, April 6th, 2009
6:30-8:30pm
To Be Held At Gen Probe
(Tickets Only $25)
Join the Mira Mesa Community In This Special Event, Taste Food Samples From Many Restaurants In The Area, Check Out Our Tremendous Display Of Silent Auction Baskets, Mingle With Other Mira Mesans and Enjoy The Entertainment!
Childcare Provided
Please visit www.MiraMesaHighSchoolFoundation.org to view photos of previous year’s events
To get your tickets or if you need more information please contact Esther Alamedden at ealameddin@gmail.com, you can also purchase tickets from Jennifer Kvalvik jkvalvik@sandi.net or Christine Hight chight@sandi.net at Mira Mesa High School. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you all there.
Support 4th of July Fireworks at Casino Night on March 12th
March 8, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
“Casino Night”, the annual fundraiser to support the Mira Mesa Community 4th of July, returns this year with the theme “Mardi Gras”. 
Casino Night is scheduled for Friday, March 12, beginning at 5 p.m. The Country Inn and Suites, 5975 Lusk Blvd., will again be the site of this fun-filled fund-raiser.
This year, Casino Night will get a boost from the Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is committed to supporting the Mira Mesa Community, and the annual 4th of July event is one of Mira Mesa’s most popular community events. The event is also an excellent chance for Mira Mesa businesses to say “thank you” to their employees and clients, by sponsoring a game table or auction item.
Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring game tables can download a sponsorship form from the Mira Mesa Town Council website. Additionally, auction items are being sought for Casino Night and donors will receive tickets to the event. Donation forms are also available at the MMTC website.
For additional information, or to sponsor a table or donate an auction item, contact Bonnie Apple at 858-784-3676 or Bonnie.Apple@expresspros.com, or Sandy Smith at 858-361-5229 or sandysmt@san.rr.com.
Mira Mesa Farmer’s Market is Back!
March 8, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
After a couple month winter hiatus, the Mira Mesa Farmer’s Market is back open and ready for business.
If you are looking for some farm fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, specialty foods, farm fresh eggs, fish, baked goods, cheeses, olive oils, honey, jams and jellies, arts & crafts, boutique items, clothing, accessories, and more… then make sure you stop by each week.
The Market is open every Tuesday from 3-6pm and I believe it will be staying open until 7 with the next time change.
It is located right in front of Mira Mesa High School at the corner of Mira Mesa Blvd. and Reagan Rd.
Sandy Smith – Mira Mesa 2009 Volunteer of the Year
March 8, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
We would like to congratulate Sandy Smith for being the 2009 Volunteer of the Year in Mira Mesa. Sandy has been a very active volunteer in the community for many years now, and this annual award is very well deserved.
She is the current chairperson (last year as well) of the 4th of July Committee and has been a very active member for several years. You would think that that alone would be enough volunteer work for one person, as it takes a ton of effort to put on events to raise money and organize the festivities of the 4th of July, but she does that and so much more.
I could go on and on about the different groups and committees she is on and been on, so instead… I will just list the groups she has been a member of over the years. She is still active in many of these groups and is serving on the board of some as well. I am sure I probably missed a few, but you’ll see why she is so deserving of being the Mira Mesa Volunteer of the Year for 2009…
Mira Mesa Town Council
Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce
Mira Mesa HEROES
Mira Mesa Theater Guild
Stakeholders Committee
Kiwanis
NEC
Mira Mesa High School Business Partnership Council
Mira Mesa Community Planning Group
Hillery DAR Subcommittee
CONGRATULATIONS SANDY… Keep up the GREAT WORK!
Circus Vargas is Coming to Mira Mesa – March 18th – 22nd
March 6, 2010 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Local Events
Circus Vargas (California’s Own Circus) is heading to Mira Mesa. If you are looking for some dazzling visual entertainment and a lot of laughs, then you don’t want to miss this year’s show.
Newly overhauled for 2010, complete with a brand new Big Top Tent, Circus Vargas should be a sure hit for your entire family.
Make sure to get there early so your kids can participate in the FREE interactive pre-show. It will be hosted by Jon Weiss, Reality Star from CBS’s “Amazing Race”. Your kids will be be allowed in the center ring under the Big Top to get a feel of what it is like to be in the circus. Jon will be guiding everyone in a quick course on some circus performing basics like; juggling, feather balancing and learning to hula-hoop! You definitely don’t want to miss that.
You can purchase tickets online at their website or at the event itself. You can also find $5.00 Off Child Discount Coupons at many businesses around Mira Mesa, so make sure to look for those next time you are out shopping.
Don’t Miss Breakfast with Mrs. Claus!
November 30, 2009 by Doug Dillard
Filed under Upcoming Events
Mira Mesa Boy Scout Troop 1212 presents Breakfast with Mrs. Claus on Saturday, Dec. 12th at the Souplantation from 9am to 11am. Don’t miss this wonderful annual event.
(See Flyer below for details)
