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5th Grade Families!
It’s Celebration
Time! Pershing’s Annual Mixer for Incoming 6th
Graders and their Families will be held on Friday, May 2, 2008 from
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The Pershing May
Mixer is our annual pizza party that is planned specifically for our
incoming 6th grade class. The evening highlights include lots of fun and
games led by Pershing’s teachers, staff, and parent volunteers. It is
a terrific way for your student to meet his or her new classmates and is
a great opportunity to help with the transition from elementary to
middle school. Please join us. It is a casual
and enjoyable time for the whole family! All children must be
accompanied by an adult. Please RSVP to Mrs. Rebecca Bon at rbon@sandi.net
or (619) 465-3234 x2202. For more details, including the cost for this
event, visit our May Mixer page.
8th
Grade Announcements
East
Coast Trip Update:
Mandatory 2008 East Coast Trip
parent meeting on Tuesday,
May 27, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the school
auditorium.
PHHS Cheer
Team for 2008-2009 - Patrick Henry's Mandatory
Informational Cheer Meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 16,
2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the PHHS library. Both the cheer student
candidate and a parent/guardian must be present for the entirety of the
meeting to be allowed to try out!! Tryout practices begin on Monday,
April 21st and will continue for 9 consecutive days after school (Monday
through Friday & Monday through Thursday, 5/1/08) leading up to Day
10, which will be "the actual tryout" in front of a panel of
judges. During the clinic days, Patrick Henry's current senior
cheerleaders will teach the cheer candidates the cheer and dance
routines that they will need to perform for the judges on Friday, May
2nd. Important Reminder - Just like any other PHHS athlete, potential
cheerleaders are required to have a physical prior to tryout practices.
Cheer candidates must bring a completed physical form with them on
Monday, April 21st before they can begin the tryout practices. Please click
here for the link to the PHHS Athletic Participation/Physical form.
If you have any questions, contact Ms. Bernal at Patrick Henry High
School.
Patrick
Henry's Spanish Placement Test for 8th graders only
will be held during Block 2 on April 17th and 18th.
School
News
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Science
Fair Success!
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Once again, Pershing Middle School
students shined at the recent Greater San Diego Science and
Engineering Fair (GSDSEF). It is very difficult to earn a spot at the
GSDSEF and over 100 Pershing students were chosen to participate,
which is an amazing accomplishment since there are only about
830 middle and high school students who earn the honor to compete at
this event. The GSDSEF Awards Ceremony was held at San Diego State’s
Cox Arena and Pershing students accepted nearly 100 first, second,
third, and fourth place honors as well as several Professional Society
Awards and Special Awards. Congratulations to our students, faculty,
staff, administrators, parents, and our entire school community who
together make the Pershing Science Fair program such a grand success! |
More
Science Fair Excitement!
Six Pershing students have been selected to compete at the 57th
Annual California State Science Fair (May 19-20, 2008). Two students
were named as alternates. Only 1,000 middle and high school students
from the entire state are invited to compete at this prestigious
competition. Congratulations!
WOW!
Congratulations to the Pershing 8th grader who was named as one of the four GSDSEF
Junior (Middle School) Sweepstakes winners. She was the only San
Diego Unified School District student to earn this honor!!!!
Fun
Community Event! The Patrick Henry High School
Instrumental Music Benefit Auction & Concert will be held in
the Patrick Henry auditorium from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Friday, April 11,
2008. Admission is $10 per person and will include live performances,
silent auction and prize drawings. Dinner can be purchased also
for $5.00 (optional). All proceeds will benefit the Patrick Henry
Instrumental Music program. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the
night of the event. Hope to see you there!!
Ms.
Millward's classes (Team 8B – Humanities) will be enjoying their much
anticipated 'Poetry Cafe' in early May.
Eighth grade students are required to learn advanced forms of poetry and
it is incredibly inspiring to see them recite these poems. Ms.
Millward’s ‘Poetry Cafes’ are always a favorite event for her
students. More information will follow.
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“Under the Sea” is the
theme for this year’s semi-formal, which
will be on Friday April 18, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Only 7th and 8th
graders may attend this dance. Tickets will cost $5 and will be sold
from Tuesday, April 15th to Friday April 18th during lunch. No tickets
will be sold at the door!!!! A school ID is required to purchase a
ticket and enter the dance. The attire is "semi-formal” and
students must follow school dress codes. Refreshments will also be
available.
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It's
Time for the
7th and 8th Grade
Semi-Formal
Dance!
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News from
6th Grade, Team C (Ms. Ochs, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Decker-Wells) –
It’s hard to believe that we
are ¾ of the way through the school year. Between science experiments,
writing poetry, calculating the surface area and volume of various
figures, and the rest of our activities, we’re sailing through the
year! But we still have a ways to go.
We’ve noticed that students are starting to run out of materials they
are required to have (remember all those lists at the beginning of the
year?)
Parents, please check with
your child to see if there are specific materials they are in need of
(notebooks, glue sticks, pencils, colored pencils,
calculators, etc.) It
will make getting to the end of the school year “smooth
sailing”.
Friends
of the Library Contest
– Congratulations to the Pershing 8th grader who was honored
as the 8th grade finalist in the San Carlos Branch Library’s Friends
of the Library Contest. She was also named as a city finalist. The
citywide awards’ celebration
for this literary annual event will be on May 1st at the Balboa
Park Club.
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GATE Meeting
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Parents
are invited to the GATE District Advisory Committee meeting on April 14th
from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Ballard Center, 2375 Congress Street.
The evening’s guest speaker is Dr. Terry Grier, Superintendent of
the San Diego Unified School District. All are invited to attend.
Translation will be available. |
From
the Pershing Library –
“Like Baseball? Want a
chance to win a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and other
prizes? ‘Step Up to the Plate @ your library’ is the contest for
you. You will need to answer four questions about baseball before you
can submit your entry form. Come to the library for details about the
contest and entry forms."
Congratulations
to the student editors and faculty advisor of Pershing's Creative Arts
Magazine, "Expressions." The
publication recently received a 2007
Ranking of Excellent by the National Council of Teachers of English.
The only other San Diego County school publication to receive an
“Excellent” ranking was from the Francis Parker School.
The
Pershing Middle School Band performed to a "standing room
only" crowd during their participation in the Patrick Henry
Secondary Band Cluster Concert on Friday, April 4.
The Lewis Middle School Band and the Patrick Henry Symphonic Winds
Band also performed. The evening began with the 8th graders
performing "Ashland Park" followed by "Suspended
Animation". The 7th graders performed "Adventure on
Snake River" and "March Slav". The concert concluded with
all three schools performing together for the first time ever. After the
concert the students enjoyed an ice cream social and mingled with the
Patrick Henry Band students. Many of the Pershing students will be
joining the Patrick Henry Band next year and you could see the
excitement on their faces as they listened to the music and when they
chatted with the high school students afterward. Mr. Anderson
continues to encourage and mentor these students and they improve with
every performance. He has been such a gift to the Pershing Music
Program. The students are looking forward to their upcoming Spring
concert and the Knott's Berry Farm trip. Thank you to Mrs. Masi for the
update!
More
Band News -
Pershing’s Band teacher, Mr. Anderson, has put together a wonderful
opportunity for our 7th and 8th grade advanced band students to perform
at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park on Saturday, May 10, 2008. This
performance is voluntary. Flyers regarding this event have been
sent home. For more information, including cost, please contact Mr.
Anderson at manderson2@sandi.net.
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"In 7th grade science classes, student teams created videos
about one organ system in the human body. Eleven of these teams'
videos were submitted to the iVIE competition. The iVIE
competition is a program that recognizes student and teacher produced
videos. Our student videos were entered in the 6-8th grade math/science
category. All submitted videos will be shown at a Film Festival on
May 10th and videos in each category will be nominated to receive an
award. The awards will be announced at an Academy Awards-style
ceremony on May 20th. The locations and times of these two events
are to be announced, so we will keep you informed. We are all very proud of the hard work of all of our students and wish
our competing teams good luck!" |
From
the
7th Grade
Science Team
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Mrs.
Miller and the Drama Club are in rehearsals for the 2008
Spring Musical Extravaganza.
Don’t miss out on this spectacular production! Performance dates
and time are:
May 28, 2008
9:15 a.m. & 12:55 p.m.
May 29, 2008
9:15 a.m., 12:55 p.m., & 7:00 p.m.
May 30, 2008
9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. & 12:55 p.m.
Drama
Happenings - Mrs. Miller's 7th grade
students are currently sharing their dramatic creativity by performing
in-class productions in front of peers and various faculty. The 7th
graders are performing in plays that they wrote and directed.
Volunteer
Opportunity - Attention parents,
grandparents, and community members! Patrick Henry High needs
panelists for the upcoming Senior Exhibitions, which will be held on
April 24, 2008 from 11:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To volunteer, please
contact Yvonne Walden at ywalden@sandi.net.
Ms. Wheeler's
(Math, Team 7A) homework is posted each week on ParentConnect.
Please note, in order to see her latest assignments, when you log onto
ParentConnect and access your child's
account information for Mrs. Wheeler, click on "Class News"
not "Assignments."
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Mark
Your
Calendars!
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Here
are a few of our upcoming events…
April
11, 2008
End
of Third Quarter
Patrick
Henry High School's Instrumental Music Benefit Auction & Concert
April
14,
2008
Governance
Meeting
GATE – District Advisory Council Meeting
April
15, 2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Extended Day
Reading/Math Program for 6th & 7th Grades, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
School
Site Council
April
16, 2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Extended Day
Reading/Math Program for 6th & 7th Grades, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
Henry
High Cheer Team’s Mandatory Meeting for
Parents/Cheer Student Candidates at PHHS
April
17,
2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Patrick
Henry High Spanish Placement Test for 8th Graders - 2nd Block
Thursday
After School Run
April
18, 2008
7th and 8th
Grade Semi-Formal Dance
Patrick Henry High Spanish Placement Test for 8th Graders - 2nd Block
April
22, 2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Extended Day
Reading/Math Program for 6th & 7th Grades, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
April
23, 2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Extended Day
Reading/Math Program for 6th & 7th Grades, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
April
24, 2008
Drama Club’s Spring Musical Rehearsal
Thursday
After School Run
Patrick Henry High’s Senior Exhibition
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