Springs’ Venture Online staff met in August to collaborate and prepare for the new school year.
Palm Academy kicked off the new school year with a Community Carnival. Students and friends of the school enjoyed game booths, a snow cone/ice cream bus, food trucks, and waterslides, reported Haroon Abdul Mubaarik, principal.
Over the summer, Springs staff was busy developing and facilitating engaging professional development for educators, high school students, and caregivers, reported Tamara Rose, Springs Director of Professional Learning and Development.
Enrollment is up across the board in Springs’ programs and student centers in the new school year; some examples of sites reporting significant jumps in enrollment include the Corona Student Center, Cherry Valley Co-op, and the Bear River Student Center.
Springs’ Pathfinder Resource Center in downtown Riverside (pictured above) is sporting a new paint job, reported Director of Homeschool Learning Centers Marla Martindale.
Bear River Student Center 8th grade student Zuri Miles, 13, is the featured actress in Crystal Geyser’s new 30-second television commercial “After School Trip.” Click here to watch the commercial. It was filmed on-location at Mt. Shasta in northern California and took a week to film. She flew to San Francisco (first time on an airplane), and drove to Mt. Shasta. She said, “It was so much fun as it was cold and snowing; I don’t get to see snow very often. It was a beautiful and amazing experience.”
Sofie Dossi, 21, a self-taught contortionist, hand balancer, and aerialist, was a Springs Homeschool student. She has been a 2016 America’s God Talent finalist and has appeared on The Ellen Show. She is now a popular YouTuber with nearly seven million subscribers and over four million followers on Instagram.
Gina Corby-Potter (pictured) is the new principal at Springs’ Riverside Student Center. She has worked for private and charter schools for 17 years, teaching K-8, and as an athletic director and principal. This is her first year at Springs. She likes animals, traveling to historic landmarks, reading and playing, and coaching sports.
Springs’ Montessori Voyage and Virtual Academy are busy preparing for the new school year, reported Lanise Goosby, Virtual Village principal. She said, “Our Montessori Voyage community is growing, and we are working hard this summer to ensure we are ready to welcome our students and families back in August.”
Springs is introducing an A-G approved Algebra 2 financial literacy class called Algebra in the World, reported math specialist Stephanie Fryfe. The students learn Algebra 2 concepts through a financial literacy lens. The student will explore systems of equations through planning for savings accounts and analyzing better loan programs.
Springs Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
Oak Branches = Continuous Lifelong Learning
