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Inspiring the Adventure of Learning * November 6, 2019
Yosemite Valley and Monarch River Charter Schools
The school will be closed on the following holidays:
November 11th- Veteran's Day
November 25-29 - Thanksgiving Week
1st Annual Multicultural Arts Fair
4-H is an Inspire Vendor
Math Olympiads
"A pile of coins sits on a table. Sara takes half of the coins plus 4 more. Then Nick takes 2. Then Joe takes 2 more than half of what is left. Finally, Selena takes 5. Four coins remain on the table. How many coins were on the table to start with?"
“From a pile of coins containing nickels (N), dimes (D), and quarters (Q), Tom picked 10 coins with a total value of $1.00. The 10 coins had a different number of each of the three types and at least 1 coin of each type. How many coins of each type did he pick?”
Are any of your children advanced in math? Would they love to answer these types of questions? Are they in the 4th through 8th grade? If you answered yes, please consider signing them up for Math Olympiads.
Inspire will have Math Olympiads teams and be competing in competitions for the second year in a row. Stacey Munro and Barbara Bolanos will be coaching the two teams (grades 4-6 and grades 7-8). There will be a total of 10 meetings this year (5 practices and 5 competitions). Competitions are held monthly November - March and are administered by the teachers in charge in one location on a specified date. Students compete as individuals, and their results are then shared with the Math Olympiads organization. Individual and team awards are awarded each year in the spring.
Our first practice is on Friday, November 1. Here’s a flyer that contains information about how to learn more and get involved.
Interested families must register on Inspiration Station. Email Barbara at barbarab@inspireschools.org with questions.
Inspire Impact Day - November 13
Inspire IMPACT
Fresno, Clovis, and Kingsburg - Woodward Park - Art of Life, clean up and nature crafts
Merced - Rahilly Park -Park and Bike Path Clean- up and Nature Crafts
Oakhurst - clean up, location TBD
Monterey- clean up & nature crafts, kindness rocks
Community Connections
Hip Hip Hooray! We are having a blast at our Community Connections events! October brought us a lot of opportunities to connect at pumpkin patches, celebrate Red Ribbon Week, a Bat Lady, gold panning and a railroad trip through the mountains, along with so many other events!
Please join us for amazing options this November! You can find all local newsletters on our Community Connections - Central Parent Resource Site. On our newsletters there are links to the events you want to register for. It is so important to register for events that you want to attend, as well as respect your RSVP’s. If you need to cancel, please do so by letting the host know or canceling on Inspiration Station. If you are looking for ways to connect with us on Inspiration Station, it is so important to use the search feature to find what you are looking for. Can you believe that you can just put a CC’s last name in the search box and find all of the events that a person is hosting? It is fun to see some CC’s every week! If you have any suggestions for FUN, let Michelene Fitzgerald know at michelene@inspireschools.org. Hope to see you soon!
Lending Library
Hi wonderful families! The Lending Library is open again daily from 9 am-3 pm. Come by and visit! We can not wait for you all to see our new space!
We are in the same building, but now in Suite 103.
Thank you so much!
Jill and Debbie
High School
Application Deadlines
The application window for California State Universities is Oct 1st - Nov 30th
The application window for University of California schools Nov 1st - Nov 30th
For Parents
Heart of Homeschooling
FTE Help for Parents
-Inspiring Talks-
Julie Bogart is back!
Click this link http://bit.ly/InspiringLink for access to the Writing Across the Curriculum webcast on Thursday, November 7th from 1-2.
Click the link below to access prior recording links for Writer’s Jungle and Help for High School Writing: http://bit.ly/Bogart_is_Back_and_Recordings
Questions? arlene@inspireschools.org