Civil War News
As a class we talked about the Reconstruction of the nation after the Civil War, looking particularly at a few video clips about Grant’s presidency and the problems facing the south after the war. I was also able to show students old newspaper clippings of my great-great grandfather, who served in the Civil War and was on the hunt for John Wilkes Boothe after Lincoln’s assassination! We also explored westward expansion, talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the Transcontinental Railroad and other developments during the period.
Mrs. Lapp
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday and we’re celebrating by reading some of his best loved books together. Dr. Seuss books can inspire us to write our own wacky poems. We were wondering… “Do you like green eggs and ham?”
Miss DiGiovanni
We love reading!
During February we thought about what we love about reading books and what books we love to read. Many of us especially enjoy reading the Bible. Reading makes us feel smart and it can help us relax after a long hard day of learning.
Miss DiGiovanni
What’s in a word?
In January we learned some amazing new vocabulary words. The more words we know the better we’ll be at reading and writing. Now that it’s 2010 we’re getting ready for the next grade. How exciting!
Miss DiGiovanni
What is Christmas?
What is the main idea of Christmas? Jesus Christ was born! There are many details as well, but Jesus is the most important part. We read some books about Christmas and wrote about the main idea and details.
Miss DiGiovanni
Exploravision Contest
February is the ending month of the Exploravision contest. Every group had great ideas and there is a possibility that in the future some of these very ideas will come to be real items that will be available on the market. In March the groups will get the chance to make their models. We have graciously been given a grant to purchase material for the groups to create their ideas. I am very surprised to find how many students still enjoy playing with Lego’s. Yes that includes the High School students.
Mr. Penland
Congratulations
Students from grades 3 through 12 are awarded Honor Roll certificates based on their report card grades each marking period. Principal’s List: 96% average or higher with no grade below a 90; High Honor Roll: 93% average or higher with no grades below a B; Honor Roll: 85% average or higher with no grade below a B; Honorable Mention: 80% average or higher with no failing grades. Congratulations to the following students who achieved Honor Roll status this quarter.
Principal’s List
3rd Grade: Nina Cruz, Joshua Lowe, Isadora Macedo
4th Grade: Jonathan Cortes, Embely Farinango, David Pamintuan, Jaylene Ramirez, Amber Reyes, Jorge Ruiz
5th Grade: Rebecca Edwards, Jennifer Munoz
6th Grade: Filipe Alvarez, Dean Cuadrado, Lucas Gomes
7th Grade: Alessa Barbosa, Isaiah Bienemann, Melany Farinango, Johannah Gepte, Michael Lema, Karen Lopez, Jerry Meng, Matteo Papacostas, Ryan Poonai, Christopher Reyes, Carl Roberts Jr.
8th Grade: Keoana Arnett, Natalie Barbosa, Wesley Bryant, Ray-Lee Cuadrado, Alyssa David, Frederico Ferreira, Kreg Franco, Kristina Papacostas, John-Nolan Tobias, Samantha Vasquez, Alexis Versoza, You Mei Yuan, Eric Zhou
9th Grade: April Arbotante, Josiah Bonifas, Melanie Cho, O’Shana Edney, Robert Epps, Ha-Eun Jang, Eunjee (Hannah) Jee, Suyeon (Christine) Kim, Esther Roestan, Sabrina Scattoni, Lauren Vicuna
10th Grade: Alexi Arceo, Md Salauddin Baba, Demetrius Johnson, Joel Sciarrone,
11th Grade: Brett Bender, Karas Bonifas, Nathanael Colon, Brianna Franco, Jacqueline Grey, Elrim Lee, Amanda Pierre, Peter Rezkalla, Rebecca Wong, Jingxia (Sky) Zhang
12th Grade: Jacobus Apollus, Jonalyn Arbotante, Edwin Colon, Roman DeJesus, Elizabeth Glover, Hye Young Shin, Sean Villalba
High Honor Roll
3rd Grade: Faith Alvarado, Danielle Christian, Jaymie Franco, Zion Ham, Chloe Martinez, Brian Poonai, Jillian Tobias, Vincent Tupacyupanqui
4th Grade: Zahir Brown, Jonathan Lara, Giancarlo Latoni, Brianna McMichael, Aliyah Tupac-Yupanqui, Steven Ugaz
5th Grade: Jeremias Emestica, David Kemp, Zephaniah Vaughn
6th Grade: Joseph Carrasquillo, Elijah Colon, Christina DeArruda, Stefanie DeArruda, Michael De-Jesus, Trina Opao
7th Grade: Manuela Agudelo, Meiky Moo Chen, Samuel Garcia, Rohan Hutchinson, Julianna Latoni, Joseph Samaroo
8th Grade: Asia Francois, Nicole Zuniga
9th Grade: Robert (Bo) Arnold, Joy Herrera, Joseph Nadal, Jessica Roberts, Ana Rodriguez, Joanne Sciarrone, Jonathan Snape, Stacey Vega
10th Grade: Anthony Cabrera-Bradly, Aron Kang, Jenish Karmacharya, Dongju (Daniel) Kim, Christian Mercado, Sabrina Reyes, John Rezkalla, Danny Sena, Zhengyuan Yu
11th Grade: John Gomez, Andrea Gonzalez, Guelybel Grullon, Desiree Rivera, Rebekah Singh
12th Grade: Jonathan Bonifas, Melissa Frias, Shaniya Geiger, Jonathan Gomez, Ashle Jackman, Shermidah Julien, Carlos Lema, Matthew Negron, Ashley Perez, Samantha Reyes, Elisha Rodriguez, Amanda Roque, Samantha Vargas, Lisa Vega, Justine Williams
Honor Roll
3rd Grade: Jeremiah Cardi, Moises Leon, Joshua Macio, Julia Moises, Jahi Murry, Jasmine Pizarro
4th Grade: Aaron Dutan, Taniyah McKever, Wade Moses, Robert Perfetto, Jonathan Rivera
5th Grade: Leslie Aguilar, Mark Barillas, Rachel Bou, John Bujosa, Joseph Day, Taesharra Hopkins, Kayla Juarbe, Tiffany Pardo, Alexa Reynoso
6th Grade: Kely Christmas, Cenee Gauthier, Abigail Lema, Carlos Miyares, Evan Rivera, Zoe Tavarez, Christian Vicuna
7th Grade: Kayla Alvarez, Daniel Byrne, Kailee De Los Angeles, Chantel Eaddy, Carlande Eugene, Jodell Galezo, Samantha Garcia, David Hamilton, Anita Rambaran, Keren Salcedo, Michael Samaha, Isaiah Sanchez, Karina Valadez, Adrian Villacorta
8th Grade: Fleurika Ambroise, Ludy Ambroise, Domenica Amoroso, Francisca Armeniakos, Austin Ashton-Bucknor, Isabella Batista, Rasheedah Broomfield, Samantha Byrne, Angelie Cesario, Tysheem McCaskie, Noela Mesquita, Mary Rezkalla, Keith Rogers, Victor Sanchez, Nicholas Vargas
9th Grade: Claudia Alvarez Plaud, Blanca Bayas, Gustavo Cunha, Emely Curvelo, Janine Faulkner, Xavier Grier, Johnathan Guzman, Nicole Negron, Debbie Palaguachi, Riwaaz Sijapati, Tyra Simmons, Luis Velez
10th Grade: Jofelyn Gaco, Ali Jaafar, Hyun Kun (David) Kim, Giannina Li, Vanessa Lynah, Jennifer Menjivar, Raul Menjivar, Taira Olavarria, Jeremy Perez, Alyssa Soler
11th Grade: Ciera Burton, Eva Cruz, Xu (Katy) He, Phuoc Phan, Matthew Suarez, Jose Vargas, Xia (Avril) Wang, Xiaohui (Trista) Wu, Muling (Jasmine) Yin
12th Grade: Ryan Diaz, Christine Gonzalez, Jennifer Herrera, Amanda Pabon, Brandon Robinson, Stephen Samaroo, Michael Torres
Honorable Mention
3rd Grade: Christine Haberlin, Armani Kennedy, David Metzger, Matthew Ortiz, Jacob Torres
4th Grade: Christian Faulkner, Edgar Frias, Samuel Hinton, Alec Martinez, Gabriel Velloso
5th Grade: Matthew Alvares, Amber Colon, Christian Herring-Rojas, Jehydon Homeward-Vinson, Zhane Lamb, Kaylah Sambo, Ruth Snape
6th Grade: Angelica Acosta, Jon Lloyd Basiao, Kimberly De Los Angeles, Thamar Feitosa, James Hinton, Stephanie Levy, Roxana Ramirez, Nicholas Reyes, Edison Salazar
7th Grade: Roberto Barraza, Axl Castaneda, Naomi Lowe-Tinga, Susannah Oliveira, Jonathan Pascualini, David Rodriguez, Joy Ruiz, Esther Work
8th Grade: Tyiquan Bailey, Vanessa Bastos, Lea Bayas, Jason Cherry, Samuel Eugene, Alexa Flores, Geraldine Haberlin, Isaak Mendez, Eli Morales, Rebeca Rodriguez, Nicholas Romano, Daniel Rosario
9th Grade: Francisco Alegria, Radzhabali Burykh, David Colan, Kiara De Los Angeles, Brithney Dell Valle, Naomi Edwards, Gerwebyn Forestal, Cassandra Garcia, Melanie Garcia, Camero Herring-Mallett, Seung Lee, Daisy Lema, Jorad Lewis, Daniel Mathis, Niara Matsimela, Brandon Noriega, Arnaldo Samondo, Jamie Santana, Lissette Santos, Tyler Vincente, Fanding Yu
10th Grade: Destiny Arroyo, Daniel Castillo-Ramos, Tanaisha Crittendon, Stephen Cruzado, Samuel Edades, Daniel Edwards, Matthew Gonzalez, Fabian Griffiths, Paul Herrera, Hae Du Jung, Natasha Kundrat, Mark Lewis, Randolfo Montalvo, Haneul (Sky) Paik, Tiffany Parker, Sergio Peguero, Jasmyn Pereira, Gibriel Pichardo, Jessica Samide, Frederick Sanchez, Vincent Sanchez, Victor Torres
11th Grade: Thalya Alcantara, Jeriel Aponte, Angelika Arroyo, Kassandra Chevere, Alahna Dones, Qiqi Gao, Ashley Garcia, Geordan Gibson, Thalia Herrera, Rebekah Hornedo, Ashley Negron, Justin Rivera, Stephanie Saintilien, Nicholas Singleton, Nicholas Vasquez
12th Grade: Natalia Alvarez Plaud, Janae Brown, Emerson Calvi, Renee Estella, Genesis Florentino, Glenn Gibson, Bupe Kunda, Devyn Mays, Dimitri Mcdowell, Joaquin Pardo, Alicia Petgrave, Victor Pitta, Melissa Portillo, Stephanie Reis, Tiana Richardson, Daniel Suarez
Come Watch Our Seeds Grow
We have at-home and in-school projects with seeds and plants growing, to get ready for the March 18th Academic Fair, which in Pre-K 4 this year is a Science Fair. The students are having a blast watching our little seeds become seedlings! See you at the Fair!
We can sing in other languages
Singing is a part of our daily class routine. We learned a song about George Washington and the Yankee Doodle Dollar. Our song reminded us that Lincoln helped free the slaves and was loved by many.
We also learned “Are You Sleeping, Brother John” in English and French and next we will learn the song in Spanish and Portuguese.
A to Z
We are almost done with the alphabet. Writing the letter of the week continues to be a weekly challenge but we pray and Jesus helps us. We do crafts to remind us of the letters. We made umbrellas with raindrops, shiny stars, decorated Tt, and made vegetable soup and wolves to remind us of those letters.
Miss Holden