District NewsKindergarten Registration will begin on Thursday, March 22 from 2:15 – 6:00 pm at the Osborn Schools listed below. Each school offers unique award-winning programs for students beginning in Kindergarten. Longview offers an Inquiry-based Global Curriculum. Encanto offers the award-winning Spanish Dual Language program which continues through seventh grade at Clarendon and Osborn Middle School for families seeking a bilingual education for their children. Solano is offering a Modified Traditional School approach to education, and received a first place Golden Bell award for their Writing Program. Please call the school below for more information or visit the website http://www.OsbornSchools.org for the 2012 Kindergarten application. Please bring immunization records and birth certificate. All children who will be five before September 1, 2012 are eligible to register for Kindergarten.
Encanto School 1420 W. Osborn Rd. (15th Ave. x Osborn Rd.) (602) 707-2300
Longview School 1209 E. Indian School Rd. (12th St. south of Indian School Rd.) (602) 707-2700
Solano School 1526 W. Missouri Ave. (15th Ave. x Montebello) (602) 707-2600
Mark your calendar for the OMS EXPO 2012 (Camelback x 11th Ave) on March 23 from 5:00.pm to 7:30 pm. The event is free and families are encouraged to attend with their children. The Phoenix Fire Department will have a fire truck for children. The Expo brings together many Phoenix health and educational resources for families: Association for Supportive Childcare/ Phone Friend, Birth to Five Help Line, Early Head Start/ Head Start, First Things First, Healthy Families, Osborn Early Learning Project, Valley of the Sun United Way, NHW Community Health Center, NATIVE HEALTH, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (now Dignity Health), Native American Connections, Phoenix Boys and Girls Club, WIC – Women Infants and Children, Women’s Health Coalition, YMCA, South Phoenix Healthy Start, St. Mary’s Food Bank, Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, and the Greater Phoenix Child Abuse Prevention Council. Additionally, Osborn district programs will be represented: Osborn Summer School, Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program, Parent Academy, Native American Summer School, Indian Program Educational Community (IPEC), Osborn Child Nutrition Recipes, ASU ASPIRE Program, and iTeach. Various Phoenix High Schools will also be present. For more information please call Principal Marty Makar: 602-707-2410.
Congratulations to the winners of the Block-Kids Building competition. The program was organized by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) and the Nawic Education Foundation. In the first through third grade competition, two Osborn students placed: third grade Longview student Jonathan Herrada won first place and second grade Encanto student Safiya Goff won third place. At the fourth through sixth grade competition two Clarendon students placed: sixth grade Erik Barraza won second place and fifth grade Gema Bustillos won third place. Students were given five types of material: blocks, string, paper, foil and a stone. They could utilize four of the materials and were given 60 minutes to construct a structure. The Block-Kids Building Program is a national building program competition that is sponsored on the local level by NAWIC chapters and other organizations. The award winning program introduces children to the construction industry in an effort to create an awareness of and to promote an interest in future careers in one of the many facets of the industry.
Clarendon School (4-6)
Thanks to the generosity of the John C Lincoln Health Foundation the sixth grade will go on an educational fieldtrip to the Grand Canyon. Teachers Kristi Wilhelms, Ruth Ruiz, Ben Baldner, Doug Gerstner, and Donna Spano have organized the fieldtrip so that students can use Grand Canyon National Park as an outdoor classroom to develop awareness and skills related to understanding the world. The fieldtrip will provide opportunities for students to restore, preserve, and protect the environment. Students will go to the Canyon in two groups in April and May participating in either the Discovery Pack or the Life on the Edge program while at the Grand Canyon. Both programs are curriculum-based, and address specific Arizona academic standards. Students are selected based on their academic effort over the past three months. Tuition Tax Credits to Clarendon School are welcomed. Visit http://www.OsbornSchools.org.
When Arizona turned 100, Clarendon school turned 58- The school was opened on Feb 14, 1954! Students and staff celebrated in a special way. Each class will perform a short skit about a decade in the history of our great state
Congratulations to Clarendon School who celebrated their 58th birthday on Valentine’s Day along with Arizona’s Centennial celebration. It was delightful to have the opportunity to hear former Governor Jane Hull speak to staff, students and parents in attendance. Her children attended Clarendon when they were growing up. She had great things to say about Clarendon and was very impressed with our students and the campus. Various classes gave spirited performances reflecting major themes for each of the ten decades in Arizona- complete with a Governor Rose Mofford look-alike. Thanks to all of the teachers who worked hard on the event and to Board Members Corbin and Maxine Radtke who were able to attend the celebration.
Encanto School (K-3)
Encanto students participated in their Annual Reading Picnic. Families were invited to the spend lunch with their students and spent their time reading in the courtyard and enjoying a nutritious picnic lunch of chicken burgers, apples, carrots and chips.
Longview (K-6)
Excited Longview fifth grade students attended Ballet Arizona’s Student Matinee performance of Sleeping Beauty. Students gave an account of their Symphony Hall experience—a first for some of them: “The costumes were beautiful!”; One student said her favorite part was “When the witch was trying to open the gate—the way she was dressed was shiny and colorful; “The lighting was dim and there was fog!”; “I like how Sleeping Beauty fell asleep and how she woke up. They kissed!! —on the cheek!!” and another student said she enjoyed the costumes “Fairies had big tutus that looked like hay”.
In honor of Read Across America Day and to promote literacy in our school teachers put together special literacy activities and participated in a “door decorating” contest. Classes discussed their favorite books and or authors and decided which one they would like to represent on their door. The ideas and designs were student lead and encouraged teamwork and creativity. The students did a wonderful job and the winning classrooms belonged to the following teachers: Michelle Carrillo, Katherine Dethlefsen and Nora Ryszka.
Osborn Middle School (7-8)
Congratulations to the students who earned a place on the Principal’s Honor Roll during the second trimester by having a grade point average higher than 3.6, with no grade lower than a 3 in the core areas of Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. Seventh grade students: Calista Celaya, Shelby Gabel, Cassaundra Gomez, Karen Herrera Carbajal, Erik Johnson, Bethani Lechuga Suarez, Jerome McNeal, Lizethe Millan Ramos, and Greta Westberg; and eighth grade students: Jesus Achutegui Garcia, Fukuyoshi Ashino, Brianna Bedonie, Christian Cleveland, Yanet Duran Solis, Samuel Hunter, Elizabeth Matlock, Jousy Ramirez, and Frances Kelly Zozobrado.
Solano School (K-6)
Congratulations to the students who earned a place on the Principal’s List during the second trimester. The Principal’s List distinction is intended for those students receiving the grade of ‘Exceeding’ the state standard in the overall Math and Reading and ‘Meeting’ or ‘Exceeding’ the standard in the other assessed academic subject areas and no marks of ‘not satisfactory’ in social/study skills. Kindergarten students True Skeens and Aujawan Williams; second grade students Kayla Bedonie, Ashley Rios, German Juarez Sales, Angel Claudio Santos, Jamilynn Shorten, and Lindsay Smith; third grade students Kayden Davis, Masaran Keita, Jorge Navarrete, Yvonne Orantes, and Michael To; fifth grade students Jarom Davis, Brenda Garcia, and Vi Nguyen; and sixth grade student Payton Davis.
Congratulations are also due to the Solano Boys Soccer players who won the district tournament in the combined fourth and fifth grade team as well as the sixth grade team.
Solano celebrated Read Across America with students studying Theodor Seuss Geisel and his writings. Each third grade student received a copy of a Dr Seuss book of their choice as well, thanks to the Osborn Educational Foundation’s KidsRead program founded in 1996. Please visit http://www.osbornnet.org/oef/KidsRead.htm for more information.
Source: Cynthia West, Osborn School District
