October 17, 2014

Incredible Learning: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics - STEAM!

 

The Honorable Susan Davis, Scott Peters and Duncan Hunter Visited CMS Students and Staff Today at Nationally Recognized Assembly

 

All 5th - 8th grade CUSD students were treated to a very special learning opportunity today thanks to Honeywell and NASA which has a nationwide, traveling program with the intent to inspire science, mathematics and engineering success.

Honeywell and NASA created FMA Live! to inspire 5-8th grade students to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts and careers. The program addresses Forces and Motion learning objectives outlined by the Next Generation Science Education Standards for students in grades 5-8.

CUSD 5-8th grade students were able to experience an award-winning science education concert through an interactive, traveling hip-hop concert focusing on Newton's Universal Law of Gravity and Three Laws of Motion (Force equals Mass times Acceleration) and how to connect science and engineering to everyday life.  Including how studying Newtonian physics can lead to interesting, competitive careers.

Students and staff learned first-hand by participating in the assembly event as well.  This was accomplished through a hip-hop concert, choreography, cool videos, giant sticky walls, extreme wrestlers, and the "Man Behind the Motion:" Sir Isaac Newton. Middle-school students never knew science could be so fun!

Thanks to NASA and Honeywell for sponsoring this entire event and all of our students, staff and special guests on hand to experience this once in a lifetime event.

Are You Ready to ShakeOut?  Students Develop Skills for Coping with Earthquakes in Statewide Drill at All Schools

 


 

With 37 million people living and working in California, a major earthquake could cause unprecedented devastation. What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like afterwards.  With earthquakes an inevitable part of California's future, we must act quickly to ensure that disasters do not become catastrophes.

 

The Great California ShakeOut in October 2013 involved over 9.6 million Californians through a broad-based outreach program, media partnerships, and public advocacy by hundreds of partners. The drill is now held statewide annually on the third Thursday of October, and is organized by the Earthquake Country Alliance (www.earthquakecountry.org).  The 2014 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill happened at all schools yesterday and today.  

Measuring Skills Honed in Fifth Grade Math Lessons

 

Village Elementary School featured exciting, hands on, common core math activities last week.  Mrs. Coker's and Ms. Tickner's 5th grade classes used their knowledge of the base ten place value system to calculate metric measurement conversions for a delicious berry popsicle recipe and for designing chalk art line drawings. The math skills involved everything from multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of ten to using exponents (scientific notation) in calculating our measurement conversions.  Students had a great time eating the fruits of our labor once the frozen berry popsicles were done!

 

 

 

Tornado Projects Surround Students at Crown Preschool

 

Students at Crown Preschool had fun with a whirlwind of activities to celebrate different types of weather last week.  Their heads were in the clouds as they painted a mix of shaving cream and glue onto sky blue paper. When the clouds were dry they felt puffy and bumpy.

 

The little ones also did a science experiment to learn how rain comes from the clouds. They squirted shaving cream on top of the water, then dropped blue food coloring (rain) onto the clouds. After a few seconds the "rain" came down and they could see it moving in the water. They chose to add more food coloring, either red or yellow, to make new colors like green and purple.

 





Monte Carlo Style Fun at the Hotel Del Coronado

Coronado Schools Foundation (CSF) Board of Directors and staff, under the leadership of Chairman Chris Searles, are encouraging parents and community members to actively get involved in our local public schools through financial and volunteer support.   With the state's Local Controlled Funding Formula, Coronado Unified is now at a $1200 per child shortfall your donations will benefit our schools and kids. One time and monthly donations are available at www.csfkids.org and all donors will receive a Locals Card with discounts/deals across town.  Click here for a new video on funding produced by the students at CMS.  

 

CSF honored those individuals/families and businesses whose names have been added  to the River of Giving Mosaic Donor wall in the Coronado High School Quad on Tuesday.  This student-designed and executed project by the CHS Art Department was made possible by the legacy gift from Frances G. Harpst.   Individuals are recognized with financial contributions of $5,000 or more and businesses at the $10,000 threshold. 

 

Benefit Auction invitations are being mailed this week for the November 15th Monte Carlo Benefit Auction, chaired by Tori Heintzelman.  With the event already more than 50% sold out, visit www.csfkids.org today to purchase tickets, register to bid for the ONLINE Auction (10/31 to 11/17) or download forms to purchase Opportunity Drawing Tickets for a 10-day stay for two (or 7 days for 4) on the Island of Crete with a $1,000 VISA gift card; this drawing is made possible by the very generous donation from Dr. and Mrs. Spiro Chaconas.   


 

There is still time to donate auction items and unique experience; please e-mail Event Coordinator Abby Buckley at [email protected] or call 437-8059, ext 5.  

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Dates to Remember

 

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Homecoming Parade

3:30 on Orange Ave.

Friday, October 24th

 

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Homecoming Football Game

6:30 PM

Friday, October 24th  

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NOVEMBER 2nd

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  NOVEMBER 6th

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Special Board Meeting

November 13

4:30 PM

District Office 

Board Room

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Regular Board Meeting

Thursday, November 20

4:30 PM

District Office

Board Room

 





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