Monday, November 9th, 2009
Well, it was on this morning at William de Avila Elementary School on Haight Street, where the Chinese language immersion students got to drink fruit smoothies from Bananaman and also got to meet soccer heroine Brandi Chastain. It all had to do with the National Parent Teachers Association’s Healthy Lifestyles Month. All the deets below.
The Jamba Juice Bananaman must be channeling the ghost of Jeff Spicoli. Anyway, the kids loved him. Click to expand:

And here she is, straight out of San Jose, Brandi Chastain herself:

Parents, including knuckle-knocking DCCC member Tom Hsieh, Jr. (Mayor Gavin Newsom’s friend, camera left), were encouraged by Brandi Chastain to get up and start jumping around, to the delight of the students:

Well, that was the medium, here’s the message, after the jump.
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
This was the mise en scene today at San Francisco’s brand new Cantonese dual language immersion school on Haight Street.
It’s called the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila.
See?

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So, line up behind your new teacher…

…and wait for your new principal to ring the school bell.

It’s the first day of school.
Good luck!
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