{"id":215135,"date":"2026-03-11T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215135\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:18:07","slug":"mission-bay-clusters-lily-higman-named-volunteer-of-the-year-for-sdusd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215135\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Bay Cluster\u2019s Lily Higman named Volunteer of the Year for SDUSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PACIFIC BEACH \u2013 A long-time volunteer is getting recognition. <\/p>\n<p>Lily Higman was celebrated as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegounified.org\/about\/board_of_education\/annual_recognitions_and_awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Unified School District\u2019s Area C Volunteer of the Year<\/a> during a school-wide staff meeting on Wednesday, March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Higman has been a steadfast volunteer for more than 13 years with the <a href=\"https:\/\/missionbay.sandiegounified.org\/parents\/mission_bay_high_cluster_schools\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Bay Cluster<\/a>, as her three children have all moved through Pacific Beach schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year is her last as a parent of an SDUSD student,\u201d said Mission Bay High Principal Dr. Eric Brown. \u201cThis is a wonderful time to acknowledge how grateful Mission Bay staff and I are to Mrs. Lily Higman for her dedication and support.\u00a0The Volunteer of the Year award is truly well-deserved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/missionbay.sandiegounified.org\/parents\/site_governance_team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Site Governance Team<\/a>, Higman brought balanced perspectives to the team and prompted re-evaluation of learning targets in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer approach and messaging are always delivered in a way that reveals her deep caring and understanding of the challenges facing teachers and students in a rapidly shifting educational environment,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, she played a major role in helping establish the Track and Field Booster Club. She consistently supports multiple sports teams and has been behind major school improvements for athletics, including the football team tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLily has been a vital link between Mission Bay and the larger community. In every group, committee, or council she serves on, she finds meaningful ways to bring support back to our school,\u201d Brown added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PACIFIC BEACH \u2013 A long-time volunteer is getting recognition. Lily Higman was celebrated as the San Diego Unified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[98670,25013,12258,74,76,75,1354,98671],"class_list":["post-215135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-mission-bay-cluster","tag-mission-bay-high-school","tag-pacific-beach","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-unified-school-district","tag-volunteer-of-the-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}