Two Rock students enjoy fruits of labors

This week at Two Rock School, students, parents and friends all enjoyed the fruits of their labor when they hosted the 31st annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction.|

This week at Two Rock School, students, parents and friends all enjoyed the fruits of their labor when they hosted the 31st annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction. “A PEF Impact Grant last year to renovate and expand the outdoor learning space/garden made a Farm to Table event possible at our school for this year’s gathering,” shares superintendent/principal Toni Beal. The sixth-grade class harvested, and then made more than a dozen pumpkin pies for the dinner and auction. Just one of the many lessons that has been cultivated in the outdoor learning environment in the past year.

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Liberty School science teachers Cindy Pomi and Amy D’Ambrogia are creating a love for science among their young students. Ms. D’Ambrogia is Liberty’s K-3 science teacher and Ms. Pomi is the science teacher for grades 4-6. The science curriculum emphasizes exploration, questioning and making discoveries. Recently the kindergarteners did pumpkin science. Using their senses they counted the wrinkles on the outside of the pumpkin, weighed them, recorded if they sunk or floated, counted seeds and looked at how the seeds were attached inside the pumpkin. Sixth graders just finished a project making solar pizza boxes and attempted to make s’mores using the sun. The fourth-grade class is dissecting owl pellets, collecting information and cataloging what they discover. Third graders are utilizing the new grow lab to grow seeds in test tubes so they can study plant structure. This year, microscopes were purchased with a grant from the Rotary Club obtained by Ms. D’Ambrogia and Liberty’s Foundation helped fund the new grow lab.

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The Casa Grande High School United Anglers students operate a fish hatchery on the school campus. The facility is open for tours and presentations by staff and students. According to their website uacg.org, the award-winning, internationally recognized United Anglers program is funded solely through donations and grants from the community, businesses and corporate sponsors. Saturday, the Casa Grande High School United Anglers program will be hosting its annual fundraiser at the Lucchesi Community Center. From 5 a.m. until 10 p.m. you can take part in the dinner event featuring a silent auction and raffle to support the program. For more information about the event or to reserve tickets please contact Catie at 694-0760.

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Thanks to the Save Lives Sonoma project, the Petaluma Fire Department and Petaluma Valley Hospital, Harvest Christian School received an AED machine along with policies, checklists, state registration, a cabinet to store the AED and staff training. The AED as well as the services and training provided have a value of roughly $2,000. Petaluma Kiwanis provided the lead during their “Lend a Hand to Education” grant review process. “We knew this was out of scope for the Kiwanis grant, but we requested it nonetheless. They saw our request for an AED machine and gave us the connection. We were blessed at the immediate fulfillment and divinely guided gift,” reports Harvest’s Kerri Peterson. According to Peterson, Jeff Schach at the Petaluma Fire Department explained “Save Lives Sonoma” comprised of Sonoma County Fire, EMS, hospital groups and others, has provided major county grants to schools throughout Sonoma County to purchase AEDs.

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Wilson Wildcats participated in the national Red Ribbon Week program by offering conversations on drug prevention, creative art projects reinforcing the message and other activities to support the awareness of the dangers of drug use at any age. The campus was also decorated in red ribbons with the main entrance gate a featured part of the festive feel.

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Wilson School is excited to offer more technology to students by utilizing Chromebooks and iPads in student instruction for kinderprep through sixth grade. Principal Eric Hoppes shares, “Students will be more prepared for the technology they will see in the world.” Hoppes added that Wilson community is voting for a general bond and for a parcel tax with a focus on providing additional technology needs for kids.

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Petaluma City School District has completed the 1:1 technology device roll out to all schools in PCS. Students in grades K-12 are part of the program, and are utilizing the iPad and iPad Minis in their learning environments. Students and teachers are delving into applying new applications and tools to expand student learning.

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Maureen Highland is a Petaluma mother and executive director for the Petaluma Educational Foundation. She can be reached at schools@arguscourier.com)

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