March 8, 2010
Judging by this year’s dragon parade, we are all due for some good luck and fortune this year. Faculty, staff, and students lined the walls and crowded into open doors as kindergarten dragons weaved and roared their way through the hallways of SFDS to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
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March 8, 2010
The first grade has had a great time opening the doors to our new classroom Entomology Labs. In collaboration with Eleanor Coffelt in the science department, the first graders have been looking closely at different groups of arthropods. Students have learned the classification characteristics of the five subphylum’s of arthropods (Insects, Chilopoda (centipedes), Diplopoda (millipedes), [...]
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March 8, 2010
The All About Books are an opportunity for the writer’s to write in a new genre, nonfiction. We read a variety of books by Gail Gibbons modeling the All About Book style. Together we brainstormed different topics that the students knew a lot about and then individually they used their think pads to write down [...]
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March 8, 2010
In a unit in Brainology, fifth graders paired personal learning objectives with their knowledge of brain science
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March 8, 2010
Students began their study of Nick Cave, an artist and educator working out of Chicago. Nick Cave is the creator of full body “soundsuits” which are made from layers of metal, plastic, fabric, hair, found objects, and other things that rub together to make noise. Many of Cave’s soundsuits are politically/socially inspired and have deeper [...]
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March 8, 2010
Congratulations to all the students who participated in this year’s MATHCOUNTS competition held at Presidio Middle School on Saturday, February 27th. This year’s team included Zach H., Aaron M., Harrison L., Morgan C., Adam K., and Noah M. Their coach was Brian Jones. MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, club and competition program that promotes middle [...]
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March 8, 2010
Congratulations to Josiah C. who will compete in the California Geo Bee Finals in Sacramento in April after winning our school competition this past January. The competition this year was fierce with137 student participants from grades 4-8. The Geo Bee, more properly known as the National Geographic Bee, begins at the local level and winners [...]
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March 8, 2010
In a recent assembly, students got to see a variety of animals from around the world. Students even had an opportunity to hold some of the live rescued reptiles and amphibians such as snakes, frogs, cockroaches, iguanas, etc. A presenter for Tree Frog Treks talked a little about their habitats and our responsibility to help [...]
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March 8, 2010
August 1 – 6
Calling all athletes! Now is the time to register to try out for Team San Francisco 2010. We will be taking a delegation to the JCC Maccabi Games in Omaha and in Denver. The Games are for athlete’s ages 13 – 16 years old (as of July 31, 2010.
The Games bring together [...]
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March 8, 2010
When: June 14 – 18
Times: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: SFDS
Cost: $195
This is the 11th year SFDS has offered a summer soccer camp program. Camp Director Steve Roberts is a nationally licensed soccer coach and former NCAA Division 1 National Champion. Other staff will include the Roberts brothers, Peter and Luke, who are both USSF [...]
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