Congratulations to Katia Cain, Dash Weaver and Ivy Stullich! Katia read The Swing, Dash read an excerpt from Shakespeare, and Ivy read Sing a Song of People. These were all challenging poems, but these students were able to bring them to life. They will be moving on to the Final Poetry Competition on Thursday, April 23rd. Thank you to everyone for all you hard work. Reading poetry is fun but challenging!
Your children have already begun their 4th Quarter PE Skills. Check out more details here.
Surfing with Mrs. Jones is now available on the Online Auction for our School Gala next weekend. Students can experience learning to surf and play in the ocean with their teacher. Along with San Diego Surf School instructors, I will be taking students out at Law Street in Pacific Beach. This is where I began my surfing career 11 years ago. Can’t wait to share something I love with your kids! Hopefully they will fall in love with this hobby like I did…
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We have a new first grader who started with us on Monday. His name is Ethan Lenz and he is already part of our First Grade family. He fits in great with our class and shows so much zest about everything we are learning, especially Space and Robotics. Please make sure to welcome him when you have a chance and introduce yourselves to his family (his mom, Cassandra and dad, Micah).
We are coming up on our 4th Annual Poetry Recitation Competition. Today, I sent home a form explaining this. All students must memorize one poem and practice reciting it to an audience. To choose a poem with your child, please see the forms below. Students may use their practice as part of their reading log.
CLASSROOM Competition is Tuesday, APRIL 21st!!!!
Two students were chosen for showing Curiosity throughout the month of March. Those students are: Zorian Sesma and Maya Garb.
Congratulations!!! They will eat lunch with Mrs. Jones on Thursday, April 9th.
We have completed the 7 Character Strengths. If you want to find out more about these Character Strengths, check out OTA Character Ed
We will continue to learn other Character Traits outside of these 7. The Character Trait for April is Kindness. I will be picking other important Character Traits for the remainder of the year. I will also continue to pick students who are showing these traits for the month as a reward. Please encourage your children to show these traits each day at school and at home.
Point Loma High School
Future Pointers Track & Field Meet
April 12, 2015
Student athletes need to register with Coach Curry or send in papers to the OTA office by Tuesday April 7! Come out to enjoy a fun community event on the PLHS campus. After April 7th registration will be accepted on the day of the event between 8a-10a for $25.
Grades/ Divisions K, 1, 2 will begin competition at 9am
Grades / Divisions 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 will begin competition immediately after, approx noon.
Friday before break, we were able to take a visit to Shaper Studios to help make a surfboard for our school Gala. Students took turns learning the basics of surfing from Mrs. Gartland and then shaping from one of the expert shapers who works at the studio. They learned about how a board goes from a blank to a shaped board, with artwork, fiberglass and resin. Students were able to help using planing tools to shape the outer edge of the board. Then they got to watch the expert use the power sander to shape the top of the board. Last they lined up to get air hosed so they wouldn’t take home all the foam shavings:) Who wouldn’t want a board shaped by our First Grade Class?? Keep an eye out for it April 25th!
Students also shared their Science Projects before break. It was pretty cool to see all that they learned from studying their own body systems. The food journals were very interesting and students learned that certain foods give you more energy. The Heart Rate experiment proved how hard your body can work. Last but not least, I’m pretty sure that students will be washing their hands more often now after seeing the results of the Hand Washing experiment! Pretty gross!!
Students recently shared their History Projects on the Ancient Civilizations of the Americas. Their projects were very unique and really showed how passionate students were about this unit of study. Its pretty amazing to think about how these civilizations were so successful with no machines or modern day tools. Students learned a lot about the difficulty of making things without these tools.
