Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Join us March 3rd for Festival of Sights and Sounds from 10am to 6pm. DeMiguel displays will be on the Sears wing by Maurices. At 2:00 our choir will be singing by JCPennys. Please come join us and see all the FUSD happenings! Also, at the Education Building, this Saturday join our OM teams for the Northern Regional Tournament at 11:00, 11:30, 1:00 and 2:00. If you are interested in seeing Odyssey of the Mind in action--here is your chance! What an exciting Saturday for FUSD and DeMiguel!
NO SCHOOL
No School Today, Tuesday, February 28th. Tomorrow, for Love of Reading Week--Beach Day--bring towels, flip flops and read "on the beach".
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Math-a-thon
Just a reminder, our math-a-thon will be this Friday, Feb 24th. All DeMiguel students will be taking the "math-a-thon" test whether or not they have collected any pledges. The best way for the kids to prepare is to study their math facts with flash cards or computer apps. The kids have 2 minutes to complete as many problems as possible. All tests will be grade appropriate.
Kindergarten has 20... addition problems
1st grade 50 addition & subtraction
2nd grade 80 addition
3rd grade 80 addition, subtraction and multiplication
4th grade 80 multiplication
5th grade 80 multiplication & division
Please turn in your pledge envelopes by Friday. They will be returned with the graded tests.
Kindergarten has 20... addition problems
1st grade 50 addition & subtraction
2nd grade 80 addition
3rd grade 80 addition, subtraction and multiplication
4th grade 80 multiplication
5th grade 80 multiplication & division
Please turn in your pledge envelopes by Friday. They will be returned with the graded tests.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Community Youth
February 25, 2012
Join the Fun!
The celebration begins with a FREE Pancake Breakfast!
Where: Flagstaff High School Commons
400 W. Elm Flagstaff, Arizona
When: February 25th, 2012
Time: 8:30 to 10:30
Coconino Coalition for Children and Youth (CCC&Y), a leading advocacy and child abuse prevention agency, has recently led the effort to gain national recognition for Flagstaff as a 100 Best Community for Young People.
CCC&Y and Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) are co-sponsoring a community wide youth celebration event to highlight this award and to honor our children and youth and those who serve and support them.
Passports are available for FREE entrance to events and activities for children and youth throughout the day. Pick them up at the pancake breakfast or at participating venues.
For updates on participating venues and agencies visit www.coconinokids.org
Questions? Contact CCC&Y at
Monday, February 13, 2012
Math-A-Thon
On February 24th, your child will be participating in a Math-A-Thon. The Math-A-Thon will be a fundraiser. The money raised during the fundraiser will benefit DeMiguel Elementary. Not only will we raise money for our school but our children will learn something in the process.
The Math-A-Thon will be conducted in the same style that “Rocket Math” is currently given to the children in their classrooms. Each child will have 2 minutes to work as many “Math Fact” based problems that they can. Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division math facts are the building blocks for all higher level math problems. The math facts will be grade appropriate. In order to prepare, the kids just need to practice their math facts with flash cards or computer games/apps. The Kindergarten test will be based basic number recognition.
Your child was sent home with a pledge envelope on Friday or Monday. Please have your child ask family and friends to make pledges based on the number of problems your child may solve correctly. You may also make a flat rate pledge.
Every child will take the test whether or not they collect any pledges. The classroom with the highest percentage of “Math Facts” completed correctly will receive a party sponsored by the PTO.
Pledge envelopes are due back to your child’s classroom on Thurs, Feb 23 and the test will be administered on Fri, Feb 24th. The tests and pledge envelopes will be returned to you the following week.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
January Safe and Caring Schools
The Safe and Caring Schools topic for the month of January was "bullying" - a topic you can never talk about too much. The 1st and 2nd graders viewed a website called "Out On A Limb: A Guide To Getting Along". Please visit this site with your kids as it has great information on how to get along with friends, teachers, siblings...! You can access this website at: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/conflict/index.html
The 3rd and 4th graders viewed a website called "Kids Against Bullying". This is a great website for older children and there is a link to information for teens about bullying. You can access this website at: http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
The 5th graders did not hear about bullying rather we viewed a website called "It's My Life" which can be found at: http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/index.html. This website has great stuff for older students. Topics range from home, friends, family, emotions, body, and the topic we discussed, school. Specifically, we viewed the middle school information in preparation for the visit from the middle school counselors on January 26th.
In February our topic will be "Cooperation".
The 3rd and 4th graders viewed a website called "Kids Against Bullying". This is a great website for older children and there is a link to information for teens about bullying. You can access this website at: http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
The 5th graders did not hear about bullying rather we viewed a website called "It's My Life" which can be found at: http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/index.html. This website has great stuff for older students. Topics range from home, friends, family, emotions, body, and the topic we discussed, school. Specifically, we viewed the middle school information in preparation for the visit from the middle school counselors on January 26th.
In February our topic will be "Cooperation".
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