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Donate Don’t Dump chapter presidents Mia Pacheco (left) and Ethan Posard (second from left), Cal State San Marcos kinesiology professor Laura de Ghetaldi, Donate Don’t Dump chapter president Grace Manuel and organization leader Gabrielle Posard stand with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (far right) on Aug. 12 at the White House during the President’s Environmental Youth Award ceremony. (Courtesy photo)

Teen honored with special award: Donate Don’t Dump program continues to help those in need

Debbie L. Sklar August 20, 2014

Encinitas teen Gabrielle Posard’s mission to feed the hungry may have started out as a small project sketched on a napkin in 2009, but today her organization, Donate Don’t Dump, distributes more than...

Youths’ nonprofit earns national award

North Coast Current August 12, 2014

Donate Don’t Dump, a campaign to get surplus and short-dated food to the hungry rather than sending it to landfills, received the Environmental Protection Agency’s President’s Environmental Youth...

The San Dieguito Academy mascot, the Mustang, sits at the center of the Encinitas high school’s new multipurpose athletic field. (Photo by Scott Allison)

New field ready for play at San Dieguito Academy

Jessica LaFontaine January 23, 2014

San Dieguito Academy students recently played their first game on a new athletic field, constructed thanks to the recent series of school construction bonds issued by the San Dieguito Union High School...

Students George Erie (left) and Scott Lindquist (center) show the mockup of their sculpture with teacher Jeremy Wright (right). (Photo by Helen Hawes)

Student sculptors vie for Kickstarter capital

Helen Hawes January 18, 2013

Four San Dieguito Academy High School seniors did it without regard for the materials and the cost, with the intent of stirring up the community. But they have to pay for it now. And they’re running...

Proposition AA is a bond measure that, if approved by voters in November, would fund improvements at San Dieguito Union High School District schools, including San Dieguito Academy. (Photo by Roman S. Koenig)

School district ready to start projects

Alex Groves January 15, 2013

The San Dieguito Union High School District is ready to move forward on its plan to modernize facilities and improve technology infrastructure since the passage of a $449 million bond measure. The measure...

High school district incumbents win

North Coast Current November 7, 2012

Voters in the San Dieguito Union High School District returned two incumbents to the Board of Trustees on Nov. 6, according to results from the county registrar of voters. With 100 percent of precincts...

High school, college bonds in doubt

North Coast Current November 7, 2012

Bond measures in the San Dieguito Union High School and MiraCosta Community College districts were just under the 55 percent approval needed to win as of Nov. 7, according to results from the county registrar...

Proposition AA is a bond measure that, if approved by voters in November, would fund improvements at San Dieguito Union High School District schools, including San Dieguito Academy. (Photo by Roman S. Koenig)

Bond key issue in trustees’ race

Ken Pagano September 24, 2012

When the voters in the San Dieguito Union High School District go to the polls in November, they’ll be deciding the future of the community. Sharing the ballot this year: four candidates running for...

San Dieguito High School is seen in 1938. (Photo courtesy of Diane Y. Welch)

Bond for an icon: District aims for balance

Mike Lewis August 16, 2012

For the first time in more than 40 years, the San Dieguito Union High School District has placed a bond measure on the ballot for upgrades and construction at its campuses, including the 75-year-old San...

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Teen honored for environmental work

North Coast Current June 25, 2012

San Dieguito Academy student Gabrielle Posard recently received an Action For Nature 2012 International Young Eco-Hero honorable mention for her work with food recycling, the organization announced. Gabrielle,...

The cast of “A Piece of My Heart” on stage at San Dieguito Academys new Clayton E. Liggett Theater. Director Stephanie Siers is at far right. (Photo by Ariana Drehsler)

The stage is set: Curtain rises on academy’s Liggett Theater

Christopher Earley April 6, 2012

It would be difficult to walk into the Clayton E. Liggett Theater at the San Dieguito Academy and not think about the man behind the legacy. During his 20-year career as a drama teacher at the high...

Academy students shaped the world, but it also shaped them

Jessica Brown February 18, 2007

Editor's note: This is the first of two stories looking at San Dieguito Academy's 70th anniversary. San Dieguito Academy may have been the home of the Mustangs since 1936, but student life at the Encinitas...

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