balboa beat - balboa spirit club
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balboa beat - balboa spirit club
Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet BALBOA BEAT 17020 Labrador St. Northridge, CA 91325 (818).349.4801 Volume 4 Issue 3 November 2011 BPA Kicks Off the Year with the Magazine Drive! Principal: Jana Davenport Vice Principal: Kristen LoVerme Magnet Coordinator: Christine Chun Beat Editor: Carla Cross TABLE OF CONTENTS MAGAZINE DRIVE UPDATE…......PG 1 REFLECTIONS…..…….….….…....PG 1 INSIDE THIS EDITON YEAR BOOK PHOTOS…………....PG 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS.…………...... PG 2 WEBSITE INFORMATION……...PG 2 DIRECT APPEAL…….………..….PG 3 BACK PAGE CALENDAR ……………...………...PG 4 THE GREEN BEAT… …….……....PG 4 ORCHESTRA …………….…….....PG 4 . In October we completed our first major fundraiser of the year and would like to thank all of the students, faculty, staff, and families that participated in this year's magazine drive to make it a success! Over 47% of the student body participated in the drive, which is a tremendous accomplishment! Way to go!!! Together, we raised nearly $19k to help pay for class field trips and other school programs and resources. Congratulations to the following classes for having the highest class participation level and winning an ice cream social for their class and a $50 gift card for their teacher: Grades 1-3, Mrs. Bierman's class with 79% participation and Grades 4-5, Mrs. Klein's class with 88% participation. Honorable mention goes out to Mrs. Woods' and Ms. Convirs' classes for having the second highest participation levels. We would also like to congratulate our top sellers: Sarah Schneider (Room 9 with 62 magazines sold). Sydney Shiotani (Room 12 - with 42 magazines sold), and Sarah Frederickson (Room 6 - with 37 magazines sold). Finally, we'd like to thank all of the parents who volunteered their time to help out with processing sales orders and manning the prize store. You're awesome and we couldn't have done it without you! THANK YOU!!! Diane Lawhorn & Sandra Gibson, Magazine Drive Co-Chairs REFLECTIONS ENTRIES DUE NOVEMBER 7TH!!! It’s that time of year again- the PTA sponsored Reflections program! Students can enter in the following categories: Visual Arts Video Literature Photography Dance Musical Composition You can enter as many times as you want and in as many categories as you are inspired to. The theme this year is “Diversity means…..” If you would like to participate, you can either download all of the forms at www.capta.org/ sections/programs/reflections.cfm or request a packet from school and a packet will be sent home with your child. NEW SUBMISSION Rules this year! Please look at California PTA website. The deadline to enter at Balboa Magnet is November 7, 2011. Thank you, Balboa PTA. Contact Holly or Spike 818.458.9708 [email protected] 818.224.9091 [email protected] V OLU ME 4 ISSU E 3 B A LB OA BE AT PAGE 2 Next BPA Meeting Opportunity knocks... Wednesday, 11/16 at 7:00 pm Childcare provided! Yearbook Photos and Committee Members Needed! The Yearbook Committee needs your photos to capture Balboa’s special, fun, school days. This includes field trips, classroom activities, , Fall Picnic, Pumpkin Math, Crazy Hair Day, Red Ribbon Week, Halloween etc. We want to include every classroom and a photo of each student! Submit photos to the office on a CD (label with event info, child’s name, teacher, your name/contact info). They may also be emailed to [email protected]. please contact Jocelyn Guihama if you are interested in helping with the yearbook. ([email protected]) BALBOA NEEDS YOU! This is the ONLY evening meeting of the school year, and we encourage parents who cannot normally attend the morning meetings to come get involved. The BPA will provide child care during the meeting. Please RSVP with your name, number of adults attending and number of children attending to Aya Katzaroff email: [email protected] - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP WITH REFLECTIONS The following volunteer opportunities are available!!!! Collection, log in and set up of show: November 7,8,9,10, 8:30-230 Judging, ribbon placement and programs days: November 14,15 Host for the show: November 16, 17, 18, 8:30-2:20 Take down and return entries: November 18, 12:30-2:00 Master DVD maker Driver for delivery of judge packets Refreshment coordinator Volunteers will begin after drop off in the morning, and each day we will continue until all work is completed. Entries must be collected and logged in so the entries can be judged and the show can be set up for a school wide Art Show. Time required depends on quantity of entries received. Also accepting suggestions for judges that are professionals within the specific categories. Must be sensitive to children and appreciate their art. Please send name and email and category of specialty; Judges needed: 2 for film, 2 for visual art, 3 for dance, 2 for literature, 2 for music, 1 for photography. Balboa Parent Association Parent Education – Special Guest Speakers When: Friday, November 4th @ 8:30 am Where: Parent Center – Room 33 Bagels and Coffee Provided Join us for a special Parent Presentation with the coaches of Social Coaching Club, Samantha Blank, M.S., MFT and Kathy Zotnowski, M.S., MFT. They will provide insight, tools and techniques to help parents implement increased impulse control and frustration tolerance for your children. They will also discuss and demonstrate effective anger and stress management techniques that will work for parents and children alike. Please RSVP ASAP – we need to know for materials and refreshments. Or email Judy Groode at [email protected] or contact at (818) 988-2646. HOLIDAY POTLUCK LUNCHEON FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF COMING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16th. PLEASE LOOK FOR FLYERS IN NOVEMBER! Announcing New Balboa Websites: balboamagnet.com & balboaparents.org Balboa Magnet Elementary School is happy to announce the launching of two new websites. The official school site www.balboamagnet.com will contain important information on the school and its policies. As it continues to develop, families will also be able to access important updates from their children's teachers. The new parent website www. balboaparents.org has also been completely redesigned and will focus primarily on how families can support Balboa Magnet. We intend to post important schoolwide event information, volunteer opportunities and information on how to help raise funds for the school. The success of these two websites will depend on you! If you would like information posted on either site, please send documents in formats that can be edited (e.g., word, publisher. DO NOT send pdfs). Include any deadlines in the subject line and email to Jocelyn Guihama [email protected]. who will forward to the administrators for approval and posting. Nov. 1 - 4: CANDY SPLIT Donate half of your Halloween candy for the Frontline Foundation and Operation Gratitude - just send candy to school with your child! c/o Ms. Bronson, Room 19 Direct Appeal - Thank you for your support!!!! Below is the list of names of those who have so generously given to the Direct Appeal campaign so far. If you don’t see your name please look for it in the next issue!!!! It’s not too late to make your Direct Appeal Donation WWW.BALBOAPARENTS.ORG YOU CAN DONATE USING VISA or MC. Jose & Leticia Avalos Jared Taylor Edmund & Deborah Wong Margaret McNally & Geoff Greenberg David & Jana Davenport Ilene Sutter-Rosenberg Tom & Masae Yasuda Cindy Malone Preston Lee Jason Hughes Elina Baron Indra Setiadi Rachel & Melvin Reiter Rosina Chavez Laura & Douglas Shewfelt Greg & Kim Milman John Lamprea Gina Arzumanyan Russell & Christine Coons Artemis Javanshir Wanda Yung Kerry & Nan O'Donnell Joo Young Yoo Eun Ju Jeong Patricia Pacheco Tony & Carmen Sands Sebastian & Paula Kupiec Steve & Judy Block Marie Salcedo Rebecca & Mark Frederickson Holly Stuczynski Susanna Eldib Vanesa Lara Schmoisman John & Charlene Ishikawa Kristen Lazarian & Richard Horvitz Jason Li Todd & Kelly Mitchell Rauf & Tamilla Shalumova Sally & Ed Protiva Tricia DeGeeter E. Bart Plange Jennifer & Kipp Shiotani Paul & Bernadette Hanson Caroline & Philippe Marecaux Easter & Jodie Xua Dan & Arcy Gesshel Erica & Jose Arrendondo Rary Khamlue Sanjay Kulkarni & Supriya Belpathak Itoko Deitrick Lee & Sara Bradford David Harte & Kathleen Wilhoite Larry Vad John & Cathy Gabriel Ivan Trinh Alan Mendelsohn Courtney & Ron Robart Justin & Hanna Ryu Veronica & Robert Lee Lissette & Marcelo Maccarone Jocelyn Guihama & David Olson John & Evangeline Equina Daniel & Beth Lobl Chong Lee Mieyeun Park Eva & Steven Cohen Bhavik & Ami Shah Mark & Sharon Chang Kim Tran Mohammadi Fidaali Yuko Sano Tasnim Hussain Kevin & Sandra DeHaeseleer Bradley & Maria Smith Hargunvir & Harjinder Singh Buck McGaffee Mike Tran Ken and Tammy Robinson Jeff & Jen Endler Mona Contreras-Valenzuela Efren & Eunice Miguel Lynn Deng Jae Lee Gary & Jan Baer Zhanna Rubinova Darryl & Leanna Hendrix Scott & Sandra Gibson Paula & John Tillotson Sharon Bai Helen Ioffe Laurie & Michael Carter Wendy Liu Stacy Soendker John & Christina Yu Zhilbert Melekyan & Karmella Grigoryan Norma & Hector Valle Damian Coleman Jeffrey and Maggie Yong Imelda Abalos Porter Alain & Alice Dalva Sushil Madhogarhia Wayne & Jill Basinger Scott & Dotty Calvin Christopher Rabina & Rhoda Acosta David & Ina Labowitz Bassam Bunny Huan Chu Jienming & Sylvia Jou Joseph & Catherine Kim Lisa Poggi Aram Guyumjian Matt & Carla Reeves Han & Laura Park Jennie & Rob Gappinger Eric & Yvette Vink Hongying Chen Walter & Milbet Del Cid Coco Cheng Alla & Val Chernyak Eric Taylor John Katzaroff Eugene & Anna Kocis Renee Brendel-Konrad Lourdes Guerrero Erdenetsetseg Ganbaatar Lisa & Aaron Labowitz Randi & Xinna Severino Jinhee Martinez David & Laura Silverman Matt & Miho Blumkin Agnes Chun Inna & Michael Kaplan Stephanie & Reza Laleh David & Frances Scott Raquel Matsubayashi Martha Lin Dana Adelstein Ilona Merrit Maryam Abed Andre Senasac Satty & Gary Gill Keiko Yetter Tony & Carla Georgian Judit Pitarresi Stephanie Le Vishal & Smriti Garg Jeffrey & Grace Won Stone John Hua & Aichun Yang Jeffrey & Jill Horowitz Kathy Lee Rick & Lori Teraji John & Alyson Rocha Maritza Zamora Kirk Bodyfelt Ana Perez Dalet Brady Harvey & Renee Rose Alan & Denise Drut Tom & Ashley Dupont Eugene George November 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed 1 Stop Drop & Roll: Mrs. Klein’s Class 10/28 - 11/04 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 5 11 12 Bank Time Tuesday 1:34 Dismissal 6 Stop Drop & Roll: Mrs. Mussack’ s class 11/07 - 11/15 9 14 15 14th—18th Crazy Week Bank Time Tuesday 1:34 Dismissal 21 Stop Drop & Roll: Mrs. Canas’ class 11/16 - 11/23 27 Stop Drop & Roll: Ms. Donson’s class 11/28 - 12/05 The Green Beat 16 17 18 19 25 26 Reflections Art Show 16th-18th 22 23 29 Bank Time Tuesday 1:34 Dismissal 24 NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Day Holiday Regular Day 2:34 Dismissal 28 NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day Holiday BPA Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium details will be sent home with students 20 10 School Picture Make up day —— Spirit Day: Wear RED, WHITE & BLUE to honor our Veterans Bank Time Tuesday 1:34 Dismissal 13 Stop Drop & Roll: Mrs. Canas’ class 11/16 - 11/23 8 7 30 Coming up in December: Stop Drop & Roll: Mrs. Honigberg’s class 12/06 - 12/13 FEELING MUSICAL? Come help The Balboa Orchestra! This year we have 135 students total in the orchestra, and only one teacher. This is 40 students more than the district's recommended number! In order to meet the needs of each student and keep lessons moving forward smoothly we are looking for a few helpers: help with tuning violins assistance during class time (especially What happens to those little plastic baggies once you’ve finished eating your sandwich? If you throw them in the trash, they either make it to the local landfill where they will likely remain for hundreds of years or end up in our waterways and oceans. Sadly, up to one million sea birds and one hundred thousand marine mammals are killed each year by plastic trash. However, there is those with knowledge about playing flute, some GOOD NEWS… Plastic sandwich bags and clarinet, trumpet, or violin) wrappers can be recycled! Our friends at TerraCycle a piano accompanist (for the spring concert) upcycle plastic baggies into composite lumber, which Contact Mio Hirako at mailto:[email protected] is used for outdoor decking, furniture and more. Last year, Balboa Magnet students collected over 2,000 plastic baggies and, they have already collected nearly 1,000 baggies since school began this year! The news gets even better… TerraCycle will donate 2 cents to Balboa Magnet for every baggie we collect! Don’t forget… The next “Stop, Drop and Recycle” event is Friday morning, November 4th. Just drive up and drop off your empty water bottles, printer ink cartridges, old cell phones, plastic Ziploc baggies, and empty glue sticks. For more information, please contact Kelly Mitchell at [email protected]