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El Semanario Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages (310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: A SCHOOLWIDE STEAM PROJECT: THE GREAT MONARCH MIGRATION OCTOBER 24 -28, 2016 ANNOUNCEMENTS This fall Edison has been participating a schoolwide STEAM project – learning about the longest known insect migration on earth, the migration of the monarch butterflies from Canada to Mexico. These international travelers fly for over 3,000 miles and travel at heights of up to two miles above the earth’s surface. For generations North Americans had seen the signs of the migration south, but never figured out where the monarchs were headed. And since Pre-Columbian times, people living near the Monarch sanctuaries have associated the arrival of the monarchs with the Day of the Dead, believing that the monarchs brought the souls of the departed back to visit. Each classroom has chosen a focus for their work on the project. We’ve used The Journey North on-line interactive program sponsored by a division of the Annenberg Foundation and other print and on-line materials as resources for this study. The Journey North uses citizen scientists who report on butterfly sightings and at this point in the year, the monarch migration from Canada and the northern USA to Mexico is in full swing. The largest migration of monarchs comes across the Great Lakes, over Texas and ultimately heads to Michoacan. But there is also a Western stream of Monarchs that heads south along the Pacific Coast and down into Baja California. In the west, tagged butterflies from as far north as Yakima Washington have been sighted in Santa Cruz – 3,500 of them! The leading edge of the western migration is Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California and in the eastern migration, in Guanajuato, Mexico. If you’d like to follow the migration at home, visit http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/kids_current.html. While most monarchs only live 2-6 weeks, the migrating generation of monarchs lives for up to eight months. This generation is stronger and able to delay reproduction until after they over-winter in Mexico. They migrate with unerring accuracy to a place they’ve never been before, but where generations of monarchs head every year. Scientists are still learning about how this migration works – and we’re learning along with them. Our students also have been participating in a symbolic butterfly exchange – creating class and individual butterfly artwork, letters and poems to send to children in Mexico living near the over-wintering areas. We sent off our butterflies last week and hope to receive butterfly artwork and letters from children in Mexico when the butterflies migrate north again in the spring. A wonderful documentary on the mystery of the monarch migration is available right now on Netflix if you’d like to learn more. See “Flight of the Butterflies” at http://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/70259094/s or http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/home/ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 -- FALL FESTIVAL AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTARS EXHIBIT - We’re hard at work on classroom altars and all the plans for games, food, and cultural entertainment for. Volunteers still needed. Join us from 1:00-5:00 pm for a wonderful time! UPCOMING PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS – Helping Children Cope with Anxious Feelings”, Tina Gonzalez (FSSM) – Wed. 10/26 at 8:30 am; “Preparing for a Successful Parent Teacher Conference,” Elizabeth Ipiña (Edison) – Wed. 11/2 at 8:30 am. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us in the cafeteria. HALLOWEEN AT EDISON – The Edison costume parade will be held Monday morning, October 31 beginning at 9:00 am. Children are invited to wear costumes to. Parents are invited to join us (and large numbers usually do!) Make sure your child has a change of clothes for the rest of the day. If you would prefer that your child not participate, we will have storytime in the library. Just let your child’s teacher know. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES are coming at the beginning of November. We have a pupil free day on November 4 and minimum days until November 10. Please check with your child’s teacher for available appointments. TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF – Many of our classrooms participate in the Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Your child may bring home a letter explaining the project and a small box to collect change from neighbors as he or she goes trick-or- treating. The funds collected come back to school after Halloween, collected and bundled into an Edison contribution to UNICEF. It’s a simple and wonderful way for our students to learn about the lives of children who live in places where having access to clean drinking water and basic medicine can make the difference between life and death. Funds are urgently needed in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. If you’d like to learn more about this project, visit https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/trick-or-treat- unicef-gives-kids-power-change-world/30632 November 4 Pupil Free Day for Conferences November 7-10 Minimum Days for Conferences October 29 – 1:00-5:00 FESTIVAL DE OTONO/ Day of the Dead Altars
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El Semanario
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: A SCHOOLWIDE STEAM PROJECT: THE GREAT
MONARCH MIGRATION
O C T O B E R 2 4 - 2 8 , 2 0 1 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS
This fall Edison has been participating a schoolwide STEAM project – learning about the longest known insect migration on earth, the migration of the monarch butterflies from Canada to Mexico. These international travelers fly for over 3,000 miles and travel at heights of up to two miles above the earth’s surface. For generations North Americans had seen the signs of the migration south, but never figured out where the monarchs were headed. And since Pre-Columbian times, people living near the Monarch sanctuaries have associated the arrival of the monarchs with the Day of the Dead, believing that the monarchs brought the souls of the departed back to visit. Each classroom has chosen a focus for their work on the project. We’ve used The Journey North on-line interactive program sponsored by a division of the Annenberg Foundation and other print and on-line materials as resources for this study. The Journey North uses citizen scientists who report on butterfly sightings and at this point in the year, the monarch migration from Canada and the northern USA to Mexico is in full swing. The largest migration of monarchs comes across the Great Lakes, over Texas and ultimately heads to Michoacan. But there is also a Western stream of Monarchs that heads south along the Pacific Coast and down into Baja California. In the west, tagged butterflies from as far north as Yakima Washington have been sighted in Santa Cruz – 3,500 of them! The leading edge of the western migration is Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California and in the eastern migration, in Guanajuato, Mexico. If you’d like to follow the migration at home, visit http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/kids_current.html. While most monarchs only live 2-6 weeks, the migrating generation of monarchs lives for up to eight months. This generation is stronger and able to delay reproduction until after they over-winter in Mexico. They migrate with unerring accuracy to a place they’ve never been before, but where generations of monarchs head every year. Scientists are still learning about how this migration works – and we’re learning along with them. Our students also have been participating in a symbolic butterfly exchange – creating class and individual butterfly artwork, letters and poems to send to children in Mexico living near the over-wintering areas. We sent off our butterflies last week and hope to receive butterfly artwork and letters from children in Mexico when the butterflies migrate north again in the spring. A wonderful documentary on the mystery of the monarch migration is available right now on Netflix if you’d like to learn more. See “Flight of the Butterflies” at http://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/70259094/s or http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/home/
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 -- FALL FESTIVAL AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTARS EXHIBIT - We’re hard at work on classroom altars and all the plans for games, food, and cultural entertainment for. Volunteers still needed. Join us from 1:00-5:00 pm for a wonderful time!
UPCOMING PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOPS – Helping Children Cope with Anxious Feelings”, Tina Gonzalez (FSSM) – Wed. 10/26 at 8:30 am; “Preparing for a Successful Parent Teacher Conference,” Elizabeth Ipiña (Edison) – Wed. 11/2 at 8:30 am. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us in the cafeteria.
HALLOWEEN AT EDISON – The Edison costume parade will be held Monday morning, October 31 beginning at 9:00 am. Children are invited to wear costumes to. Parents are invited to join us (and large numbers usually do!) Make sure your child has a change of clothes for the rest of the day. If you would prefer that your child not participate, we will have storytime in the library. Just let your child’s teacher know. PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES are coming at the beginning of November. We have a pupil free day on November 4 and minimum days until November 10. Please check with your child’s teacher for available appointments. TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF – Many of our classrooms participate in the Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Your child may bring home a letter explaining the project and a small box to collect change from neighbors as he or she goes trick-or-treating. The funds collected come back to school after Halloween, collected and bundled into an Edison contribution to UNICEF. It’s a simple and wonderful way for our students to learn about the lives of children who live in places where having access to clean drinking water and basic medicine can make the difference between life and death. Funds are urgently needed in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. If you’d like to learn more about this project, visit https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/trick-or-treat-unicef-gives-kids-power-change-world/30632
November 4 Pupil Free Day for Conferences
November 7-10 Minimum Days for Conferences
October 29 – 1:00-5:00 FESTIVAL DE OTONO/ Day of the Dead Altars
El Semanario
Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages
(310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
2 4 – 2 8 D E O C T U B R E , 2 0 1 6
ANUNCIOS
Este otoño Edison ha estado participando en un proyecto STEAM a través de toda la escuela – aprendiendo sobre la migración más larga conocida de insectos migrando en la tierra, la migración de las mariposas monarcas de Canadá a México. Estas viajeras internacionales vuelan por más de 3,000 millas y viajan en alturas de hasta dos millas arriba de la superficie de la tierra. Por generaciones Norte Americanos habían visto señales de la migración al sur, pero nunca averiguaban a dónde iban las monarcas. Y desde antes de los tiempos Colombianos, la gente que vivía cerca de los santuarios de monarcas han asociado la llegada de la monarcas con el Día de los Muertos, creyendo que las monarcas traían las almas de los difuntos de nuevo para visitar. Cada salón eligió un enfoque para su proyecto de trabajo. Hemos usado La Jornada al Norte un programa en internet patrocinado por una división de la Fundación Annenberg y otros materiales impresos y en internet como recursos para este estudio. La Jornada al Norte usa científicos ciudadanos quienes reportan sobre las observaciones de mariposas y en este punto en el año, la migración monarca de Canadá y la Parte Norte de los Estados Unidos a México está a vuelo completo. La migración más grande de monarcas cruza los Grandes Lagos, por encima de Texas y ultimadamente van al sur hacia Michoacan. Pero también hay una corriente de Monarcas que van al sur al costado de la Costa Pacífica y abajo a Baja California. En el oeste, mariposas marcadas de tan lejos al norte como Yakima Washington han sido vistas en Santa Cruz – ¡3,500 de ellas! El líder de la migración del oeste es Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir en Baja California y en la migración del este, en Guanajuato, México. Si les gustaría seguir la migración en su hogar, visiten http://www.learnern.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/kids_current.html. Aunque la mayoría de monarcas viven entre 2 – 6 semanas, la generación de migración de monarcas viven hasta ocho meses. Esta generación es más fuerte y puede dilatar reproducción hasta después de que pasen el invierno en México. Ellas migran con exactitud sin errores a un lugar que nunca han ido antes, pero donde generaciones de monarcas van cada año. Los científicos todavía están aprendiendo sobre cómo funciona la migración – y nosotros estamos aprendiendo con ellos. Nuestros estudiantes también han estado participando en un intercambio simbólico de mariposas – creando obras de arte de salones e individuales, cartas y poesías para mandar a niños en México viviendo cerca de las áreas de arriba del invierno. La semana pasada mandamos nuestras mariposas y esperamos recibir obras de arte de mariposas y cartas de parte de los niños en México cuando las mariposas migren al norte de nuevo en la primavera. Un maravilloso documentario sobre el misterio de la migración migratoria de las monarcas está disponible en Netflix si les gustaría aprender más. Vean “Flight of the Butterflies” en http://usa.newonnetflix.onfo/info/70259094/s o http://www.flightofthebutterflies.com/home/
SABADO, 29 DE OCTUBRE – FESTIVAL DE OTOÑO Y EXHIBICIÓN DE ALTARES DE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - Estamos trabajando duro en los altares de los salones y todos los planes para juegos, comida y entretenimiento cultural. Se necesitan voluntarios. ¡Acompáñenos de la 1:00 – 5:00 pm para un tiempo maravilloso!
SE APROXIMAN TALLERES DE EDUCACIÓN
PARA PADRES – “Ayudando a los Niños a Lidiar con Sentimientos de Ansiedad”, Tina Gonzalez (FSSM) – miércoles, 10/26 a las 8:30 am; “Prepararse para Una Conferencia de Padres y Maestros Exitosa,” Elizabeth Ipiña (Edison) – miércoles, 11/2 a las 8:30 am. Agarren un cafecito o té y acompáñenos en la cafetería.
Halloween en Edison–. El desfile de disfraces se llevará a cabo el 31 de octubre comenzando a las 9:00 am. Se les invita a los niños que traigan puestos sus disfraces. Los padres son invitados acompañarnos ( ¡y grandes cantidades lo hacen! ) Asegúrense de que su hijo/a tenga un cambio de ropa para el resto del día. Si ustedes prefieren que su hijo/a no participe, tendremos tiempo de cuentos en la biblioteca. Solo avísenle al maestro/a de su hijo/a.,
Conferencias de Padres y Maestros–
comienzan al principio de noviembre. Tenemos un día libre de estudiantes el 4 de noviembre y días mínimos hasta el 10 de noviembre. Por favor revisen con el maestro/a de su hijo/a para ver las citas disponibles.
“Trick Or Treat For Unicef” Truco O Golosina
para Unicef – Muchos de nuestros salones participa en Truco o Golosina para UNICEF. Su hijo/a tal vez traerá una carta explicando el proyecto y una cajita para colectar dinero suelto de sus vecinos cuando van a pedir dulces. Los fondos colectados regresan a la escuela después de Halloween, colectados y juntados para una contribución de Edison para UNICEF. Es una manera simple qua que nuestros estudiantes aprendan sobre las vidas de niños quienes viven en lugares donde tener acceso a agua limpia para tomar y medicina básica pueden hacer la diferencia entre la vida y muerte. Los fondos son necesitados urgentemente en Haití después del Huracán Michael. Si les gustaría aprender más sobre este proyecto, visiten a https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/trick-or-treat-unicef-gives-kids-power-change-world/30632
DEL ESCRITORIO DE LA DIRECTORA: UN PROYECTO STEAM (CIENCIA TECNOLOGÍA INGENIERÍA
ARTES MATEMÁTICAS): LA GRAN MIGRACIÁN MONARCA
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29 de octubre – 1:00-5:00 Festival de Otoño/ Altares de Día de Los Muertos
4 de noviembre Día Libre de Estudiantes para Conferencias
7 – 10 de noviembre Días Mínimos para Conferencias
Measures GS & GSH on the November 8
Santa Monica Municipal Ballot
Two measures placed on the November 8, 2016 local ballot by the City of Santa
Monica propose new revenues to SMMUSD schools.
Measure GSH is a half-cent sales tax measure to provide new revenues for the City
of Santa Monica (approximately $16 million/year). Measure GS is a companion
“advisory measure” directing the City of Santa Monica to equally share the new
funds with SMMUSD schools and the City of Santa Monica’s affordable housing
programs.
If both are approved by voters, together Measures GS and GSH will provide new
funding to SMMUSD schools, which may be used to:
Provide ongoing maintenance and technology upgrades
Support SMMUSD programs to improve instruction in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) education
Attract and retain high quality teachers
Increase access to District preschools
Provide additional resources to support at-risk students
Measures GS and GSH revenues could also be used to support local affordable
housing programs sponsored by the City of Santa Monica to keep current residents
from displacement, and assist low-income seniors and those with disabilities.
For information on the City’s affordable housing programs: http://bit.ly/2c0gyEk
Rent, prescription medicine, and groceries are among the items that are sales-tax
exempt. The SMMUSD Board of Education and the Santa Monica-Malibu Council of
PTAs have endorsed Measures GS & GSH and can provide additional
information:www.smmpta.org.
www.smmusd.org
Medidas GS & GSH en las Papeletas Municipales de Santa Monica del 8 de Noviembre
Dos medidas puestas en las papeletas locales del 8 de noviembre del 2016 por la Ciudad de Santa Monica proponen nuevos ingresos para las escuelas de SMMUSD. La medida GSH es una medida de impuesto sobre las ventas de medio centavo para proveer nuevos ingresos para la Ciudad de Santa Monica (aproximadamente $16 millones/año). La medida GS es una “medida de asesoramiento” acompañante dirigiendo a la Ciudad de Santa Monica para compartir por igual los fondos nuevos con las escuelas de SMMUSD y los programas de viviendas accesibles de la Ciudad de Santa Monica. Si ambas son aprobadas por los votantes, juntas las medidas, GS y GSH proveerán nuevos fondos a las escuelas de SMMUSD, los cuales pueden ser utilizados para: Proveer mantenimiento continuo y tecnología actualizada
Apoyo para los programas de SMMUSD para mejorar la instrucción en la educación de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM)
Atraer y retener maestros de alta calidad
Incrementar el acceso a los centros preescolares del Distrito Proveer recursos adicionales para apoyar a los estudiantes en situación de riesgo Los ingresos de las medidas GS y GSH también podrían usarse para apoyar los programas de viviendas accesibles patrocinados por la Ciudad de Santa Monica para evitar el desalojo de los residentes actuales, y asistir a las personas mayores con bajos ingresos y a aquellos con discapacidades.
Para información sobre los programas de vivienda accesible de la ciudad: http://bit.ly/2c0gyEk
Renta, medicina de prescripción, y alimentos están entre los artículos que están exentos de impuestos de ventas. El Consejo de Educación de SMMUSD y el Concilio de la PTA de Santa Monica-Malibu han endorsado las Medidas GS & GSH y pueden proporcionar información adicional: www.smmpta.org
www.smmusd.org
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2 4 0 2 V i r g i n i a A v e , S a n t a M o n i c a
ALTARES DE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS | COMIDA | ARTESANIAS | JUEGOS | MÚSICA Y MUCHO MÁS
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Showcase!
You're invited to
Broadway's
SUPERHERO
Sunday, December 11th
This is a showcase opportunity for your child
to perform routines learned in class. Bring all your family and friends!
Entry for Participant $40.00 Entry fee includes: Medal, "Pow" Pillow, Wristband, Certificate
Help us fundraise for NEW gymnastics equipment! Adult admission at the door $5 Children are FREE!
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9:00am Session 1: Developmental Team (Perfect 10's, Shooting Stars, Dazzlers, Dynamites) 11:00am Session 2: Broadway Bounders, Boys Only 4-6, Pre-School Groups 1:00 pm Session 3: Flyers, Gliders, School Groups K-5 3:00pm Session 4: Boys Only 7-10, Aerials, Saltos, School Groups
