Journey School Newsletter
| March 8, 2012
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Journey Digital Media Takes Off!
Journey School's digital media class is receiving national attention! The National Association for Media Literacy Education's Journal of Media Literacy Education just published a wonderful article that celebrates the successes we are having in our digital literacy program. Read the article: New Media Literacy Education: A Developmental Approach (PDF).
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| Last call for New Enrollment Applications
The application deadline for our 2012-13 school year is TODAY at 3:00 PM.
Download the application: New Student Enrollment Application. The Journey School lottery is currently scheduled for March 14th, at 2:00pm. Attendance at the lottery is not required. Students being offered space in a class at Journey School for the 2012/2013 school year will be notified via phone within a few days of the lottery. All wait list applicants will receive a letter within 7 - 10 days that must be signed and returned by the due date in order to maintain their position on the wait-list. |
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No School Tomorrow
Friday's school holiday for students allows teachers to write high-quality progress reports and assessments and plan powerful instruction for the coming months.
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Writing Empowers Students in School and Life
- Waldorf Education trains students to become creative and thoughtful writers
- Journey School is emphasizing the wonder and magnitude of words
- Recent focus has been on implementing school-wide writing strategies
- Teachers have concentrated on three particular writing strategies and the students are learning them well:
- POWER (pre-write, organize, write, edit, revise]
- Boxes and Bullets (place your main idea in a box and bullet supporting details)
- Use Transitional Phrases like (First, For example, and Next) to make essays flow with coherence and purposefulness.
- videos or photos about writing and speeches
- We had 100% participation in the 4th and 7th grade STAR writing test this Tuesday with no need for make-ups
- All students demonstrated admirable effort and should be proud
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Timeliness
- BIG THANKS for the BIG TIME improvement on timeliness!
- On average, tardy rates have been cut down by 75%
- There is a noticeable difference in the quality of concentration and rhythm at the start of Main Lesson
- Our target attendance rate for March is 98% attendance
- The beauty of a Main Lesson Block, or the fundamentals of a math practice period, cannot truly be replicated for the absent student
- Everyone needs to experience the richness of the educational program
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Close-the-Gap
- The school must close a $400,000 gap in next year's budget in order to keep current services and programs
- We have started a new Budget Context page on the website to post news and reports on the current California education budget crisis. New articles are posted weekly. Videos coming soon.
- We truly need your help
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School Lunches Support Our 8th Grade Class Field Trips
Did you know that 8th grade students run our lunch program? They provide nutritious and affordable meals and have fun serving the younger students, while watching their field trip funds grow from their volunteer work. So why not help them reach their goal? Our 8th graders are challenging our community to 20 new sign-ups this week. Click here for an easy online form OR print out a PDF form from our Online Forms page.
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Journey School Drama Club Presents "Little Mermaid"
It's not too late to be a part of Journey School's Drama Club! Grades 1 - 5 are invited to join us on WEDNESDAYS from 12:45-2:30 in the MPR.
REGISTER ONLINE Questions? Contact CSS at 305-9758 |
Upcoming Events
Friday, March 9, 2012 - Student Free Day! No school.
Mondays: March 12th, 19th, and 26th, 8:30am - 10:30am Liz Clark and Uschi Friebauer - Handwork Workshops (3 part series including Knitting on the 12th, Crochet on the 19th, and Felting on the 26th) Be sure to visit our website's Adult Learning Workshops page to see what's coming up next in our parent education series.
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