Oceanography Signups

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Birch Aquarium Comes to Marguerita!

 MARGUERITA PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE

The Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD, comes (virtually) to Marguerita!

Your PTA is proud to announce two oceanography programs coming to Marguerita over the next 3 months:

 (1) Individual sessions for each of our 34 classes 

An instructor from the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institute will spend 45 minutes with each classroom, talking with them about topics catered to their grade level. Teachers will share details with their students in the coming weeks.

 (2) The PTA is also sponsoring 8 additional after-school workshops 

Space is limited for each workshop in order to assure the quality of the session. Details below. Sign-ups will be first-come-first-served until the workshop reaches capacity.

If these fill up, we will keep a waitlist. If the waitlist reaches enough to fill another class, we will work with the Institute's availability to get another class. Please keep in mind that once you sign up, you cannot sign your child up for any additional oceanography workshops we have in the future (should we purchase more) until every student has had the opportunity to attend at least 1 workshop. 

Once we have verified student’s enrollment you will receive an email confirmation that your child is enrolled or waitlisted. You will get the Zoom meeting information the day of your child’s workshop.

Kindergarten    Feb 2 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Rocky Seashore *(limit 25 students)

1st grade         Feb 9 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Kelp Forest *(limit 25 students)

2^nd grade          Mar 2 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Rocky Seashore *(limit 25 students)

3^rd grade          Mar 2 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Kelp Forest *(limit 36 students)

4^th grade          Mar 9 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Kelp Forest *(limit 36 students)

5^th grade          Feb 16 (Tuesday)         3:00 – 3:30pm, Rocky Seashore *(limit 36 students)

6^th grade          Feb 16 (Tuesday)         3:00 – 3:30pm, Ask a Naturalist – Oceans *(limit 36 students)

7^th and 8^th         Feb 2 (Tuesday)           3:00 – 3:30pm, Ask a Naturalist – Oceans, *(limit 36 students)

 

2/2 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm *Kindergarten (limit 25 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Rocky Seashore

Meet three animals that make the tide pools their home. Students practice their observation skills and learn about animal adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as: hermit crab, shore crab, sea anemone, sea cucumber, turban snail, and two-spot octopus.)

 

2/2 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *7^th and 8^th (limit 36 students)

Virtual Ask an Aquarium Naturalist – Our Oceans

How do humans impact our ocean planet and how can we help? This program is your opportunity to ask our aquarium naturalists your questions about climate change, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution and learn about ways we can work together to help solve these challenges.

 

2/9 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *1st grade (limit 25 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Kelp Forest

Observe three animals that make the kelp forest their home. Learn about their adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as brittle stars, sea urchin, whelk, crab, horn or swell shark, etc.)

 

2/16 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *5^th grade (limit 36 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Rocky Seashore

Meet three animals that make the tide pools their home. Students practice their observation skills and learn about animal adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as: hermit crab, shore crab, sea anemone, sea cucumber, turban snail, and two-spot octopus.)

 

2/16 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *6^th grade (limit 36 students)

Virtual Ask an Aquarium Naturalist – Our Oceans

How do humans impact our ocean planet and how can we help? This program is your opportunity to ask our aquarium naturalists your questions about climate change, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution and learn about ways we can work together to help solve these challenges.

 

3/2 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *2^nd grade (limit 25 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Rocky Seashore

Meet three animals that make the tide pools their home. Students practice their observation skills and learn about animal adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as: hermit crab, shore crab, sea anemone, sea cucumber, turban snail, and two-spot octopus.)

 

3/2 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *3^rd grade (limit 36 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Kelp Forest

Observe three animals that make the kelp forest their home. Learn about their adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as brittle stars, sea urchin, whelk, crab, horn or swell shark, etc.)

 

3/9 (Tuesday) 3:00 – 3:30pm, *4^th grade (limit 36 students)

Virtual Animal Encounter at the Kelp Forest

Observe three animals that make the kelp forest their home. Learn about their adaptations and how those structures and behaviors help them survive in their habitat. (Animal availability varies and may include organisms such as brittle stars, sea urchin, whelk, crab, horn or swell shark, etc.)

THE LINK TO SIGN UP VIA GOOGLE FORM WILL BE POSTED TO THIS WEBPAGE ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, AT 1:00 P.M.

 

Marguerita Named Honor Roll School

Way to go Marguerita! Keep up the good work!

Reposted from AUSD:

AUSD is proud to be named an Honor Roll District (and to have 13 of our schools named as Honor Roll Schools) by Educational Results Partnership, a data science organization that recognizes schools with high performance in Math and Science. 

Sponsored by the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence, the ERP Honor Roll is the only school recognition program in the state that uses student achievement outcome data, and is a valuable resource for all schools to identify successful peers and learn about best practices that improve student success.

For more info on Educational Results Partnership and the ERP Honor Roll program, visit: www.edresults.org

Today: Draw with Gio!

Today's link for Gio's workshop has been sent. Please check your email.

Register for ASES Adventures Clubs

Reposted from AUSD:

REGISTER FOR ASES ADVENTURES CLUBS NOW!

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting registration for the ASES Adventures Club. (Register through February 5th. Clubs start in March.)

Club options include art, crafts, science, literature, music, world culture, technology and much, much more!

These clubs are FREE to any TK-8 AUSD student!

You can access the ASES Adventures Clubs website (catalog and registration) through this link: https://sites.google.com/ausd.us/ausd-ases-adventures or by scanning the QR code.

(...and thank you to those of you who responded to the survey and gave us ideas for the various clubs.)

Draw with Gio Signups

Come draw with Gio this week! He will be teaching us how to draw Doc McStuffins and PJ Masks. Thursday, January 28th, 3-4pm on Zoom.

https://forms.gle/5n8VYNUgFeqGMP3L9

K-5th Grade Yearbook

Attention K-5th grade parents - we need your help! We are still missing portrait photos for 85% of the students. If you have not yet done so, please submit your child's portrait photo for the yearbook by February 1st. Upload it today at https://yearbook.margueritapta.org/student-portraits.

Today: Draw with Gio

Today's link has been sent. Please reach out to us if you didn't get an email from us.

📧Workshops@margueritapta.org

Panda Express Fundraiser Today

Panda Express Fundraiser today! Friends and family nationwide can participate. Place your order on their website or app and enter code 901967 at checkout. Proceeds will go to our 8th graders.

https://orders.pandaexpress.com/

Come Draw with Gio Signups

Sign up for this week's workshop with Gio! He is preparing another surprise batch of characters to draw based on the students' requests. Same place, same time. Thursday, January 21st, 3-4pm on Zoom.

https://forms.gle/v3kkLTpJHJnCPi5B6

Association Meeting Thursday 1/21

The Marguerita PTA invites you to our Association Meeting on Thursday January 21 at 6:30 pm via Zoom.  Please come and be informed about your PTA and school activities.  Members will vote to approve a revised budget and the nominations committee for elections for next year's Board. Everyone is welcome!

Agenda:
Principal's Report
President's Report
Treasurer's Report
Revised Budget
Officer and Committee Reports
Amended PTA Master Calendar
Nomination Committee

Please RSVP at: https://forms.gle/1UpaMeCUh1iUz8B29.  The meeting link will be e-mailed to all who RSVP.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Save the date!

Save the date for our next Cook's Night Out fundraiser! It will take place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Friends and family nationwide can participate as long as they enter the code 901967 at checkout. All funds raised will benefit Marguerita 8th graders.

Spanish and Chinese translations included.

K-5th Grade Yearbook

Have you submitted your child's portrait for the K-5th grade yearbook??? If not, please help them avoid the dreaded "Photo Not Available" image and upload their portrait photo today! To learn how to submit your child's photos, go to https://yearbook.margueritapta.org. Thank you!

Today: Draw with Gio!

Today's zoom link has been sent. Please check your email and contact us if you don't see an email from us.

Workshops@margueritapta.org

Draw with Gio on Thursday

This week's session will be on Thursday, January 14, 2021, 3-4pm. Gio is working on your special requests! Join us to see what magic Gio has created for you. All you need is a pencil and paper!

https://forms.gle/srQ6FhXFAkmHtDUj9

PTA Association Meeting on 1/21

Save the date!
Association Meeting 1/21 @ 6:30 p.m. (Online)

Agenda:
Approve Treasurer Reports
Approve Revised Budget
Approve Nomination Committee
Approve Amended PTA Master Calendar
Approve Bylaws

RSVP with this form: https://forms.gle/1UpaMeCUh1iUz8B29

Today: Draw with Gio!

We're ready to draw Baymax today! If you signed up but did not receive an email with today's zoom link, please let us know.

Workshops@margueritapta.org

Come Draw with Gio!

Gio is back! This week's session will be on Thursday, January 7, 2021, 3-4pm. Gio will show you how to draw Baymax, your personal health companion! All you need is a pencil and paper.

Register for this workshop here:
https://forms.gle/AzJ6bfXvifvkaQ2JA