San Diego Scoop
December 2018
Mark Your Calendars!
12/1~ Funds Drop into your EOS account
12/3~ WINTERFEST- 12-3 Santee Pathways Church
12/4~ Field Trips Launch for Semester 2
12/6~ Donuts and Books in San Marcos (Bring a friend)
12/7~ Donuts in the Park~ La Mesa (Bring a friend)
12/17-1/4~ Track B students on Winter Break
12/19-1/1~ Track C students on Winter Break
2/5~ Family Science Night 7-8:30 (more info to come)
Winterfest~ Monday 12/3
When: Monday, 12/3 from 12:00-3:00 PM
Where: Pathways Community Church
9626 Carlton Hills Blvd, Santee, CA 92071
What: Lots of fun! Cookie decorating, gingerbread house contests, arts and crafts, and photos with Santa
Also: Don't miss out on our young entrepreneur fair. Our very own Inspire students will be setting up booths to sell their homemade items.
RSVP: Click HERE to RSVP
Physical Fitness Test (5th, 7th and 9th Graders)
Field Trips Galore!
Spelling Bee Interest Survey~ Calling all Middle Schoolers
Do you have a middle school student who likes to spell? Or maybe a middle schooler who loves a challenge? If so, consider participating in our Spelling Bee Challenge.
When: January 18
Where: The Poway Office: 13915 Danielson Road Suite 200
Click HERE for more information
San Diego Parent Resource Site
Did you know that our San Diego Parent Resource Site is a great place to find learning tools for your child? One great item available on this site, is FREE curriculum resources. Click HERE to explore some of those ideas. Do you have a student that could use some organization with their writing? HERE you can find some graphic organizers and other tools to organize your child's writing.
Helping Fire Victims
As you know, the wildfires throughout California have caused great devastation and destruction. Unfortunately, we are sad to announce that over 50 Inspire Families have lost their homes and everything in them. These families had minutes to get out of their houses and have lost everything including all homeschool items.
We have been asked to please provide an opportunity for all Inspire Families to donate some of their Instructional Funds to the victims of the fire. We will take all donations and divide them between the students who have suffered this loss.
You can choose to donate Instructional Funds by filling out this quick 2 minute survey: Donation of Instructional Funds for Fire Victims
The funds will be deducted from your child's account over the next few week and donated to the families.
Additionally, if you would like to make a financial donation to our Inspire Go Fund Me Account, see the information below:
Curriculum Resources
Science
A great way to learn about the structure of solid materials is growing your own crystals. This lesson takes you step-by-step in 5 fun filled crystal growing experiments:
- Quick Crystal Cup
- Growing Gems
- Rock Candy Sticks
- Sparkly Crystal Ornaments
- Salt vs. Sugar
These activities are fun for the entire family and aide in visualizing the different patterns that crystals have based on their molecular composition.
History
Math
Take a minute to explore this great website, NumberNut.com!This is a free site that has a lot of different topics. From colors and shapes all the way through variables and scientific notation in pre-algebra you'll find information and activities for your students. You can click on a topic and it will give you a great understanding of the topic by definition. Then, there are more links for related links and activities to help with further understanding of the concept. The site is full of information. Check it out!
Language Arts
This is a fantastic resource for learning to read, maintaining reading comprehension and math practice as well. This website has free ebooks, games, online dictionaries, and many other amazing activities to help our students further and grow their reading skills.