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apple valley unified school district firebird press volume 1 issue 2 newsletter date phoenix academy is still the place to be inside this issue red ribbon week halloween party avid knotts trip ar party younger ar party older holiday bazaar winter ball 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 phoenix academy is still the place to be and things are progressing nicely teachers are feeling more at home in their new classrooms and students are learning that failure is not an option students are working hard setting goals and feeling like phoenix academy is a safe place to get an education the biggest change occurred over winter break the lower campus office closed down and everyone moved to the upper campus office this change has been huge but necessary in the organization of phoenix academy the younger stu dents all had the opportunity to take a field trip to the upper campus so they could become familiar with the new arrangement now they know where the nurse is as well as attendance and mr bell s office the lower campus is working on their ar goals the upper campus is working on keeping the quad clean during lunch everyone tries to work together to make our school the best by the firebird press staff special points of interest red baron with mr grube by angie villalobos/genely barajas we interviewed mr grube about his red baron club and asked him a few questions he gave us some very helpful answers on what the club is all about the questions are located below what is red baron all about it s an online flying plane game what are the requirements to join red baron you must want to learn how to fly airplanes how many kids do you have in the club 27 but we would like more girls when are the meetings friday are the mandatory meetings and monday through thursday are free practice how did you come up with the idea actually it wasn t my idea a student came up with it six years ago what does this teach children they learn how to read plane instruments read maps and learn how to fly planes can kids download the software at their house yes if your computer can allow it so we thanked mr grube for his time and left now we know what the club is all about mr grube owns his own red baron plane.

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apple valley unified school district newsletter date unknown volume 1 issue 2 red ribbon week at phoenix academy red ribbon week by kari valentine angel turner red ribbon week was created 25 years ago so people could show their support for organizations fighting against drugs now over 80 million people show their support by wearing different things usually that have the color red on them at our school we do things a little differently on monday we wore crazy socks almost everyone wore their most bizarre socks on tuesday it was crazy hat day hats with fish hats with faces almost any kind of hat you could imagine found their way to our school on wednesday we wore school shirts to show our school spirit also on wednesday we had a pep rally for anyone who chose to show their school pride thursday was crazy hair day everywhere you looked you saw an incredible variety of colors and styles friday we wore costumes to school bugs fairies and witches made the school look like a zoo also on this day the drama club from the high school along with the police and fire department put on a presentation showing the harmful effects of drugs some of those harmful effects are getting expelled divorce job loss and even death friday evening phoenix academy hosted a halloween carnival in the upper campus mpr this was open to all students and their families there were lots of different activities from a cake walk to throwing a ping pong ball to win a goldfish everyone had fun quotes drug free and proud -angel turner grade 8 drugs damage more than just you other people are also effected by your choices -kari valentine grade 8 pick candy not drugs halloween carnival -taylor rossi grade 7 keena grade 2 drugs are not a game so be all you can be don t play it -alysa avoid drugs -coach quiggles grade 8 young pe teacher i got lots of candy at the drugs are bad joel rodrigez 7th grade

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apple valley unified school district phoenix press halloween dance phoenix academy has many dances one of them was the halloween dance it was on october 22 2010 to get into the dance you had to pay two dollars at the student store but on the day of the dance the cost was three dollars there were snacks drinks and a lot of dancing everyone was having a good time hector rocha pj polson quotes 2 it was the best dance ever 1 i really liked the dance and there was louise labra 7th grade a clown 3 it was fun hector rocha 7th peter jackson 7th grade grade

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avid students take a trip on november 19 2010 the avid students both 7th and 8th went on a field trip to where you may ask well to knott s berry farm of course at the exciting theme park they had fun chilling with their friends the students needed a break from all of their hard work and knott s was the perfect opportunity it was also a perfect opportunity for high school seniors to get money for scholarship because knott s donates back to these students interview with avid students by helena diaz and jessica arevalo martha aroche how many rides did you go on i went on 11 rides which ride was your favorite it was supreme scream did you have fun and would you like to go there again yes and of course i d want to go again anthony rodriguez what was the best thing about the trip xcelerator how many rides did you ride all of them except silver bullet anything you want to say you had to be there melody coles were you excited as soon as you got there what did you think yes i thought it was going to be awesome what do you think of this field trip it was the best one what is your favorite ride xcelerator m

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renaissance ar party apple valley unified school district renaissance ar party kinder through 3rd grade the ar program is a program in which students read books and take quizzes on the computer for the books they read students get a certain amount of points depending on the percentage they score once they reach their goals they get rewarded on december 8 2010 the phoenix academy lower campus pta hosted their first ar party for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade the party was held in the lower th volume 1 issue 1 newsletter date k through 3rd grade watching mickey mouse clubhouse campus cafeteria the students received two snacks and a drink as they walked through the door the students brought their blankets and pillows from home as they ate the snacks they watched episodes of mickey mouse clubhouse the students enjoyed the show a lot because it was funny by yomira valenzuela bertha cabrera kennedy abraham left and jasmine castillo right quotes from the students at the ar party q are you excited about watching the movie a yes very much its cool jasmine castillo and kennedy abraham mrs moniz-3rd grade janece johnson mr stover-2nd grade q:are you enjoying the movie a yes the snacks are good too michael eastman adam miller rocky mataia mrs quon 3rd grade q what did they do to attend the party a they reached their goal in a.r ms lukehart-3rd grade q do you like this movie a i like this movie a lot it s funny.jessica robinson mrs.youngberg­ kindergarten a:we watch this at home i like it marcus howard ­mrs.youngberg a it is funny robert realkins mrs.gilmore-3rd grade q what is your favorite character a my favorite character is mickey mouse anthony aguilar mr shahin -1st grade a i like pluto valiant synder mr.shahin­ 1st grade marcus howard and jessica robinson

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ar party by kayla weakley and taylor rossi the ar party was on 12-9-10 the party was for the 4-6th graders that earned 80 points or higher they got to watch alvin and the chipmunk s a christmas carol wwith that they also got treats we got so many great quotes here are some of them we asked them how they liked the movie yes i like the movie because it s about christmas -jacob thompson 6th grade good because it s going to teach us the true meaning or christmas said melissa reyes monique melchior said yeah it s very cute desiree roberts said yes i like it it s about christmas and about the special time with your family gabriel guile said yes it s about christmas spirit in the movie and it touches the heart shanna galindo said yes because there are little cute chipmunks

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the firebird press apple valley unified school district volume 1 issue 2 holiday bazaar the holiday bazaar started on tuesday dec 14 2010 from 9:30-2:30 it was a program set up to raise money students bought christmas goods for their loved ones the money goes to good use to help the phoenix academy students thanks to the staff of phoenix academy the holiday bazaar was possible one of the staff members that we interviewed was ms sims here is the interview q how successful was the holiday bazaar a the holiday bazaar was a great seller it was a wonderful thing not only for the school but also for the students they look forward to coming in and seeing new stuff available for sale everyday q what was the most popular item in the holiday bazaar a the biggest seller was the snowman soup we had this holiday christmas cups and it was basically hot chocolate with hershey kisses inside a few marshmallows and a little candy cane mrs beal s embroidered large stockings were big sellers too the holiday bazaar was a great success and a great experience thanks to mrs beal and ms sims without them this wouldn t be possible louise labra bryanna harris keitheanna butler seeing all of the students go through the bazaar was so much fun the younger ones especially trying to decide what they would buy for mom or dad or grandma or whoever i ll bet their family members really appreciated these gifts mrs welemin holiday bazaar staff mrs beal ms sims snowman winter ball by bryanna harris louise labra victoria morris and keitheanna butler winter ball was a dance we had on january 21st 2011 from 3-5pm the theme was winter wonderland this lovely ball was planned by asb they decorated and ran the entire affair overall the students had a pretty good time and enjoyed themselves here are some quotes q what was the best song they played a my favorite song was party in the usa by miley cyrus lawana sims 8th grade q did you like the dance a heck yeah gabrielle parsons 8th grade

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special points of interest royce hall sinking garden inverted fountain ucla trip apple valley unified school district special points of interest briefly highlight your point of interest here briefly highlight your point of interest here briefly highlight your point of interest here briefly highlight your point of interest here firebirdpress on january 21 the avid students went to ucla this was to reward them for getting good grades and also to begin informing them about colleges in the state of california is a top ranking school in california while we were there we went on a tour to some of the most famous spots on campus including the inverted fountain if you stand back far enough it looks like a big potty second was the sinking garden it was built on an uneven foundation so it sinks a few centimeters a year the last thing we saw was royce hall it has twelve architectural mistakes that were purposely designed one for every month inside this issue they left at 8:00 and came back at 2 inside story inside story inside story inside story inside story inside story inside story 6:00 one of the things that they learned was ucla 2 2 3 4 5 6

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volume 1 issue 2 newsletter date unknown firebird press applevalleyunifiedschooldistrictavidfieldtrip gettymuseum on friday january 21st the 7th and 8th grade avid students went to the getty museum which is located in the foothills of malibu the field trip was arranged to award the avid students for being responsible and working hard in order to go on the field trip avid students had to have a 3.0 gpa or higher they could not have any u s and no more than one n the museum was established in 1954 it is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts it houses european paintings drawings sculptures illuminated manuscripts decorative arts and european and american photographs we boarded a tram a trainlike vehicle and slowly went up the hill to get to the museum as soon as we arrived at the museum the adults split us up into groups of six all the groups visited different art floors we saw many extraordinary arts from renaissance time from the top floors of the getty museum you can see the amazing view of the ocean a few minutes before we got back on the tram the students got a chance to visit the gift shop this trip was an experience never to be forgotten by bertha cabrera yomira valenzuela helena diaz

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