Students in grades 3-8 are invited to participate in Math Madness, an online, team-based weekly competition that is entertaining and designed to get students excited about math.
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The Murrieta Student Center (MSC) back-to-school night was a success, reported Virginia Diaz, the program coordinator. It was the first such event at the site, and nearly every family in the school turned out. The school’s ASB raised funds by selling drinks and snacks, with funds to be used to pay the expenses of school dances.
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Venture Online students Adalyn and Alayah Carter work as background talent for television programs. At age four, their mother signed them with Kids! Management, which describes itself as “the premiere background management company in Hollywood focused on coordinating the needs of casting directors [of minor children to] work on set as background talent for the entertainment industry.”
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The Springs Student Artists of the Month for September and October are Abraham Wilson (artwork pictured) and Trinity Aguilera. Abraham is a 7th grade student from Venture Online; Trinity a 4th grade student from Cherry Valley Co-op.
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Springs Montessori Voyage and Virtual Academy families have participated in back-to-school night, parent educational sessions, and park day so far this year. With a field trip or park day available every month, students practice social skills such as negotiating, fairness, and communication.
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Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA) kicked off the new school year with TK/K students playing bingo, 1st graders creating self-portraits, the 3rd/4th combo class making clay figures, the 4th-grade learning cooperation through a Minecraft challenge, and the 5th/6th-grade combo class building mousetrap cars.
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Mylabelle Miller, a 2nd grade student with Springs’ Venture Online Program, is becoming an accomplished equestrian. She rides with the Norco Equestrian Academy (NEA) and has come to enjoy horsemanship, riding, and the companionship of the horses. She has joined the NEA Gymkhana Team, in which participants learn to guide their horses through different patterns and receive points based on speed and accuracy.
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Inez Valencia, Springs CTE Introduction to Photography and Digital Art and Design Teacher, won first place for a chalk art image of the Joker from the cover of the 1988 graphic novel “Batman: The Killing Joke” painted on the street for the Temecula Art & Street Painting Festival. She chose the image because “I am a fan of the Joker because of his dark humor. I was inspired by the comic cover ‘The Killing Joke’ because he holds a camera and I teach photography. I chose to not include the hat from Bolland’s original because the hair is more vibrant.” Continue reading →
Springs’ Cherry Valley Homeschool Cooperative, which offers in-classroom instruction Tuesday through Thursday and homestudy on Mondays and Fridays, had a great turnout in September for its first-ever Optional R.E. A.C.H. Friday. On this optional day, students had the opportunity to participate in four enrichment and intervention class rotations: Enrichment, Masters of Writing, Math Mates, and Homestudy Hall.
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The Santa Ana Student Center (SASC) has adopted monthly character trait themes. September’s was respect. Principal Tricia Gallagher explained, “We’ve focused on learning and practicing respect on campus, at home, and with ourselves, or self-respect.”
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