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April 5, 2013
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Beach Park School Newsletter
Above: Isa & Berkeley look at the BPS Money Tree
Important Dates    
 

Saturday, April 6, 6:30 - 10 pm 

     "A Sunshine State of Mind"
   12th Annual Spring Auction ~ St. Mary's Hall

6:30 - Cocktail Reception featuring the 
Key West Green Flash
7:00 - 8:30 pm Hors d'ouerves & Jimmy's Buffet
Silent Auction 
8:00 - 9:00 Silent Auction Tables Close by Section
9:00 pm iPad/Apple TV raffle drawing
Money Tree raffle drawing
Live Auction

Friday, April 12 - Staff Planning Day, School Closed

Tuesday-Thursday, April 16-18 - Middle School & 6th Year                                                students at Nature's Classroom

Wednesday, April 17- Upper Elementary Field Trip
                                      Dali Museum

Sunday, May 5, 1 - 3 pm - BPS Art Show

The whole flock of flamingos seems to have arrived

Quick Links

Kids Preview & 

Kids Wish Lists

 

    This afternoon the 1st through 8th graders had a chance to preview many of the items in

tomorrow evening's Auction.

 

They signed the Kids Wish List cards beside the items they hope their parents will bid on and try to bring home.

 

The students enjoyed seeing their 

class projects in their finished states as well as the projects from the other classes.

 

As usual, the creative talent of BPS students shines through in every project.

 

Look for these masterpieces in the Live Auction along with the Instant Wine Cellar.

 

And ask your children about today's preview!

 

 

 

 

PreK/Kindergarten

"Viva Florida 500" This week we focused on the State's Quincentennial (1513 - 2013) of its discovery by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon.

 

Children enjoyed learning about the legend of Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth and why he named our state "Florida".  He named it in honor of Spain's Easter time Feast of Flowers, Pascua Florida ("tierra de flores" - "land of flowers"), and for its bright sunshine, wealth and beauty. Children also located St. Augustine on the peninsula of Florida and colored the state flag. Over the next few weeks we will be learning more about the state of Florida.

 

A very happy birthday to Katrina Denmon, who turned 5 on Tuesday! Thank you for the yummy treats!

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday night at the Sunshine State of Mind Auction! Right:  Ms. Denise & Ms Karen's Beach Basket

 Lower Elementary 

The lower elementary ladybugs have been busy growing and changing.  They appear to be in their pupa stage, so we should have mature ladybugs next week  We have been discussing which insect to observe next...maybe a praying mantis!

 

The children created some unique art for the auction, so be sure to come check it out and bid!  We also studied the elements of a story, using Where the Wild Things Are as an example.  Now, the students are working hard to create their own stories with illustrations. This will be ongoing through next week.

 

We have also been working hard on our math, with new lessons on multiplication with the stamp game, new word problems, and a lot of challenging abstract addition and subtraction.

 

Hope to see many of you at the Auction on Saturday!

 

Upper Elementary

On Tuesday the students completed the frog dissection along with Middle School students. We worked in groups of 2 or 3 and along with teacher supervision everyone had a good experience. Some of us watched and some wanted to do the actual work. We had watched a video of a dissection and done a virtual dissection prior to this experience. We all learned a lot about human anatomy during the process and the frog has most of the same organs as a human. We'll begin an in depth study of human anatomy as our final Science study and major end of year project.

 

Otherwise, our class has also been busy creating beautiful projects for the auction. We hope you attend so you have a chance to see all the art work and other projects we've worked on together.

 

Left: Isabella F., Mario & Andrew L dissect a frog

Middle School

MIddle School at the Mahaffey Theater for the Florida Orchestra

This week we had a new lesson in our Hillsborough River Unit. We all got to choose a class of animals that we wanted to write about in a presentation.

 

On Tuesday Middle School and Upper Elementary dissected frogs, and we learned about the frog and all if its body parts. We studied the similarities of the frog's anatomy to our anatomy.

 

On Thursday we went to the Florida Orchestra at Mahaffey Theater.

 

Our class has also been finishing up auction projects for this Saturday. Hope you come to "A Sunshine State of Mind". 

 

The Middle School Class

Spanish

LOWER ELEMENTARY: We started our lessons this week with a reading about a family of mice whose only daughter was named Chrysantemum.  She loved her name until she went to school and her classmates began to tease her and make fun of her. Finally, the Art teacher came to the mouse's rescue and by the end of the teacher's intervention, the rest of the students wanted to be called Daisy, Lily, Rose or Iris.  As an extension to the reading, students drew some scenes from the book and labeled them in Spanish.


UPPER ELEMENTARY:  We continue our quest to build complete and correct sentences in Spanish. We practice both in the written and oral format. Our main theme this week was related to the sea--a topic which we are very comfortable with and relate very well. We also used flash cards for vocabulary enrichment.


MIDDLE SCHOOL: Conversational phrases, listening skills, and short dictations were the main bulk of this week's lessons. Students are diligently working at their own pace and progressing very well.
 

TRIVIA FACT:  The Copan Ruins in Honduras are the best testimony to the Mayan culture. They are considered the most valuable source of information about the Mayans. Its hieroglyphs are fully intact and extremely well designed in comparison to others in the world.

The Auction has finally arrived!
Let's do our part to make it a success. 
See you there!

Office  Notes

 

Thank You, Auction Sponsors

 

Alligator Wrassler $2,500

            Mike & Rachelle Bedke

            Ben & Emy Wacksman

            Maria Appel & Kathryn Kepes

 

Hurricane Hunter $1,500

            Gordy & Barb Babbitt

            Karim Tahiri & Karyn Sbar/Soleil Design Build  

 

Railroad Magnate $1,000

             Falkowitz Family

 

Cattle Rancher $500

             Beverly Addison   

     Christine & Walter Carter 

     Center For Guided Montessori Studies/Kitty Bravo & Marc & Tim Seldin

     Lura & Doug Delaney, Betsy Luke

     John & Grace Like/ Collman & Karsky Architects 

     Jan Parkinson

     Shane & Katie Perkey

 

Citrus Grower $250

            Patrick & Crissy Delaney

            Hoffman Realty/Mary Ann Hoffman-Dougill

            Jane & Jai Maxwell 

            Theo Sai & Vianka Legra

            Shelley Sharp & Greg Young

            Maria A. Upshaw, DMD, PA


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