San Bernardino County Scoop
Week of June 10, 2019
Hi Families!
We have made it to the final week of school! All the hard work is paying off! Congrats on a year well done!
Our Summer Road Trip park days have been listed! Come on out! We want to see you and stay connected this summer!
We have included the Summer Reading Challenge Bingo boards to the newsletter! It will be such a fun way to pass the time and keep up on reading skills! Look for the information in the Resources section.
Be sure to check out the updated article for summer in the Parental Pick Me Up section by one of our own amazing SB County HSTs Jaime Grasmick.
Have you checked out the OSP (Online Subscription Options) flyer!? The options were just updated AGAIN to include Adventure Academy and a few others! Be sure to check out the Resources section to see the selections!
Be sure to "follow us" so that we can get the newsletter to your inbox directly and keep you informed over the summer! This will start June 17th, 2019!
We have several information sessions and park days coming up! This is the perfect time for you to come out and hang with our Inspire family, but also a great opportunity to bring a friend who is not enrolled so they can ask questions about our amazing school! Check out the flyers below and start chatting with your circle!
We update our vendor spotlights every month! Be sure to check out this month's features, Nuestra Escuelita Spanish Academy, and our Preferred Vendors Innovation Academy!
- April & Christina
What are some things Family Liaisons do?
DIRECTLY CONNECT WITH US!
-Bookmark our Monthly Events Family Calendar below. We have plenty of park days coming up! From the calendar, you can sync it with your personal calendar and never miss a park day!
Click on the links below to find out more information!
June 13 - Last Day of LP 10
June 14 - Juneteenth
June 14 - Flag Day
June 21 - First Day of Summer
LP 10 - May 20, 2019- June 13, 2019
Every month brings new learning opportunities. JUNE is...
Learn about National Safety Month here.
Preferred Vendor Online Info Sessions
INSPIRE NEW PARENT INFO SESSION
A night planned with new homeschooling parents in mind! We will cover a ride range of topics to help you get started. Topics will include curriculum, planning, ordering, field trips, work samples, building community, and more! Check out the flyers below, and rsvp by clicking HERE. We kindly ask that unless you are a nursing mama, please make arrangements for your children.
*RSVP Required
Check out our Inspire Summer Reading Challenge for 2019!
Instructions are below. Download the Bingo Chart that is appropriate for your child's grade!
2019-2020 OSP OPTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED!
Click here to visit the OSP handbook. From there, you can also download the PDF flyer with clickable links!
We have more exciting news - the OSP options are getting even better!
Since our original announcement in April, we were able to add 2 previous options (Kids Discover Online and Prodigy) as well as 2 new options (Adventure Academy and Elephango).
You now have 25 options to choose from!
HIGHLIGHTS: 8 curriculum options and 17 educational apps and resources -- including a 24/7, live online tutoring subscription for all subjects!
Shmoop and Rosetta Stone® Foundations (Spanish, French, and German) are A-G approved curriculum options for high school!
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: ABC Mouse, Discovery Education Streaming Plus with Science Techbook, and Vocabulary Spelling City
NEW: Adventure Academy, Beast Academy Online, Elephango, Rosetta Stone Foundations, Dreambox Learning, myON Reader & myON News w/Accelerated Reader, Typing Agent, and TutorMe
This year’s OSP options are valued at more than $2,400 *
* value based on the retail value for the 5 most expensive subscriptions
SHMOOP WEBINAR
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Thoughts for Summer - By Jaime Grasmick
Thoughts for the Summer
As summer draws near, homeschooling parents approach such a season with one of a few reactions…
1- “Yes! We’re done with school, let’s enjoy our freedom!”
2- “Don’t even think you’re done with ‘school’, all of life brings with it an opportunity to learn- school continues!”
3- “Routine is gone and now I have crazy kids on my hands… we need school!!!”
With which do you identify? Whichever it may be, I think we can all be encouraged and perhaps challenged to embrace summer! Not only do we need to embrace summer, we need to embrace this journey we are on as parents; and homeschooling parents at that. So take this time of summer to refresh, renew, and revive. Set your heart on goals for the new school year, and goals as a parent- for you, for your child, for your family.
It is my hope that this “Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto” can encourage your heart as we begin our summer journey. Might it stir you, motivate you, and inspire you to be present with your children and see them deeply!
The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto
From Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Above all else, I want you to know that you are loved and lovable. You will learn this from my words and actions- the lessons on love are in how I treat you and how I treat myself.
I want you to engage with the world from a place of worthiness. You will learn you that you are worthy of love, belonging, and joy every time you see me practice self-compassion and embrace my own imperfections.
We will practice courage in our family by showing up, letting ourselves be seen, and honoring vulnerability. We will share our stories of struggle and strength. There is always room for both.
We will teach you compassion by practicing compassion with ourselves first; then with each other. We will set and respect boundaries; we will honor hard work, hope and perseverance.
Rest and play will be family values, as well as family practices. You will learn accountability and respect by watching me make mistakes and make amends, and by watching how I ask for what I need and talk about how I feel.
I want you to know joy, so together we will practice gratitude.
I want you to feel joy, so together we will learn how to be vulnerable.
When uncertainty and scarcity visit, you will be able to draw from the spirit that is a part of our everyday life.
Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain, but instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.
We will laugh and sing and dance and create. We will always have permission to be ourselves with each other. No matter what you will always belong here.
As you begin your Wholehearted journey, the greatest gift that I can give you is to live and love with my whole heart and dare greatly.
I will not teach or love or show you anything perfectly, but I will let you see me, and I will always hold sacred the gift of seeing you. Truly deeply seeing you.
Let’s take the summer to dance and create, to play and to rest. Let’s enjoy these days of freedom and make the most of the opportunities we have with our children. To know them deeply, to see them deeply, to love them deeply… that would be a job well done!
What could be more exciting than drones, 3D printing, and robotic arms? Innovation Tech Camp, for rising 6th graders-12th graders, is the perfect way to re-engage your teen's brain and kick off the new school year! This year's challenge involves hacking drones to control them via a computer, turning an already fun activity--drones--into an unbelievably fantastic learning opportunity. Don't tell them how much they will learn. Just say, "Want to play with drones and robotics this summer?" and get ready for their neurons to catch fire!
To hear what students have to say about Innovation Tech Camp happening August 6-9th in the High Desert, and to find out more information, visit http://developinginnovators.com/camp. Seats are limited to the first 20 registrations, so don't let your teen miss out!
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Nuestra Escuelita Spanish Academy offers year around small group Spanish Classes and Spanish Summer Camp for children ages 3-12 in Chino. Whether learning a new language or already fluent in Spanish, our unique classes offer a fun and encouraging atmosphere that immerses your child into the Spanish language in a way that is appropriate for his or her age and skill level. Our Chino location has two Spanish classrooms set up for different age levels designed to exclusively teach Spanish. This allows us tremendous flexibility, but most of all because our location is dedicated to Spanish instruction, we are able to show results! Our small class sizes and unique curriculum allow for individualized and differentiated instruction that challenges all students to reach their full potential. Learn more by visiting our website: www.nuestraescuelita.com.
Our Program Highlights:
1 or 2 day per week, 1 or 2 hour long classes starting at $75/month.
Small class sizes - the vast majority of classes are 8 students or less.
100% California credentialed teachers with substantial classroom and dual immersion teaching experience.
100% of our teachers are native Spanish speakers.
Differentiated instruction and personalized learning.
Integration of technology, and use of iPads and educational apps.
Classes offered for a variety of age and proficiency levels.
FREE subscription to Raz-Kids.
Comfortable waiting area for parents with FREE coffee, water, snacks, and WiFi.
Convenient location - just 1 minute off the 71 freeway at Grand Ave. in Chino.
Innovation Academy
Looking for ways to engage a brilliant young mind? Need more challenges to keep your Curious Kids focused?
If there’s one thing we’re passionate about, it’s putting real science and technology into the hands of kids and teens! It only takes a minute to google “STEM activities” to come up with a ton of HOW-TO party games, rainy day projects, and LEGO challenges, but it takes a real PhD research physicist and an experienced educational technologist to uncover the mysteries behind the WHY that excites the innovator inside of each student. Developing innovators is the core of what we strive to do and the mindsets we teach at Innovation Academy become lifelong skills that apply to any discipline or endeavor your student may undertake now or in the future.
Innovation Academy sets up rich hands-on learning environments to develop innovators on purpose. Exposing young minds to new technologies, underlying physics, and creative possibilities excites new thoughts and sets the stage for innovation. Students engage in classes ranging from the science of creativity and digital media to hacking drones, forensics, and mechatronics.
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April Tilden: aprilT@inspireschools.org or (909)470-5649
Christina McGuigan: christinaM@inspireschools.org or (951)622-6841
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