(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) -  It has been a busy fall at Dailard with students, parents and staff. The year began with an interim principal, Darlene Cason, long-time Del Cerro resident and former Dailard teacher. Mr. Erpeldin, principal for 2 ½ years, returned to Poway School District. A new principal will be appointed by the Board of Education. Two teachers joined the 2008-09 Dailard staff, Erin Keegan, previously at E.B. Scripps and Frank Sanfilippo, taught at Whittier and is a graduate of Dailard School. Welcome to both of them.

The Parent Teacher Foundation (PTF) presented teachers in grades K-3 with an Apple laptop computer for their classroom. Upper grade teachers had received theirs in the spring. The D.A.D.S. (Dads Assisting Dailard Students) had a fantastic campout on the upper field on September 27th and 28th. Students and dads climbed Cowles Mountain, enjoyed a delicious barbeque, played a variety of games, watched a movie, slept in their tents and ended the campout the next day with hot chocolate. Over four hundred students, dads, grandpas and other family members had an incredible, memory-making campout.

The PTF Fall Festival was held on Saturday, October 25th with lots of food, games, pie-eating contest, cake decorating contest and of course a Cake Walk. This was following by the annual Halloween Parade on Friday, October 31st in the Court Yard.

Student Council elections were held on November 4th: Kiara Decelles, President; Andrew Holt, Vice President; Justin Moughan; Secretary; Hailey Revello, Treasurer; Brenden Hawk, Historian; Andrew Bodenstadt, Fire & Safety Marshall; Sergeant-at-Arms is Annalisa Reynoso and the Playground Commissioners are Nick Bodenstadt, LaMichael Kelly, Jackie Boain, Malachi Riley, Cassie Palm and Brian Cone. Congratulations to each one and all the candidates that took part in the campaign. Brad Sullivan, music teacher, guides the Student Council.

Wishing the Del Cerro~San Carlos community a safe and happy holiday season.