
MISSION BAY HIGH • The next Friends of Pacific Secondary Schools (FOPBSS) meeting will be Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at Mission Bay High School. Find out what’s happening at Pacific Beach Middle School and MBHS and how you can get involved. • Mission Bay High, an international baccalaureate school, will host a school tour Thursday, Dec. 8 from 8 to 10 a.m. beginning in the library. Learn more about the IB program and Mission Bay High School. Meet the principal, the IB coordinator, staff members and parents, and learn about the varied opportunities for your student in academics, sports, technology, fine arts, the sciences and other areas. Visitors will get a tour of the campus led by staff and parents and get to see students in action in class. This is an opportunity to meet the administration, walk the campus and discover the rigorous, balanced IB curriculum at Mission Bay High School. To find out more, contact Kris Greenwood at [email protected] or call (858) 273-1313. • Mission Bay High’s Engineering Club is fielding a robotics team to compete against other local and state high schools. Skills developed by the robotics team include robotics, mathematics, computer programming, electrical engineering, public relations, mechanical engineering and graphic design. The team has set a fundraising goal of about $6,000. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, contact engineering teacher Alex Cannon at [email protected]. PACIFIC BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL • There will be two Pacific Beach Middle School Holiday Concerts this year. The string ensembles and the PBMS choir will perform on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The concert bands and jazz band will perform on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 pm. Both performances will be in the school auditorium. Join us for festive evenings of holiday music. • PB Middle School will hold a huge craft fair and rummage sale on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and vendors are needed. Booths are $25 and all proceeds go to the eighth-graders to help pay for their East Coast trip. Vendors will receive a 10-foot-by-10-foot space but must provide their own tables, chairs and tents. • On Thursday, Dec. 1 from 8 to 10 a.m., Pacific Beach Middle School will host a school tour beginning in the media center/library. Visitors can learn more about the international baccalaureate program at PBMS and opportunities for incoming middle schoolers. The school tour is called “a day in the life” of a PBMS student. Visitors will meet administrators, learn about IB, meet teachers and see students in action in class. Prospective students are welcome. PACIFIC BEACH ELEMENTARY Congratulations to the newly-elected Pacific Beach Elementary Student Council for the school year 2011-12: President: Samuel Smith Vice president: Rosie Rooney Playground commissioner: Jordan Ryan Secretary: Talia Bostic Green ambassador: Caroline Roistacher Fire marshal: Kai Deatrick Treasurer: Vance Allen Sergeant-at-arms: Ruby Lopez Historian: Piper McCarty KATE SESSIONS ELEMENTARY • Friends of Kate Sessions Elementary will host a repurposed clothing sale from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 in the Kate Sessions auditorium from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. or 2 to 3 p.m. for some great deals. All items will be priced at $5 or less. • The Kate Sessions Elementary Holiday Music Show will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. Students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade will perform a variety of holiday songs. The show is free to the public.









