{"id":275278,"date":"2019-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/education-notebook-pbms-student-khouri-evans-awarded-2019-dr-shirley-weber-spirit-of-service-award\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T07:00:00","slug":"education-notebook-pbms-student-khouri-evans-awarded-2019-dr-shirley-weber-spirit-of-service-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/education-notebook-pbms-student-khouri-evans-awarded-2019-dr-shirley-weber-spirit-of-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Notebook: PBMS student Khouri Evans awarded 2019 Dr. Shirley Weber Spirit of Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>secundaria de la bah\u00eda de la misi\u00f3n<br \/>\n&#8211; Mission Bay High School sophomore Mariana Merlos won &#8220;Best Vocal Solo&#8221; and Connor Gilbert won &#8220;Best Accompaniment&#8221; for his stand-up bass playing with the choir at the Music in the Parks music festival. Mission Bay High School music students competed in the Music in the Parks music festival on May 18, in Anaheim. Symphony Orchestra and Swing Choir both placed first, with Swing Choir earning a &#8220;Superior,&#8221; the highest rating given. MBHS music director JP Balmat and his musicians enjoyed a day in Knott&#8217;s Berry Farm after the competition. Pacific Beach Middle<br \/>\n&#8211; On May 31, Pacific Beach Middle School eighth-grader Khouri Evans was awarded the 2019 Dr. Shirley Weber Spirit of Service Award by the African American Educators Association recognizing her for outstanding service to the school and community. Evans completed her eighth-grade IB Community Project and two year commitment by raising more than $2,000 to fight blood cancers for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.<br \/>\nShe served a two-year term as secretary for the PB Middle Builders Service Club, where students presented to community members, maintained a school food pantry, designed doggy bags for PAWS, planned service recognition events, and ran the PB Middle BeachFest booth. Logging more than 100 hours of service and earning the Presidential Award for Service, Khouri has maintained a 4.0 GPA, plays the tuba in the concert band, and won second place two years in a row in shotput at the track and field competition.\u00a0\u00a0 Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary<br \/>\n&#8211; Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School\u2019s chess team won first place in their age division at the 2019 National Elementary Championship in Nashville on May 11. Barnard\u2019s four-student chess team finished in three of the top four places in individual standings, including first place. The event, hosted by the United States Chess Federation, is one of the largest youth tournaments in the nation with over 2,000 participants.<br \/>\nBarnard third-grader, Giuseppe M., finished first in individual standings. Third-grader Jayan F. and second graders Nathan C. and Evan M. also had impressive performances that earned their team the first place trophy in the kindergarten to third grade unrated section competition. The students\u2019 grit and determination paid off in the end as the team won by a total of 1.5 points. \u00a0 Kate Sessions &#8211; Holocaust survivor\u00a0Fanny Krasner Lebovits, 96, and students from Kate Sessions Elementary School\u00a0added a painted ceramic\u00a0butterfly to the Sessions butterfly wall, a\u00a0memorial to the Holocaust through the Butterfly Project. Each butterfly represents one child who perished in the Holocaust and honors the survivors. Lebovits visited Kate Sessions Elementary to share her inspirational story of\u00a0survival through World War II. Only 19 years old when Nazis invaded her home in Liepaja, Latvia, Lebovits lost 79 family members, lived in the Libau ghetto, and survived five concentration camps. Her message of resilience and hope is congruent with Sessions International Baccalureate program.<br \/>\n&#8211; The fifth graders at Sessions had a fun week with a luau, skating at Skateworld, pizza party, kickball game against the teachers, participating in a mock trial, and picnicking at\u00a0Kate Sessions Park. Thank you to Jen Henehan for sponsoring the luau and to Mission Bay Sport Center for donating the Lily Pad.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Bay High &#8211; Mission Bay High School sophomore Mariana Merlos won &#8220;Best Vocal Solo&#8221; and Connor Gilbert won &#8220;Best Accompaniment&#8221; for his stand-up bass playing with the choir at the Music in the Parks music festival. 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