20 Thursday, June 5, 2014
Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
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Aliso School students exhibited the moves they learned in the STAR NOVA Hip Hop after school enrichment class during the school’s recent Open House.
Arts take center stage at Aliso Open House
Rock Star band class and Hip Hop dance class performers shined at the recent Aliso School Open House. Additionally, third-grade students played the recorder, and Aliso alumni—band members from Carpinteria Middle School—joined the show. Parents visited classrooms displaying art projects, science experiments and activities, reports and students’ individualized assignments.
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Aliso School Math Bowl competitors are, from back left, Ethan Ha, Sydney Endow, Carlo Jacobsen, Nathan Endow and Clair Bengry; and from front left, Jinming Wang, Ashley Cailliez, Emma Holmstrom, Katrina Cailliez, Jarrod Failla, Ceasar Rinaldi and Cristian Arciniega.
Aliso, Summerland schools place at SB County Math Bowl
Aliso School’s fourth-graders, fifth-graders and alumni sixth-graders garnered top five placement at the Santa Barbara County Math Bowl, and Summerland School’s fifth-graders earned second place for building a 8-foot, 3 1/2- inch structure from straws, masking tape, a small paper bag, a weight and string. The fourth-grade team at Aliso won fourth place in the team structure building competition, and the sixthgraders earned fifth place. In individual grade-specific tests, Jinming Wang of Aliso won fourth place among sixth-graders, and Carlo Jacobson took third place, also for sixth-graders. In all, 12 Aliso students and graduates represented their school.
Cadet visits USS Reagan
Carpinteria Middle School student Michael Moore, a member of the Navy League Cadet Corps, joined his squad on board the USS Reagan on June 1. Moore is participating in the Cadet Corps as the first step in his mission to follow in the footsteps of grandfather Andy “Buzz” Anderson and cousin John Blackwell, who both served in the military, for which the Cadet Corps prepares its members. The Cadet Corps attended the Commanders Reception and met many seamen on the Reagan.
Christeva Rose-Lynne Filippini received her Juris Doctorate from Santa Barbara College of Law.
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Carpinteria Middle School student Michael Moore received an invite along with other members of the Navy League Cadet Corps to attend the Commanders Reception aboard the USS Reagan while it was in Santa Barbara.
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Filippini earns Juris Doctorate
Christeva Rose-Lynne Filippini, a 2005 Carpinteria High School graduate, received her Juris Doctorate and certificates of concentration in estate planning and business from Santa Barbara College of Law on May 4. While attending Santa Barbara College of Law, she served as secretary of the Student Bar Association, vice-dean of Delta Theta Phi fraternity and president of a local animal foundation. On her first attempt, Filippini was among the 45.3 percent to pass California’s February 2014 Bar Examination. On May 21, Filippini was sworn in by the Honorable Brian E. Hill at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. She intends to reside locally to pursue a career in estate planning. BOYD
From left, Carpinteria Family School students Alexandra Wheatley, Payton Glasgow and Henri Montgomery-Yale make “elephant toothpaste” at a chemistry station run by SBCC students.
Family School techsplores
The students at Carpinteria Family School paired fun and science at their Techsploration Day on May 30. Organized by Parents for Carpinteria Family School, the annual event is an opportunity for the students to have a safe, hands-on exploration of the technologies used in our everyday lives and by local companies. Santa Barbara City College science and engineering students along with local business partners facilitated activities at 12 stations. “By exposing the students to this world of technology, many students discover their interests and aptitude in science and engineering and may choose to pursue additional experiences related to this important field,” stated CFS Principal Leslie Gravitz.
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Wyckoff earns Masters Degree
Joy Plumeri Wyckoff, daughter of Joanne Plumeri and Richard Wyckoff, recently received her Masters Degree in Experimental Psychology from the College of William and Mary. Both Wyckoff and Plumeri families congregated in Williamsburg, Va., for a celebration following the May 11 graduation ceremony. Joy will attend University of Texas at Austin in August to begin her Ph.D. program in the fall.
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Joy Plumeri Wyckoff earned her Masters Degree from the College of William and Mary. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Shannon Kiefer and Sharon Egan of JuiceWell with students and teachers from Joanna Dow’s Carpinteria Middle School class.
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CMS students enjoy liquid lessons
Joanna Dow’s Carpinteria Middle School class learned how fresh fruit turns into juice on a recent trip to JuiceWell, 4185 Carpinteria Ave. Students helped press the fruit before transferring the nutrition-packed juices into bottles to take home.