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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Amazing Raider families,

“The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create individuals who are capable of doing new things.” ~Jean Piaget~

This past Saturday, Dr. Javier, Ms. Martinez, Mr. Rapp and I attended the Open House for the new Chula Vista Entertainment Complex. This complex will house the newest Chula Vista Library, our district’s Launch Academy, SDSU Extension Nursing Program and most excitedly, entertainment studios for movie production, content creation, podcast studios, and there will be a sound stage where movies will be made. And while it is still being completed, we could see the possibilities of creating school partnerships for our own digital media production students. The idea of building this complex did not just happen overnight. Someone dreamt of possibly bringing Hollywood to South Bay so that our communities will be able to access careers and jobs associated with entertainment; that our students would not have to go to Hollywood; instead, these opportunities will be available at our fingertips. As the quote says, your education is not just to increase your knowledge; rather, it is to develop you to become an individual who are capable of doing new things. This can only happen if you believe that impossibilities can become possibilities. That can only happen if you are willing to try new things, get out of your comfort zone and dream big. I have lived in the South Bay for 24 years, and I would have never associated South Bay with Hollywood. Yet, here we are, on the precipice of something new and exciting opportunities for the community and our students. I am now dreaming of possibilities for our students in digital media to intern at the Chula Vista Entertainment Complex. How exciting is that?

Have a great week!

Easter Finley, Principal