DVUSD News - Around Our Schools May 3, 2010

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Date: May 4th 2010

Around Our Schools - May 3, 2010

Deer Valley Elementary Schools

Arrowhead Elementary

Arrowhead Student Council is sponsoring Spirit Week on May 17-21.

Arrowhead second grade will perform a variety of songs on May 11, during a school assembly and May 13 at 6 p.m. in the Media Purpose Room.

Arrowhead chorus and band students will be performing at an assembly on May 5 at 9:30 a.m. and the evening of May 6 at 6 pm for the parents and families in the Media Purpose Room. 

Arrowhead families are invited to attend the Awards Assemblies on May 26 in the Media Purpose Room: Grades and times are listed below: 
•    2nd Grade – 9:15 a.m.
•    4th Grade – 10:00 a.m.
•    5th Grade – 10:45 a.m.
•    6th Grade – 11:30 a.m.
 

Desert Winds

Desert Winds presents their new tuition based extended day for kindergartners. The Kindergarten Extended Enrichment Program (K.E.E.P.) is a whirlwind of exciting learning opportunities for our young students. The half day will focus on science, technology and math.  Desert Winds encourages parents to K.E.E.P. their child excited about learning. For more information or a brochure, please call 623-445-3900. Space is limited.
 

Mirage Elementary

Baby chicks will be peeping out of the Mirage kindergarten classrooms near the end of the month as part of the life cycles/farm/science unit.

The advanced and beginning Mirage bands are ready for their Spring Concert on Thursday, April 29 in the cafeteria at 7 p.m.

 

New River Elementary   

New River Elementary School in conjunction with the New River PTSA, recently hosted a KISS A PIG fundraiser. Each staff member created a PIGGY BANK - and students had the opportunity fill staff members’ piggy banks. The three staff members that raised the most money had to KISS A PIG on Friday, April 23. A total of $2,200 was raised. The money was used to help implement Core Knowledge in the k-3 classrooms next year with training and classroom supplies. Winning staff members were principal Tricia Graham, kindergarten teacher Michelle Warburton, and library clerk Elizabeth Medora. 

Ronald McDonald recently visited the New River students in kindergarten through third grade.  He shared the importance of reading through demonstrations, magic, and song.  All of the children enjoyed Ronald’s visit and are now trying to practice what he taught them - especially how to read with excitement.

New River’s Kids at Hope Report Card Day is Wednesday, May 10.  This is a day when students receive “report cards” that focus on talents and their future. 

The annual New River Volunteer Luncheon was recently held. This was an opportunity for the teachers and staff of New River to thank the volunteers who contributed their time and talents to help students, teachers, and staff.

Congratulations to all of the New River students who participated in the district track meet held Friday, April 30. Those who participated were:

1600 Meter Run (Mile)
Hailey Miles, Zach Krukovsky, Desiree Turner, Anabel Sauter, Heidi Davidson, Tristan Addington, Isabelle Bennett, Trysten Palmer, Taylor Brown, Fiona Billingsley, Tori Irwin, Jessica Jones, Cindy Dominguez, Alyssa Brown, Tanner Billingsley, and Madison Downen

400 Meter Run
Nathan Bettencourt, Anabel Sauter, Jason Dahlby, Riley Miller, Taylor Pingitore, Sydney Cooper    , Tristan Addington, Fiona Billingsley, Megan Sylvester, Angel Dominguez, and Daniel Stock

800 Meter Run
Tori Irwin, Caroline Walker, Daniel Stock, Megan Sylvester, Sierra Koskovich, Clayton Bennett, Sydney Cooper, Jessica Jones, Madison Downen, Tristan Addington, and Jason Dahlby.

200 Meter Run
Nathan Bettencourt, Jason Dahlby, Raechelle Koskovich, Sierra Koskovich, Riley Miller, Mariah Marx, Tessa Davidson, Taylor Brown, Noelle Peterson, Daniel Stock, Zach Krokovsky, Riley Irwin, Megan Sylvester, Angel Dominguez, Trysten Palmer, Trista Brasmer, Brian Dean, Casey Cowan, Sydney Cooper, Max Baumgarten, Fiona Billingsley, and Caroline Walker.

100 Meter Run
Nathan Bettencourt, Jason Dahlby, Tessa Davidson, Dakota Bixler, Hailey Miles, Richard Dahlby, Mariah Marx, Sierra Kaczocha, Taylor Pingitore, Alyssa Brown, Riley Miller, Jorden Long, Sierra Koskovich, Noelle Peterson, Megan Sylvester, Caroline Walker, Daniel Stock, Christian Brown, and Trista Brasmer.

High Jump
Nathan Bettencourt, Alec Aragon, Riley Irwin, Jason Dahlby, Fiona Billingsley, Hailey Myles, Isabelle Bennett, Taylor Brown, Tanner Billingsley, Tori Irwin, Tyrsten Palmer, Cindy Dominguez, Taylor Pingitore, Daniel Stock, Jessica Jones, Jorden Long, Madison Downen, Desiree Turner, Trista Brasmer, Megan Sylvester, Heidi Davidson, Alyssa Brown, Raechelle Koskovich, Casey Cowan, and Dakota Bixler.

Long Jump
Nathan Bettencourt, Alyssa Brown, Max Baumgarten, Hailey Myles, Trista Brasmer, Mariah Marx, Sierra Kachocha, Tristan Addington, Jessica Jones, Riley Miller, Jorden Long, Dakota Bixler, Christian Brown, Riley Irwin, Richard Dahlby, Tori Irwin, Tessa Davidson, Taylor Pingitore, Alec Aragon, Madison Downen, Clayton Bennett, Jason Dahbly, Isabelle Bennette, Daniel Stock, Megan Sylvester, Caroline Walker, Cindy Dominguez, Sydney Cooper, Anabel Sauter, and Brian Dean.

Stetson Hills   
Stetson Hills will be hosting a health fair for its students on May 7 sponsored by the National Junior Honor Society. Students will be educated on a wide range of topics regarding physical, social, and emotional health/wellness by visiting ten different interactive booths.

The booths include:
Wii Fit-physical activity booth (calculating BMI)
The Choking Game (special speaker Mrs. Mansfield)/Cyber Safety
Convince the Person Next to You (Avoiding Peer Pressure)
Pin the Food on the Food Pyramid-Nutrition
Tobacco Awareness-Straw Activity
All About Energy Drinks
Fly Swatter Activity-nutrition
Alcohol Awareness (Impairment Goggles Activity)
Drug Awareness (special speaker Officer Williams)
Sun Safety: How to Stay Protected in the Arizona Heat

Deer Valley High Schools

Boulder Creek High School

Boulder Creek awarded six seniors the Certificate of Academic Distinction (CAD). Students are Briana Bohannon, Brittany Burgard, John McMullen, Daniela Panfil, Kevin Penkalski and Qianqian Zhang.

Boulder Creek men’s baseball team and girl’s softball team have both qualified for state playoffs.

Eleven Boulder Creek DECA students competed at the 2010 International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Louisville, Kentucky. ICDC is the capstone of the DECA year. At this conference, participants compete in one of DECA's competency–based competitive events. Top competitors in each event category are recognized for their outstanding achievements. The competitive events include an exam and role play presentations of responses to business and marketing scenarios.

The following students qualified at the state competition to advance to the international level in their respective event (students with an asterisk after their name received a competitive excellence certificate for their overall performance at DECA’s 2010 ICDC):

•    Ashlyn Brunk* in Restaurant and Food Service Management
•    Tia Churchill in Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
•    Nicholas Dietz* in Business Services
•    Mikalya Hudson in Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
•    Tyler Kopas* in Retail Merchandising
•    Jeffrey Larsen in Apparel and Accessories
•    Brian Singer* in Food Marketing
•    Paige Strang* in Entrepreneurship Written
•    Claryn Tarleton* in Marketing Management
•    Connor Wienberg* in Hotel and Lodging Management
•    Qianqian Zhang* in Marketing Management

Placing as event finalists and receiving medallions for performance in a role play presentation were Nick Dietz in Business Services, Tyler Kopas in Retail Merchandising, Brian Singer in Food Marketing, and Claryn Tarleton in Marketing Management. After proceeding through the final round of competition, Brian Singer placed in the top ten overall in Food Marketing and Tyler Kopas placed first in Retail Merchandising. 

BCHS Senior Class hosted its 4th Annual Mr. BC Male Pageant on April 29. This year’s charity was the Haiti Relief Fund. The 12 student contestants collected donations to raise money for this charity.


Sandra Day O’Connor High School

Three students from Sandra Day O’Connor’s Talon newspaper attended the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association’s Spring Recognition reception. The O’Connor Talon received nine awards including: Honorable Mention (HM) for news page design (Angela Yung and Savannah Thomas); HM for feature photo (Savannah Thomas); HM for review (Anna Freydenzon); HM for editorial (Savannah Thomas); Excellent (Savannah Thomas) and HM (Tarah Wells) for column writing; Excellent for individual in-depth reporting (Heajin Yu); Excellent (Heajin Yu); and HM for sports writing (Andrew Snider and Cletus Milan)

O’Connor senior Heajin Yu was honored as the state’s High School Journalist of the Year. 

Last month, three of Sandra Day O'Connor's Advanced Interior Design students competed in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America state competition. O’Connor sophmore Amanda Holmes, junior Cori Jacks, and senior Ashley Wittke created a floor plan for a great room and a nursery. They also had to create a design board showing the two rooms' paint colors, furniture, and window dressings. The O'Connor design team received a ranking of gold, the highest FCCLA ranking possible, and chosen to be Arizona's state representatives at the national competition in Chicago.
 
Senior Ashley Wittke was also awarded a $3,000 scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California.