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May 3 update
What’s going on in your Kyrene District schools
Kyrene de las Brisas
Third grade teachers Sue Buckle/Matt Metcalf, Kathy
Hawthorne and Katie Mudd's classrooms are being turned into the rainforest,
ocean and tundra biomes. Students are researching animals with the
help of librarians Mary Lou Westley and Debora Rodriguez. The
classrooms have been turned into examples of these biomes and the students
have made 3D models of their animals to inhabit the biomes. During
this study, they have not only learned about the animals interdependence on
humans and other animals, but how to do research in the library.
Kyrene del Cielo
Cielo's 4th
grade continued their study of Arizona with a trip to the Maricopa
Agricultural Center. This is a 2100 acre experimental farm that is an
integral and essential part of the College of Agriculture at the University
of Arizona in Tucson. The children were involved in a variety of centers
that gave them an understanding of the important role agriculture plays in
Arizona. One of these centers concentrated on water conservation in our
state. Another center was about the food pyramid and the importance of
fruits and vegetable in our diet. The students created and enjoyed a
vegetable salad made at this center. Information about Arizona soil
types and the plants that can be grown in Arizona were discussed in another
center. Farm equipment that is used on the farm was also talked about
and viewed by the children. Aqua-culture was an interesting display.
We saw fish that were grown and sold as a cash crop on the farm.
Every
grade level at Cielo is busy preparing for our Celebrate Learning Night May
1st. Many wonderful projects, both academic and artistic, will be on display
in the classrooms and around the school. We will also be having our
annual Book Fair and a Charleston dinner for our Cielo families before and
during the Celebrate Learning Night.
Kyrene de las
Manitas
The All Day Kindergarten class presented an evening Story
Night to family and friends. The
students recited the play "What's a Penny?" and used the paper
mache piggy bank that they had made.
They helped the teacher read the book, Fiddle-I-Fee and did
the motions and sounds. The
class sang the song, "The Barnyard Boogie."
Zero Hero visited for the 150th day of school. He read a counting book, counted with the students to 150 and
passed out a zero treat. Learning
and fun was combined for a fun evening for all.
Kyrene de la
Mariposa
First grade students had a wonderful field trip at
the Boyce Thompson Aboretum, where they explored many different types of
plant and animal life. Students
in Deborah Sutherland, Andrea Rix'and Carrie Amberg's classes completed
field guides and learned a lot about the Arizona landscape and environment.
Fouth grade students in Barbara Kostner, Patricia Brown, Angie Brigg
and Bryan Raak's classes have been studying the human body and are working
on exact models of themselves, with representations of each of the major
systems in the body. All
Mariposa students are involved in "Turn Off TV Week" and are
entered into a drawing for bookstore gift certificates when they turn off TV
at home each night!
Kyrene de
la Mirada
Diane
Duffy"s fifth grade logical reasoning class has created their own
tessellations. After
researching tessellations on the Internet the students created their own
design and colored it in. You
can see each student's creations at http://www.kyrene.org/staff/dduffy/ and
go to "lego classes" and look for " 5th Grade Original
Tessellations." The
fifth grade students in Kathi Crosby's class are studying vascular and
nonvascular plants. Students are bringing in samples of each type of plant.
Students in Debbie Ward's fifth grade class did an author's
coffeehouse at the Celebration of Learning.
Students shared their own writing with their parents.
Kyrene del Norte
Fifth
graders at Del Norte have been busy studying biomes, and The American
Revolutionary Era, as well as drafting and
editing autobiographies. Mr.
Larry Dexter visited them dressed in colonial revolutionary
attire. He demonstrated and had available for display, many items used by
the British and colonial militia. The
students enjoyed trying on the clothing and experiencing first hand how it
would feel to be laden with their garb and equipment. He presented an interesting and very informative
program for the fifth graders. They
were given a whole new perspective of how soldiers lived and fought during
the 1700's. This week they will
visit Biosphere II in Oracle to view the various environments of our
universe.
Kyrene de la Paloma
Paloma
kindergarten and first grade students are entertaining their parents this
week with “informances” during their music classes.
“Informances” are presentations designed to both entertain
parents and inform them about the wonderful things their children are
learning in our music curriculum. Our
music teachers, Cheryl Allen and Rebekah Osborne, along with our
kindergarten and first grade students are excited to have their families
visit music classes this week and to demonstrate their skills and talents.
Kyrene del Sureño
The
Traveling Lantern Theatre Company treated Kyrene del Sureño School to a
presentation of Peter Pan. Two
actors in full period costume take on all the rolls.
Audience participation is encouraged and the students were invited to
join in an occasional scene. The
actors gave an excellent and entertaining performance of 'Peter Pan' for the
students. Their creativity
provided a positive role model for the children.
Kyrene Aprende Middle School
Aprende
is proud of its National History Day winners!
Seven seventh grade students, sponsored by teachers Mike Furman and
Gwen Holmesley, won at the state level competition for National History Day.
They are: Steve Denton,
Barbara Gao, Mallory Keller, Kaitlyn Mulhollan, Erika Munter, Kevin Quinn,
and Jordyn Wentis. They are now
moving on to the national competition, which will be held this summer,
during the second week in June at the University of Maryland.
On Monday, April 21, Aprende's Student Council sponsored Spirit Week.
Monday was Mis-match Day. Students
wore mismatched clothes. Tuesday
was 60's Day and students wore fashions from the 60's.
Wednesday was Cowboy/Cowgirl Day, and Thursday was Hawaiian Day.
Student Council will also sponsor a dance on Friday, May 2, from 6-8
P.M.
Kyrene del Pueblo
Middle School
Parents
and students celebrated their nomination as "Student of the Month"
at recognition breakfast on Friday, April 25th.
The following students were included in teachers' choices for April's
honors: Jordan Ahern, Shaun
Deisler, Jenna Groves, Julie Jackson, Joseph Juliano, Katie Kahler, Emily
Kaup, Nicolaus Leister, Allison Loesl, Anthony Mancuso, Alison Rand, Tahlia
Sill, and Kimberly Trudgen.
Sixth grade students worked with parent, Tom Travis, on an
Earth Day project on Tuesday, April 22nd.
They planted dozens of desert plants in their classroom courtyards.
Science teacher, Kathy Pate and our school secretary, Cyndi Heimerich,
initiated the beautification project.
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