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MARCH 2013
SECTION One
Larchmont Chronicle
school news By Olivia Brancato 4th Grade At Third Street Elementary School last month, the Young Business Club sold Candy-Grams to kids and parents for $1 on Valentine’s Day. This month we are having a Prospective Kindergarten Parent Meeting on March 7 at 9 a.m. On March 15 we are having our annual Walk-a-Thon at
Echo Horizon
By Rachel Carlson, 6th grade Talia Abrahamson, 5th grade
Sixth graders at Echo Horizon School love water! They are working in teams and will be entering Discovery Education’s Explore the Blue Water Challenge. The winning team will get a $5,000 grant to continue work on a water service project. To inspire the students, teachers arranged for Steven Nemeth, a producer of the documentary FLOW (For the Love of Water), to visit them. He spoke to the students about ways to conserve water and stop pollution. Second graders were thrilled to attend a Children’s Book World event and meet one of their favorite authors, Lincoln Peirce. His “Big Nate” books are very popular and are always getting checked out. He talked about cartooning, writing and his inspiration for “Big Nate.” The students were also surprised to learn that they will participate in creating the longest comic strip in the world. The author is hoping to break the world record for longest comic strip. Everyone loves Valentine’s Day! Students got to bring in valentines for their classmates. Each grade also celebrated with a party, goodies and all!
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school to raise money for Friends of Third. Each class will be walking, running, and playing many fun relay games and even dancing. There will be an all-school Health and Safety Clean-Up Day this month, and our Open House and Science Fair. Students are looking forward to showing off their work and experiments. Then we are having our Spring Break the last week of the month. I hope it will be relaxing, because we have one week and then it’s right back to school!!!
Summer STEM Institute
Session 1: App-tastic! July 22 – 26 Tuition: $350 Using the Android platform, students will design and program their own smartphone apps and develop a marketing strategy to sell their idea.
Session 2: Physics of Flight July 29 – August 2 Tuition: $350 From rockets to helicopters, students will build their own flying machines to explore the forces, physics, and engineering that make flight possible.
Students may sign up for more than one session. See more details or apply online at:
www.es-la.com info@es-la.com
St. James’
By Joseph Koo 6th Grade We celebrated African American History Month (AAHM) to commemorate the black Americans who changed society for the better. Our Parent Support Fellowship hosted the Black History Month at our school. We saw “Akeela and the Bee” and “Happily Ever After” that had an African- American background. The children brought sleeping bags to feel comfortable and were not only moved by the movies but had lots of fun. In AAHM Chapel, the gospel choir consisting of students, teachers, and parents sang the songs “Imagine Me” and “Ride on King Jesus.” The choir sang beautifully, and they received a
PAGE SCHOOL
Karthik Jayaraman 5th Grade Our field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific was very successful, and many students were inspired and in awe of the ocean life. This month we will be going to the Nine O’ Clock Players Theater to watch the “Cinderella” play. We have our Spelling Bee Contest scheduled, where all of elementary will participate to see who is the best speller. We have Spring Break coming up, which will be a nice break from our busy schedules. All the Page students are also participating in the Art to Remember program, which is a fundraiser that promotes the arts. I am looking forward to another awesome month, so I’ll keep you all posted!
big hearty round of applause. The guest speaker, Rev. Lester Mackenzie from St. Matthews Episcopal Day School, delivered a message about the African American heritage. There was also Double Dutch and a skate night respectively. Double Dutch and skating are traditions in the African-American community. As the grand finale, each class presented essays, poems, and songs to honor the African-American people at the AAHM assembly.
IMMACULATE HEART
By Krista Gelev 11th Grade March promises to be another eventful month for Immaculate Heart. With most of the month falling within the Lenten season, it will be a time of campus-wide spiritual renewal. A portion of the senior class will leave for their much-awaited Kairos Retreat, which will offer them time to reminisce and reflect together. The sophomore class will also enjoy a spiritual retreat. Later in the month, the Campus Ministry Leadership Team will hold a service to honor the Sacrament of Reconciliation and, of course, the month will end with services for Holy Week leading to Easter. Both the middle school and high school will perform their spring theatre productions. The high school will be putting on an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” that will premiere on March 21. The middle school will stage “Mary Poppins.” The annual Mother/Daughter Luncheon, a cherished tradition for students, parents, and alumnae, will be hosted at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City and will feature members of the senior class as models.
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