PAS WEEKLY UPDATE WEEK of April 3, 2018 Mr
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PAS WEEKLY UPDATE WEEK OF April 3, 2018 Mr. Farrell, Principal Upcoming Events Thank You, Ms. Muse HSA Nominatons Ms. Robin Muse, Penn Alexander’s founding Music teacher, announced that she will be retring at the end of this school year. We thank Ms. Muse for Forms Due building and coordinatng a world class music program over the past 16 years, Tuesday, April 3rd that brought joy, passion, and beauty to our community. Ms. Muse’s commitment has impacted hundreds of students, families, student teachers, Spring Musical Build Day and colleagues. We are grateful for her lastng impact. Saturday, April 7th 8:30AM-Noon PSSA Literacy (Grades 3-8) Tuesday, April 10th– Thursday, April 12th Pretzel Friday ($1) The PAS Equity Circle presents Friday, April 13th Building Healthy Multracial Community: Understanding Racial Identty Development PSSA Math (Grades 3-8) Tuesday, April 17th– With Deidre Ashton and Ali Michael Wednesday, April 18th Tuesday, April 10th 6PM PSSA Science (Grades 4 & 8) As we at Penn Alexander work to prepare children to be racially compe- Monday, April 23rd & tent members of multracial communites, it’s clear that none of us can Tuesday, April 24th aford to be colorblind. But what do children need to know about race? In this workshop, Deidre Ashton and Ali Michael will share frameworks of racial identty development for both children of color and white children. Early Dismissal (Noon) The workshop will focus on how to support all children to develop positve Friday, April 27th racial identtes in which they can be pro-actve, contributng, ant-racist members of a multracial community. Pretzel Friday ($1) & Dress Down Day ($1) Friday, April 27th Inaugural Spring Art Event Report Card Conferences & Thursday, May 3rd, 6-8PM Early Dismissal (Noon) Formal invitaton will be sent home in Wednesday, May 2nd– the pony on Monday, 4/9 Friday, May 4th Congratulations to our Penn Alexander Students The Philadelphia Student Technology Expo & Competition National History Day Carver Science Fair Scripps Spelling Bee & Geo Bee April 3, 2018 Dear PAS Community: National History Day Please join me in congratulating PAS students and Penn Alexander returned to the National History Day (NHD) held their sponsor teachers for striving for excellence at on March 15 at the National Constitution Center. Three middle several recent competitions. The many, many hours of school students – Colin Bowerman, Finn Giddings & Tahsin work have been acknowledged! We would also like to Zaman – took honorable mention for their group documentary thank our parents for their support of our students and Queer Rights Philadelphia. NHD provides year-long academic our school. programs for middle and high school students in conducting original research on historical topics of interest. This year’s theme At PAS we support multiple ways in which student was Conflict and Compromise in History. A special thank you is learning and the impact of our teaching can be extended to Ms. Mikolajewski, Middle School Literacy teacher, and measured. Competitions such as the Carver Science WHYY media instructor Nicholas Gandolfo-Lucia for sponsoring Fair, Computer Science Fair, GeoBee, National History this opportunity for our students. Day and the Scripps Spelling Bee provide additional opportunities for our students to demonstrate their hard work and expertise. Scripps Spelling Bee Jett Bolker (7GR) and Anna Rekulak (5GR) won the school level Principal Michael Farrell Scripps Regional Spelling Bee, and advanced to the regional competition, where they faced tough competition. We look forward to their continued participation. Nationals has been in our reach before (Saif Siddique ’17, Famida Sarmin ’08)! GeoBee Jesse Mullins (6GR) won the school level National Geographic Bee, which qualifies him to advance to the state competition on April 6. The National Geographic Society sponsors this challenge to encourage students to learn more about the world around them. Special thank you to Middle School Social Studies teacher, Mr. Naughton for sponsoring this competition. lorem Penn ipsumAlexander dolor issue,Page date 2 George Washington Carver Science Fair The Philadelphia Student Technology Expo & Competition 2018 Results PAS entered 13 projects and earned 26 awards at the 2018 George Washington Carver Science Fair. Two students* will advance to the Delaware Valley Science Fair. Special thank you to our Science teachers Mr. Foster & Mrs. Kearney for our students this year. Secondary Fair Results 1st Place Engineering Laila Johnson* nd 2 Place Physics Brandy DeGrands* 3rd Place Engineering Maya Mischler 3rd Place Team Project Tommy Moore & Edwin Lapp Honorable Mention Medicine/Health Fiona Fuller Honorable Mention Engineering Maja King Special Award Fiona Fuller PHACT Critical Thinking Award Elementary Fair Results Best of Fair (5GR) Betsy Okrent 1st Place (5GR) Life Science Betsy Okrent 1st Place (5GR) Physical Science Edward Dingle 1st Place (5GR) Team Project Madeleine King, Natalie Margasak & Maia Sevin 1st Place (4GR) Life Science Emmet Mullins 3rd Place (6GR) Earth Science Brendan Perner 3rd Place (6GR) Earth Science Oscar Wolfe Honorable Mention (6GR) Physical Science Biran Mahmoud Honorable Mention (6GR) Life Science Maya Shani Honorable Mention (5GR) Physical Science Theo Poehlmann Special Awards Biran Mahmud Future Techie Award Betsy Okrent Arthur Garner Achievement Award (Mensa) & Vince Russo Award for Excellence in Data Presentation Theo Poehlmann Vince Russo Award for Excellence in Data Presentation Brendan Perner Naval Science Award, Vince Russo Award for Excellence in Data Presentation & US Dept. of the Interior, OEPC Future Conservationist Award Maya Shani Vince Russo Award for Excellence in Data Presentation Oscar Wolfe Future Techie Award & Naval Science Award The Philadelphia Student Technology Expo & Competition Congratulations to our Penn Alexander Middle School students who won 5 awards at the Philly TEC Expo & Competition held at the School District on March 23rd. 1st place winners will advance to the PA Middle School Computer Science Fair state in May. Thank you to our Technology teacher Mr. Endriss for sponsoring this competition. 1St Place Logo Design Angela Zhu & Jadyn Wagner (8GR) 1st Place Graphic Design David Kouassi, Miles Menasion & Aidan Perner (8GR) 1st Place Digital Video Jett Bolker, Austen Cho & Mario Guglielmi (7GR) 1st Place Website Design Ethan Lazar & Jeffery Zheng (6GR) 2nd Place Animation Jabree Brown, Alassane Diallo & Angel Estes (6GR) 2 PAS MUSICAL T-SHIRTS are back! $12 Presales Only - Order by April 23 Black t-shirt with white letters & red rose (uniform approved) Student Name(s)________________________________Room #/Teacher______________________________ Parent Name______________________________Parent Email______________________________ T-shirt Size/Qty YS___ YM___ YL ___ YXL____ AS___ AM___ AL___ AXL____ Other_____ Total Enclosed____________ (cash, credit card, check to PAS HSA or NEW - Venmo to Ann-Kreidle with student name & tshirt size) Please complete for credit card payment: Name on Credit Card________________________________(Visa/Mastercard only) Card Number:___________________________ Sec code______Exp Date________ Address:________________________________City/State/Zip_________________ I give permission to PAS HSA to charge my credit card for the total amount listed above. Signature of card holder:___________________________________________________ Save the Date Build Day Saturday, April 7, 2018 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Help the Beauty & the Beast Jr. cast build set pieces, sew costumes, paint backdrops, build props, and get ready for our upcoming production! BYO SEWING KITS Can’t make it but would like to support the show? Buy a costume or prop! You can access our Amazon wish list at: Http://www.tinyurl.com/musicalwishlist Also, if you would like to make a donation to help us buy additional supplies for the set and costumes, you can send in gift cards to the following stores by Friday, March 23, 2017. - AC Moore -Amazon Thank you for your support! Tia Larese, Director ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT’S NAME: _____________________________________ROOM #: __________ PARENT’S NAME: _________________________________________________________ PHONE OR EMAIL:________________________________________________________ ( ) We’ll be there! A total of _________ people will be volunteering. We are able to help with: ______ Building ________ Sewing _______ Painting/Props ( ) We would like to donate: _______________________________________ Unfnished Victorians: Northeast Moundbuilders: Ancient Architects of Victorian Studies Association 2018 Con- North America; Penn Museum. Through ference at Penn; panels and social events July 15. to consider ways in which we might un- Musical Partnerships at Play: The April derstand the Victorian period and its aes- Marlboro Music School and Festival; Eu- thetic products as unfnished; 2-7 p.m.; gene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall; Library. Through June 21, 2019. register: https://nvsa2018.wordpress.com/ Ongoing A T P E N N blog/ (English). Also April 14, 10 a.m.-6 Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings p.m.; April 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. by artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Wherever this symbol appears, 14 Documentaries Now: Challenges, Lobby, Annenberg Center. more images are Opportunities, Directions; explores the Audubon’s Birds of America; Informa- available on our website, tion Desk, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.