News from the Scottsdale Unified School DistrictKids Clubs across the District established relationships with various Senior Centers during the past school year. The community at Pueblo Norte was especially touched by the group at Cochise Kids Club. The residents have been enjoying exchanging cards and letters with the children. Libby Krajack, who oversees the summer Kids Club at Redfield, reached out to Pueblo Norte residents to visit and read to the children there as well. This is the group in attendance after the residents of Pueblo Norte spent a few hours visiting, reading and making bookmarks with the children. Mrs. Church, a resident at Scottsdale Village Square, visited the children at ANLC Summer Camp. Mrs. Church, a retired teacher, was kind enough to read several stories to the children and then joined them for lunch. Kids Club children will continue to communicate with their new senior friends throughout the upcoming school year.

On April 30th, SUSD hosted a PBIS Film Festival. I am very proud to announce the winners of the film festival.Best Instructional PBIS video: ES – Tonalea “Tonalea Rules” MS – Copper Ridge – “Cafeteria” HS – Saguaro – “How to be CATS”Best Informational PBIS video: ES – Pima – “Power Paws for Piper” MS – Desert Canyon – “We are CR2” HS – Coronado – “We Are Dons”

Grand Supreme Best Video: Laguna ES – “Laguna SOARS”

Honorable Mention: Cocopah – “Cocopah PRIDE” Copper Ridge – “Bathroom Update” and “Classrooms” Mountainside – “ROAR” Mohave – “Stop, Walk, Talk” and “Kick-off ”

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SUSD PBIS FILM FESTIVAL* 2014

News from the Chaparral Learning Community

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The following Chaparral High School students also received National Merit Scholarships. They are: Matthew Adler, Connor Addison, Leah Kaplan, Evelyn Karis, Natalie Mionis, Aatikah Mouti, Eric Peshkin, Olivia Struckman, Kyle Sun, Scott Viteri, Justin Wang and Rianna Williams.

Claire Juby, a student at Cherokee Elementary School, has read the most words this school year. Claire has read the entire Percy Jackson Series, as well all of the Harry Potter books. She has 180+ earned Accelerated Reader (AR) points and has a 98.6 average on her AR tests.

News from the Desert Mountain Learning Community

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Desert Mountain High School had four students who were winners of National Merit Scholarships underwritten by universities. Congratulations to Ryan Hebel, Larthik Nambiar, Alyssa Neidhart and Jordan Patterson. Winners are still being announced, so we will continue to provide updates.

This year, Desert Mountain High School’s Spanish National Honor Society offered members the opportunity to take the National Spanish Examination (NSE). The NSE is a standardized assessment tool given by teachers throughout the United States to measure proficiency and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language. A total of 154,000 students nationwide participated in the exam this year.

Congratulations to the following students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National Spanish Examination: Spanish Level III: Silver Medal & 5th Place for Arizona: Jiayang LiHonorable Mention Certificate: Allison Boyce

Spanish Level IV: Gold Medal & 1st Place for Arizona: Mehek Mohan Silver Medal: Rebecca SeifertBronze Medal: Jessica GrossmanHonorable Mention Certificate: Catherine Desmond, Rebecca Naldo and Samantha Matta

Spanish Level VI:Bronze Medal: Ruchi Kirtikar

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Desert Mountain High School won First Place to be named the High School State Champions at the Arizona 2014 State Scholastic Chess Championships held in Flagstaff in April. The team had the top 4 finishers – David Adelberg, Pranav Rudra, Kalyan Chaliki, and Vedant Lahoti. Additionally, David Adelberg won the individual competition and is the 2014 Arizona State High School Chess Champion.David Adelberg (5.5) - 1st, Pranav Rudra (4.0) - 7th, Kalyan Chaliki (4.0) - 10th Vedant Lahoti (3.5) - 18th, Miles Hoshizaki (3.0) - 28th, Ryan Kollitz (3.0) - 30th Steven Adelberg (2.0) - 37th, Jingbo Zhang (2.0) - 38th, Vishvak Rangarajan (2.0) – 39thKarthik Nambiar (1.5) - 40th Ms. Vogt is the Chess Club teacher sponsor at Desert Mountain.

The following Desert Mountain High School DECA students received Certificates of Excellence at the International Career Development Conference: Naveen Dasari, Ryan Hebel, Erin Tatum, Sam Hendren, Jacob Oliver and Aidan Tarkington. Robert Hannen won a knowledge medallion. Sam Hendren, Jacob Oliver and Aidan Tarkington brought home a 1st place trophy for Entrepreneurship-Growing Your Business, which included a 30 page business plan and an oral defense of their plan.

Laguna Elementary School held an awards ceremony on May 20th for the school-wide Fitness Club participants. Students and staff logged more than 2,000 miles of walking/running from November-April. Nike Scottsdale donated shoelaces and many volunteer hours to track laps and walk/run with the students. Laguna also obtained a Safety and Health Investment Project (SHIP) grant from Maricopa County Department of Public Health- Prevention Department. Laguna was able to purchase discounted Nike Fuelbands with the SHIP grant funds through the Nike Scottsdale store. Great job staying active, Laguna Eagles!

News from the Saguaro Learning Community

Pueblo Elementary School’s Foreign Language Immersion (FLI) program concluded its annual summer camp with a showcase of student performances conducted entirely in Spanish. Preschool through 2nd graders performed songs with movements and encouraged audience participation; 3rd and 4th grade students performed traditional partner dances; and older students performed a play they had written, entirely in Spanish. As an added bonus, two recent graduates of the Pueblo’s FLI program presented, in Spanish, a slide show of the 5th grade’s graduation trip to Costa Rica last month. The entire event had the audience smiling, dancing and clapping along. They oohed and aahed in amazement of the fluency and accents of these young, non-native Spanish speakers.

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Notes Anne Wurth, parent of a 2nd and 4th grader, “I am so glad the opportunity exists where my kids can do typical camp activities such as sports, cooking, and performing, but with the added benefit of Spanish acquisition thrown in. I always get goose bumps listening to these kids perform in Spanish!”“Our four-week camp is a wonderful opportunity for our kids to have fun, while honing their Spanish skills. Every time I see any of our children during camp, they are always smiling,” says Pueblo Principal Art Velarde.The camp ran four weeks, and children played games, danced, sang, cooked, and enjoy P.E. and water days, all while learning about the art, culture, and history of various Spanish-speaking regions throughout the world.Pueblo Elementary School offers SUSD’s only Foreign Language Immersion (FLI) Program in which non-native children learn half of their instruction in Spanish. The school is located at 6320 N. 82nd St., Scottsdale 85250.

This year, Saguaro High School Japanese II students were offered the opportunity to take the National Japanese Examination (NJE). The NJE is a standardized assessment tool given by teachers throughout the United States to measure proficiency and achievement of students who are studying Japanese as a second language. A total of 716 students nationwide participated in the exam this year. Congratulations to the he following students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National Japanese Examination:

Japanese Level II: Bronze Medal & 4th Place for Arizona: Andy Dole, Cindy Lui and Nina NguyenHonorable Mention Certificate and 7th Place for Arizona: Nadine JudyHonorable Mention Certificates: Ryan Brown, AJ Halbe-Sauer, Felicia Turne, and Nitrah Weaver

On May 15th, Pueblo Elementary School held its first annual Spanish Spelling Bee. Forty-five 4th and 5th grade students who prequalified were able to participate in the Spanish Spelling Bee. All rounds of the Spanish Spelling Bee were written and the event was conducted entirely in Spanish, including the instructions and responses. The winning word was lápiz, which means pencil. Congratulations to the following winners. They are: • 1st Place Winner: Laura Ottesen, a 4th grade student

• 2nd Place Winners (Tie): Alec Berg and Emma White, 5th grade students• 4th Place Winner: Max Henderson, a 4th grade student• 5th Place Winner: Ted Pham, a 5th grade student (has been studying Spanish for one month!)This will become an annual event at Pueblo. After the Spanish Spelling Bee, participants were treated to an ice cream bar provided by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). Parent Laura Rennie organized the event. The Spanish Spelling Bee judges were Jill Campos, World Language coordinator; Erin Dahl, a Spanish Teacher at Saguaro High School; and Pilar Navarro, an instructional assistant. Pueblo Elementary School offers Scottsdale Unified School District’s only Foreign Language Immersion (FLI) Program in which non-native children learn half of their instruction in Spanish.

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