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San Diego’s private air charter firm awards check to Helen Woodward

 Animal Center to the tune of $10,160 based on 2011 customer travel miles

SAN DIEGO – (January 25, 2012) –Having surpassed goals for 2011 customer travel miles, Schubach Aviation (www.schubachaviation.com) ended its year-long “One Cent Per Mile” fundraising campaign for orphaned animals by donating a total of $10,160.19 to Helen Woodward Animal Center, announced Henry Schubach, president of the leading San Diego private air charter firm.

In January 2011, Schubach Aviation pledged a minimum of $8,000 to Helen Woodward Animal Center through this campaign, promising to donate one cent for every mile flown by its fleet of 15 private aircraft through the end of 2011. The company also gave its customers the opportunity to make a small donation of their own, based on their trip miles.

“We’re very grateful to have had Schubach Aviation’s support of our organization this past year, as well as their help in generating attendance at our fundraising events through their advertising and marketing efforts,” said Mike Arms, president of Helen Woodward Animal Center.  “We’re proud to have facilitated the adoptions of 2,499 animals this past year.  Schubach Aviation’s level of corporate participation has gone a long way in helping us care for those animals while in our custody, and to bring public awareness to the importance and rewards of adopting.”

In addition to making monetary contributions, Schubach Aviation promoted Helen Woodward Animal Center’s fundraising events in its full-page print ads, which featured champion surf dogs Dozer, an English Bulldog owned by Gigi Bagaporo and Doug Hokstad, and Nani, a Bernese Mountain Dog owned by Peter and Gabi Noll, posed inside one of the firm’s Challenger 601 private jets. Avid supporters of the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Bagaporo, Hokstad and the Nolls lent their time and creativity to the dog photo shoot early last year.

In February, a team of nine Schubach Aviation employees and their family members were honored as the top fundraising team at the second annual Helen Woodward Animal Center 5K Puppy Run/Walk held along a scenic, coastal route in Solana Beach. The Schubach Aviation team raised the largest amount by any corporate team, beyond the company’s corporate contribution. Additionally Schubach Aviation was a prominent participant of the organization’s “Broadway Tails” Spring Fling held in June, sponsoring the main entry martini luge. Schubach Aviation will continue to support some of the organization’s events held in the coming year.

“We’re very pleased to have supported Helen Woodward Animal Center this past year, and look forward to partnering with them for the upcoming Puppy Flush Poker Tournament and Spring Fling,” said Schubach, whose own Golden Retriever, Bob, and rescued Labrador-Mix, Brailey, are permanent fixtures at Schubach Aviation’s Palomar Airport headquarters.  “We’re big dog people here, as are many of our customers, who use our private aviation services sometimes mainly so they can safely and comfortably bring their own dogs with them on their flights.”

Helen Woodward Animal Center is a unique, private, non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of animals and enriching the lives of people. Incorporated in 1972, the Center provides humane care and adoption of orphaned animals, as well as animal-centered educational and therapeutic programs for people. The Center is recognized worldwide as a leader in the animal welfare community.

About Schubach Aviation:

Schubach Aviation is San Diego’s premier, on-demand charter aircraft carrier, providing the corporate community and leisure travelers with private aircraft charters to anywhere in the world. Founded in 1992 by Henry Schubach, the firm employs a team of highly experienced pilots, mechanics, and support staff at 2026 Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad, Calif. and at Lindberg Field in downtown San Diego. Its fleet of managed aircraft includes a G-IV SP, two wide-bodied Bombardier Challenger 601s; five Hawkers; a Lear 35; two Citation Jets, and two factory-new CJ3′s. More information about the company can be found on the web at www.schubachaviation.com.

SAN MARCOS (January 25, 2012) – Shayla Sivert was approved as Palomar College’s Interim Dean of Languages and Literature at the College’s January Governing Board meeting.
Sivert has been a full-time faculty member in the department of English as a Second Language (ESL) at Palomar since 1988. In addition to teaching nearly all levels and subject areas within ESL, she has coordinated several ESL programs at the college (Fallbrook, Escondido, and San Marcos) and has served as department chair and co-president of the Palomar Faculty Federation.
Co-author of a number of articles, Sivert has also presented at regional and state conferences. In addition, she has served on a number of governance committees including Strategic Planning Council, Sabbatical Leave, Faculty Senate, Academic Integrity Subcommittee, Educational Master Planning, Safety and Security, Policies and Procedures Task Force, Tenure and Evaluations, and Student Services Planning Council.
Sivert began her teaching career as a graduate student at CSU, Fresno, where she received both her BA and MA in Linguistics/ESL.  Prior to being hired at Palomar, she taught English to pre-dental and pre-medical students overseas.

Outside her work at Palomar, Sivert, mother to two sons, has been active as a volunteer at local elementary and high schools, helping instructors and serving on a school site council. She has also participated in local efforts with Habitat for Humanity and has competed in outrigger racing competitions up and down the California coast.

“I am delighted to have the opportunity to serve and work in support of the college community from this new vantage point,” she said.

Debbie Frank, Sandra Flores, Cory Hurtado, Lt. Justin R. West, Renee and Felix Moya and Andrew Carter at the USS Midway Toys for Tots launch event.

San Diego, Calif., January 23, 2012—-San Diego Self Storage (SDSS) sponsored its annual holiday toy drive benefiting Toys for Tots by collecting toys at each of their locations throughout the greater San Diego region. The successful campaign collected a record 10,726 toys, a significant increase from last year’s 8,570 toys received. The US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program provides underprivileged children with new toys at Christmas, with the purpose of delivering a message of hope and motivate them to grow into responsible, productive citizens and community leaders (www.toysfortots.org).

According to Managing Member J. Terry Aston, “This year we increased the number of toys collected despite a challenging economy and we’re grateful to our SDSS staff, tenants and the community members we serve who were instrumental in making this annual toy drive a success. We were also fortunate to have several media partners who helped us spread the word to enlist the support of the general public. These combined elements helped us exceed our expectations.”

San Diego Self Storage facilities that participated in the campaign are located in the following communities:  Carlsbad; Carmel Valley; East Lake; Encinitas; Golden Triangle; Jamacha Point; La Jolla; Mira Mesa; National City; North County (Escondido); Temecula; Olivenhain; Otay Crossing; Otay Mesa; Poway; Solana Beach; Sorrento Mesa and Sorrento Valley.

Founded in 1972, San Diego Self Storage is one of the largest self-storage providers in San Diego County with a network of 16 neighborhood self-storage facilities and additional facilities in Los Angles and Orange County. The company is locally owned and operated and offers small personal units and multiple larger units for commercial accounts. In addition, San Diego Self Storage offers discounts to active militarily personnel and their families in response to their dedicated service. For further information, please call (858) 909-0090 or visit www.SanDiegoSelfStorage.com.

Keenan Jones, Jacob Herz, Craig Kimball, Jacob Baizer, Stephen Linam, Cameron Shaddle, Alex Guy.

Encinitas, CA, January 23, 2012—-The Grauer School Shockwave Robotics Team won a first place team trophy at the “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) FIRST Tech Challenge” (FTC) Los Angeles Regional Championship Tournament on December 10, 2011, as well as capturing the Inspire Award, the highest award offered in the competition bestowed upon the team that exemplifies advancing robotics awareness and assisting other teams well as excelling in every judged category for robot design and operation. These two awards achieved during the first competition of the season have qualified them to compete in the FIRST  World Championships to be held April 25-28, 2012 in St. Louis, MO. The Grauer School team has three rookie members this year, who contributed to the win of both awards unprecedented feat in recent history (ever) at the LA Championships.  This year’s Shockwave team includes Alex Guy (’12), Cameron Shaddle (’12). Stephen Linam (’13), Keenan Jones (’13), Jacob Hertz (’14), Jacob Baizer (’15), and Craig Kimball (’16).

According to Grauer School Robotics Team parent and mentor Mary Linam, “ The judges said during the awards ceremony that they felt they had to give both awards to Shockwave due to their overall strength with the greatest influence being their willingness to help any team at the meet with challenges they were facing with their robots. Our students were jumping in with teams helping them construct and program throughout the championships.”

A few examples of the work that led to the awards include: Alex Guy built the drive train, machined custom parts and completed the vast majority of all the programming. Alex logged over 100 hours of work outside of class in the first three months of the season. Stephen Linam was the lead builder and driver for the robot. He practiced relentlessly to become adept and master the sensitive controls needed to navigate around the field, pick and flip crates, collect racquetballs and score, and many other critical functions of the robot. Jacob Baizer built a superior magnetic sensor from scratch rather than the “standard” one provided by the competition – making the Grauer School team the only one at the competition that could score the special “magnetic” balls.

Shockwave was to compete in January at the San Diego FIRST FTC Championships but has agreed to cede their opportunity to compete in their hometown to allow a new FTC team that was on a waiting list have the opportunity to compete. Shockwave will be there to mentor and help that team as well as any others that night need a hand that day.

The Grauer School is an independent grades 6 –12 college preparatory day school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school is currently enrolling students in its Summer School sessions during June 25-July 13 and July 16-August 3. Priority enrollment includes a 3% discount on enrollment fees if registered by March 2012. The school serves as a successful educational model for hundreds of private schools around the world through the Coalition of Small Preparatory Schools established by Founding Director, Stuart Grauer, Ed.D. To learn more about The Grauer School experience, or upcoming Summer School, visit www.grauerschool.com or call 760/944-6777.

San Diego, CA  January 20, 2012— The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is delighted to announce that final preparations are underway following installation of a new, state-of-the-art, giant dome screen digital GSX™ system from Global Immersion.  The GSX system will augment the existing IMAX^® projector in the Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Dome Theater with one of the most comprehensive and powerful fulldome experiences available today.

The celebration begins early next month: on Wednesday, February 1; our popular “The Sky Tonight” live monthly planetarium show will return; followed by a new daily planetarium show, BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity, running in conjunction with our new exhibition “Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists”; both open on Saturday, February 4.

At the heart of GSX is a combination of technologies called ImageFusion™ which combine the power and resolution of four of the latest Sony® 4K resolution cinema grade projectors to offer audiences an entirely digital, truly immersive and pixel-perfect giant screen experience.  The Heikoff Dome Theater (76-feet in diameter) provides a 168° (vertical) by 360° (horizontal) field-of-view immersive experience which envelops the audience in the 314 seats in the house.

The GSX system at the Fleet uses four powerful Sony® SRX-T420 digital cinema projectors, expertly adapted by Global Immersion to project a single-displayed image onto the specialized surface of the hemispherical, curved dome screen.  Each projector offers 4096 x 2160 pixel resolution that, when combined as the GSX system, converts a total of 84,000 lumens and over 32 million pixels into a full screen image to offer audiences a stunning immersive visual experience.

Each of the four digital cinema projectors is the size of a small refrigerator and produces a significant amount of heat and noise.  Combined as one GSX system in the heart of the Heikoff Dome Theater, the projectors are specially mounted inside an insulated steel enclosure, fitted within the existing instrument floor space near Dome center.  This enclosure, supported by a custom engineered precision projector mounting solution, has been designed by Global Immersion as part of the GSX system to precisely monitor and maintain the temperature of 20 °C/ 68 °F and provide acoustic insulation.

Also housed inside the projector system is a proprietary combination of GSX components each required to seamlessly integrate the system and deliver the best possible performance.  The ImageFusion™ for GSX features a range of hardware and software technologies including custom lenses, image processing and optimization tools, geometric laser alignment systems and performance monitoring and diagnostics.  A total of eight high performance servers power the GSX system, which delivers lucid, high resolution and superior quality digital video.

Returning on Wednesday, February 1; the fulldome digital GSX system will take the Fleet Science Center’s popular “The Sky Tonight” live planetarium shows to unheard-of levels, featuring stunning visuals and incredibly realistic simulations of cosmic phenomena.  As always, a professional astronomer leads backyard astronomers through the universe; presenting the sky in San Diego as it can be seen on the night of the show, twice nightly. Weather and operational requirements permitting, the San Diego County Astronomy Association provides free telescope viewing outdoors on the Prado in Balboa Park.

There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to an end.  BLACK HOLES: The Other Side of Infinity, our new daily public planetarium show, opens Saturday, February 4.  Academy Award®-nominated actor Liam Neeson is our narrator and guide through other-worldly wormholes to experience striking animations of the formation of the early universe, the collision of giant galaxies, the violent death of a star and a simulated flight to a super-massive black hole lurking at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

The new fulldome digital GSX system is an indicator of the evolution of giant screen cinemas and the need to provide improved content to audiences.  The Fleet is delighted that their state-of-the-art system will set a new quality benchmark for digital dome video, with the flexibility to present a wide range of media and show experiences.  Innovative planetarium shows from all over the world and other high-definition multimedia productions will enable Fleet visitors to enjoy incredibly bright, colorful and high contrast images on the Fleet’s iconic 76-foot tilted dome NanoSeam™ screen.

Conventional dome theaters, with their application-specific, hemispherical shape, have mainly been used throughout the world to teach astronomy.  The Fleet continues to offer informative and educational sky-based experiences, but now has the flexibility to extend programming to a wider range of formats and subject matters.  GSX is designed as an ‘open’ format with the emerging DIGSS / Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications in mind; allowing the widest possible programming, including live streamed events and musical experiences.

Digital experiences in the Heikoff Dome Theater will set the stage for an inclusive visitor experience, expanding upon hands-on exhibit content found in the galleries.  Creative visualizations can take audiences on a tour of the universe, or probe inside a human cell.  The new digital system in the Heikoff Dome Theatre will offer the power and flexibility to reflect and expand on content and concepts found on the exhibit floor and galleries.  The Fleet also looks forward to partnering with local scientists, musicians and artists in innovative projects.  The installation of the GSX system will advance the non-profit organization’s mission to inspire lifelong learning by furthering the public understanding and enjoyment of science and technology.

The $5 million project, led by Fleet Science Center executive director Dr. Jeffrey Kirsch, has been under development for more than five years; installation of the new seamless Dome screen marked Phase 1 of the project, along with the sound system and the interior refurbishment.  Supporting the efforts of the Fleet Science Center, a dedicated team of volunteer expert technical advisors – including Tei Iki, William Bleha, Robert Hardacker, Jack Schmidt and Dave Eccles – carried out a comprehensive search for the highest quality immersive theater system suppliers and established the overall specifications for the system.

The installation of the digital dome signals the completion of the Fleet’s five-year capital campaign, “Creating Possibility, Inspiring Tomorrow.”  The major donors for the Heikoff Dome project are Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Weingart-Price Fund, Don and Maryann Lyle, Patricia Carter, Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish, The Hervey Family Fund, The Nierman Family Fund, Mrs. Audrey S. Geisel and the Dr. Seuss Fund, The Helen K. and James S. Copley Foundation, Chuck and Judy Wheatley, Margie Warner and John H. Warner Jr., Eric and Peggy Johnson, and Nancy Robertson and Mark Cookingham.

Looking forward, the Fleet has plans to introduce a digital production studio that will develop educational content in cooperation with multiple institutions, including the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD’s CALIT2, and others.  Shows produced will use scientific data collected and interpreted from partner institutions to take the public on astonishing immersive journeys from inside the theater into a human stem cell, an atomic nucleus or virtually any environment imaginable.  Moreover, local scientists, students and artists will be invited to use the Fleet Science Center’s digital projection technology to present data and other visualizations on the giant tilted-dome screen.

Our team comments on the project thus far:

Dr Jeffrey W. Kirsch, Ph. D., Executive Director, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center commented “We are delighted to have worked so closely with our technical experts and with Global Immersion on premiering the new digital fulldome GSX system in the Heikoff Dome Theater.  It will launch a new era for the Fleet, not only enhancing our planetarium capabilities but expanding the possibilities for sustainable institutional programming that could include evening programming with cultural content of various kinds.  We will be the first Giant Dome Theater in the country to share a digital planetarium with an IMAX Dome theater.  In a sense it is reminiscent of our beginnings in 1973 when we introduced the world to a  tilted dome (analog) planetarium system and IMAX in a shared venue (the original Space Theater).”

Martin Howe: Chief Executive, Global Immersion “Working in close collaboration with the Fleet, Global Immersion has developed GSX specifically to meet and exceed the high standards and performance demands that exist among the world’s giant screen theater network.  This project has provided us with a fantastic and highly knowledgeable customer to work and consult with; ultimately ensuring the new GSX™ Digital Giant Screen Theater range would exceed expectations and offer giant screen theatres a digital system which fully realizes the demands of such a theater in the modern age.  It is hugely exciting for us to have the Fleet as the premiere venue for the showcasing of our new giant screen solution, GSX.”

Alan Caskey: Director for the Americas, Global Immersion “We are delighted to be working with the team at the Fleet on such a unique, energized and ambitious project.  This visionary digital giant screen theater follows months of design, innovation and planning – we are very excited by the prospects of a continued partnership with the Fleet, and ultimately the public premiere of the new GSX experience.”

About the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

With exhibits to touch, IMAX films to experience and planetarium shows to watch, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (“the Fleet”) offers an educational, entertaining experience for visitors of all ages.  Located at 1875 El Prado, two blocks south of the San Diego Zoo on Park Blvd, the Fleet is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the public understanding and enjoyment of science and technology.  For information regarding current admission prices, please call (619) 238-1233 or visit our website at www.rhfleet.org

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 24, 2012) – Ian Gomez, manager of receivership services for Trigild—a property management, loan recovery and real estate receivership specialist headquartered in San Diego—has been elected to the board of directors of the San Diego Chapter of the California Receiver’s Forum.

As a board member, Gomez will be actively involved in the local chapter of this nonprofit organization, which brings together all professionals involved in the receivership process—from accountants to attorneys to workout professionals.

Gomez, who has been with Trigild for over three years, currently works closely with the firm’s general counsel and managing director of receivership services, and has been instrumental in coordinating and developing corporate standard operating procedures for the company’s growing receivership services department.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from California Baptist University and a paralegal certificate from the University of San Diego, as well as a certificate of completion for a comprehensive 16-hour course on receivership administration and procedures from Loyola Law School.   In additional to his affiliation with the San Diego Chapter of the California Receiver’s Forum, he is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

About California Receiver’s Forum

The California Receivers Forum is a non-profit organization formed by interested receivers, attorneys, accountants and property managers, with support from the Los Angeles Superior Court, to address the needs and concerns of receivers, facilitate communication between the receivership community and the courts, and assist in raising the level of professionalism of receivers throughout the state. The organization has five local affiliates: Bay Area, Central California, LA/Orange County, Sacramento Valley and San Diego. For more information, visit http://www.sdreceivers.org/

About Trigild

Headquartered in San Diego with regional offices throughout the country, Trigild has more than 35 years of commercial real estate and operating business expertise, with a focus on managing and maximizing value for assets in an array of industries, including hospitality, multifamily, office, industrial, retail, petroleum properties and more. For further information, visit www.trigild.com.

Donation brings critical funds to outfit school with engineering class supplies

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 20, 2012) – On January 6, Jerome’s Furniture (Jerome’s) donated $6,000 to Del Sur Elementary School to support a new program, Engineering is Elementary. Representatives from Jerome’s, including Chairman Jerry Navarra; Director of Marketing Jim Navarra; and President and CEO Lee Goodman, presented a check during the school’s bi-weekly Flag Day assembly.

The Engineering is Elementary (EiE) project promotes engineering and technological literacy among children. EiE will provide Del Sur Elementary School students with a research-based, standards-driven, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills with elementary science topics. EiE lessons not only promote K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning, but also connect with literacy and social studies.

“As a local, family-owned business, we always want to give back when we can,” said Jerry Navarra, chairman at Jerome’s. “Local schools like Del Sur Elementary are critical to support the education of the next generation in our communities. Programs like Engineering is Elementary will provide students with an inventive, interactive learning experience. We’re glad to help – it’s important to us, our employees and our customers.”Del Sur Elementary School will implement the EiE program this spring. Students will engage in many activities from replicating an artifact to designing knee braces.

“We appreciate the generosity of Jerome’s Furniture,” said Doug Johnson, principal at Del Sur Elementary School. “With their help, we’ve ordered the necessary equipment and are eager to get the program started.  The on-site ceremony at Del Sur created a special dedication – Jerry is a familiar face to many students who see him on TV.”

Part of the award-winning Poway Unified School District, Del Sur Elementary School is located within the master-planned community of Del Sur in San Diego. Del Sur offers seven new home neighborhoods, featuring homes by top builders, including: Standard Pacific Homes, Shea Homes, California West Communities and Davidson Communities. To learn more about Del Sur’s new home neighborhoods, go to www.delsurliving.com or call 858-481-4200. To learn more about Del Sur Elementary School, visit http://www.powayusd.com/pusddses/.

About Jerome’s
Founded in 1954, Jerome’s Furniture is a family owned and operated business headquartered in San Diego, Calif. with six showrooms and six clearance centers located across Southern California and an e-commerce website providing avenues for consumers to enjoy online furniture viewing and buying.  Regarded fondly by generations of families in San Diego, Jerome’s is known as the best furniture retailer for value (“Jerry’s Price”) and a wide selection of products.  Recognized as the 2008 Retailer of the Year by the Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) and Honoree of the San Diego National Bank Founders Award along with numerous business recognitions as the best furniture store, customers know they can count on Jerome’s to make it easy to shop for furniture with service support including interior design, same day delivery and financing.  More information can be found by visiting www.jeromes.com, @JeromesSanDiego or on Facebook, Jerome’s San Diego.

SAN DIEGO – (January 19, 2012) – Carlsbad High School students returned from their holiday break last week to find 11 brand new education buildings and a central plaza awaiting them.  Located at 3557 Lancer Way in Carlsbad, Calif., the $47 million classroom complex was constructed by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s leading education facility builders, on behalf of the Carlsbad Unified School District.

The education-building complex represents the third phase of an overall $87 million renovation and modernization of Carlsbad High School, home of the Lancers, that McCarthy began in June 2008. The project is being funded by Proposition P, a $198 million bond measure passed by voters in 2006. Carlsbad High School, which was originally built in 1957 and now boasts an enrollment of 3,000 students, is one of eight schools within the Carlsbad Unified School District being constructed or modernized with funding from Prop P.

The one- and two-story education facilities comprise a total of 99,000 square feet of space and provide new classroom, performing arts, vocational education lab and food service space. The buildings surround the newly created Lancer Plaza, which resembles a college campus quad and serves as a central gathering and event area for students.

A grand opening celebration and official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to commemorate the completion of the education-building phase. More than 200 government officials, school district dignitaries, and other stakeholders attended the event and expressed praise for those involved in the planning, construction and oversight.

“There are so many individuals who have helped guide this project on the right path, and helped realize our dream of being one of the most modern and desirable school campuses in the country,” said Maggie Stanchi, director of instruction for the Carlsbad Unified School District and former principal of Carlsbad High School.  “We’re especially grateful to the members of McCarthy’s project team for their diligence and high degree of professionalism throughout the course of this project.”

Built on the site of the school’s former parking lot on the east side of Carlsbad High School, the 11 new steel-framed stucco buildings were designed to harmonize with the surrounding structures, while giving the campus a more contemporary appeal. The buildings feature curtain walls on one side, and cantilevered walls with metal sunscreens on the opposite sides to help reduce energy use. Masonry was incorporated in some areas, including the plaza ticket booth.

In all, the education building phase encompasses 54 new instruction spaces, including 34 regular classrooms, six computer/digital labs, and 14 other instructional rooms to accommodate the school’s highly specialized and widely acclaimed curriculum and programs.  It also encompasses 18 new restrooms, four faculty rooms, and a full-size commercial kitchen.

A professionally equipped, top-notch broadcast studio accommodates Carlsbad High School’s live, daily scholastic broadcasting for which the school has received 19 Emmy Awards and been ranked No. 1 in the nation.  A new backdrop set is currently being fabricated to complement the built-in news desk and guest couch area.

A 2,071-square-foot woodshop features a sophisticated dust collection system and air blast system that lend to the open-ceiling, industrial look of the interior.  A large dance studio, featuring Maplewood hardwood flooring and full-wall shatterproof mirrors, provides practice space for Carlsbad High School’s dance team, which has been the national champion for seven consecutive years.  Other instructional rooms are custom-built for students enrolled in arts, ceramics, fashion, choral, drama, music, construction tech, and functional skills classes. Computer and digital lab rooms accommodate CADD, business, graphic design, digital photo, computer and video classes.

A 2,500-square-foot commercial kitchen provides the facilities and equipment needed for cafeteria staff to prepare between 500 and 600 meals for students each day, including basic breakfast items and full lunch entrees.  The space includes restrooms and locker rooms for those staff members.  A nearby concession room provides an area where students can purchase lighter snack items throughout the day.

Also included in this phase of construction was a 5,000-square-foot, stand-alone wrestling building that features one-inch rubberized flooring and a carefully controlled HVAC system designed to maintain a consistent, moderate temperature.  McCarthy subcontracted construction of this pre-fabricated building to MC Industrial, which specializes in this particular construction method. This portion of work required review and approval by the Division of State Architects.

A primary challenge for McCarthy project team members during this phase of construction was coordinating the logistics of building on an existing, occupied campus and controlling vehicle, bicycle, skateboard and pedestrian traffic.  This task was further complicated by the adjoining, city-owned cultural arts campus, which offered a full spectrum of productions during summer months — a time when construction crews had counted on accomplishing a large portion of the construction work.

“We were in close communication with the District the entire duration in an effort to reduce potential traffic flow issues and minimize disruptions to campus operations while school was in session,” said McCarthy Project Director Craig Swenson. “At many points, it required our having to reassess the schedule, then rearrange subcontractor schedules to accommodate activity on and around the campus.”

With the education-building phase complete, McCarthy crews will now have a few months to demolish some of the existing classroom buildings on the south side of the campus, and convert the site into a new, larger parking lot.

In March 2010, McCarthy completed the second phase of construction, which involved demolition of the existing stadium, installation of underground utility infrastructure, and construction of a new 3,900-seat athletic stadium with aluminum bleachers and a synthetic track and field area. The stadium houses a new 10,000-square-foot building with locker rooms, restrooms and concession areas. The new stadium also features a Pop Warner-sponsored scoreboard with state-of-the-art LED technology for animated messaging.

The initial phase, performed in the later half of 2008, required McCarthy to set up temporary classroom facilities for students, along with the utilities to support these facilities.

Design consultants involved in the Carlsbad High School renovation project include Perkins+Will, architect; John A. Martin & Associates, structural engineer; Leighton Engineering, geotechnical engineer; Cornerstone Engineering, Inc., civil engineer; Johnson Consulting Engineers, Inc., electrical engineer; Donn C. Gilmore & Associates, mechanical engineer; and Lightfoot Planning Group as the landscape architect. The Planning Center provided the Environmental Impact Report.

Gafcon is the program manager. Erik Reuter has been serving as director of school construction on behalf of the CUSD.

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the nation’s 10th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2011) and the largest educational facilities builder in California (California Construction, April 2010).  The firm has been building in the education market for the last 50 years. Committed to the construction of high performance buildings, the company has managed construction or built more than 300 K-12 school projects nationwide, totaling more than $2 billion in construction value, and nearly 100 higher education projects on more than 50 campuses. In addition to San Diego, McCarthy has offices in Newport Beach, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; St. Louis; Dallas; Houston; and Atlanta.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.  More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

FEBRUARY 19 AT COPLEY SYMPHONY HALL

 SAN DIEGO, CA — La Jolla Music Society opens this Season’s Celebrity American Orchestra Series with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, February 19 at 8 pm at Copley Symphony Hall. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of today’s leading orchestras. Performances by the CSO are much in demand at home and in the most prestigious music capitals of the world. In September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became the CSO’s tenth music director. For the first time in over two decades the CSO will return to San Diego to perform a program including Schubert’s Entr’acte No. 3 from Rosamunde, Symphony No. 9 in C Major, and Anna Clyne will bring her new work Night Ferry, commissioned specifically for the CSO.

La Jolla Music Society enhances the concert-going experience by presenting “Preludes” – pre-concert chats and performances – prior to each performance and free to ticket-holders. Mr. Nuvi Mehta, Artistic Director of the Ventura Music Festival, delivers a lecture, Points of Departure – The Life and Work of Franz Schubert at 7 pm followed by an interview with composer Anna Clyne.

Tickets are $27-$97 and are available through the La Jolla Music Society box office,

(858) 459-3728 or online at www.LJMS.org.

About the Artist – Chicago Symphony Orchestra

In collaboration with internationally renowned conductors and guest artists, the CSO performs well over 150 concerts each year at its downtown Chicago home, Symphony Center,   and at the Ravinia Festival on Chicago’s North Shore, where it is in residence each summer.

Recordings by the CSO have earned 62 Grammy® Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Most recently, the recording of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Riccardo Muti was recognized with two Grammy® Awards in 2011 for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s distinguished history began in 1891, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’ aim to establish a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October of that year.

About the Music Director & Conductor – Riccardo Muti

Born in Naples, Italy, Riccardo Muti first came to the attention of critics and public in 1967, when he won the Guido Cantelli Competition for conductors in Milan. In 1971, Muti was invited by Herbert von Karajan to conduct at the Salzburg Festival, the first of many occasions which led to the celebration of 40 years of splendid collaboration with this glorious Austrian Festival. Muti has served as music director of several international institutions: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Philadelphia Orchestra and Teatro alla Scala. In 2004, Muti founded the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra, which consists of young musicians selected from all over Italy.

Over the course of his extraordinary career, Riccardo Muti has conducted most of the important orchestras in the world, among them, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic and the Bayerischer Rundfunk.           Maestro Muti made his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival in July 1973. He won his first two Grammy® Awards for his recording of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the CSO and Chorus. Innumerable honors have been bestowed on Riccardo Muti; most recently in 2011, he was awarded Spain’s Prince of Asturias Prize, and was named an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic and an honorary director for life at the Rome Opera. He is the recipient of the 2011 Birgit Nilsson Prize.

About La Jolla Music Society

“We bring the world to San Diego” – As one of Southern California’s leading presenters of world-class performing arts, La Jolla Music Society contributes to San Diego’s cultural vitality year-round through a rich variety of presentations, including classical, jazz and contemporary music, and dance.  During the 2011-12 Season, La Jolla Music Society will present Jonathan Biss, the Takács Quartet, Emanuel Ax, The Cleveland Orchestra, Tiempo Libre, Mark Morris Dance Group, MOMIX and other high-quality artists both emerging and world-renowned.  For more information, visit www.LJMS.org, or call (858) 459-3728.

La Jolla Music Society’s 2011-12 Season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego and Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, the National Endowment for the Arts, San Diego Gas & Electric, ResMed Foundation, Conrad Prebys and Debbie Turner, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, The Frieman Family, Rita and Richard Atkinson, Brian and Silvija Devine, Sam B. Ersan, Raffaella and John Belanich, Jeanette Stevens, and an Anonymous donor.