Central Scoop
Bringing Central Inspire Families Together
February 4, 2019
We hope this Central Scoop will bring you many opportunities to enrich your family's homeschool journey.
During this short month, we will be observing two school holidays:
Lincoln's Birthday and President's Day
Friday, February 15th and Monday, February 18th.
We hope you enjoy this 4 day weekend!
Join Inspire Central for the Great Kindness Challenge
Why? Kindness is proven to create happiness, improve self-esteem, boost health, build relationships and best of all its CONTAGIOUS!
About: The Great Kindness Challenge is a positive and uplifting program that creates a culture of kindness in schools, communities, and the world. Using a 50 item checklist, schools and families are challenged to complete as many acts of kindness as possible.
How? It’s easy! Families sign up online, download, and print the kindness checklist or use an interactive Great Kindness Challenge app. Guided by the kindness checklist, families have fun and show the world that KINDNESS MATTERS!
Click here to download the Great Kindness Challenge Family Edition
***Please take pictures and videos of your family checking things off the list and email them to allyson@isnpireschools.org***
A Note from Our Family Liaisons
Family Liaisons
Deb Quintinar deb@inspireschools.org
A Note from our Lending Librarians
Read Across America Week
Jaime Cabello jcabello@inspireschools.org
Jillian Johnson jjohnson@inspireschools.org
Resources for Teaching Keyboarding at Home
Keyboarding skills can be learned and mastered through these free online programs.
Free Online Keyboarding Resources
Here is a resource for teaching keyboarding without accessing the internet.
Spirit Wear
High School
NEW! Website for High School In Person Classes (Fresno)
This website is intended to be a resource for high school courses that are offered in the Fresno Area. Some of the services are offered by Inspire Vendors. Others are not, but we have included them here so you will know about the breadth of options available to high schoolers in the Fresno area.
Check it out here.
Coffee and Connect
Introducing Our High School Counselors
Mrs. Christina Strother
Carmen Marroquin
Vendor Spotlight
Kids love crafting! We want to help your child be as creative as possible without the hassle or mess for you! We know how hard it is for busy parents to plan, prep, create and clean up a craft...
Instead, bring your kiddos to our classes and we've got you covered! Your child will have a great time crafting with us, and you'll end up with some adorable decorations for your home!
Mark Your Calendar
Physical Fitness Testing will be offered in several locations throughout Inspire Central.
Clovis- Friday, March 8th
Clovis- Friday, March 15th
Kingsburg- Thursday, March 7th
Merced-Friday, March 8th
Oakhurst- Tuesday, March 12th
Salinas- Tuesday, February 12th
Please mark your calendar and reach out to your HST if you have any questions.
Old Town Yoga
12 month unlimited, 6 month unlimited, 3 month unlimited, 1 month unlimited, 10 class pass, and 20 class pass.
The discount will be available in studio, or online using the code "Inspire"
Inspire Love!
We are excited to invite you to join Inspire as we show foster kids some love, just in time for Valentine's Day. We are planning to make, fill, and decorate "Journey Bags" to a local foster care agency. These bags, which are simple to sew and fill, will be given to foster kids to keep as their very own.
You can participate by sewing bags, donating items to fill the bags, or coming to the packing party.
Sewing Directions are here.