Superintendent’s 
Monthly Update
Poway Unified 
School District
Spring 2007

Dear Parents and Community Members,

The fifth annual State of the District Report was presented to the PUSD Board of Education on April 10.  I would like to share with you a portion of my message that is in the report and encourage you to look for the report on the PUSD web page.

The State of the District Report charts the progress of our students and the school district toward meeting the district and state goals and standards.

The foundation for the report began six years ago when the PUSD staff and community worked with the Board of Education to set forth a comprehensive strategic plan that focused on the work of the school district. We are committed to continuous improvement focused on increased student achievement.

The strategic plan builds on increasing literacy skills in reading, writing, and mathematics.  We have raised the academic bar for all graduates because we believe graduates will need to pursue college or other postsecondary training to remain competitive in a global economy. 

As a result of the district’s consistent focus, we have realized significant growth over the past five years.

Ø      Since 2002 the district’s overall Academic Performance Index (API) has grown from 818 to 858. 

Ø      The State of California has set an API target of 800 or better; currently, only 30% of schools in the state are above 800.  In contrast, 94% of PUSD schools are above 800 this year. 

Ø      The new high-stakes graduation test, the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), took effect for the class of 2006.  Only five students in Poway Unified who were on track to graduate did not pass the final test.  Our pass rate was 99.97%.

Ø      The percentage of students taking one or more advanced placement classes during their high school career has risen from 29% in 2002 to 49% in 2006. 

The State of the District Report further refines the data by subgroup performance and looks at a host of other measures.  This data is tracked over time as one part of our accountability and improvement system.

I encourage you to look at the 2006-2007 State of the District Report online at http://www.powayusd.com/news/state-district-06-07/ for a grade-by-grade, school-by-school, and district wide review of student performance and college readiness on multiple measures. The report also contains information about attendance and growth patterns, financial summaries, building projects and construction timelines, employees of the year, student recognition, and major accomplishments for 2006.

The Board set forward in 2002 a bold plan to build four additional elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school by the 2009-2010 school year to accommodate the build-out in the northwest quadrant of our school district.  Voters passed Proposition U in November of 2002 to support the comprehensive renovation and expansion of 24 schools in the School Facilities Improvement District.  In addition to $198 million from Proposition U, the District has secured $68 million from state funding and an additional $90 million from a variety of local funding sources.  The program has been very successful in meeting the original objectives of modernizing and expanding our oldest facilities first and providing top-flight high school facilities across the District.  While we will not be able to complete all projects set out in the program due to unprecedented levels of inflation, the program will provide first-rate educational facilities for many years to come.

Finally, I wish to thank you for your ongoing involvement and support.  We know that the power of our partnership with our parents and community serves as the bedrock of our success in making Poway Unified one of the finest school districts.  We look forward to working together to continue to move our district forward for the benefit of all of our students.

Sincerely,

Don Phillips
Superintendent

STUDENT RECOGNITION

These are examples of the fine accomplishments occurring at our schools every day.

·         The following 25 Poway Unified School District high school seniors are National Merit Scholarship finalists.  These students are judged on college entrance exam scores, academic records, evidence of leadership, essays, and recommendations.  Nearly one million entrants from more than 20,000 high schools in the United States entered the 2006-2007 National Merit Program by taking the 2005 PSAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in their junior year, which served as an initial screening of program entrants.

·         Mt. Carmel High School senior Karen A. Hsu, Poway High School senior Emily L. Hulme, and Westview High School senior Linda Ge have been named as candidates in the 2007 Presidential Scholars Program.  The 2,600 candidates were selected from nearly 2.8 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2007.  Inclusion in the Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 43^rd year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors.  Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character, and involvement in community and school activities.

·         Poway High School students participated in the Region 6 VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of    America) Skills USA competition receiving 21 gold medals.  These students will be going on to the California State Skills USA Competition to be held at the Riverside Convention Center April 19-22.  Erin Canning and Ken Faverty are the advisors for Chapter 619 Skills USA at Poway High School.

 The following students received gold medals in the specified categories:

·         Adobe Bluffs Elementary School second grade students Kian Faizi, David Mao, and Cameryn Cousar are being recognized by Toshiba Corporation/NSTA for their project entitled, “Polymer Activated Life Saving System (PALSS), the Next Generation of Fire Fighting.”  This project is one of 24 regional projects to advance to the national level for the next round of competition.  The students’ second grade teacher is Stacey Lamb.

·         Poway High School Robotics Team #1622 won third place overall in the Northrop Grumman VexBot Competition.  Participating students were: Matt Howard (senior), Matt Miller (freshman), Nick Stark (junior), and Kyle Zampell (junior).  The students were competing side-by-side against professionals in this competition.  Their instructor is Rodger Dohm.

·         The following students participated in the San Diego State University Black History Month Essay Contest on February 17 and won top honors: First Place, Jessica Hong (sixth grade), Second Place, Gianna Christie (sixth grade), and Third Place, Pearl Beavers (sixth grade), all from Meadowbrook Middle School.  In addition to these three, other finalists selected to read their essays at the Gospel Fest were: Michelle Niu, Mark Pareja, Joshua Shin, who are sixth graders from Meadowbrook Middle School, and Nolan Nahar, seventh grader from Oak Valley Middle School.  Mrs. Elaine Bailey’s sixth grade class at Meadowbrook Middle School sent in the most essays, a total of 52.

·         Members of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association’s All-Southern California High School Honor Band include Mt. Carmel High School students Elisia Coulombe (junior) and Matt Waters (junior); Westview High School students Paul Yong (senior) and Jennifer Delizo (junior); and Rancho Bernardo High School students Amanda Hill (senior), Chris Burgess (freshman), Kirk Jeong (senior), Alex Holland (senior), Justin Nidzieko (senior), Devin Lew (senior), Ben Diamond (senior), Eric Hom (senior), Kyle Mylonakis (sophomore), Matt Sumida (freshman), Andrew Thompson (senior), Julie Gill (junior), and Rachel Dickstein (junior).  They performed January 28 at Cal State Long Beach.

·         Members of the California Band Director's Association All-State High School Honor Band who were accepted by audition and performed in Fresno on February 16-19 include Mt. Carmel High School students Elisia Coulombe (junior), Banri Hoshi (senior), Melanie Krieg (junior), Scott Lingner (senior), Scott Michel (junior), Stephanie Panlasigui (senior), Nicole Reyes (freshman), Jessica Ryder (junior), and Stephen Wu (junior); Rancho Bernardo High students Chris Burgess (freshman), Ben Diamond (senior), Amanda Hill (senior), Alex Holland (senior), Eric Hom (senior), Kirk Jeong (senior), and Devin Lew (senior); Poway High School sophomore Katrina Lettang; and Westview High School senior Arash Ashtari.

·         Ben Blaustein, Westview High School sophomore, was awarded First Place in the North County Rotary Chapter’s Four-way Speech Contest.

·         Black Mountain Middle School students Mariel Garcia Chamier, seventh grade, and Nora Pantfoerder, sixth grade, were selected as “YMCA Students of Good Character” for winning the YMCA Essay Poster Contest hosted by SDG&E and the YMCA of San Diego County.  The students were selected because of their ability to demonstrate an understanding of the YMCA core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.  

•     Mt. Carmel High School students Sam Bratt (sophomore), Jeff Guthrie (senior), Katie Hairfield (senior), Rishy Kashyap (junior), Bridget Plowman (freshman), Brooke Plowman (senior), Andrea "Lulu" Santos (senior), Matt Sessions (senior), Marina Sturney (freshman), and John Wheeler (senior) competed and won the National High School Performing Arts Competition in New York City on February 24 with a 20-minute performance of "The Complete History of America... abridged."  Diane Jones is the drama advisor.

·         Danielle Sheikholeslami, Tammy Allen, and Sophia Sun, Oak Valley Middle School sixth graders, placed first in the San Diego Flute Guild's Duet and Ensemble Competition on February 11.  Third Place was awarded to Breana Sheffield (sixth grade) and Skyler MacKinnon (fifth grade), also from Oak Valley Middle School.  Their advisor is Liliana Lazzari.

·         Turtleback Elementary School students participated in the Destination Imagination State Tournament in Sacramento on March 31.  Fourth grade students Adam Bilmes, Kiyo Hachisuka, Parker Lappin, and Richard Zhang placed second in California. Their challenge, Switching Traditions, required them to learn about traditions in six countries and incorporate them into a skit. The team will represent California at the Global Finals on May 23 with the other winning teams from the United States and countries around the world.

·         Kaylan Lamb and Kasey Sanseverino, sixth graders at Black Mountain Middle School were nominated by their teacher, Amy Huff, and accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum (while attending fifth grade at Adobe Bluffs Elementary School).  These girls will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., April 9-15, 2007, to earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the United States' most prominent monuments and institutions.

·         Kayla Ross, senior, Rancho Bernardo High School, was crowned Miss Rancho Bernardo in the Miss Rancho Bernardo Pageant held March 18, 2007.

·         Brianna Slatnick, junior, Rancho Bernardo High School, was crowned Miss Rancho Bernardo Teen in the Miss Rancho Bernardo Pageant held March 18, 2007.

·         The All-Academic Teams and listings of athletes published by the San Diego Union Tribune honors juniors and seniors who participated in a California Interscholastic Federation-approved varsity sport and maintained a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

Selection of the Captains and the members of the All-Academic First Teams was based on academic and athletic achievement and overall leadership.  The information below includes the Winter and Fall All-Academic Teams.

San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Captain

Girls Water Polo

Allison Gerrity, senior, Poway High School

San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic First Teams

Fall Sports

Girls Cross Country

Katie Rentz, senior, Mt. Carmel High School

Football

Donnie McKillop, senior (QB), Poway High School

Girls Golf

Lindsey McAtee, senior, Poway High School

Sarah Thead, senior, Poway High School

Girls Tennis

Jekka Kuhlmann, senior, Rancho Bernardo High School

Megan Leahy, senior, Rancho Bernardo High School

Samantha Mohr, junior, Poway High School

Monica Nguyen, senior, Westview High School

Girls Volleyball

Erin Lupfer, junior, Westview High School

            Winter Sports

Girls Basketball

Jenna Breite, senior, Mt. Carmel High School

Roller Hockey

Stephen Lockwood, senior, Poway High School

Girls Soccer

Caroline Shevlin, senior, Westview High School

Girls Water Polo

Allison Gerrity, senior, Poway High School

Lauren Orth, senior, Poway High School

Wrestling

Joe Boone, senior, Poway High School

Tim Boone, junior, Poway High School

·         The All-Academic Team honors juniors and seniors who participated in a California Interscholastic Federation-approved varsity sport and maintained a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

The 2007 High School All-Academic Athletes include the following students:

Fall Sports

 Boys Cross Country

Mt. Carmel High School

Kenneth Altoveros, junior; Ryan Augst, junior; Ryan Brinigar, senior; Joseph
Connolly, junior; Jeffrey Guthrie, senior; Craig Love, senior; Nathan Luke, junior; Daniel Malone, junior; David McEachern, junior; Dominic Rentz, junior; Steven Sterrett, junior; and Kyle Ueyama, junior.

Poway High School

Nick Hollon, junior; Jared Mimms, junior; Ryan Mourey, junior; Nathan Narevsky, junior; and Zachary Teal, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

So Adachi, senior; David Carlson, senior; Drew Flood, junior; Bryce Holewinski, senior; Soha Jafarzade, senior; and Sean Proehl, junior.

Westview High School

Hussein Alasady, senior; Travis Kuhlman, senior; Isaac Lew, senior; John Maheu, junior; Brian Mitchell, senior; Cameron Nolasco, junior; Yi Wang, senior; Charles Yang, junior; and Jason Yang, senior.

 Girls Cross Country

Mt. Carmel High School

Laura Duensing, junior; Brittney Garcia, junior; Laura Gonzalez, senior; Rebekah Logan, senior; Natalie Luna, junior; Nicole Mansour, senior; Sara Najafi, senior; Katherine Rentz, senior; Jaime Secrist, senior; and Michelle Thompson, junior.

Poway High School

Amy Blelloch, junior; Abigail Frisch, senior; Grace Kronenbitter, junior; Alyse Lasater, senior; Catherine Leavitt, senior; Catharine Lorentz, senior; Leigha Sausser, junior; and Megan Waller, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Michelle Black, junior; Carly Bliss, senior; Melissa Coyle, senior; Jana Drake, senior; Krista Egense, junior; Katie Page, senior; Lindsey Serhan, senior; Mehgie Tabar, senior; Natalie Uduwela, junior; and Jenny Zhuang, junior.

Westview High School

Kelsey Granquist, senior; Jennifer Hall, junior; Corinna Heiberg, junior; Rachel Hoelscher, senior; Linda Jin, junior; Lauren Kodama, senior; Chelsea Mumby, junior; and Michelle Zhang, senior.

Field Hockey

Mt. Carmel High School

Ianna Angelo, junior; Margaret Heck, senior; Elaine Jamir, senior; Brittany Lindsay, junior; Sarah McCutcheon, junior; Jessica McDermott, junior; Danielle Payton, senior; Caitlin Quinn, senior; Nicole Sherman, junior; Lauren Swann, junior; and Mallory Turner, senior.

Poway High School

Lauren Carter, junior; Sarah Devine, junior; Elizabeth Donahue, junior; Natalie Erb, junior; Mackenzie Harrington, junior; Kelly Jablonski, junior; Annessa Jamison, junior; Vannessa Jamison, junior; Faith Johnson, junior; Rebecca Kasl, senior; Melissa Martin, senior; Stephanie Morales, junior; Jennifer Nguyen, junior; Sarah Schneider, senior; Brittany Schultz, junior; and Lindsay Short, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Whitney Campitiello, senior; Katie Cunningham, junior; Teddy Gaidadjiev, senior; Hilary Mann, senior; Cara Samuelsen, junior; Jill Upchurch, junior; Brittany Varga, senior; and Chelsea Varga, junior.

Westview High School

Shreya Chilukuri, junior; Lydia Gelaro, junior; Kirsten Giannaris, senior; Anisha Keshavan, senior; Bridget Lindem, senior; Malin McCormley, junior; Elizabeth McDowell, senior; Karissa Murray, junior; Heidi Pence, junior; Ana Potochniak, senior; Galena Robertson, junior; Jacqueline Seydel, junior; Alison Stapley, senior; and Amanda Ziegler, junior.

Football

Mt. Carmel High School

Daniel Abal, senior; Azal Abbo-Yousif, senior; Richard Aguilera, junior; Garrett Belay, senior; Michael Blume, junior; Brandon Burbach, senior; Taylor Chapatte, junior; Frank Chavez, junior; Jeremy Dikau, junior; Ashkan Eghtesadi, senior; Christopher Ferris, junior; Luke Flaherty, senior; Keaton Hveem, senior; Cameron Mesker, junior; Luis Alberto Morales, junior; Luke Richter, senior; Brandon Russell, junior; and Benjamin Vasko, junior.

Poway High School

Michael Akins, senior; Daniel Barnes, senior; Lewis Brown, junior; Austin Conery, senior; Jordan Demulder, junior; Steven Froebe, senior; Kevin Fujimoto, junior; Morgan Gagel, junior; Myles Gilbert, senior; Matthew Hannify, senior; Nadir Hossain, senior; Peter Lange, senior; Drew Leininger, junior; Michael Linch, junior; Donald McKillop, senior; Omar Medina, senior; Oscar Medina, senior; Michael Millard, junior; Tynan Murray, junior; Jason Odermatt, senior; Thomas Parker, senior; Ryan Randazzo, junior; Ahsan Riaz, senior; Mikael Rosenberger, junior; Nicholas Saade, senior; Nakul Tiruviluamala, senior; Andres Villalpando, senior; and Nicholas Wood, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Bronson Allen, junior; Naji Chaya, junior; Tyler Cornell, senior; Nathan Dunn, junior; Alex Ghahremani-Kat, junior; Kyle Jensen, senior; Ben Kelly, junior; Gerald Kemp, junior; Dylan Lemestre, senior; Perry Marsh, junior; Peter Rogers, junior; David Seawright, junior; Spencer Stein, junior; Christian Steverson, senior; Ryan Ta, senior; and Winston Wilkinson, senior.

Westview High School

Benjamin Barroga, senior; Alex Bryden, junior; Alexis DaCosta, senior; Jarrett Duncan, junior; Steven Gray, senior; Michael Hachadorian, junior; Michael Hansen, senior; Michael Laurenzano, senior; Quan Mai, junior; Travis Musco, senior; Drew Ness, senior; Jacky Nguyen, junior; Vu Nguyen, junior; Ryan O'Hara, junior; Nicholas Saintarbor, senior; Daniel Salzetti, junior; Joshua Snell, senior; Jamie Tripp, junior; and Jordan Walton, junior.

Girls Golf

Mt. Carmel High School

Tanya Manifold, senior; and Pan-Inn Song, senior.

Poway High School

Jessica Howe, junior; Lindsey McAtee, senior; Kristen Pittard, senior; and Sarah Thead, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Alyx Earl, senior; and Jamie Yam, junior.

Westview High School

Aiko Aglipay, junior; Rachel Keyworth, junior; Tiffany Lee, junior; Vanessa Martinez, junior; Amanda McCrady, junior; and Lisa Yang, junior.

Girls Tennis

Mt. Carmel High School

Sarah Anasarias, junior; Kristen Capella, junior; Sophia Ie, junior; Hyun Esther Kim, junior; Min Lee, junior; Danielle Salim, senior; Ya Lin Sung, junior; Monica Wade, junior; and Denise Yu, junior.

Poway High School

Jaclyn Burt, senior; Nadine Custis, senior; Chloe Gendreau, senior; Emily Hulme, senior; Samantha Mohr, junior; Brittaney Scherer, senior; Isabella Tumini, junior; and Jennifer Wilson, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Jordan Gale, senior; Jekka Kuhlmann, senior; Megan Leahy, senior; and Jacqueline Wu, junior.

Westview High School

So Yeon Choe, senior; Christie Duong, junior; Lauren Gray, junior; Elizabeth Hofferber, junior; Yael Lewis, junior; Diana Lui, senior; Monica Nguyen, senior; Ashwini Purohit, junior; Vanesa Reibstein, senior; and Jennifer Zhao, senior.

 Girls Volleyball

Mt. Carmel High School

Amanda Arnold, junior; Chelsea Bemis, senior; Jessica Bernstein, senior; Brooke Ellison, senior; Katie Everds, senior; Kelly Hansen, junior; Allyson Huber, junior; Stephanie Lage, junior; Taylor Pritchard, senior; Ashly Schanback, senior; Alyssa Schott, senior; and Carly Tremblay, senior.

Poway High School

Emily Capozzoli, junior; Emily Collett, senior; Allycia Merkley, junior; Danielle Myers, senior; Kory Ogden, junior; Kaitlyn Plum, junior; Monica Senger, senior; and Christina Villamayor, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Alaura Berry, senior; Kelsie Brooks, senior; Michelle Eckmann, senior; Brianne Francois, junior; Shannon Orlins, senior; Samantha Pearson, junior; and Vanessa Schiermeyer, senior.

Westview High School

Juliann Faucette, senior; Katherine Girten, senior; Erin Lupfer, junior; Bryanna Wehr junior; and Ashley Sacknoff, senior.

Boys Water Polo

Mt. Carmel High School

Scott Dorr, junior; Tucker Grimshaw, senior; Arthur Lin, senior; Eamon McGinniss, senior; Michael McMahan, junior; Shaun Murphy, junior; Christopher Skalka, senior; Taylor Sultz, junior; Michael Sun, senior; Michael Vasko, junior; Bryan Vu, junior; and Justin Wen, junior.

Poway High School

Robert England, senior; Ryan Fantasia, junior; Cabot Ferrill, junior; Joseph Freund, junior; Bryant Garretson, senior; Andrew Hout, senior; Joseph Stokes, junior; Dominic Tornambe, senior; Nicholas Van Nordheim, senior; and Steven Winton, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Chris Barry, senior; Thomas Chard, junior; Adam Child, junior; Alex Diebolt, senior; Jason Leblanc, senior; Cameron Lew, junior; Devin Lew, senior; Christopher Loughlin, junior; Omid Moshtaghi, senior; Alex Swanepoel, senior; and Joss Teal, junior.

Westview High School

Brendan Cunha, senior; Spencer Holland, senior; Justin Kerr, senior; Ryan Lee, junior; Cameron Lindroth, senior; Scott Newacheck, junior; Matthew Olivas, senior; Nicholas Roland, junior; Garrett Shafer, junior; Michael Sullivan, senior; Long Vo, senior; and Kyle Wertz, junior.

Winter Sports

 Boys Basketball

Mt. Carmel High School

Tyler Fricke, junior; Victor Guzman, junior; Arjun Gyanendra, senior; Brenton Kinney, senior; Matthew Palzkill, senior; Brett Rooks, junior; and Kurtis Voris, senior.

Poway High School

Gabriel Adler, senior; Kevin Beach, junior; Brett Bronder, junior; Kyle Green, junior; Jason Jergensen, senior; Kevin LaRue, junior; Drew Leininger, junior; Mitchel Tracy, senior; and Kevin Woodley, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Evan Blakey, junior; Tyler Hadacek, junior; Jason Heath, junior; Gerald Kemp, junior; Connor Little, junior; Joshua Mun, senior; James Shertz, senior; Shawn Stephan, senior; and Christian Steverson, senior.

Westview High School

Kevin Diaz, junior; Jarrett Duncan, junior; Matthew Gruber, junior; Joseph Holmes, junior; Nicholas Madamba, junior; Parker Suggs, junior; Grant Taylor, junior; Alexander Trejo, junior; and Christopher Trezise, senior.

 Girls Basketball

Mt. Carmel High School

Cara Breite, senior; Jenna Breite, senior; Kristen Capella, junior; Kelly Hansen, junior; Jesica Nery, junior; Regan Patterson, junior; Kelsey Skillman, junior; and Jennifer Vingerelli, junior.

Poway High School

Natalie Erb, junior; Kelly Jablonski, junior; Annessa Jamison, junior; Vannessa Jamison, junior; Allycia Merkley, junior; Sarah Schneider, senior; and Monica Senger, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Melissa Boros, senior; Mallory Harrington, junior; Laura Huepper, junior; Kourtney Jones, senior; Porsche Mallory, junior; Alejandra Montero, junior; Shannon Orlins, senior; and Nicole Pedrotti, junior.

Westview High School

Beatrice Berman, junior; Jennifer Bryant, junior; Patrienne Cunanan, junior; Rebecca Eichten, junior; Katherine Girten, senior; Alexandra Lee, senior; Elizabeth Martin, junior; Jacqueline Parente, senior; Ana Potochniak, senior; Marie Shimansky, junior; and Brittany Zych, senior.

Boys Soccer

Mt. Carmel High School

Tamim Akimi, junior; Christopher Barrett, junior; Douglas Bradley, junior; Brandon Burbach, senior; Nicholas Egan, junior; Ryan Jonah, junior; Jared Medina, senior; Vincent Edward Ocampo, senior; Andrew Ortega, junior; Jake Perkins, junior; Mirsha Polo, junior; Jordan Shadeed, junior; David Shekhtman, junior; Mostafa Vakilian, junior; and Cory Whatcott, junior.

Poway High School

Matthew Brooks, junior; John Emery, junior; Nathan Jarman, senior; Ryan Nevarez, senior; Anthony O'Connell, junior; Brandon Reed, senior; Brian Romag, junior; David Romag, senior; John Schack, senior; Derek Schreiner, senior; Ian Weinberg, junior; and Collin Wooster, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Tyler Davis, junior; Keisuke Hanaoka, senior; Alexander Reyes, junior; Peter Steusloff, junior; and Scott Young, junior.

Westview High School

Taylor Adams, senior; Byron Boyken, junior; Jared Brett, senior; Juan Cuellar, senior; Daniel Glaser, senior; Brian Higgs, senior; Jason Kwok, senior; Brendan McWalters, senior; Trevor Moore, junior; and Berrick Rastok, senior.

Girls Soccer

Mt. Carmel High School

Stephanie Apell, senior; Natalie Ferdig, senior; Laura Gonzalez, senior; Emma Hendricks, senior; Emma Hill, senior; Ashley Moore, junior; Lauren Payne, senior; Sinead Quinn, junior; Katherine Rentz, senior; Nicole Schmuttermair, junior; Janika Sullivan, senior; Julia Sullivan, junior; and Carly Tremblay, senior.

Poway High School

Alexis Buffington, senior; Kayla Ciruzzi, senior; Sarah Devine, junior; Elizabeth Donahue, junior; Kara Duggan, senior; Lauren Duran, junior; Francesca Flohs, junior; Morgan Hawkes, junior; Laura Hogan, junior; Alyse Lasater, senior; Megan Prickett, junior; Katherine Roby, junior; Jacklyn Taylor, senior; Victoria Thomas, junior; and Alexandra Webber, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Natiel Bauer, senior; Carly Bliss, senior; Caitlin Cury, senior; Grace Hunter, senior; Hailey Miller, junior; Brittany Skettini, senior; Ashley Soro, junior; Alexandra Topp, junior; and Tanya Zelaya, senior.

Westview High School

Emily Dow, junior; Sarah Garland, junior; Lydia Gelaro, junior; Kirsten Giannaris, senior; Lindsey Hall, junior; Brittany Hans, senior; Stephanie Keelan, junior; Lauren Kodama, senior; Mary McIntosh, junior; Megan Michels, junior; Caitlin Peterson, senior; Hulya Poyrazoglu, junior; Kathryn Ragudos, senior; Caroline Shevlin, senior; Grace Shevlin, senior; Tristyn Summers, junior; and Amanda Ziegler, junior.

Roller Hockey

Mt. Carmel High School

Graeme Fisher, senior; Kyle Fritch, junior; Jimmy Kloda, senior; and Nathan Luke, junior.

Poway High School

Daniel Barnes, senior; Darren Barnes, junior; Trevor Cochran, senior; Eliot Gormican, senior; Adam Gould, senior; Stephen Lockwood, senior; Zachary Porter, junior; and Christopher VonHolle, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Kory Grahl, junior; Matthew Kresky, junior; Joseph Ostrand, senior; Yuto Sekine, junior; and Tanner Woodbury, junior.

Westview High School

Jonathan Cohen, senior; Alexis DaCosta, senior; Gregory Hawksworth, junior; Drew Ness, senior; Matthew Spaulding, junior; and Lee Ying, senior.

Girls Water Polo

Mt. Carmel High School

Erika Bigbie, senior; Kendra Gavin, junior; Jessica Hogstrom, senior; Lauren McKay, senior; Emily Purdy, junior; Jessica Ryder, junior; Chelsea Scheeler, junior; Janessa Schmidbauer, junior; Leah Sitler, senior; Lauren Swann, junior; and Brittany Watson, senior.

Poway High School

Kara Butler, senior; Elizabeth Cunningham, senior; Ashley Ennedy, junior; Allison Gerrity, senior; Analisa Hill, senior; Jennifer Koonings, junior; Melissa Martin, senior; Madeline Nestor, senior; Lauren Orth, senior; Carlyn Peterson, junior; Christine Polito, senior; Tiffany Prentiss, senior; and Cinnamon Roy, junior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Jessica Blackburn, junior; Samantha Booher, senior; Jackie Crosby, senior; Hailey Eklund, junior; Carly Hanzlik, senior; Jennifer Lovas, senior; Nisa Nguyen, junior; Katie Page, senior; Hope Rozelle, junior; Michaela Sandy, senior; Samantha Seikkula, junior; and Tabitha Winders, senior.

Westview High School

Amanda Epple, senior; Holly Erazo, senior; Courtnie Farnes, senior; Kelsey Granquist, senior; Agnieszka Grzechnik, senior; Rachel Hoelscher, senior; Rebekah Hoelscher, junior; Lisa Kurth, junior; Kaley Marcis, senior; Kaitlin McCoy, senior; Sarah Rosenthal, junior; Samantha Runge, senior; and Ashley Tang, junior.

 Wrestling

Mt. Carmel High School

Keaton Hveem, senior; Andrew Luna, senior; Luis Alberto Morales, junior; Eric Moreno, junior; Ryan Quackenbush, junior; and Ali Roohani, junior.

Poway High School

Joseph Boone, senior; Timothy Boone, junior; Travis Brown, senior; Alexander Dolan, senior; Mark Flores, senior; Alex Gilbert, junior; Nathan Gutschow, junior; Wesley Jones, senior; Arnold Lazaga, senior; Matthew Lewellen, senior; Reginald Reynolds, senior; Bradley Robinson, junior; Hawken Ruis, senior; Nakul Tiruviluamala, senior; Matthew Welsh, junior; and Nicholas Wood, senior.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Joey Alarcon, junior; Matt Bertsch, junior; Mel Grosvirt-Dramen, junior; Scott Mahon, senior; Robert Racoosin, senior; Peter Sudak, junior; and Christopher Yurczyk, junior.

Westview High School

Alireza Torabi, junior.

STAFF RECOGNITION

• Poway Unified School District received recognition for three administrative staff members this year from the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 18.  This is the largest number of recognitions the District has received in a single year.  They will be honored at the annual ACSA Region 18 San Diego County School Boards Association “Honoring Our Own” awards dinner on May 2, 2007.

  Ø       Don Phillips, Poway Unified School District Superintendent, has been selected by ACSA (Association of California School Administrators) as the 2006-2007 San Diego and Imperial County ACSA Superintendent of the Year.

  Ø       Kathleen Porter, Director of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, has been chosen as the 2006-2007 San Diego and Imperial County ACSA Adult Education Administrator of the Year.

  Ø       Karen Eccles, Supervisor for Assessment and Accountability, has been selected as the 2006-2007 San Diego and Imperial County ACSA Classified Manager of the Year.

• Miguel Carrillo, Director of Learning Support Services, wrote an article on “Public Schools – Parents and Educators Sound Off on Single-Sex Classrooms," which was published in the January 2007 edition of San Diego Family magazine.
  
  

• Student Support Services PIP (Primary Interaction Program) staff Mary Jo Utterback, Program Coordinator, Student Services Specialist Sheila Hatfield and Student Services Assistants Caryn Harris, Jill Morgan, Beth Wells-Whitwam, Mary Stanton, and Sandy Yacuta presented at the Early Mental Health Initiative Annual Conference on January 19, 2007, in Los Angeles.  The workshop titled "Second Step Extension Ideas" focused on empathy skills, impulse control, problem solving, and anger management skills, and was evaluated as one of the top three workshops presented.

• John Collins, Deputy Superintendent, and Kevin Skelly, Associate Superintendent, presented a workshop titled, “Performance Management with Key Performance Indicators” at the National Conference on Education, American Association of School Administrators, in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 1, 2007.  The workshop focused on the work of the Western State Benchmarking Consortium and the Poway Unified School District.
  

• Jeri Webb, Band Director, Westview High School, was selected by the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association to conduct the All-Southern California Jr. High Honor Band held at Riverside Community College on January 20, 2007.
  

• Don Phillips, Superintendent, presented a workshop titled, “Forming a Collegial Consortium” at the National Conference on Education, American Association of School Administrators, in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 2, 2007.
  

• Kathleen Porter, Director of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, wrote an article for the January 2007 San Diego Woman magazine on “Adult Education - A 150-year-old Tradition.”  The article encourages the readers to check out what is new in the offerings in today’s Adult Education classes and see if there is indeed ‘something for everyone.’

• The Poway Academy for Classified Employees (PACE) held its first graduation ceremony on April 6, 2007. Twenty-eight PUSD classified employees graduated after attending six monthly sessions and conducting individual presentations on April 5 and April 6.  The ceremony was held at the Courtyard by Marriott.

  Congratulations to all the PACE Graduates:

  Dianne Barilotti James Battle, Jr Linda Bradbury Leslie Breen Monique Cordeau Janet Crews Yoenda Dornan Jane Findley Linda Gladney Tahne Gollwitzer Susan Hartman Eva Huntress Teri Johns Eric King Trish Malimali Kim Muslusky Judy Nichols Marleny Ramos Barbara Riley Connie Rivera Cathy Ruffner Francis Safaie-Brown Jane Sahagian Jessica Schulz Sandy Shadian Heidi Steiner Mary Jo Stollfuss

  Information Technology Transportation Information Technology Mesa Verde Middle Black Mountain Middle Payroll Chaparral Elementary Park Village Elementary Food & Nutrition Special Education Testing/Assessment Transportation Learning Support Services Westview High School Career, Technical, Adult Ed Mt. Carmel High Extended Support Services Midland Elementary School Purchasing Black Mountain Middle Canyon View Elementary Westview High Bernardo Heights Middle Preschool/Ready to Learn Program Midland Elementary Morning Creek Elementary Accounting

  LAN Administrator Coordinator Bus Driver Systems Analyst Administrative Assistant School Secretary Payroll Technician Administrative Assistant  Instructional Assistant Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Office Assistant Scheduler Administrative Assistant Instructional Assist - Special Ed Office Specialist Instructional Assist - Special Ed Accountant II Student Services Assistant Buyer Instructional Assistant Administrative Assistant Instructional Assist – Special Ed Finance Technician Administrative Assistant Instructional Assistant ELL Assistant Accounting Assistant




• Sue Buhler, Critical Skills teacher, and Larry Foster, math teacher and Best Buddies Faculty Advisor, Rancho Bernardo High School, were nominated Best Buddies as recognition for supporting students with disabilities for the past five years, and for developing and growing the Best Buddies program at Rancho Bernardo High School.

• Westview High School teachers Bruce Hubschmitt, Brad Johnson, John Rankin, Maury Scruggs, Sanjevi Subbiah, and Jeff Wenger, were selected as outstanding teachers by the Outstanding Teacher Recognition Program at UCSD.

• Maury Scruggs, Westview High School teacher, was selected as outstanding teacher through the University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher Award program.

• James Choe and Tom Farber, Rancho Bernardo High School math teachers, were selected as outstanding teachers by Poway Unified graduates who are freshmen at University of California at Santa Barbara.

• Laura Estremera, Kathy Lynch, and Jan Simpson, Career Development Technicians, Abraxas High School, presented a workshop at the Workability I conference in San Francisco in March.  The title of their presentation was “Benefits of Establishing an On-Campus Student Store.”