Specialists – Page 22

Sighting and Angle of Elevation

In seventh grade Algebra, the students used Slope-o-meter to measure the slopes of inaccessible objects with a method called sighting.

To find the slope of the roof of the building next door to Saklan, the students held out their Slope-o-meter and lined up the bottom edge with the slope of the roof. Then they sketched the slope and recorded their measurement. Thank you for another fun lesson Mr. Zippin!

Volleyball Players Wanted!

The Saklan Suns start the spring volleyball season next Wednesday, April 18th. All fifth through eighth players are eligible to play. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Crabtree. Let’s go Saklan!

2018 Volleyball Season

Saklan Suns Volleyball Team Fifth through Eighth Grades

Wed, April 18, 4:00PM – CCJD vs. Saklan home

Wed, April 25, 4:15PM – Saklan vs. CCJD TBA

Wed, May 2, 4:15PM – Saklan vs. EBW away

Wed, May 9, 4:15PM – EBW vs. Saklan home

Tue, May 22, 4:30PM – Saklan vs. Ecole Bilingue away

Fifth Grade Marin Headlands Trip

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The fifth grade class visited the Marin Headlands for an amazing outdoor experience. The goal of the program was to broaden the student’s awareness of the natural world and his/her relationship to it. Students participated in many nature hikes, hands-on laboratory experiences, and many team building activities. They spent time learning about the many plant and animal species that live in the Marin Headlands. It was an incredible three days!

Little Trumpeters

In music class the Hoot Owls have been learning about Louis Armstrong. The children had fun playing a little jazz on the trumpet just like Satchmo!

Volleyball Players Wanted

Spring time is coming and that means it is time for volleyball! We are scheduling six games this year: two in April and four in May. Once the dates are confirmed, we will post the season. Any fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth graders who would like to play are eligible. Just let Mr. Crabtree know.

Head’s Corner

Dear Saklan Community,

At Flag this morning our Director of Development, Carol Goldman, announced this year’s Annual Auction, Festival Des Arts, which will be held on April 21 at the Lafayette Park Hotel.

Each year, tied to the auction, we designate a Fund A Need project for the year. The Fund A Need helps us enhance a program or our grounds and facilities to benefit all of our students.

Last year our Fund A Need was for the STEM program and thanks to your generosity we were able to raise over $55,000 to renovate our science room and add new technology and materials to enhance the program. Our students have been enjoying this new classroom and all of the additional projects and science kits they have been able to dive into this year.

Amplify the Arts poster-FINAL

This year’s Fund A Need project is Amplify the Arts and your gifts will go directly towards enhancing our music, performing and visual arts programs. At Saklan, educating our students goes far beyond acquiring important academic skills. The experiences in our Arts Programs are an essential piece of how we accomplish our mission of fostering students…

To become more Compassionate– through exploring other cultures, communities, and characters through music, art, dance, and drama, and supporting one another through these processes.

To become more Creative– through exploring various media and learning how to express themselves with their voices and hearts: singing, acting, playing instruments, or with their hands by creating unique pieces of visual art.

To become more Courageous– through being on stage, displaying their art, or composing music as means of expressing their unique ideas and voices to the world.

Our goal is to give Mrs. Chaffey, Mr. Isaac, and Ms. Natalie the items and technology they feel will be the most impactful ways of enhancing our programs and take our music, performing and visual arts programs to the next level.

Highlights of this year’s Amplify the Arts project include:

Kiln, Mini Print Presses, and New Art Tables
New Technology and Equipment for Recording and Composing
African Drums in the Ewe Tradition of Ghana
New Mac Computers for Teachers and New Digital Art for Students
Protective Glass Display Cases for Student Art

The faculty and I thank you in advance for supporting our kids. We look forward to seeing you at the auction.

Have a great weekend!

Peter

Saklan Goes to Senegal!

In a couple of weeks, Ms. Obenchain, Saklan’s Super-Science Specialist, is heading to SASTA-VickieObenchain copy

Senegal for her fellowship she won through Teachers for the Global Classroom. We are so excited for her!

She will be teaching Senegalese students science, and, particularly, about California and American culture. Our Saklan students and families are invited to share in this Global Classroom experience with 300 boys and girls ranging from the elementary school years through to the high school grades.

To do this, Ms. O was hoping to bring a few things, and thought maybe our entire Saklan community could help. If you come across any of these items and would like her to bring them to her Senegalese students, she would greatly appreciate it!

She would like to teach them about some American holidays, like Halloween, and is asking to receive gifts of individually wrapped candies – Jelly Bellies, Sour Candies, Ghiradelli Minis, Hershey’s Kisses, as examples.
For some younger Senegalese students, she would like to give small California/San Francisco mementos: erasers, pencils, bookmarks, key chains, etc.
Consider sending any of your photos that she could use to highlight American and California holidays and/or lifestyles: holiday pictures and/or vacation pictures that Ms. O can easily pack in her suitcase. Pictures can be emailed to development@saklan.org.

Your gifts and print pictures for Ms. O’s Senegalese students can be delivered to the office or the science lab NEXT WEEK by Friday, March 30th.

Thank you so much, in advance, for your generosity:-)