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Nominate The 2023 Community Read Selection - Now Through Oct. 6

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The Coronado Public Library is accepting suggestions for the 2023 Community Read Program now through October 6. If you have a book you’d like to recommend for the next Coronado Community Read, visit https://coronadolibrary.org/230/Coronado-Community-READ-2023 to submit a title.

The intent of the program is to encourage a shared community experience of reading and discussing the same book. The program also invites the community to participate in related public events, discussions of the ideas raised in the featured books, and examination of how these ideas connect with our daily lives and local communities. Community partners include the Friends of more >>

Coronado City News

CUSD To Host Candidates Forum

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Coronado Unified School District Parent Teacher Organizations will be hosting a Coronado School Board Candidate Forum on Tuesday, September 27, from 5-6:30 p.m. The community is invited to learn more about the candidates running to serve on the more >>

The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation… Helping Veterans One Wave At A Time
Coronado Island News

The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation… Helping Veterans One Wave At A Time

  • by Lauren Curtis
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This past weekend, a group of veterans set out into the ocean to heal themselves in the surf. The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation held two surf therapy sessions on Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18 at Coronado’s Shores Beach. The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation (JMMF) provides free surf therapy and ocean therapy for veterans, at-risk youth, special needs youth, and more. JMMF got its start 17 years ago with underprivileged and abused youth in Los Angeles, and the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Pendleton, which they still work with twice a month.

JMMF was established to honor Jimmy Miller, an avid surfer, and lover of the ocean who spent his life sharing his joy of surfing with as many people as he could. Unfortunately in 2004 a shoulder injury that kept him from surfing coincided with an onset of mental illness, and Jimmy took his own life. more >>

CUSD School Board Meeting, Trustees Approve Financial Report
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CUSD School Board Meeting, Trustees Approve Financial Report

  • by Sarah Steindl
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The Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) trustees gathered for a regular meeting on September 15, where they approved the 2021-2022 Unaudited Actuals SACS Financial Report, and discussed a variety of safety concerns, prompted by a public commenter.

The speaker, a mother of four kids in CUSD schools, alleged that she was able to freely walk into the elementary school courtyards and middle school cafeteria full of students, without facing any security measures. She also alleged that first floor classroom windows were opened due to high temperatures last week, noting that she could easily reach in and touch her own daughter’s head.

“Every day our principals, staff, and teachers are making the impossible choice between unbearable heat and a complete disregard for safety,” she said. “Please do not insult me by telling me we need to keep the windows and doors open more >>

Coronado Schools Foundation Welcomes New Director Of Development
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Coronado Schools Foundation Welcomes New Director Of Development

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Coronado Schools Foundation announces the addition to their staff of Ashley DeGree. Ashley has been a key contributor to the organization’s success over the last few years as the marketing and graphic design consultant and now joins the staff as the Director of Development.

Ashley brings a wide range of talent to the position with a rich background in non-profit fundraising and marketing as well as brand development and creative director roles. She and her family have traveled with the military as her husband is a Navy pilot, and now have happily settled in Coronado. They have one CUSD more >>

Coronado Sports

Coast Seniors Softball League

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Coast Seniors Softball League welcomes both part time and full time players. They meet every Thursday at Tidelands Park from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The only thing you need to bring is your glove. The teams supply everything else. A typical day has four teams playing concurrently on fields #1 and #2. Stop by and try it more >>

Coronado High School Celebrates Ethan Lam For Rare ‘Perfect’ Score On Advanced Placement Exam
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Coronado High School Celebrates Ethan Lam For Rare ‘Perfect’ Score On Advanced Placement Exam

  • by CUSD PIO
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Ethan Lam (CHS 2022) earned a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in spring 2022. Ethan, a student in the Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) Visual Arts Conservatory, was one of only 343 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Drawing Exam.

AP Exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. Ethan not only received the top score of 5, but earned every point possible on the exam, receiving the maximum score on each portion of the exam. “We are excited about the news and very proud of Ethan,” said his mom, Holly Bui. more >>

Coronado Island News

Coronado Roundtable To Meet Sept. 23

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Coronado Roundtable, Friday, September 23, 10 a.m., Winn Room, Coronado Public Library.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has profoundly altered Europe’s security outlook. The European Union has decided Europe will end imports of natural gas from Russia by 2030 - with a 2/3 reduction target by the end of this year. Is this feasible? What will be the impact on Europe, the U.S., and the world? This lecture will address these questions and discuss one of the EU’s most consequential decisions in its history.

David Edick Jr. is Principal at Core Global Advisory, a consultancy focused on energy, commodities, political risk, and market strategy. more >>

Coronado City News

Mobile Blood Drive Sept. 24

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Coronado Community will be hosting a mobile blood drive with the San Diego Blood Bank on Saturday, September 24, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The blood drive will be held at 1000 Orange Avenue, Coronado 92118 – the mobile unit will be parked on Isabella Avenue.

Anyone 17 and older, who weighs more >>

Coronado Football Falls To La Jolla Country Day
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Coronado Football Falls To La Jolla Country Day

  • by Clark Fahrenthold
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Friday nights football game between the Coronado Islanders and La Jolla Country Day High School (LJCD) turned out to be a tough match for the Islanders. 

Coming off back-to-back wins vs. Santana and Mar Vista, the Islanders were looking to make it three in a row, but LJCD was up for the challenge, handing Coronado a 34-8 loss to move Coronado to 3-2 on the year. 

While the score appeared one sided, there were still a few positive takeaways for the Islanders throughout the game. more >>

Coronado Island News

Coronado Newspaper Project Complete, Local Newspapers Searchable Online

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The multi-year Coronado Newspaper Project of the Coronado Public Library and the California Digital Newspaper Collection at the University of California Riverside is complete. Coronado’s newspapers from 1887 through 2013 are now available on the web.

The newspapers are fully searchable by subject, keyword, linked words and dates, and search results bring up articles or full pages of the newspapers. Images of specific articles can also be retrieved. Researchers and people with any interest level can look up stories, businesses, homes they lived in, obituaries, sports, and even ads. Some of the newspapers include: more >>

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