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Archive for November, 2007

Elevating Math at Mission Hill

Posted in Middle Schools on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Hanging Sierpinski’s Triangles The entire community at Mission Hill Middle School is focused on a, well, mission: demystify, celebrate and embrace math. For twenty minutes every day, the entire school stops to engage in Morning Math. Using the school’s innovative MHTV in-classroom broadcast system, students, teachers and staff are led in a math activity by [...]

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Delaveaga Book Blizzard

Posted in Elementary Schools, Events on November 15, 2007 | Comments Off

November brings with it a great event in the Delaveaga Elementary library: the Fall Book Fair. This year, the fair will take place from Monday, November 26 through Friday, November 30, with a preview day on Tuesday, November 20, during parent-teacher conferences. Parents can take advantage of the opportunity to shop for holiday gifts without [...]

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“SAMP” Amps Middle Schools

Posted in Middle Schools, SC Education Foundation on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The Santa Cruz Education Foundation, partnering with staff leadership teams at Mission Hill and Branciforte Middle Schools, focused on an urgent need for at-risk students to launch a pilot program for the 2005-2006 school year called the Successful Academic Mentoring Program (SAMP). After a successful first year, SAMP has become a valuable resource that is [...]

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New Spanish-language Pilot Programs Proving Popular at Elementary and Middle Schools

Posted in Elementary Schools, Middle Schools on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

¡Hola! ¿Como estas? Pop into Gault Elementary, Branciforte Middle School or Mission Hill Middle School these days and you’re likely to hear a lot more Spanish spoken. Thanks to one-time funding from the district and generous donations, these schools are piloting new programs to teach English-only students to speak Spanish. These new programs serve several [...]

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