San Ysidro Teacher, Coronado, San Diego Students, Honored at Broadway San Diego Awards

An educator from San Ysidro Excessive Faculty has been named Finest Native Theater Trainer on the Broadway San Diego Awards.

Jose Lopez of the South Bay campus was one among 30 academics nominated for the award, which honors a “deserving drama/theatre instructor who made a constructive distinction in (a pupil’s) life, the life of a kid or locally.”

As a part of the award, Lopez will journey to New York Metropolis to attend the 2022 Jimmy Awards, often known as the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Musical Theatre Awards.

Native college students additionally acquired honors – Ryan Sweeney of Canyon Crest Academy gained Finest Actor, whereas Kendall Becerra of Coronado Faculty of the Arts was named Finest Actress.

The native awards are sponsored by San Diego County Credit score Union and held in collaboration with Broadway San Diego. Candidates have been chosen from onsite judging of highschool musicals at their dwelling venues throughout this college 12 months.

Becerra and Sweeney, who have been narrowed down from 20 nominees, additionally will journey to New York to hitch dozens of different finalists from regional competitions throughout the nation.

The week-long expertise consists of rehearsals, workshops, lectures, discipline journeys and one-on-one teaching periods, designed to organize college students for the June 27 nationwide awards ceremony, on a Broadway stage.

SDCCU President and CEO Teresa Campbell credited each academics and college students for his or her abilities.

“The scholars competing within the Broadway San Diego Awards might by no means attain their full potential with out these wonderful theater academics,” she mentioned.