The La Jolla Cluster Association (LJCA) is a 501(c)3 organization made up of parents, teachers, and principals from the five La Jolla public schools. Our goal is to promote and support excellence in education in all La Jolla public schools. The LJCA works collaboratively to meet the needs of our diverse student population in grades TK-12 by implementing community based school reform in collaboration with SDUSD. Cluster board meetings are held every month and are open to all stakeholders.
La Jolla Cluster Meetings
2023/2024
Our meetings are held at Muirlands Middle School (library)
4:15pm- 5:30pm
Meetings this year:
Thursday October 16th, 2025
Thursday January 15th, 2025
Thursday April 16th, 2025
2024
School Calendar 2024/2025
Last day of school is Thursday May 29th, 2025. First day of next school year is Monday August 11th, 2025.
La Jolla Cluster
Representatives
Principal:
Parent Chair- Megan DeMott
Board Representative and SDUSD Board Chair: Cody Petterson
Area Superintendent: Mitzi Merino
BRE Reps: Principal: Eric Banatao
Parents: Asha Bleier and Svetlana Alleshouse
Teachers: Peggy Wilkinson and Melissa King
LJES Reps: Principal: Stephanie Hasselbrink
Parents: Andrea Russell and Katelyn Gotfredson
Teachers Aimee Lansky and Stephanie Halloran
TPES Reps: Principal: Keith Keiper
Parents: Jay Ahmad, Melissa Morrison-Reyes, Victoria Hall
Teachers: Oriana Luko and Sarahbeth Wintringer
Muirlands Reps: Principal: Brendan Simon
Parents: Eren Efe, Kathy Williams
Teachers: Lori Trombley
LJHS Reps: Principal: Chuck Podhorsky
Parents: Mokyou Hyun, Neha Bahadur
Teachers: Kerry Dill
PTSA Student representatives: Andrew Lee and Jacobo Carraso
Social emotional learning
The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning on Key Student Outcomes
Recent trends in education have created a focus in districts and schools on improving their students’ social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, and many educators are aware of the impact these skills have on student success.
Instructional Resources
San Diego Unified has developed an instructional resource page to provide support to families during school closure.
Community
Education
La Jolla Cluster Association has a committee dedicated to creating and supporting events that inform our community.
Social Emotional
Learning
Many educators are aware of the impact of social and emotional skills have on student success.
Learn more!
Contact Us
Form
Do you have a question or a concern?
Please locate your representative listed by school - or fill out the "contact us" form.
UPCOMING EVENTS
COVID19 News You Can Trust
Lots of free classes for students including cooking classes, yoga, dance fitness, and mindfulness through VEBA
SDUSD Wellness Resources: 2020-2021 Wellness@SDUSD
(presented at March Cluster meeting by Kate McDevitt, Wellness Program Supervisor)
Coronavirus Health Education Modules for Students by Grade Level
Arriving at school routine (video)
San Diego Unified Leaders,Teachers Union Announce 2020-21 Online Learning Plan
Centers for Disease Control - Get the Facts About Coronavirus
World Health Organization - COVID-19 Pandemic
National Institute of Health - Clinical Trials, Vaccine, Treatment
State of California - News, Data, Testing
County of San Diego - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)