SPRING 2015 UPDATE

Hello friends!

Incredibly, we are now at the start of the final stretch of the 2014-15 school year! The Third Trimester promises to bring more academic excellence and fun for the Elementary students!

 

School Is “Speech-y!”

 

Last week, we had our class Speech Meets. Several of our students gave outstanding speeches, expanding their skills in public speaking. Each class selected three winners, who competed for First, Second, and Third Place at our Elementary Speech Meet on March 6. Here are the winners, by class and placement:

Miss Keen’s class:

1 – Sarah  Plant

2 – Julia Jarvis

3 – Derrick Tooley

Miss Pepe’s class:

1 – Josiah Sarmiento

2 – Kaelyn Valdez

3 – Anthony Tallian

Mrs. Paxton’s class:

1 – Julia Kim

2 – Joshua Toupal

3 – Christopher Flowers

Mrs. Jarvie’s class:

1 – Ethan Macatula

2 – Nathan Snawder

3 – Tisselle Panameno

Mrs. Racusin’s class:

1 – Janae Persichino

2 – Isabella Dowd

3 – Mindy Dao

Mrs. Jacobs’ class:

1 – Layla Harbert

2 – Ella Riedel

3 – Nolan Jarvis

Mrs. Johnston’s class:

1 – Ade Rosado

2 – Joy Liu

3 – Taleah Williams

Miss Fischer’s class:

1 – Gabriel Osorio

2 – Kyle Plant

3 – Sienna Snawder

Miss Kaiser’s class:

1 – Kaylynn Chang

2 – Becky Chang

3 – Nicole Godoy

Mrs. De Los Santos’ class:

1 – Jade Martinez

2 – Jada Flowers

3 – Elijah Parr

We know that these types of activities are excellent opportunities to broaden our students’ school experiences, giving them a leg up on their competition in the years ahead.

Elementary Family PJ Jam and Movie Night

 

On Friday, February 27, over 275 students and parents came out to the café and gym for a “PJ Jam and Movie Night.” It was a huge success and was organized by our IMPACT team, which provided dinner and popcorn. We purchased a license to show the new movie, “Big Hero 6” in the gymnasium after dinner, where students and parents lounged on pillows and lawn chairs for a cozy night of fellowship! Big kudos to our IMPACT team for a wonderful evening!

Jog-A-Thon Fundraiser

 

On Wednesday, March 18, IMPACT is hosting a Jog-A-Thon field event fundraiser during the school day for our Elementary students and families. The theme is “Superheroes” and there will be fun activities and snow cones! While it is a fundraiser, and we’d like to see each student get enough sponsors to contribute $10 for this event, we want to emphasize that NO student will be excluded from participating in the activities that day! It is “shaping up” to be a great day!

Big Field Trips Ahead

 

We have our two major annual field trips coming up this month! Our Fifth Graders will be flying up to Sacramento tomorrow as part of their Social Studies curriculum, while our Fourth Graders will travel by train down to San Diego on Friday.

Spirit Days

 

This Friday, we will have a Spirit rally at 2:10 in the gym (parents are always welcome)! Students may wear their spirit shirts and jeans that day.

On Tuesday, March 17, we will be having “Green Day” in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Students are invited to wear as much green as they want that day!

Teacher In-Service Days

 

I want to remind you that there will be NO SCHOOL next Thursday and Friday (March 19 and 20) due to teacher in-service days.

Construction Appreciation Update

Below is a picture of the Construction Appreciation banner after it was hung on the fence outside the construction area! Each Elementary student and teacher signed the poster. Our students did a wonderful job, under the guidance of new Arts Academy teacher Jackie Wolf!

Monthly Character Traits

 

February’s Character Trait focused on Resourcefulness—“Making wise use of what you have or what others might have discarded.” Our Fourth Graders presented this trait in Chapel using songs and scripture to reinforce the concept. March’s theme will be Discernment.