MMS Reclassification Celebration

MMS families attended their monthly ELAC meeting to celebrate! They were celebrating the reclassification of many EL students that are now fluent English speakers. This is such an exciting time for students, parents, and teachers!

Country Lane Art Festival

Country Lane held their Third Annual Art Festival & Auction: Imagine a World. The event featured a range of activities including an Art Vistas Exhibition, a performance from the EDMS Jazz Band, and a silent auction of student art!

Each class made an art project that guests could bid on at the silent auction.

 Areas were set up for guests to create chalk art.

Students could create art with modeling clay.

Guests could look at individual student art from each class.

~Danielle Baker

Kicks for Kids

Branham High School and Del Mar High School put on their annual Kicks for Kids fundraiser. High school students raise money to buy shoes from Payless Shoe Source for Payne Panthers! The high school  students "buddy up" with a Payne student to play games, paint faces, and walk to Payless. There, each Payne student receives a free pair of shoes. What an incredible afternoon with some amazing kids!

BMX Assembly

Baker students had an exciting assembly today. They watched professional BMX bikers perform all types of incredible tricks!

BTSA Colloquium

Congratulations to all our BTSA Participants! To sum up their year, all teachers gave a presentation reviewing their inquiry assignment. They showed pictures and sample lessons to go along with their presentations. We are all so proud of their hard work!

Mind & Body Wellness Fair

Payne had their first Mind & Body Wellness Fair on May 12th. Over 200 students attended and participated in different activities. Some of the highlights included Bike Rodeo, Mindfulness, Yoga, and the Children's Discovery Museum. All students and families had a wonderful time!

MMS Robotics

The robotics class at MMS is currently learning how to make bevel gears. They work collaboratively in groups, using a variety of resources. Part of the process is learning from their mistakes. ~Melissa Capurro 

Country Lane's International Fair

Country Lane’s International Fair featured 20 countries! The fair opened with the opportunity to visit booths displaying artifacts from each country’s heritage and to taste samples of food from around the world. During the National Anthem segment of the event, children wore traditional costumes and walked across stage waving their country’s flag to music from their national anthem. The cultural program showcased unique music, dance and art performances, such as students demonstrating Taekwondo from Korea, performing a skit/song from the Republic of Belarus, playing a Guzheng (Chinese Harp), and performing a traditional Japanese dance.

Click on the link below to learn more! ~Nancy Roldan

International Fair

Publishing Party

Payne's 1st graders had their publishing party on May 5th. Students chose a topic they are experts on and wrote a book on it.  Informational Writing Books were placed on tables and shared with their classmates.  Students  read the books and gave each other compliments.   There were books about dads, eggs, pets, karate, and animals. The 1st graders were so excited to share their books with everyone!

Anderson's Science Night

Anderson had a very fun and successful Family Science Night. There were 80 children (plus families) in attendance. The children were engaged in 10 different science activities set up by the Children's Discovery Museum. The activities were centered around gadgets in motion. They also put out giant blue blocks for children to explore and build. Many staff and community members were there to help! They even had 5 past students come back to volunteer. 

Life is EGGcellent at Latimer!

Last Friday, second graders had their culminating PBL event, EGG stravaganza!  Classes, families, and community members were invited to celebrate all of the learning that occurred during the 12 week PBL focusing on the driving question, "How can we design a safe and appropriate environment for backyard chickens?"  During the course of this interdisciplinary PBL, students learned about the life cycle of a chicken through egg incubation and watching our classroom chickens grow and develop.  There was also a STEAM challenge designing a coop that would provide for the needs of 5 chickens in a backyard environment.  Students designed coops, built models, and reflected on the process.  Second graders learned about the economics of egg farming and the process that eggs go from the farm to the table, read tons of chicken literature, and enjoyed writing fiction starring chickens!  It was truly a learning EGGsperience of a lifetime! ~Helma Lee