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Hundreds of students, educators and staff members gather at San Dieguito Academy’s main athletic field Sept. 25 in a demonstration of unity against hate after a reported antisemitic incident on the Encinitas high school campus. (Photo by Edwin Mendoza, San Dieguito Union High School District)

San Dieguito students express unity against hate after report

North Coast Current October 6, 2025
San Dieguito Academy students, teachers and staff members sent a message of unity against hate Sept. 25 in response to a reported antisemitic incident last spring.
San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas is pictured in an aerial view on April 10, 2021. (Photo by Thomas De Wever, iStock Getty Images)

Swastika at Encinitas school unreported; principal on leave

Steve Puterski, North County Pipeline September 19, 2025
The principal at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas has been placed on paid administrative leave after allegedly failing to report an alleged antisemitic act immediately after the incident was caught on camera in May.
Carlsbad High School students conduct a practice run before their daily news broadcast begins. (Photo by Charlene Pulsonetti)

News Education: Coastal high schoolers passionate about journalism

Charlene Pulsonetti April 6, 2023
Coastal North San Diego County high school journalism programs provide more than just a means for students to share campus news. It’s also inspiring them to look at bigger issues, analyzing how they affect their lives and their greater community while encouraging their peers to do the same.
The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

New principals named for San Dieguito Academy, Pacific Trails Middle School

OsideNews August 14, 2022

North Coast Current: Encinitas CA— Two San Dieguito Union High School District campuses will start the academic year with new leadership, the district recently announced. District veteran Cara Dolnik...

The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

New principals named for San Dieguito Academy, Pacific Trails Middle School

North Coast Current July 31, 2022
Two San Dieguito Union High School District campuses will start the academic year with new leadership, the district recently announced.
San Dieguito High School Academy's surf team celebrates its recent Scholastic Surf Series state championship. (Courtesy photo)

San Dieguito surf team wins state championship; on to June nationals

OsideNews June 2, 2022

By Clark Fahrenthold: Encinitas CA— The surf team at San Dieguito High School Academy has long been one of the most renowned and formidable prep-surf teams in Southern California, and this past April,...

San Dieguito High School Academy's surf team celebrates its recent Scholastic Surf Series state championship. (Courtesy photo)

San Dieguito surf team wins state championship; on to June nationals

Clark Fahrenthold June 1, 2022
The surf team at San Dieguito High School Academy has long been one of the most renowned and formidable prep-surf teams in Southern California, and this past April, they added some new hardware and even more history as the team captured the 2022 Scholastic Surf Series high school state championship.
Surveillance images show a person spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on the walls of San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas on early New Year’s Day. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Department)

Authorities arrest student in connection with Encinitas school graffiti incident

North Coast Current February 6, 2022
Authorities have arrested a 16-year-old San Dieguito Academy High School student in connection with a New Year’s Day graffiti incident at the Encinitas campus.
Surveillance images show a person spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on the walls of San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas on early New Year’s Day. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Department)

Authorities seek help in finding Encinitas school graffiti suspect

North Coast Current January 6, 2022
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department seeks the public’s help in finding the suspect responsible for spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on San Dieguito High School Academy walls in Encinitas early New Year’s Day.
San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas is pictured in an aerial view on April 10, 2021. (Photo by Thomas De Wever, iStock Getty Images)

Outcry follows racist, homophobic graffiti found at Encinitas school

North Coast Current January 3, 2022
Members of the Encinitas community and candidates for state office gathered outside San Dieguito High School Academy on Jan. 3 in solidarity against hate after racial and homophobic slurs were spray-painted on campus walls New Year’s Day.
Three of more than 50 new mosaics are pictured at the Santa Fe Drive undercossing at Interstate 5 in Encinitas in late August. (Photo by Jim Gilliam, courtesy of the city of Encinitas)

Encinitas mosaics an outlet for students, memorial for residents

Julia Shapero September 25, 2020
Fifty-three mosaics created by local high school students, college students and adult artists are completed and installed under the Santa Fe Drive undercrossing at Interstate 5 in Encinitas.
A faculty member walks across the courtyard of San Dieguito High School Academy's math and science building Aug. 31, 2017. (Photo by Jen Acosta)

Campus selection set to start for San Dieguito district high schools

North Coast Current January 20, 2020
The San Dieguito Union High School District offers several information nights in February to help families decide campuses for their children to attend in the 2020-21 school year, the district recently announced.
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