Springs’ Magnolia Girls Varsity Volleyball team finished a strong season with a 7-5 regular season record in the Warrior League. Coaches are Ray and Tori Cantu; it was a young team as the only returning player from the previous season was junior and team captain Claire Hill.
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Brynne Dukes is the new principal of Springs’ Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts (ORAA). She has been an educator for 25 years, earning her teaching credential and Master’s degree in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning from Sonoma State University.
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Springs Cherry Valley Student Center hosted a Virtual Bingo Night. Families signed up online, and staff delivered bingo boards and daubers and snacks. Two rounds were held, and winners named.
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Gael Lopez, a 5th grade student in Springs’ Venture Online program, is learning to be a pilot. At age 8, he began taking flight simulator classes, and with his brother, Leo, he has enrolled in flight school. Instructor Cam Shankland of Upper Limit Aviation is teaching him to maneuver and control the aircraft; Gael is gathering flight hours and logging them into his pilot’s log.
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Marla Martindale, Springs’ Director of Learning Centers, expressed her gratitude to the Facilities Department for helping improve traffic flow during after school pickup times at the Enterprise Resource Center. Facilities created signage which designated two pickup lanes instead of one, which helped move vehicles at a faster pace and kept them from blocking driveways on Enterprise Circle.
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Autumn Hargrove, 7, a 2nd grade student at Springs’ Magnolia Student Center, is donating 100 copies of the children’s book “Our Pledge, Our Promise,” by Sheri Wall to be donated to 100 Magnolia families. The books were purchased with funds raised through a gofundme campaign by Autumn and her mother, Andrea Hargrove, “in response to someone vandalizing and taking down the American flags we placed for the 13 soldiers killed in Afghanistan.”
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Attention Sophmores and Juniors:
Springs Charter Schools will be offering the PSAT/NMSQT at several locations this year
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Students of Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy now have the opportunity to use one of two Redbird Jay Flight Simulators purchased with a grant from American Airlines, reported Principal Robin Davis.
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Robert Roberts-Handfield, 13, is a Springs Venture Online 8th grader seeking to earn a world title in Taekwondo. He noted that he has autism, and that “I’m lucky my parents found out about Springs for me because it has helped me to get more one-on-one help with my work from my family, and it gives me more time to practice and compete in ATA Taekwondo.”
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The Arts and Academia: Unlocking Hidden Benefits
Motivation, inspiration, creativity, self-esteem — we associate all these traits with success, especially in young artists, musicians, and actors working toward their dreams. Science has demonstrated that while these strengths may come more naturally to some than others, participation in arts education both in and out of the classroom can bolster not only these but a surprising variety of other skills. Continue reading →
