NewsHickman Elementary, a 2006 California Distinguished School award winner, offers a “Junior Kindergarten” program called “PEP” for Primary Extended Program. This class is for the youngest Kindergarten-age eligible children (turning 5 between June 1 and December 2) who may benefit from an additional year before entering a regular full-day Kindergarten the following year.
Mira Mesa Banned Book Club to Discuss The Bookseller of Kabul August 3
Mira Mesa Living, a new community newspaper, will be distributed by community residents and businesses. If you would like to volunteer to distribute copies, or have a business where you would like to place copies of "Mira Mesa Living" for public distribution, please contact Publisher@MiraMesaLiving.com.
Congratulations to the 2010 MMTC/Verne Goodwin scholarship winners Katherine Shortill, Jake Portugal, Umar Usman, Jeanie Nguyen, Jake Stearns and Lindsey Sweeney! The picture shows the presentation of awards at the June 7, 2010 MMTC meeting. Picture by Ted Brengel.
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group of young artists are painting the electric boxes along Mira Mesa
Blvd and other areas around Mira Mesa. See pictures of their work at
www.miramesa.carbonmade.com.
There is now a Farmer's Market in Mira Mesa at Mira Mesa High School. It will be open every Tuesday afternoon from 3-7 PM (6 PM during the winter). It is sponsored by and a fundraiser for the Mira Mesa High School Foundation.
Long time Mira Mesa volunteer Orlando Vernacchia died on January 4, 2010. Orlando was Mira Mesa Town Council Volunteer of the Year in 1989. He was 92 years old.
97 abandoned shopping carts were collected by Mira Mesa volunteers the
morning of Feb 20, 2010.
Abandoned Shopping Carts: We have been looking for more effective ways to address the abandoned shopping cart problem in Mira Mesa. On Saturday morning, Feb 20, 2010, Mira Mesa volunteers staged a demonstration by collecting abandoned shopping carts and placing them at a visible location next to Mira Mesa Blvd. The event was covered on KGTV Channel 10 News. After the event, the shopping cart retrieval service and individual stores were called to come and collect them. This is a typical number of carts that can be easily found any time on Mira Mesa streets. Abandoned shopping carts can be reported to the California Shopping Cart Retrieval Service at (800) 252-4613. In 2008 CSCRC picked up 6,331 shopping carts in Mira Mesa. The online reporting site formerly at CSCRC has been deactivated. Also, here is contact information for individual stores for shopping cart retrieval. Note that CSCRC will only pick up carts from stores that subscribe to it (list). For other carts, you need to call the store for pickup.
City Councilmember Carl DeMaio held a Town Hall on City Finances at the Mira Mesa Senior Center on Thursday, December 3rd. A video of an earlier Town Hall can be found here.
The Mira Mesa Maintenance Assessment District budget for FY2011 was approved by the Town Council at the December 2009 meeting.
Congressman Brian Bilbray was guest speaker at the August 3, 2009 Mira Mesa Town Council Meeting.
The Mira Mesa Scripps Ranch Sentinel newspaper ceased publication as of July 2009.
Jonas Salk Elementary School: A new elementary school is planned at the intersection of Parkdale and Flanders, to be paid for by Prop. MM bond money. The draft EIR for the school can be downloaded from the school district Web site. The Mira Mesa Community Planning Group sent a letter in support of this long-awaited project. A volunteer Design Task Force worked with the School District on the elementary school design and completed its work on November 5, 2003 (Design). The school was scheduled to open in 2006 but has now been delayed until at least 2010 to satisfy U.S. Fish and Wildlife requirements for vernal pool/fairy shrimp preservation. The school site was graded for a school when the surrounding homes were built in 1980, but because of the long delay in construction, vernal pools formed on the site and the School District is being required to perform mitigation for them. For more information see www.SaveSalkSchool.net.
Many thanks to Bruce Brown, Marv Miles, Ted Brengel, Mike Davis and the HEROES crew and other volunteers for painting the brick fence along Mira Mesa Blvd east and west of Parkdale. Paint and supplies were provided by Frazee Paint and the Mira Mesa Town Council. You can now donate money to the "Adopt-A-Wall" program to paint the walls along major Mira Mesa streets and paint out graffiti throughout Mira Mesa.
RSVP: The Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol is looking for new volunteers. See also Helping Our Police to Help You.
Heroes Program: HEROES ("Hometown Efforts to Rescue Our Endangered Society") is designed as an informal "Good Samaritan" group effort to help neighbors in need. If you would like to help with future events or want more information please call Mike Davis at (858) 549-0392 and/or send an e-mail to volunteer@miramesaheroes.org.
Outdoor Theater planned for Mira Mesa High School: At the October 2007 meeting, Mira Mesa High School principal Jeff Olivero described a plan for an amphitheater with a 50x200 foot 3D screen and headphone sound being planned for the northeast corner of the high school.
Web Changes and Notes
Community services page added August 2009.
Revised Web Site color scheme and format March 2008.
Links to all Mira Mesa area schools added November 2002.
The Mira Mesa Town Council Web Site won a San Diego Press Club second place Award in 2001 for non-profit Web site.
This Web Site was created on 2001 January 14.