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Osborn School District #8

 

Solano School (Preschool -6th grade)

 

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Honors Writing Project Awarded A+ Exemplary Program Award 2011

Congratulations to Solano teachers and students: Solano has earned an A+ Exemplary Program Award from the Arizona Educational Foundation for the Solano Writing Project. Each month every Solano student writes a selection based on a writing prompt for their grade level. Teachers focus on a six trait writing rubric as they teach their students the process. The traits are: Ideas & Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. At the end of each month each teacher selects one student’s writing piece which best demonstrates the traits covered in class. The selected student participates in the monthly Writers’ Showcase; a special event at which the principal and other selected students read and discuss their work. The selected writing pieces are uploaded each month and are published on the school website. The monthly writing pieces of all students are posted on a writing wall in the classroom each month and are also collected into a portfolio which is shared with the parents on Young Authors’ Night during the month of May. Since the implementation of this focus

on writing, Solano has seen an improvement in our writing scores when compared to state-wide AIMS scores.

East Meets West Chinese Cultural Program
Fourth through sixth grade “East Meets West” showcase event was held to celebrate the Chinese New Year. East Meets West is an exciting new class for students to learn about Chinese arts and culture. Taught by Mei-Kuei Chan Cruise, a thirty year Taiwanese veteran of Chinese Fine Arts, the class will build a foundation for this year’s Chinese Cultural Summer Camp hosted by Clarendon School. Thanks to the coordination of teachers Jill Crossley and Joyce Rosanelli, the activities and art projects students worked on were demonstrated and displayed: Silk cord knotting, Origami, Tai Chi, Dragon dance, Lion dance, Chinese writing, Ribbon dance, Chinese yo-yo, and Martial Arts.
 

Big Green Solano Machine
Big Green Solano Machine- Solano community garden project is underway. Students, teachers and community members have planted the beds and await fruit trees. Thanks to FedEx and Qwest who have contributed to the funding, students are able to expand their learning out of the classroom! Teachers have created lesson plans focusing on sustainable gardening. Some of the older students have been paired with younger to mentor. FedEx, staff, community, and parent volunteers arrive on the second Saturday each month to tend the garden. Classrooms signed up for plots and chose from a variety of seeds, which they planted. Classroom lessons have been created and are available to all staff in Solano’s new Science room.
Apple Demonstration:
�Imagine a large apple that represents the Earth
Cut the “Earth” into 4 pieces
Discard 3 pieces that represent oceans on Earth
Slice remaining piece in half
Discard 1 piece that represents land that is inhospitable to people
Slice remaining piece into 4 sections
Discard 3 sections that represent land that is too rocky, steep, or cold to produce food
Cut the skin off the remaining piece
This represents the surface of the Earth which humanity depends on for resources

 

Solano Students Participate in World Water Monitoring Day
Every year, the global community joins in World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD), a worldwide effort to positively impact the health of rivers, lakes and estuaries. Last year, more than 5,000 bodies of water were tested in the U.S., and 50 countries

Solano Students Learn about Bio Assessment: The use of aquatic life to determine water quality effects on the ecosystem.

participated. Arizona had 118 volunteers monitor 58 bodies of water across the state.

Four key indicators of water quality, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity, are tested. These efforts began Sept. 18 and concluded Oct. 18 with students from Osborn School District performing water monitoring and participating in water testing activities and workshops at Steele Indian School Park. The results taken during the month will be placed in a database available to the public and used to track water quality. The students prepared before the testing day by studying curriculum that fulfills the AIMS requirements.

Sixth grade students from Osborn School District tested water at Indian School Park for World Water Monitoring Day and participated in the following seven water station workshops run by ADEQ and Gateway Community College: Bio Assessment, Hydrolab, Turbidity & other instrument, Groundwater Flow Model Display, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Watershed Model, Well Depth, and Water Monitoring. Students wore "Be Sun Safe" hats donated to all Solano students by the BHHS Legacy Foundation.