All News Articles Tagged 'Giving' (147)

 Supporting The Best In Education

ALL SCHOOL -- This morning marked the kick off our annual giving campaign this week, October 15-19. Country Day Fund Ambassadors met parents at drop-off with coffee and a smile, ready to say thank you…

Think Pink

ALL SCHOOL - The Parents Association is teaming up with Community Service to bring you  our first ever “Wake Up to Awareness Walk” in support of our school’s breast cancer awareness and fundraising…

Annual Campaign Planning Underway

ALL SCHOOL -- David Ashworth, chair of the Country Day Fund, kicked of the first committee meeting with a full house. David introduced Laura White, the new Director of Annual Giving, who has…

Country Day Headlines Padres Game

ALL SCHOOL -- Jeffrey Goldman, husband of Country Day Board of Trustees member Kimberly Goldman and father of two lower school students, threw out the first pitch at Saturday's Padres game.…

Ghana With The Wind!

UPPER SCHOOL -- Country Day's Summer Community Service trip took off today with Susie Nordenger leading a group of students to Ghana to work on a number of community service…

Juniors' Effort Wins Praise

UPPER SCHOOL -- The Junior Class was winning praise after its year-long effort to raise funds for foster kids led to a great outcome for one young woman.

The juniors were praised in a…

Flag and Senior Gift Dedication

posted by Susan Nordenger

UPPER SCHOOL - Our Senior class bought a flag pole for the football field in honor of the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001.  The flag was dedicated on September 9, 2012 at the Torreys football game.  The flag pole was a gift in memory and honor of…

Country Day Looking To Spark Thought,…

Annual Gala Soared To Success

ALL SCHOOL -- The Havin' A Ball Gala, after months of planning, more than lived up to the expectations with a picture perfect evening, great food, wonderful music and an impressive outpouring of support for the school.

Held at the corporate headquarters of Qualcomm, the…

Dodgeball - Seniors vs. Faculty

posted by Ms. Susie Nordenger

UPPER SCHOOL -Our first ever Senior vs. the Faculty/Admin Dodge ball was a huge success today!  The senior class has definitely rallied the troops to create a new school tradition.  The seniors were raising money to support the…

Vince T's Tennis Tourney Looms!

Vince Travaglione's Tanzanian Open is coming up. Registration form is below. Please help spread the word! Our sophomore class is putting on this event to raise funds for Swamirat’s tuition and for The School of St. Jude. We have the parent division in the morning – Middle School in the afternoon and Upper School students, faculty and admin from 5-7. We need volunteers all day…

Sophomore Jacobs Wins Music Essay Contest

UPPER SCHOOL -- Tenth Grader Sonja Jacobs was selected as the winner of this year's Orchestra Nova-sponsored music writing contest. Jacobs' essay on "music is food for the soul" was selected…

Supporting Autism Efforts In A "Coffee House" Way

UPPER SCHOOL -- In a stylish and uplifting event, Upper School students led by Junior Stephanie Neifeld turned the Community Room Wednesday evening into a relaxed, welcoming "Coffee House'' and raised money for autism…

Senior Stands And Delivers

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ALL SCHOOL -- The Parents' Association meeting Thursday featured senior, Alex Levine, who shared her funny and moving speech of how she found her voice after Mr. Jemison and Ms. Golden shared the evolution of the Senior Speech from an idea…

Reviving The 'Coffee House' For A Cause

ALL SCHOOL -- Please join us for a dazzling night of delightful performances and decadent desserts to benefit San Diego’s Banding Together, a non-profit organization that works to provide music…

Showin' Off Their 'A' Games

ALL SCHOOL -- Members of the Havin' A Ball Gala Committee were hard at work today mailing out invitations to this May's special event.

The gala, which will be held on the Qualcomm…

ALL SCHOOL -- It was a day of familiar faces in new places for the Country Day Board of Trustees.

Past trustees from throughout the school's long history were invited to return to campus to see the new facilities and renew ties with an institution many had played central roles in building.

At a reception in the Community Hall, Cynthia Balmer Coleman, granddaughter of Country Day's founder Louise Balmer, addressed an audience that included current trustees…

 

A Special Prom For Seniors

UPPER SCHOOL -- Led by seniors Nora Zahn and Emily Domanico and sophomore Isi Paydar, our Upper School students put on their second annual Senior Prom at Vi Assisted Living Saturday. The kids planned, decorated and put together an amazing dance for the seniors and everyone left having had a wonderful…

COMMUNITY SERVICE IS SO SWEET AND SO IS VALENTINE'S DAY AND THE 100th DAY OF SCHOOL

LOWER SCHOOL - Country Day classrooms celebrated the 100th Day of School on this very "sweet" day which also happened to be Valentine's Day.  In our Jr. Kindergarten classrooms, Ms. Owen, Ms. Migdal and Ms. Sullivan's classes had special projects to mark the 100th day of…