Carnival this Friday, May 1st from 4-7:30 p.m. at VCS!

Tickets will be sold for $ .25 or $2 for 10 tickets.  Featured activities include the Bounce House, Obstacle Course, Carnival Swings, Fear Factor, football toss, the Strong Man, train, stilt walkers, face painting, tattoos, lots of game booths, cake walk, cake auction, lots of food, and a live auction! Prizes include two kindle fires, trip to Lagoon, trip to McCall, Stampede Tickets, Steelhead tickets, auto detail package, quilts, prom package, Luke Bryan Package, patio set, and lots more!

Do not miss out on an opportunity to DUNK your favorite teacher, staff member, or administrator during the evening!!! We have two dunk tanks going all evening filled with volunteer staff members! This promises to be a big HIT! J

The middle and high school robotics teams will have their bots on display from 4-6 in the library. You are invited to find out more about robotics and upcoming robotics camps in addition to allowing your child to control a Sumo Bot!

The PFA will be selling a variety of food during the event so come out and have dinner and snacks with your family and friends!

Come see the science fair projects from 4-6 p.m. and the carnival activities and food will be going from 4-7:30 p.m. continuously.

Please drop off all cakes for the auction to the secondary school by 2:45 p.m. on May 1st.

Robotics Camp Flyers have been handed out to 3rd - 7th grade students. Please stop by the office if you need to pick up another flyer.  

DATES TO KNOW:

April 30: MS Festival concert 7 p.m. on the VCS stage

May 1: Progress Reports will be sent home

May 1: K-12th grade Science Expo 4-6, All school Carnival, food, & auction 4-7:30

May 7th: Secondary Talent Show starts at 6pm, HS lettering ceremony at intermission, and Senior Awards starts around 7 in the VCS gym.

May 12: HS Pops concert and music awards  7 p.m. on the VCS stage

May 15: 4th and 5th grade field trip to Firebird Raceway leave campus at 10 return by 3.

May 18: RAD 7 p.m. on the VCS Stage

May 19: 6th grade spring concert and music awards at 7 p.m. on the VCS stage.

May 19: Last Day Seniors

May 20: RAD RALLY field trip for 4th and 5th grade students

May 21: K-6th grade Field day   12:00-2:50 details tbd 

May 22: Last Day Awards Schedule:  6th -8th grade awards from  8:20-9:15,

9th-11th grade awards from 9:25-10:25, sack lunch outside whole school from 10:30-11:10, 3rd-5th grade awards from 11:20- 12:10, Kindergarten-2nd grade awards from 12:20-1:30, early release at 1:40.

May 23: Graduation practice at 10 a.m. and the ceremony will start at 7 p.m. in the Nampa Civic Center auditorium. Idaho's first lady will be our guest speaker!

Donate your used clothes!

Spring Cleaning? Don't know what to do with all the old clothes you accumulated over the years?  Bring them to school!  Yes, let us do the work for you!  Donate all your old clothes the night of the Science Fair/Carnival Friday, May 1st.  Just look for the large pick-up truck with donation signs parked in front of the Elementary Office.  All donations will be taken to Savers as a fundraiser to support the Vision Charter High School Swim Team.  

SWIM TEAM:

For those interested in joining the swim team next year, there will be an informational meeting in H-2 (Elementary side) on Tuesday, May 12th right after school for about 20 minutes.  Hope to see you then!  If you cannot make it, please contact head coach Kara Evans at karaevans@visioncsd.org for more information.

Science Night May 1, 2015: Presentations

The following high school students will be presenting on various topics at the science night during the school carnival from 4pm-7pm.  All students were involved in the following projects, but these students were selected based on their ability to analyze and communicate the data from their research in class.  This is an honor for these students as only a few groups from each class were selected to present.  Each presentation should run approximately 15 minutes.  The presentations will take place in the secondary science lab (see schedule below) in room 105.  We are hoping to have a panel of experts from various colleges and scientific fields come in and listen to the presentations.  This panel will give the students feedback following their presentation and do a short Q&A.  Please come support these students so that they don't have to present to an empty room.  The door will remain locked during each presentation so please make sure you get there during the transition times if you want to be a part of the audience.  The presentations will range from patterns of inheritance (genetics), to the effects of technology on new learning (brain research), to how small changes in an ecosystem can result in cascading effects and environmental change (ecology).  Also please take the time to view all of the amazing Imagine Tomorrow projects from Mrs. Mitchell's chemistry and physics students as well. It should be a very interesting evening.  

Schedule RM 105

Expert Panel Bio

Nathan Hall- Marine Biologist at the Idaho Aquarium

• Intern at the Aquarium of the Pacific (1998-2001)
• Intern at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (1999 -2000)
• Vet Tech at Lakewood VCA (Veterinary Centers of America) (1999-2001)
• Humboldt State University Marine Mammal and Education Research Program (2001 - 2006)
• Arcata Animal Hospital (2003-2005)
• Humboldt State University Research Vessel Coral Sea (2005-2007)
• Mount San Antonio College (2001): Liberal Arts, Biology major
• Humboldt State University (2005): B.S. Biology (Marine emphasis); B.S. Zoology
• Northwest Nazarene University: Secondary Teaching certification (2011); Masters of Education (Curriculum and Instruction).
• Worked as a consultant with the Idaho Aquarium, since 2007.
• Hired as a Biologist/Educator at the Aquarium in Dec. 2011

Anna Autilio-Graduate Student

• First year as a graduate student in the Raptor Biology MS program at BSU.
• Main interests are in ecology, behavior, anatomy and physiology, ornithology.
• Plans to pursue a career with a focus in public outreach and citizen science.
• Currently volunteers with Worlds Center for Birds of Prey.
• I am always looking for opportunities to communicate with budding scientists.

Jennifer Riebe - Biologist

• Received a BS in Horticulture (fruit and vegetable production) and an MS in Entomology from the University of WI in the mid-80's.  
• My interest has always been in agriculture and developing methods to reduce the reliance on pesticides.  Over the years, I have worked for both universities and private industry conducting research on tree fruit and potato insect management.  
• In the 1990's, I was project manager for the "NewLeaf" potato, the first GMO insect-resistant potato to gain regulatory and approval.  
• After taking 10 years off to raise and homeschool my 2 boys, I am now self-employed as an independent crop and pest control consultant.  I work with both potato and fruit growers to refine management inputs and minimize pesticides, and I coordinate research for a local company developing a biopesticide for control of insects in stored grain.    

Dr. Mel Koob -Professor BSU Biological Science

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS:

**7th graders need to be in the assigned room by 4:30 p.m.

**8th graders need to be in the assigned room by 5:00 p.m.

DUNK TANK BOOTH

Outside on the basketball court= 5 tickets

Time:                    Tank 1:                         Tank 2:

4:00-4:15               Kurt Scheffler              Michelle P. (student)

4:15- 4:30              Khi C. (student)           TBD

4:30-4:45               Selena C. (Student)     Si B. (student)

4:45-5                    Rebecca Vance           Breana G. (student)

5-5:15                    Jamey Paulus             TBD

5:15-5:30               Heather Burton            Maddie L. (student)

5:30-5:45               Teresa Perkins            Tricia Huckins

5:45-6                    Angie Ferrera              Andrea Martindale

6-6:15                    Dan Leavell                 Jesse Harmon

6:15-6:30               Mark Boothby              Corla Legg

6:30-6:45               Brenda Willson            Erin Lair

6:45-7                    Becky Mitchell             Heather Evans

7:00-7:15               Wendy OldenKamp     Tiffany Rice