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La Jolla Country Day School
12/15/19​
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Happy Holidays From Dr. Krahn!
Faculty Are the Soil; Children Are the Seeds
By Inez Odom, assistant head of school for enrollment management and outreach

We are flooded with information and opinions—and at times, opinions that mask themselves as information. Through the internet, emails, media, blogs, posts, text messages, tweets, the ways in which we are inundated with content are almost endless. Discerning what matters requires a well-developed sense of judgment. 
 
The Journey That Got Me Here
By Tom Trocano, head of Upper School

I can still remember growing up in South Euclid, Ohio, and wondering why my mother chose what she did for a living. You see, my mother taught English for 30 years. She devoted all her passion, energy and formidable talents to what appeared to me, as a teenager, to be a thankless and underpaid profession. I swore to myself that teaching would be a career I would avoid.
 

Citizenship Week

 
The Center for Excellence in Citizenship collaborated with the visual and performing arts and design and innovation departments to host weeklong activities in celebration of the second annual Citizenship Week. This year's theme was feminism, empowerment and breaking barriers.
 
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MOPA Student Exhibit


Photographs by LJCDS students are displayed at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Dreamscapes, the 14th Annual Juried Youth Exhibition.

Shadow a Kindergartner


Our head of Lower School spent the day working, playing and learning with 12 kindergarten students.

Help! It's Time for High School!


The transition from middle to high school can be scary for students and parents alike. Working together with the school can help your child find success in their freshman year.

More Joy, Less Stress This Holiday Season


It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but is it really? Our school counselor shares strategies for how to manage stress and family dynamics during the holidays. 
More campus news
Roots & Wings Podcast
Episode 18: Leigh Pierce, Middle School Science Teacher
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Coming Soon: Winter 2019 and Report on Giving
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