Welcome to our new podcast called SDJA HomeTalks. Every week we will bring you segments created and performed by SDJA students. We will share music, opinions, news and more for your listening pleasure.

The podcast is a brainchild of the theatre classes, Stages and The Coffeehouse Project, as well as all of Mr. Tommy Collins music classes. Each week the classes work separately to produce the project together, each having separate elements that they are responsible for in every episode. They research the process, produce the music, edit the segments, recruit submissions from staff, teachers, and the student body from K-12 for contributions, write copy, and record. The result is the work of about 20 students with the help of all of SDJA's talented community. This proud group of students hopes this project will keep evolving, even as we return to campus.

Check out all episodes  here!

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Sophia (2B) and her younger sister, Hana, decided to create a neighborhood car wash to raise money for the homeless populations in San Diego during this crisis.  Sophia says she is inspired by SDJA to do good every day.  

Not only were she and her sister doing tikkun olam, they were finding creative ways to do it in this time of social distancing. Last weekend, they raised $65 for the Lucky Duck Foundation, and they have plans to host another car wash again soon.

A message from the Admissions Department:

Tomorrow you will be receiving the electronic Back to School Forms for your children. Although these forms look similar to your enrollment agreements, they are separate and very important required forms. The links to these forms will come in an email from [email protected]. You will receive a separate email/link for each child enrolled at SDJA for the 20-21 school year. Please keep an eye out for this important email.

To ensure that all families have 2020-21 parking passes prior to the first day of school, it is imperative that you complete and submit these forms by Wednesday, June 10th.

 

Parking Passes will be mailed to you in early August, only if we have received the completed Back to School Forms.

If you have any questions about the Back to School Forms, please contact Marni Weiss at [email protected].

Gratitude

In our professional lives as educators, our day-to-day thoughts and actions are dedicated to the students of the upper school. Their growth and development is our charge, however, a school community like ours is much more than course work and grades. In this era of COVID-19 that is saturated with unknowns, I hope we take the time to pause occasionally to reflect. In a recent article by Dr. Angela Duckworth, PhD, she notes that emotions are contagious, and the spread of positive emotions lead to greater cooperation, less conflict and improved performance. 

Gratitude is a powerful emotion and the act of sharing it benefits both the sender and receiver, beyond what we may think. So, although course work, community, family and friends represent the majority of the waking hours of the upper school community, I recommend taking a moment to write a letter of gratitude to someone who helped you along on your path. Spreading positive emotions at this time is one way that we can prepare for the future. 

Jayde Saloner

 

Favorite SDJA memory:  Field trip to Boston 

 

Teacher Shoutout:   Ms. Nebo

 

What I will miss most about school:  I will miss the people and beautiful campus.

 

Favorite Covid-19 activity:  Painting

 

Plans for next year:   Chapman University

SDJA Alumnus Jeremy Danzig, class of 2013, is a squad commander in Magav (Israeli Border Police). Jeremy and his squad have been working as a part of the Israeli government's effort to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown on Bnei Brak, an ultra-orthodox/Hasidic community in Israel of about 200,000 people.  After hearing about his experience, and seeing one of the beautiful notes he and his squad received from a resident of Bnei Brak, Jeremy's fiancé Naomi wrote a social media post about his take on his experience. The post went viral.  As a result, one of the most popular morning shows in Israel, Keshet Channel 12's Paula and Liron Show, interviewed Jeremy and his fiancé on April 6th.