Inspiring San Diego

Weekly Newsletter with Rachel & Karmen

Week of May 11th, 2020

In This Week's Edition


INSPIRE SAN DIEGO

✦ Virtual Museum of Art

✦ Pen Pal Project Update


HIGH SCHOOL WITH INSPIRE

✦ Explore HS "ChoicePlus" Options - Thursdays in May @ 1pm

✦ High School Curriculum Roadshow - May 12th @ 4pm

✦ Inspire In-House, HQT led, Curriculum Options - May 14th @ 3pm


COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

✦ Virtual Workshops


DISNEY

✦ Virtual Rides

✦ Imagineering Tour

✦ Park Walkthrough Tours

✦ Imagineering in a Box (Free Online Course)


VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

✦ Animals

✦ Historic Sites

✦ National Parks

✦ Tours Around the World


PARENT RESOURCES

✦ Lending Library Update

✦ Inspiring Parents Webcast

✦ Free Parent Resource Site

✦ Academic Video Library

✦ California Homeschool Parent Association

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HIGH SCHOOL WITH INSPIRE

Click on the flyers to connect to the Zoom meetings.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

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Disney

Imagineering in a Box

A free online course created in partnership with the Khan Academy and Pixar.

Imagineering in a Box is a series of interactive lessons in theme park design and engineering, designed to give a behind-the-scenes peek into Imagineering’s development process. It combines 32 videos of actual Imagineers, real-world case studies, and lots of interactive activities to give you the opportunity to dream and design your very own theme park experience!

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

Click on the Pictures to View the Site/Tour.

Animals

Historic Sites

National Parks

Tours Around the World

PARENT RESOURCES

Lending Library Update

Great News! The PCA Lending Library in Poway will be opening for limited days and hours to allow families to drop off materials they no longer need. we finally got our schedule down and below it the updated doc outlining our availability and process for returns. Below is the schedule:



PCA Lending Library

13915 Danielson St #101, Poway CA 92064


Mon & Wed
12 pm - 4 pm


Tues & Thursday

8 pm -12 pm

Friday

10am - 2 pm


In addition to this, return labels via UPS will be an option for families that cannot attend in-person locations/hours. Families can use the ICS Return Survey for returns via UPS.


We are also working on a process for curbside pick-up of ordered LL items. We will let you know as soon as we have a plan and process in place.

Missed Inspiring Parents? Sign up for the recording

Our magnificent math team engaged viewers with tips to help students learn how to build a strong math foundation by bolstering their essential math skills during our webcast on May 6th. Bonus: lots of math resources to check out and many are free. Missed it? Sign up for the recording and resources by clicking this link:

https://bit.ly/SignUp_Build_Strong_Math_Foundation_Recording

Free Parent Resource Site

PCA, CPA and Mission Vista worked together to create this resource site for our families and for parents who are now faced with educating their own children at home. Enjoy!


Please feel free to share this resource with anyone who needs it!

Academic Video Library

Did you know you have access to Inspire's academic video library? These videos are available to support students in reading, math, and speech and can be accessed through the EOS!



Instructions to access Academic Video Library can be found here.

California Homeschool Parent Association

CHPA is a nonprofit organization consisting of Inspire homeschool parents who support Inspire Charter Schools’ mission and vision of parent choice and personalized learning for each unique child. CHPA strives to enhance and support the homeschool experience of each child, develop a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parent involvement, and increase options and improve the environment at Inspire Charter Schools through volunteer and financial support.


Here are ways to get connected -

The Facebook page link is here and the website is here.


Find your home group location and get connected to families in your community today!

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Karmen & Rachel

We are your San Diego Family Liaisons.

Please let us know how we can help you!

karmen@inspireschools.org / rachelr@inspireschools.org