The Vine May 18, 2018 From the desk of Superintendent Chris Williams

Community Book Drive The staff at Courtyard by Marriott Paso Robles is hosting a community book drive as part of their Spirit to Serve Day. The goal is to collect or purchase enough books for each of the students at The Arts Academy at Bauer Speck. They are getting their employees and guests involved in the effort, but could also use our help! They are accepting donations of new or gently used books at the hotel and will be presenting them to the students on Wednesday, May 23. Help spread the word or drop off books at the hotel!

Students Encouraged to do their Best

Every K-2nd grade class at Kermit King Elementary "adopted" a 3rd – 5th grade class to support through state CAASPP testing. Teachers arranged for their class to visit their buddy class each week and brought them snacks, notes of encouragement, and even performed a song or two. Principal Kelly Ward says that “it has been a powerful way for ALL students and teachers to be involved in promoting our best efforts! We are proud of all of our Frogs!” Best of luck to all our students taking the CAASPP (California Academic Assessment of Student Performance and Progress).

Georgia Brown Tradition Georgia Brown Elementary 1st grade students demonstrated cultural dances from Mexico in an annual tradition. Parents came out to watch in the morning and then the students performed again in the evening during open house. Great job, Tigers!

PRO Academy Helping Students Pursue Their Passion Taylor Olcott is a PRO Academy student who exemplifies how a flexible schedule can benefit students in our district. Taylor is an incredible polo player and her sport requires quite a bit of training and travel. Taylor needed a flexible school schedule to allow her to travel, complete, but still maintain good grades and attendance. She has done all of this and more! We are really proud of Taylor and all she has accomplished this year!

“Love Buckets” Filled Mrs. Marziello’s kindergarten class at Kermit King Elementary filled up "love buckets" at Brookdale Senior Living Center. The students showered the residents with flowers, candy, and cards.

Student Wins Essay Contest PRHS student, Gavin Hughes, recently won The Morro Bay National Estuary Program Poetry Contest. He submitted a free verse poem called “The Osprey” that impressed the judges and won first place in the youth division. You can read his poem here: http://www.mbnep.org/blog. There will be a celebratory reading tonight at 7 p.m. at Coalesce Bookstore on Main Street in Morro Bay. The youth and adult contest winners will read, as well as the contest judges. The Morro Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP.org) is a local nonprofit that hosts an annual poetry contest focused on the Morro Bay estuary and the surrounding lands.

Open House Open House at Paso Robles High School was held this week. Open house is a celebration of student work from the entire school year. The evening featured performances from the drama, dance, choir, and band programs. Many clubs were on hand to share information about their organizations. The various departments had activities and demonstrations. And the grand opening of the PRHS Student Store was held with an official ribbon cutting from the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce.

Farm Field Trip Students from Pat Butler Elementary took a walking field trip over to PRHS last week. The students got a chance to visit with the PRHS FFA students. While there, they took a tour of the farm area and got to meet some of the animals.

STEAM Mrs. Wilcox’s 1st grade class at Virginia Peterson Elementary has been working as acoustical engineers. They have been busy testing materials to dampen the sound produced by the rubber bands they used to make simple guitars. Their exploration of sound in this STEAM unit has been engaging and has provided the means for them to utilize the Engineering Design Process.

Winifred Pifer Elementary 3rd grade students use d the Engineering Design Process to create model membranes to keep their fictional frogs alive. The activity is from the California Math and Science Projects "Engineering is Elementary."

Mrs. Farrell’s 4th grade class at Winifred Pifer Elementary continued their work as Geotechnical Engineers by using models to test soil at potential erection site locations for a TarPul bridge. They will analyze the data collected and give final recommendations to the builders as to the best location along the river to erect the TarPul. The students tested organic and rocky soils and then conducted compaction tests to determine how much weight the model would hold. The activity was very engaging to the students.

VAPA News PRHS recently held a dance show highlighting students who are enrolled in beginning dance classes. Over 130 students performed about a dozen different numbers, all choreographed by students.

Culminating events for the after-school VAPA programs at Georgia Brown Elementary and The Arts Academy at Bauer Speck were held this week. Georgia Brown VAPA coach Judy Castro taught percussion to her students and gave an amazing performance as “Bucket Busters.”

Coach Cindy Franklin’s students showed off their piano keyboarding skills at The Arts Academy in their final concert. The keyboarding class was part of the 10-week after school program.

Students are also receiving keyboarding instruction during their school day! Mrs. Prices’ 3rd grade class is pictured left at their piano recital. The recital was attended by many proud parents. Students received certificates of completion from Mrs. Cox who is a 5th grade teacher and also the piano teacher.

The PRHS Beginning Drama One-Act Showcase was held this week. Five different one-act plays were directed by student directors.

Guest Speakers at Final Meeting Rosario Farias conducted the final Migrant Education Parent Advisory Committee meeting earlier this week. Special guest speakers included Mr.

and Mrs. Palomino, Region 18 Honor Parents at the Migrant Education State Conference. The Palominos gave an emotional and motivational speech about the role and actions of parents and how those actions shape the future of children. Additionally, Alicia Paniagua visited from Cuesta College to advertise the numerous ESL (English as a Second Language) and vocational education classes offered by Cuesta College.

PRHS Interpreting Club The PRHS Interpreting Club has been busy this school year. The club is new to PRHS this year and meets every Thursday at lunch with teacher and advisor, Ann Duston. Students have learned medical and legal terminology in Spanish and discuss events that support diversity in the county. They are planning to attend different events in the future to help the community.

Last Friday, the club went to Language Days at the Monterey Defense Institute. Students experienced a celebration of languages, cultures, and diversity. The club also participated in open house earlier this week where they sold out of llama piñatas.

Battle of the Books The PRJUSD Battle of the Books (BOB) will be held on Friday, June 1, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Centennial Park and ending with the Grand Battle at PRHS at 12:45 p.m. In preparation, schools are hosting their own events to select their site representatives.

Winifred Pifer Elementary had its 3rd grade BOB where students had to read at least five BOB books to be eligible. All students were awarded with a certificate, a medal, and a book that they can read for next years’ BOB. 5th graders who read all 30 of their books helped read the questions for each round. Thank you to PTA for the pizza lunch!

PRHS Track & Field Congratulations to the PRHS Varsity Boys’ Track & Field team for winning the 2018 PAC 8 League Championship! And congratulations to the following Bearcats who have advanced to the CIF Southern Section Finals in Track & Field: Kimberly Buchanan (4th place shot put) and Cade England (2nd place triple jump). Best of luck to them this weekend as they attempt to qualify for state!

Athletes as Readers and Leaders Paso Robles High School Athletes as Readers and Leaders, Isiah Espinoza, Jimmy Claassen, and Robert Tauscher went to Georgia Brown Elementary this week to read to students in grades K-2. Isiah read the Spanish book El Conenjito Knuffle and Jimmy and Robert read books What Makes the Seasons and Henry and the Bully.

Sharks Battle in Volleyball Liberty High School once again had a great athletic showing, this time in the Central Coast Continuation High School Athletic League Volleyball Tournament. The Sharks placed 2nd in their first co-ed tournament to go along with championships in flag football, basketball, and soccer. The league is comprised of continuation high schools from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Way to go, Sharks!

Attendance Winners Congratulations to Virginia Peterson Elementary for winning the attendance challenge AGAIN with a 96.65%. This is their 2nd win in a row and 4th for the school year – the most of any school in the district! Way to go, VP Pandas!

One Cool Earth Corner Submitted by: Danica Smith Big THANK YOU to Treasury Wine Estates for staying active in the community. This week, employees volunteered at Winifred Pifer Elementary. They did a lot of physically demanding work in order to prep the pumpkin patch area for planting and harvest next school year. They started by weeding and spreading more wood chips in the main garden behind Mr. Pisor’s classroom. While some volunteers were weed whacking the “jungle,” others were transporting about 20 wheelbarrow loads full of compost across the grass field to the pumpkin patch area. We tilled the soil with our muscles (sans machines!) using shovels, pick axes, and hula hos! Miss Danica is looking forward to planting with kindergarten through 3rd grade in the upcoming weeks before school is released.

Students during Virginia Peterson Elementary lunchtime garden club learning how and why to braid fresh garlic this week. They also got to munch on the changing mulberry tree...ahh the sweet fruits of springtime :) Yum. Reminder to Virginia Peterson Elementary families that Saturday, June 2, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. is a Family Cooking Event taking place INSIDE the Panda Garden! Sign up in VPES front office soon if you’d like to participate.

If you are interested in volunteering in any way, please contact Danica Smith, our FoodCorps AmeriCorps Member at danicas@onecoolearth.org for further opportunities and information. And remember to check out One Cool Earth on Facebook to see when they’ll be hosting community garden workdays at your school: www.facebook.com/onecoolearth or www.onecoolearth.org. From planting to painting signs, there is an activity for everyone.

Women in Business to Host Scholarship Dinner The Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce Women in Business will be hosting a dinner to benefit scholarships for the class of 2019. To register for the event, go to: Women in Business Farm to Fork

Bearcat Gear Fundraiser Flamson Middle School 8th graders are selling Bearcat gear to “Future Bearcats” as a fundraiser for 8th grade activities. An order form is attached on the last page. Anyone can purchase items and they will be available for pick up at Flamson during the last week of school.

Get geared up, to step up as a BEARCAT! Sale proceeds to benefit the FMS 8th grade activities! 

ORDER FORMS DUE BY MAY 24th to FMS OFFICE, DELIVERS LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL 

 

 

   

A B C D E F G H I  Name:___________ PH:________1st Period Class:____  

Item  Price  Size  (circle one) 

Total 

A-Crimson Sweatshirt  $35  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

B-Black Sweatshirt  $35  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

C-Crimson T-Shirt  $20  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

D-Black T-Shirt  $20  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

E-Rounded Bill Hat  $25  S/M L/XL   

F-Flat Bill Snapback  $25  OSFM   

G-Black Foil Women’s*  $25  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

G-Black Foil Junior’s*  $25  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

H-Crimson Foil Women’s  $25  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

I-Asphalt Polo  $30  AXS AS AM AL AXL AXXL   

Total Due (Checks Payable to FMS Blue Backers, PTSA)   

*Same item, different style cuts Questions: 805-610-5778 Vickie Luna