1. Muir School A Kindergarten to Grade 12 Magnet School in San Diego Unified School District, California, USA Virtual Welcome Pack 2009 Photographed and Written by Muir Students

2. We are in the SW Corner of the USA

3. San Diego: Military Town

4. San Diego: Biotech Industry Hub

5. San Diego: Tourist Destination

6. Students come to magnet schools on the bus from all parts of the city.

7. Magnet School Why are magnet schools important? Magnet schools are important because they offer so many different opportunities. The great thing about them is that all magnet schools have a different theme that they focus their school on. Why are magnet schools considered to give more opportunities, what do they have to offer? Magnet schools like ours, are usually smaller than some traditional schools, that allows students learn in a closer family-like environment where not only, everyone knows each other but they have a better opportunity of learning because there are fewer students. That usually allows a closer, more “intimate” level of education.

9. Peace Day March

11. Elementary House Project

12. Color and Design Sculptures

13. Banner Project

14. All-School Field Trips

15. Paideia School: Seminars and Projects Q. What is a Paideia Seminar? "A Paideia Seminar is an opportunity for students to study a piece of text and to make meaning of it. The text could be a book, a poem, could be a piece of artwork, could be a power point, could be a statue. But it's something that has some mystery to it and will cause people to think, and to share their ideas." Interview with the Principal :

16. Library

17. International Studies We have had visitors from China, Germany, Uzbekistan, and Ghana. We have students from Vietnam, Mexico, Somalia and more places. Maybe you would like to visit, too?

18. Students make web sites.

19. Life Stroll by R, Gr. 8 This fork in the road Which direction do I go To the right Or to the left Won’t someone stroll with me Give me the answers Show me which way to go Fear of making a mistake Hearts telling me one way Minds telling me the opposite Walk with me No one to talk to But myself Tricking my own mind This image is breathing-taking The streets look the same No clues as to which to take Could be an illusion Assuming one route’s cluttered And the other streamlined Combine the two Come back to reality Continue going straight No decisions to make Nothing to think about Taking life As it comes

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