LMSV VAPA

08/01/2026

Thank you to Save the Music, Switchfoot, and Bro-Am Foundation for supporting our resurrected music program at Spring Valley Academy! This year SVA adds choir! Looking forward to our continued partnership with the Sonidos Latinos grant at STEAM Academy.

07/31/2026

Wonderful performance of Aladdin Jr by LMSV Playhouse, our summer ESS production. Congratulations Tony Sacco for your excellent work with our students, who represent ten elementary schools and three middle school academies!

07/21/2026

Congratulations to STEAM Academy for being awarded the Core Sonidos Latinos grant from Save the Music Foundation, funded through Switchfoot's Bro-Am Foundation! We are grateful to Save the Music Foundation, Bro-Am, and Switchfoot for investing in the La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools to help bring quality music equipment and experiences to our students. Save The Music

06/12/2026

Last night six members of the Spring Valley Academy Band, along with music teacher Tino Felicetta, performed Lean On Me with the band Switchfoot. A special thank you to Save the Music Western Regional Program Director Tonya Hylton and LMSV VAPA Coorindator Christian Tordahl for securing the grant funded by Switchfoot's Bro-Am Foundation to provide $80,000 of band instruments for SVA this past fall!

06/12/2026

A story about the band Switchfoot's visit To Spring Valley Academy to perform for the 6th and 7th grade students and practice with the band for the upcoming Bro-Am Foundation events.

The group performed for the school and with the SVA band in advance of the annual Switchfoot Bro-Am On Monday, May 11th, students at Spring Valley Academy (SVA) received a special visit and performance from Grammy® Award-winning, San Diego-based rock band Switchfoot. The visit celebrated the school...

06/10/2026

Our students talking about the importance of the arts and its connection to other academics, as they reflect on the annual PTA Reflections Contest our PTA runs.

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06/05/2026

The Casa de Oro Cougar Choir had a wonderful performance last night. This is the primary grades choir. Ken Anderson has led this choir for years, and does an incredible job with them! Bravo CDO Cougar Choir!

05/22/2026

La Mesa Arts Academy had a Spring Instrumental Music Concert Thursday evening. What a wonderful performance by our LMAAC student musicians! Listen to the debut of our steel drum ensemble, plus our steel drum ensemble and jazz band combined playing Hot, Hot, Hot! Congratulations to music teacher Mario Jativa for his continued fine work with our young musicians!

05/12/2026

As part of the Save the Music grant awarded to Spring Valley Academy through the band Switchfoot's Bro-Am Foundation, the SVA band and the 6th graders had a visit from Switchfoot! Switchfoot listened to the SVA band play, played a song themselves, and then rehearsed with the SVA band. Members of the SVA band will be performing with Switchfoot at the Bro-Am Benefit Party and their Beachfest this June.

05/08/2026

Congratulations to Tony Sacco, his team, and the students at Parkway Middle School for a great opening night of Newsies Jr! If you missed it, there are still performances 5/8/26 at 6:00 pm (doors open 5:15 pm), and 5/9/26 at 1:00 pm (doors open at 12:15 pm).