Rio School District After -School Programs Provided by The Boys
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Rio School District After -School Programs Provided by The Boys
Rio School District After -School Programs FALL NEWSLETTER 2012 Volume 3, Issue 1 Provided by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme We took our students to the pumpkin patch last week. The kids all got a hayride thru the pumpkin patch, and they got a chance to pick their own pumpkins. Many of them went with the white ghost pumpkin. After they all got a lesson on all the different kinds of pumpkins that there are and yummy ways to prepare and eat them as well. —Alex Renteria, Site Coordinator at Rio Del Valle Rio Del Valle Inside this issue Rio Real……...……………......2 Dancing Feet Program……….2 The new school year at Rio Del Valle’s After-School Program kicked off on August 30, 2012 with 80 club members. A lot of our club members are 6th graders; luckily we knew a lot of them from our summer program. The first day was filled with fun ice breakers that our students got more excited about being part of the After School Program. Rio Vista……………………….3 The past month that we have had with the members has been great, and we hope to have a great year with them Rio Del Norte .........................7 Nyeland .................................4 Rio Plaza ...............................5 Rio Rosales & Rio Lindo.........6 Rio Del Mar ..…………….…...7-8 Directory…………………….....8 Here are some highlights of our special events! Here are pictures from the fieldtrip that the kids took to Downtown Ventura. Some of our kids have never even been to the area so it was a whole new world to them. Students learning how to make bracelets and necklaces during the After School Program through the Mixteco component. “Nine tenths of education is encouragement.” —Anatole France, French writer Fun times at Rio Real FEAR FACTOR CHALLENGE: For our Halloween event some of the kids participated in the Fear Factor Challenge, events included Halloween Spider Challenge (students place their feet in a pool of fake spiders), Ultimate Fear factor Challenge (with gloves students moved as many live Crickets from one bag to another), Halloween Memory Challenge (Kinder kids only), Eat the Bug Challenge (fake insect in the middle of Whip Cream eating contest). Kids won many prizes and our grand prize was a used donated bicycle, Anthony Galvan was the lucky winner. THE ARTS: Ms. Alberta our Mixteco Promotora taught our students amazing art flowers out of recycled material. These pieces of art have been spectacular that we will be entering their cultural art in the upcoming Boys & Girls Clubs National Fine Arts exhibit. Students during the 2012 High Desert Dance Classic. Dancing Feet Program 2013 at all Rio After School Sites This coming year we have a great opportunity to participate in the 9th Annual High Desert Dance Classic which will be held on March 8-10, 2013 at Antelope Valley College 3041 West Avenue K Lancaster, CA 93536. Elementary school students from 5th grade will be competing in Fox Trot, East Coast Swing, and Salsa. Middle school students from 6th grade will be participating in those three dances as well as Tango and Rumba. For more information about the event please contact the After School Coordinator at your site! Students wore matching ties for the contest! 2 Students made it to semifinals in the three prominent dances and then went to finals in Fox Trot and East Coast Swing. Here is also the link to the Dancing Feet Program http://www.highdesertdanceclassic.com/ Student from Rio Plaza made it to finals in East Coast Swing. Pictures that caught our ATTENTION! Students getting advice from a volunteer Engineer about their roller coaster. Science Night October 12, 2012– Rio Vista Students were building roller coasters using foam tubing, tape, a ruler, and a marble. Michael Holliday and his team are working hard to get their roller coaster at the right height! Rio Vista Middle School After ending the best summer program ever, Rio Vista students started back on August 30 and were welcomed to the After School program by staff, Ms. Wendy, Ms. Adonna, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sean, Mr. Kevin, Ms. Cristy, Mr. Ruff, Mr. Nikko and Mr. Andrew. Students signed up for music, flag football and enrichments. The enrichments offered to students are MERITO, Smart Girls, Passport to Manhood, Triple Play, Lego Robotics, Photography, dancing, cooking, Flag Football Team (coached by Mr. Paul), and music (guitar, choir, piano, drums). Students were given their PowerHour teacher to work on homework. And if students do not have enough time to finish their homework during PowerHour they can join Homework Club where they get extra time and help to finish it. Pumpkin Patch field trip to McGrath in Ventura. They were checking out the animals and stopped for a picture! 3 Remembering the dead at Nyeland’s Satellite! Working hard at Nyeland Students from Nyeland and other partnering organizations and community leaders have been working on a community garden project since September! The students have enjoyed being part of such great project! Students from College Bound program at Nyeland have enjoyed learning more about High School and College requirements to gradue. “I am so proud of the progress College Bound is making in our After School Programs. The kids are eager to learn and I am excited to teach! I look forward to the end results this year.” —LaCresha McManus, Keystone Club/College Bound Advisor 4 The first week of November was great our site filled with remembering our loved ones who have passed by building them an altar for dia de los muertos. Halloween in October was also really fun with a trip to sky high and trick or treating. We also managed to run our great programs like Street Smarts, Smart Girls, College Bound, Keystone, Be Great Graduate, and volleyball. More of Nyeland! Sports at Nyeland has been a great venue for students to use their energy and to learn teambuilding skills. They had a great flagfootball season this fall competing against other sites. Now, students are playing volleyball season! A few snapshots of Rio Plaza Students from Rio Plaza dressed up on Halloween day! Student of the month for October assembely on Thursday November 1, 2012. Each staff picks a student that during the month do all there homework and turn it in on time, follow the rules and follow directions. Q: What do we know works to improve student achievement in K-12 STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] education? A: I'd say great teachers, who know the content. –Arne Duncan U.S. Secretary of Education Two students from 3rd grade were taking there Accelerating Reading Test on the computer. Ms. Tania playing a game with her students. They seem very attentive as she asks them questions. Ms. Brittany enjoying doing a science project with the 5th graders. Students watching their foamy fountain in action. 5 A few highlights Rio Rosales Lights On After School Our after-school time is always filled with fun activities but today they were extra special because our parents participated! Mr. Ricky’s fifth grade class made personalized collages. At Rio Rosales After School Program the 1st, 2nd, and 4th graders learned about Thanksgiving and how people celebrate this delicious holiday. They each made their own turkeys to represent the tradition. The younger kids wrote 5 things they were grateful for, and the older kids wrote a creative story "how the turkey escaped the dinner table". Traditions At Rio Rosales second grade made mask for the celebration of dia de los muertos on November 2. The kids learned about the tradition on how some people celebrate the life of their loved ones once lived. Rio Lindo’s After School Site Flagfootball ended this past weekend. We had a great year for the 3rd and 4th making it to the playoff game. We lost by 2 points, but the kids had a lot of fun and put a lot of hard work and dedication into the game. The 5th grade team did good, but we're learning to have fun! Picture 1: Madelyn and team 2 playing the Math Quiz Game Show. Collage of Pictures: Rio Lindo’s Halloween custom party during the After School Program. 6 Rio Del Norte The following events were major highlights at Rio Del Norte: Lights On Afterschool was a SPOOK-tacular success! In Halloween spirit we scared the boots off our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders! Parents joined in on the scares. Some of the other fun included a basketball shots, face painting by our fabulous artists, kids could try their luck with a lollipop pull, and of course the chance to make beautiful masquerade masks. In Sports ,our flag football teams did really well in the bowls on Saturday October 27, 2012. The 3rd-4th coed team took second place in the Sun Bowl. Boys’ 3rd-4th team took FIRST PLACE in the Holiday Bowl. In Alamo Bowl our 5th coed team took FIRST PLACE too! We couldn’t be more proud of our students. Our girls were showing off their dancing skills! Genesis and her mom making a Masquerade mask. Parent involvement has been an outstanding collaboration at our Rio After School Program! — Anthony Oliveras, Site Coordinator Rio Del Mar The month of October is always fun for the students here at Rio Del Mar, with the annual Lights On event and Halloween activities, what’s not to like about this month? On October 18th the Boys and Girls Club after school program at Rio Del Mar elementary school held the After School Alliance Lights On event and it was a smash. Over 80 students had the opportunity to join in on all of the fun games and activities, and the best part about it was that all of the students’ parents came to join in on all of the events that were taking place. Some of the after school program activities included, pumpkin decorating contest, face painting, mask decorating, Halloween house decorating, and much more. Over 75 parents attended this event to show their support for the after school program. Nearing the end of October the after school program had a fall festival where the students had the opportunity to play spooky Halloween games and eat lots of pizza. As this month is wrapping up we are gearing up for the next few months to come, and we expect them to be just as exciting and fun as this one. Parents joined their children during the after school activities. —Anthony Oliveras, Site Coordinator at Rio Del Mar 7 Voices of Hope Choir & Orchestra Performance! Rio After School Program Provided by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme Our Mission as an After School Program is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. You are cordially invited to our annual Voices of Hope Choir Christmas Performance at the Oxnard Performing Arts on December 21st, 2012 at 7:00pm. See you there! —MaryAnn Woodard Music Coordinator at After School Programs The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme mission is to help youth reach their fullest potential through a positive environment, lifelong learning, and quality programs dedicated to the arts, education, character and leadership development, health and recreation. Rio School District After School Program Directory Omar Zapata The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme Corporate Office 1900 West Fifth Street Oxnard, CA 93030 Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm Director of After School Programs Rio Real Elementary 805-815-4959 ext. 206 Susan Lopez and Max Pineda [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 805-815-4959 Fax: 805-815-4709 E-mail: [email protected] School Based Program Specialist Rio Plaza Elementary [email protected] Nataly Zamudio [email protected] Luz Martinez [email protected] Rio Rosales Elementary School Annie Huynh Rio Vista Middle School [email protected] Wendy Clyde [email protected] Rio Del Mar Elementary School Anthony Oliveras Rio Del Valle Middle School [email protected] Alex Renteria [email protected] Rio Lindo Elementary School Leonor Pazos Nyeland Site [email protected] Fernando Garcia [email protected] Rio Del Norte Elementary School Savannah Winterstein & David McCullough Voices of Hope Choir [email protected] Maryann Woodard [email protected] [email protected]